year, but given us sanctions, international sanctions and export controls, they can only do this through funding from china, china's provision of high-precision equipment that allows the russian defense industrial base to work three shifts a day, 24/7. this allows them to bring death and destruction to the civilian population of ukraine with the help of missiles, drones previously provided by iran. now they come from a factory in russia built by iran. also under... north korea provided millions of 152 caliber rounds mm we don't know the full extent of what russia is providing to these countries, but it may include helping china with submarine technology, for example. this could harm our traditional comparative advantage over china, and one of those advantages is precisely submarine warfare. in this way , cooperation between these four players increases. it is hard to imagine what if we were involved in a conflict, for example, in the indo-pacific region around taiwan or in the south china sea. sea, then north korea

would not try to use at the same time on the korean peninsula, wouldn't russia try to do something in the baltic or the black sea? we can't continue to fund things that have been shown to not have the same value as new software, we just have to ask what ukraine can teach us, ukraine can teach us, including how you can build a drone for $350. my comment on this is in the pentagon. you can't buy a cup of coffee for $350, and it's about our future. i think that what we send to ukraine should work, and they should well trained to use it. i really believe that most of the equipment that we transferred to ukraine was spent in the united states. that's good, think there should be more appreciation of what's going on, how it works. if we don't send our military, we have to make sure that... what they get works,

if something doesn't work, we won't send. the president of the european commission, ursula funderlajen, the day before announced the composition of the new team, which, after approval, will manage the leading eu institution in the next five years among aman, ukrainians are well-known to kaya kalas, the former prime minister of estonia, who is appointed to replace jozep boreli in charge of the eu's foreign policy, and the former prime minister of lithuania, andryus kubilius, who will head it. the newly created position of commissioner for defense and space. what do these changes in the leadership of the european commission mean for brussels' relations with kyiv. let's talk with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupyn. bohdan, congratulations. greeting. so, bohdan, for the two important positions of high commissioners for foreign policy and defense, ursula fonderlein appoints kaya kalas and andrius kubilius. these are politicians who are known for their consistent support of ukraine. could this potentially indicate that fonderlia sees support for ukraine? and

rapprochement between kyiv and brussels is one of the priorities of the eu for the next 5 years. first of all, ursula fondelein did not arbitrarily choose her team, that is, the candidates for the positions of commissioners, who must be approved by the european parliament in the coming weeks. these candidacies were submitted by the member states of the european union, and in order to reflect 27. eu states, we have 26 commissioners, that is, senior officials in the main executive body of the european union, but it is worth remembering that the main body of the eu, which determines the direction of the european union's activities, which approves the relevant most important decisions in the life of the organization, is summit. heads of states and

governments of the european union, and it is individual countries, it is the leaders of these countries in the european union who determine eu policy. what we see now among the candidates for commissar positions, so to speak, is this in fact, confirmation of the consistent position of the european union in support of ukraine, something that ursula fondrelein also received. the second five-year term as the head of the european commission, the president of the european commission also shows that the european union adheres to the announced course in support of ukraine. bohdan, as you said, this is ursula fondenen's second term as president, how does she see the role of the eu against the backdrop of global challenges in europe's security and what is she possibly planning to change? in general, in the european union very. are accepted by

where the future is going, and what place in, particularly in the global economy, in the global security system, europe can fit into... what looks like, say, much stronger economic growth in the united states of america, or is there also a serious look at how china is growing, and it is obvious that russia is a serious threat to the security of europe, and here, of course, that the european union wants to ensure peace for the citizens of european countries. and well-being and the question arises, how to do it? peace? in this case, it is about supporting ukraine and opposing it aggressive intentions of russia, as the biggest threat on the european continent, now. as for the economy, the main emphasis

is on making the common european market function better, on making the european economy competitive and on... switching to new renewable energy sources, particularly after europe decided that it refuses to depend on russian energy carriers, and ursula fonderlein spoke about this the day before. first, it is about strengthening our technological sovereignty, our security and our democracy. for this , we want to build a competitive. transition to it for everyone. we can only do this if we develop a bold industrial strategy based on innovation and investment. thus, to a certain extent, it is not the preservation of the old, but through innovation and investment, really embracing

