integrity and sovereignty, just as we do for any other nation. we must withdraw the russian occupation, which will put an end to military operations in ukraine. and we must bring those guilty of war crimes to justice. we need to prevent ecocide and stop the destruction of nature caused by the war, and we must not allow a second or third phase of this russian invasion. and we must make it clear that... the war is over, this is the formula for peace. and, and also, continuing this topic, the president wanted to say that this is a very important emphasis, on which he pointed out that, unfortunately, recently there have been a lot of such alternative, or, as he called it, half-hearted regulatory plans, and this is actually very dangerous, because these plans do not take into account the interests of ukraine, and do not take into account of the un charter, moreover, they are essentially in favor of... and accordingly, in order to

gain strength and further attack ukraine, that is why he specifically spoke about the plan of brazil and china, and he said that it cannot be in any case implemented and taken seriously. irina, except today , other world leaders addressed zelenskyi to the un states, did they talk about ukraine, and if so, what exactly? yes, there was a lot of talk, we don’t have much time, so i’ll be brief, literally in front of president zelenskyy, another ally of ukraine spoke, this is peter pavel, this is the president of the czech republic, he talked a lot about russia’s responsibility, about what the world has to write to russia so that it still stops its war, that the right of veto is not carte blanche, it is in principle, it should be responsible, it a responsible right, for which it is necessary to report, and now you can also hear a part of petro pavl's speech, about when he... when

he emphasizes why the situation in ukraine cannot be perceived exclusively as a regional conflict, which is what russia is trying to do ? some of you may think that russia's actions against ukraine are just another regional conflict and both sides have to go halfway, but there is no such thing as just a regional conflict. conflicts in one part of the world cause food insecurity and create ripples refugees in others. with globalization, our security and prosperity begin far beyond our own borders. thank you irina. i will remind you that iryna solomko told us about the meeting of the un general assembly from new york. meanwhile, addressing world leaders, volodymyr zelenskyy emphasized that there is no alternative to the ukrainian peace formula. my colleague yulia yarmolenko managed to ask several other officials whether they see an alternative to the ukrainian proposal. do you think

there is enough support in the world for the victory plan and peace plan of the ukrainian president? i have not seen the details of the latest plan that president zelensky is going to present to the american leadership, so we will have to wait. do you agree that there can be no alternative to the ukrainian vision of peace? the slovak republic supports any peace plan initiative, as we did with the formula. peace of mr. zelenskyi. we were very active and i was personally present at the last peace summit in switzerland. i am very glad that those who attended this peace summit are doing very well realize that the next one has to be with all the major stakeholders or we will not see the light at the end of the tunnel of this crisis. therefore, i am very glad that the next peace summit will be with the participation of the russian federation and at it they will try to find any solution, which, of course, will be very difficult, but we must start with diplomats. solution, because

in the third year of this crisis, we see that there is no military solution to this conflict. on thursday, volodymyr zelenskyi will continue his visit to the usa in washington, where he has to meet with president joe biden, vice president kamela harris, and possibly with lawmakers in congress. meanwhile, on the eve of that visit, the house oversight committee is launching an investigation into zelenskyi's visit to a pennsylvania munitions factory for fraud. in the us elections. we talk about these events in more detail with our congress correspondent kateryna lisonova. congratulations , katya. greetings maria. so, what did you manage to find out about the plans in the congress, whether these meetings will take place and what the mood is american lawmakers, regarding zelenskyi's visit. during the visit to washington on thursday, the ukrainian delegation plans to meet with the legislators of the congress, however, the details of this visit are not disclosed. at the same time, as senators of the house of representatives announced yesterday that...

they plan to finish their work earlier. congress plans to approve the government's short-term budget for three months and adjourn earlier. in total, this break will last three. one and a half months, and thus the congress will return to work only after presidential elections, whether it will be possible to meet with the president of ukraine before this break is currently unknown, at least the speaker of the house of representatives told me yesterday that he doubts that he can meet with zelenskyi, in particular, he refers to these changes in the work of congress and the premature termination of the work of congress . also, the leader of the republicans in the house of representatives, steve scalise, who said that he was not familiar with zelenskyi's plans to fly to... i suggest you listen to what the republican leaders told me. do you plan to meet with zelenskyi on thursday and what do you expect from this meeting? i don't think we will be in town on thursday, our meeting schedule has changed, everything is very fluid.

a hurricane is approaching on the coast of the gulf of mexico. a lot of us will drive away, people come home because of it. so i'm not sure yet. i was not informed about this visit. washington. so, in general, expectations were divided, as is often the case along party lines, so if the democrats i spoke with claim that they would be happy to see zelenskyi, they are not sure what will be able to meet with him due to this change in the work of the executive branch, but they believe that even zelensky's visit to washington is already a good sign of strengthening and continuing washington's cooperation with kyiv. at the same time, some republicans with whom i spoke criticized his visit and even called some of his actions what they consider possible interference in the elections of the president of the united states of america, i suggest you listen to what the democrats and republicans with whom i spoke told me . i'm glad he's back in washington, always nice to see him

talking directly to americans, congress and the white house. obviously, this is an important moment for him to inform us about the state of the war, how best we can. ukrainians and hear his plan for war. i don't know if i'll get a chance to meet him yet, our schedule changes, but obviously it's always nice to meet him if there's a chance. this is my expectation from president zelensky. he has almost destroyed what remains of good will that many people had for him in this congress when he flew here and decided to interfere in our elections. i appreciate the president going this route again. it is useful and valuable to the union. i think the problem is that most of the convention may not be here because of the weather, but even so it sends a message. if we are talking about ukraine, i will not comment anymore. do you have any expectations from zelenskyi's visit?

i have nothing. i am interested in meeting the president, hearing what he has to say about the progress of the war in ukraine, updating information from all important issues. how ukrainians currently defend their territory, how people are being recruited for the army and how we can be useful. katya, so let's talk about this hot news, it just became known that the house oversight committee is initiating an investigation into zelenskyi's visit to pennsylvania for meddling in the us elections, the speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson is even demanding that zelenskyi immediately fire the ukrainian ambassador to the us , oksan markarov, what kind of accusation is this and what kind of investigation is it. tell me the details, actually initiated it this investigation is the head of the oversight committee , james kamers, he is a republican, the main topic of this investigation is a request, his request to the biden administration, as well as to the department of justice, to investigate for what funding volodymyr zelensky actually

flew to the state of pennsylvania to visit this plant, that one of the criticisms put forward by some republicans is the fact that the aircraft of the united states of america was used directly and that zelensky was allegedly provided with official american protection and that it was allegedly spent on it funds of american taxpayers, and according to some republicans who consider it necessary to start such an investigation, that it was somehow done with an effort on the part of the democrats to interfere in the elections in the united states of america and to involve the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky for this. for... in general, it is worth noting that an important point is the fact that president zelensky visited pennsylvania, it is one of the key states for which there is a great struggle between both parties, between republicans and democrats, and those republicans who criticized the visit, they also criticize the fact that

zelensky flew to pennsylvania accompanied only by democratic representatives, in particular, in particular, the governor of pennsylvania, who is an active supporter of kamela garis. and in addition to this investigation, there were also nine far-right republicans who issued a letter calling for such an investigation, but i will note that some commentators, including university of michigan professor matt zirler, have said to the hill publication that he does not particularly see zelensky's actions as meddling in the elections, but we will actually look into it tomorrow, i think we will learn more. of course, katya, i will also remind our viewers that the voice of america asked the ukrainian side for a comment. so far, we have not received it, but in an interview with the new yorker, zelensky stated that ukraine was very smart and did not interfere in the elections of the united states, in american domestic politics. he said that we always tried to avoid ... influencing the choice of american people, it would just be wrong. katya, i thank you, we will follow this

topic, and kateryna lisunova from the american congress was with us. when the invaded country stops the war, it is not peace, but occupation, so believes nobel peace prize laureate oleksandra matviychuk. in an interview with oleksiy kovalenko, she explained why the restoration. justice should not depend on how and when the war ends, providing ukraine with weapons and permission to strike deep into the russian federation is primarily a matter of protecting human rights. oleksandr, your organization documents tens of thousands of war crimes against the civilian population. according to the center for civil liberties , more than 80,000 war crimes committed by russians during russia's war against ukraine have already been documented. what message do you convey when traveling abroad? what is behind this terrible number?