the new. so, in the next few weeks, the european parliament will hear the candidate. for commissary positions, and it is quite likely, as previous experience shows, that some of them may suffer quite such serious interrogations, for example, the questions to marta kos may be whether she, as the future commissioner for eu enlargement, spoke too softly about the desirability of better relations with russia, there may be questions. to haji lyabib, a representative of belgium, who in the 21st year went to crimea occupied by russia, when she was still a journalist, we will listen to what, in particular, these people will have answers to probably acute questions, certainly very interesting, thank you

bohdan, to our european correspondent, bohdan tsyupin, joined the broadcast. almost 2,000 bodies of soldiers were discovered in donetsk by volunteers of the search group plazdarm during the 10 years of the russian war against ukraine. the most casualties during a full-scale invasion. our correspondents went to the village of bogorodychny in donetsk region to see how the group works. in this village, they still cannot find one of the residents who disappeared during the occupation. yaroslava movchan will talk about volunteers from the bridgehead. we warn you, the story contains sensitive footage. well, there were local residents who stayed here, a dozen of them died at once, well, that's because that they, as soon as a man appears,

they immediately open fire, no matter what, pensioner anatoly smyk returned to bogorodychyny in donetsk region after his release in october 2022, he left when... solo was occupied by the russians, the most terrible thing was that the fact that people believed the russians, you can't trust the russians, they don't care who to kill, russian troops entered bogorodichne in june 22, almost the entire village was evacuated, a few dozen old-timers remained, the locals say that during the occupation, some residents disappeared , to date, those who are not they found a man in his 70s, he went outside to a woman, they killed him, he left, well, a woman was killed, he left, he was shot, we can't find him to this day, but the woman was found, and we can't find him, now

a bridgehead search group is working on the outskirts of the village, its mission is to remove the remains of the body from the place of its discovery, we can fold the bones on a cloth, ugh, so that it can be seen. during search operations , skeletal remains of an unknown person were discovered in this area. to the fact that he is a serviceman or not, most likely we can assume that it is not, because it is possible that this is a civilian, although we had information that the russians once stood here and buried several people, we can, after drawing up a police report, the searchers begin to remove human remains, and the ring, here number 2, yes, that's how i just put it on him, understood, so that it could be seen. in another place, the volunteers found the remains

of the military, among them a ukrainian defender, - says oleksiy yukov, the head of searchers. and here 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and this is all a soldier, a one, there is one of our gunners, and it is most likely all russian, that is, their positions were ours, they were occupied, then we went in, cleaned them, it was ours, oleksii. as a teenager, with older men, he came across human bones in a forest in donetsk region, where fighting continued during the second world war. for the last 10 years , he has been finding the bodies of those killed in the russian-ukrainian war, and now he is looking for the dead in the villages of the sviatohirsk community. chevron, alga. there are fazons, no, it’s chevron, it ’s not, it’s not, it’s chechnya, chechnya, chechens,

chechens, well, they’re lying here, usually bodies are on the surface of the earth, that is, or in the trenches, that is, we open the trenches, feel them with probes, if we come across flesh, yes, then there is a specific smell, that is, we begin to dig, take out... from the dugouts, trenches. search expeditions, eight volunteers, all have an international certificate that allows them to engage in exhumation. the group must have a dog trainer. the task of the quadruped is to find the bones near the burial place. there is no state funding for the platform. the group is supported by foreign partners and donated funds benefactors this enables them to leave. every three months, the ring and part

of the main slit are fixed, after the exhumation and initial examination of the body, they are sent to the morgue, and the identified ukrainian defenders are handed over to their relatives for burial. olga hrysyuk from volhynia learned about the death of her son oleksandr in may 22. for half a year, they went in search of tamaro. then they turned to yukov, whom i learned about from social networks. woman. immediately dismissed her doubts when she saw her son's amulet in the hands of the volunteers, and yuko took down the photo of the chain and the cross, as when they found sasha. in march of the 23rd year , ms. olga was able to bury her son in their village of kvitneve. i will speak for myself, i think that other mothers would support me, mothers, children, wives. it's very important for us, well, it happened, a child died, it's hard, very

hard, but if you know that somewhere is unknown, well, somewhere you don't know where, even your child's body parts, that's it, well, it's extremely difficult, and oleksiy , with their bridgehead computer team, they are doing an extremely great job, passing on information about the russian dead military, they in turn form the basis for the body exchange procedure. a person has a chance to return home and be decently buried. in total, since 2014, the bridgestone has found about 200 bodies, 90% of them in the last two years of the russian-ukrainian war. yaroslava movchan, dmytro glushko from donetsk region for voice of america. to the university. indians in the usa honor the memory of 18-year-old daria bazilevich, who died along with her mother and two sisters as a result of

a russian missile attack on lviv on the night of september 4. daria was a volunteer who helped americans learn the ukrainian language with several other students of the ukrainian catholic university. iryna shinkarenko was told about daria's support and her desire to spread the ukrainian language and culture at the university. indiana university has preserved photos from lectures by. with the participation of daria bazylevych. as a volunteer from the ukrainian catholic university, she joined classes in the usa from lviv online and helped the group studying the ukrainian language at the elementary level. in addition to students from indiana university, ukrainian students from the universities of pennsylvania and minnesota studied in this group. in 2021, i turned to the catholic university with a request to attract students, volunteers who could join our course, our class and communicate with students,

with american students, daria started joining somewhere... from the middle of november 23 and continued in the spring semester, there were weeks when we saw our class meet four, four times a week, we meet for 50 minutes, and there were weeks when daria joined every day. because the group was small, students from the us. they communicated closely with daria and remember her well, they say, she supported them in learning ukrainian and told them not to give up despite their mistakes. daria often waited in the online room or joined in and helped with some exercises, she helped students with their homework. she was very

funny, she had a good sense of humor, although there were many opportunities to make fun of my accent in... she was very kind about it and always encouraging, very encouraging, just a very nice person, i would say she was culturally sensitive but willing to share her own views, she was very helpful, always very enthusiastic, and also philanthropic, because she wasn't making any profit, just trying to help people who are interested in its culture better understand it. the students recall that daria helped them learn the living ukrainian language, so that it was not only based on textbooks. language is a living organism. we need to be aware of trends in youth

generations, so we asked daria and another ukrainian woman who was joining us. and this word is also used in the ukrainian language. in lviv now, for example, we saw some grammatical form or verb tense in the textbook and asked what tense they would use and so on, and it was very informative. daria adjusted her schedule in order to be in time for classes with american students, the time difference was compounded by a different academic schedule, recalls sofia asher. in american universities there are several days or even a full week of vacation before. thanksgiving holiday, so there was such a situation when daria joined and wrote that she could not join because there is no one, and we were just on this break, that is, it is quite difficult, quite difficult, and that's how she managed to combine her studies at the ukrainian catholic university and also join

us, in addition to teaching the language, daria and other ukrainian volunteers explained the situation in ukraine to students from the usa. i now remember the questions they were asked, and these questions often made me understand how much there is a lack of awareness of what is happening there. they were asked how the war affects everyday life, do they hear rockets ? they talked about the details of everyday life, how often they had to go down into bomb shelters. there's a particular person who tells them about... about reality, there's a particular person who continues his studies during the war, there's a particular person who couldn't join our class because he had to spend that time in shelter, and i think , that it so much changes the attitude of these students to in general to

situations after the death of daria , the group says that it will be difficult for them to return to classes. this is really terrible news, both for me and for the students, this is our daria, because daria really became a part of this course, she really became a part of this class, i think that none of our students will remain unchanged or indifferent to that , what happened, i think that this is possible for them , you know, the first, the first loss, this, the first sorrow that they experienced in life, it is very possible, i had actually known her. i really knew her personally, and that's true brought war into our lives in a more personal way, it made it very personal. after the news. an article about daria's death is being prepared in the university newspaper , and her photo has been posted at the department of slavic studies at indiana university. iryna shynkarenko, maksym chulga, voice of america. a charity

fashion show was organized the other day by the ukrainian art center in los angeles. designers from ukraine who live and work in california presented their latest collections. while preparing for the show, they tried to add to the clothes elements that they are associated with the house. khrystyna shevchenko saw the result. festively dressed guests, flower photo zone, dim light, in the audience hall and a huge podium in the middle. while waiting for the fashion show, the visitors are having fun. backstage, meanwhile, the atmosphere is less relaxed. stylists add the final touches to the model's looks. designers talk about the details of the show, hikes, you will be photographed, this time under the roof of the ukrainian cultural center in