i am trying to convey two things: first, we should not only talk about numbers, but also about people. the world is trying to turn people into numbers, we provide evidence of war crimes to give people their names back because life every person matters. we must ensure justice for all people. the second message i want to convey is very clear: evil is on the rise with impunity. russian troops committed terrible crimes in chechnya, moldova, georgia, mali, libya, syria, and other countries of the world. russia has never been punished. russia believes that it can do whatever it wants. we must break this cycle of impunity. after 2.5 years of full-scale war, is justice for the victims of these crimes any closer? we work hard, but in... the future, a lot still needs to be done, when i communicated with the victims

of russian war crimes, and all these years, i worked directly with them, i understood that people see justice in very different ways. for some people, justice means putting a criminal behind bars. for other people, justice means receiving compensation, without which they will feel dissatisfied. for some , justice means being able to know the truth about what happened to their loved ones. for some, justice means the opportunity to be to be heard and get public recognition that what happened to them and their families was not just immoral, but legal. so, we have to develop a comprehensive justice strategy to meet all these needs and visions of justice, which means we have to work on a compensation mechanism, strengthening the national capacity to investigate and prosecute, cooperating with the international criminal court.

we must punish the states and their leaders who start such wars today, this is common sense, but for the entire history of mankind there was only one similar precedent, it was the nurber process, so there is this mental barrier, and we are trying to convince the leaders of different countries that we are living in a new century, which means that we have to move. justice should not depend on how and when the war ends. we cannot

wait, we must now create a special tribunal and bring putin, lukashenka and their entourage to justice. there are many voices, in particular in the partner countries of ukraine, about the need to end the war and peace talks with putin. given the lack of a tool of punishment for all russian war crimes. what do you answer to those who say they are peaceful. i will be very frank: ukrainians want peace more than anyone, but peace does not come when the invaded country stops the war, it is not peace, it is occupation, and occupation is terrible, it is war, just another form. i know what i'm talking about because i spent 10 years documenting war crimes. i know that people living under russian occupation live in a gray area. they have no way how

to protect their rights, their freedom, their property, their lives, their own. russian occupation is not just replacing one flag with another. russian occupation means torture, rape, enforced disappearances, denial of personhood, forced adoption of children, infiltration camps and mass graves. therefore, let's be honest when we talk about peace negotiations, whether their goal is the restoration of the international order or the legitimization of the occupied territories that russia took from ukraine, because we have to talk about more than that. many experts call the russian deportation of ukrainian children as an attempt to destroy ukrainian identity, some call it genocide. do you think the efforts of the international community to return these children are sufficient? i think the international

community does not have a clear understanding. that this war has a genocidal character, putin openly says that there is no ukrainian nation, no ukrainian language, no ukrainian culture. when we talk about forced deportation, abduction of ukrainian children and sending them to russia, this is also part of the policy of genocide. children were placed in russian camps re-education, where they were told that they are not ukrainian, but russian children, and then they are adopted by russian families to be raised as russians, so this is a clear attempt to... ukrainian identity, i see a clear genocidal intent in this, because no it is necessary to be a lawyer to understand that when you want to partially or completely eliminate a national group, it is not necessary to kill all the representatives of this group, you can simply forcefully change their identity, and the entire national group will disappear. entire national

group will disappear after the beginning of the course cooperation. after the start of the operation in the kursk region, ukraine carried out three exchanges with russia and returned more than 250 ukrainians from russian captivity. is the formula of exchange of all for all possible and what has kursk changed in this regard? course operation has changed a lot. first of all, it changed the psychological perception of this war. russia is much more fragile. so that russia is perceived as a strong country. i am not a military expert, but i see this clear psychological change in the perception of this war. when we talk about prisoners of war, about cells, about thousands illegally detained civilians, whom russia, according to international law, has no right to receive at all. unfortunately, i cannot expect any universal mechanism to implement the formula of exchanging all for all, because

russia ignores international norms. russia ignores all agreements. kursk of course forced russia to intensify exchanges, because the ukrainian army detained the russian military. you are a human rights activist who says: "give ukraine weapons." now you support calls for the west to allow the west to strike weapons deep into russia. can you explain to our viewers why this is an issue, it is an issue of human rights protection. because i, as a law enforcement officer, do not have the tools to stop russian crimes. russian troops purposefully attack residential buildings, schools, churches and hospitals. they attack horse-drawn evacuations, they torture people in infiltration camps, they forcefully deport ukrainian children to russia to raise them as russians. they

kidnap, rob, rape and kill civilians in the occupied territories. and in... the entire un peace and security system cannot stop this. the only answer is to defend yourself, and that's why we need weapons, because defending yourself with your bare hands is very difficult. going back to the requirement to strike deep into russia, i am not a military expert, so let me explain this from a human perspective: russia can strike a residential building in kharkiv in 42 seconds. it only took 42 seconds for russia to strike a hospital in kharkiv. seconds to strike a school, and when there are those 42 seconds, your kids are in that school, and they obviously don't have time to hide in those 42 seconds, your children are going to die, so we don't... immediate authorization to fire back to stop these missiles, drones, planes bombing civilian cities and settlements from russian military bases . this is

part of the legal right to self-defense. these restrictions are absurd. watch the full version of this interview with nobel laureate oleksandra matviychuk on the youtube channel and website of voice of america in ukrainian. the kharkiv region continues to be under constant attacks by russian troops, from not only people, but also animals suffer from this aggression. volunteers managed to save four ponies from the almost destroyed village of hlyboke, 40 km from kharkiv. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolsky learned how rescued animals live and how they now help children traumatized by the war. the whale-eyed pony arni was rescued from the village of hlyboke in the kharkiv region at the beginning of the summer, says ksenia kalashnikova, the owner of the horse kharkiv stable. he

had a splinter in his lip, we took it out, even a cut lip, here you can see, in there was a fragment in his hoof, and there was also a fragment in his stomach, we got him out of there, he survived very strong shelling, and now he has a heart, now he has heart problems for the rest of his life, and we will support him only with an iv. ksenia has been keeping a stable for 10 years. she also saved the first horse when she found out that the previous owners were not satisfied with his results at the show jumping and were selling it to kazakhstan for meat. currently , she has four horses and the same number of rescued ponies in her stable. animals rescued from shelling need constant medical care care equestrian summer children's camp became an additional source of funds for stable maintenance. as they came to us right before the buying season of hay, a bale of hay costs around 100 hryvnias, and one pony eats about a hay bale per day, that is, it is 400 hryvnias per day, and

we need to buy it 365 days a year, then if we didn’t have enough funds to buy them hay. the day camp that ksenia organized in august lasted a week. in addition to the usual children's entertainment of relays and games, children under the care of educators could ride on horses 11-year-old darya poidak wants to do showjumping professionally, and is currently training at the ksenia camp. you can ride, relax, for me horses are like a second life. daria's father is a soldier, like most of the children in the equestrian camp. some children are from domestic families. ksenia says that hippotherapy, that is, communication with horses, helps children relieve stress from the war. there are three

types of animals in the world that heal us from a distance: whales, dolphins, and these are horses, by touching them, they give us peace, we train them to love, and my names are pronounced in love, they are like big cats. funds earned during the camp and other events. went to maintain the stables, and some went to charity meetings for the armed forces. in general, we hold such camps and fairs every year for gatherings for boys, for cars, for various accessories, we hold such gatherings to help the boys, but this particular camp will be 50, 50% will go to ponies, all to purchase, and 50% ksenia is also taking the boy to the spartan car, the third unit, which is currently protecting us in liptsy. horse riding and photo sessions with horses to support and their four-legged wards and to close another collection for the military in the kharkiv direction. anna kostyuchenko, pavel

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