los angeles there is a show of a collection of designers from ukraine, who for the past two years live and work in america, and before that i lived in ukraine, in the city of kyiv, now i live here in los angeles, i arrived before the war in a few days. to celebrate his birthday and the war began. and we stayed. olena says that it is important for her to continue what she did in ukraine, but in the new collection she wanted to make a reference to her origin. i want to broadcast my dna, it's femininity, it's clean lines, it's elegant classics, but also to show that i'm ukrainian, it's through prints, through embroideries that... you you will see in the collection, there are a few minutes left before the show, the models are taking their places behind the stage, many of them are also ukrainian. it gives

such a nice feeling as if i am at home, because i am here among our ukrainians, and we have all gathered here to support our native country in such difficult times, so it was an honor to be here. after the performance of mikke newton, the eurovision participant from ukraine, models take the podium. designer yuliya tikhonenko says that the basis of her collection is silk, floral decoration and birds. a bird is a ukrainian symbol such, you know, people, because we are free, we always want to dress nicely, the ukrainian people always look very nice, and this is the strength of the spirit that makes up in itself. an element of elegance and style in which you are most comfortable, that is, convenience and elegance, this format of the event

is new for the ukrainian cultural center, the fashion show was organized by its team for the first time, of course the burden itself, how many people have to be encouraged, was frightening. grandma stayed for 2.5 months and you were at work every day, you, i told myself, if you if you miss a day, you won't make it, then we made it all the way, because we didn't miss it, the visitors of the show also had the opportunity to see an exhibition of works by ukrainian artists, this is viktor makagonenko, and a talented, very young artist, kateryna marchuk, she, in addition to being an artist , she is a doctor and she is, well, a very active volunteer. she helps every day, without stopping, and she gives all the money from each of her paintings, which she painted over the past 2.5 years, to

ukraine, not even a single penny. the show ended with a charity auction, funds from which will be directed to help the 72nd brigade, which is currently working in the donetsk direction. from los angeles, khrystyna shevchenko, victoria vaskevich, bohdan shevchenko, for the voice of america. and with that, thank you for watching voa. in ukrainian, all the best, pa-pa! september discounts on bronchialik lollipops: 20% in podorozhnyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. in september, there are discounts on motorix, 10% in psyllanyk, bam and oskad pharmacies. the book women at war is a joint project of the espresso tv channel and the publishing house. hiliter, a book based on the presenter's reports of khrystyna parubiy's espresso tv channel, 20 stories, 20 fates, 20 women who defended the country. book, dedicated woman. who

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repeat. tuesday-friday at 10:00 p.m. every week, the saturday political club helps to understand the processes taking place in ukraine and the world. vitaly portnikov, khrystyna yatskiv, andriy smoliy and invited experts give their assessment and forecast of the development of events based on facts. if you want to understand how our today will affect our tomorrow, watch the saturday political club every saturday on espress. join the ranks hundredth separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of ukraine. protect yours! the result of their work is our safety. they, the boys from volyn, proved that everyone can be a warrior, strong in spirit, they value the ability to stand side by side with their brothers and sisters, all the way to holy victory. anyone

who pilots a uav understands it. prepares, treats, repairs, rolls kilometers of roads, fills piles of documents, significantly strengthens those who cover the enemy with heavy fire and return meter by meter our native land, join the ranks of the hundredth separate mechanized armed forces brigades, let's keep the line together. today in the verdict program with serhiy rudenko, almost 200 strikes per day, the enemy is terrorizing the sumy region with regular attacks on civilian infrastructure against the background of the kurdish operation of the armed forces. how much will the destruction of ammunition warehouses in the city of toropets hinder the invaders? can it work? has the united states already familiarized itself with the main provisions of ukraine's victory plan? what steps of the allies will give

kyiv the opportunity to enter into... negotiations with moscow from a position of strength. the breakdown of decolonization. the parliamentary majority failed the resolution on renaming 333 settlements with russian and soviet names. why are the deputies of the moscow patriarchate still dominating the parliament. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. however, before starting our two-hour conversation, i suggest watching a video of how in the toropetsk district of the tver region of the russian federation, this night after the ukrainian drone attack , a large warehouse burns and detonates. with

munitions, local authorities said the fire started after debris from a downed drone fell, although ukrainian intelligence sources say there were about 100 drones attacking the munitions depot, watch this video.