necessary assistance to ukraine, all these events are closely monitored by our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin he joins our studio from london. i congratulate bohdan. good evening. sweden and finland decided to join nato. sweden, in particular, decided to break the 200-year tradition of neutrality . why bohdan and do the citizens of these countries support such a decision is actually a very interesting story , that is, sweden, unlike finland, followed the policy military, so to speak, neutrality after the napoleonic wars after the period of er warrior of the 19th century for almost 200 years er she avoided warriors she was able to avoid participation in the first world war in the second world war but obviously then there was no nato, which was created after the second world war, we do not know how the swedes would have collapsed in those days if there was a union that could guarantee their protection, but now after russia attacked ukraine with a new invasion on february 24, the swedes, after the finns, decided that they should join this defense union is a very serious break with traditions and

solve it, we will talk with yulia yarmolenko from the white house and our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. congratulations to bohdan's colleagues. former secretary of state kissinger how this thesis was generally perceived by the participants of the zaroslava davos i think that this thesis was probably perceived as an excuse as an impetus for new discussions that have actually been going on for a long time in the circles of observers and commentators, and i think that it is necessary to emphasize what mr. kissinger expressed attracted a lot of attention because it is about a veteran of american politics, a 98-year -old former secretary of state, who is actually history, but his thesis was not the only one, obviously, that resonates at this huge meeting, for example, today, another over 90-year-old veteran , george soros, an economist and financier, voiced the thesis that the west must necessarily contribute to the defeat of russia, because if putin does not suffer defeat, the world is in danger of a third world war and our civilization will not be able to withstand what putin has prepared

efforts of western partners to oppose russia, both militarily and with sanctions, let's talk with bohdan tsyupin, who joins our broadcast from lo bohdan, i congratulate you. good evening, bohdan. boris johnson said today that britain is proud to be among the friends of ukraine at this time. what else did we hear from the british prime minister today, did he perhaps announce any specific steps, well, first of all , it is worth saying that the british prime minister boris johnson himself, parliamentarians according to the rules in this country and an experienced politician, announced a lot of things that were obviously perceived very positively by ukrainian politics. when i watched his speech, it was clear how warmly they perceived the british leader, how welcome his words were, confident words in because ukraine will win because britain is helping ukraine uh, he also admitted the mistakes of the west because back in 2014, as he said, when russia actually started its war against of ukraine by seizing crimea and inspiring the war in donbas. why did the west not understand the scale of the danger th

countries of the alliance must agree to the inclusion of new countries, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin is monitoring the situation. he is joining the studio live from london. greetings bohdan so president bohdane has already repeated once again that he does not want to see either swedes or finns in the north atlantic alliance. his official explanation is that they do not have a clear position regarding terrorist organizations or in fact, the reason is this, is it worth reading between the lines well, first, let's read what ankara says, what the representatives say, and in particular the turkish government, the minister of foreign affairs of turkey stated that for almost five years, turkey has been seeking the extradition from sweden and finland of more than 30 people who are in turkey are considered to be involved in terrorist organizations, namely the pkk - this is the kursk workers' party, which in turkey is called a terrorist organization, as well as representatives or maybe even supporters or followers an organization headed by fetulan, who, by the way, lives in the united states a

more about new sanctions and restrictions against russia and what they mean, let's talk with bohdan tsyupin who followed the topic and joins our broadcast from london, bohdan. i congratulate you. it was precisely the ban on the import of russian oil that the ukrainian authorities insisted on for a long time after a long process in europe . it was agreed upon, however, the ban does not apply to all oil supplies to the eu, how much will it actually be painful for russia we do not know how painful this step will be for russia. first of all, because the prices of oil and gas, in particular, of another product of russia's exports, are increasing, and the actual income to the russian treasury is increasing, and this is very important because precisely to deprive russia of the opportunity to receive these revenues and to finance its war, its aggressive policy, this is exactly what the international community wants and this is exactly what the european union wants, because let's not forget that the eu pays about 400 billion dollars a year more than 400 billion dollars a year by purchasing russian o

about what events should be followed in the coming days, we will talk with yulia yarmolenko and bohdan tsyupings, colleagues, hello ilya, first of all, it looks like the next few days will be full of news about the main statements and events of the following the ticket will probably be most important on monday, may 9 , when the president of the united states, jobiden, plans to sign a lend-lease agreement for ukraine, which was previously approved by both houses of the american congress, also on may 8, the day before, and there will be a meeting, as you said, a virtual meeting of the group of seven, which will be chaired by olaf scholl from the chancellor of germany and in particular, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi was invited to this meeting, again, this is a meeting, the virtual topic of this meeting, as jam psaki, the white house spokeswoman, said. she said that the goal of this meeting is to coordinate efforts for further assistance to ukraine, which is fighting against the russian attack of russian aggression, and also in order to coordinate further actions, further sanctions, so

finland was neutral and non-aligned since 1917, when the country gained independence from russia bohdan tsyupin ridgebell kostyantyn golubchyk voice of america while the russian authorities continue to use the rhetoric of so-called denazification to justify their war in ukraine, the russian military is shelling babin yar, the jewish cemetery in glukhiv berkovtsi , kharkiv and bila tserkva about this is what the chief rabbi of ukraine says, maybe rhubarb osman hit the russians during the war and in the buildings of the synagogues, inside which hundreds of jews were at the time of the shelling, about the theses of russia oleksiy kovalenko talked to us about denazification and the fight against the nazis in ukraine, the crimes of the russian forces, as well as israel's position regarding the war in ukraine and do it to us. in march, you told us that your synagogue was occupied by forced migrants from chernihiv. can you tell us how your synagogue is doing now? all on google, the synagogue became the center of the evacuation of people who suffered, who fled, who lost their homes and fled from the te

figures and what was said in davos about ukraine, we will talk with our london correspondent bohdan tsyupinis it important that british intelligence publishes to the whole world its conclusions regarding the losses of russians in ukraine and why they are so different from the ukrainian ones? well, let's start with that. why are there such different data, and actually the information space is filled with very different numbers, as already said, ukrainians talk about more than 29,000 of dead russians and in the west, in particular, the british say that this is a figure that corresponds to the number of dead soviet soldiers in afghanistan, which exceeds 15,000. russia gives the numbers, in fact, with a huge slowing down, for example, the latest data was released by the russian side in march at the end of march. it was only about 1,300, more than 1,300 dead russian soldiers, independent russian journalists, with the participation of, by the way, the bbc of our colleagues here in london found accurate data confirmed with the names of at least 2 russians who died it's just that they know exactly

receiving energy guarantees, more about the first results of the european union, we will talk with bohdan tsyupin, who joins our broadcast from london, bohdan, congratulations, you followed the first day, that is exactly what it is. at what stage was the adoption of the sixth package of sanctions, and was it successful? to agree on a ban on importnafts, well , first of all, it must be said that today the leaders of the 27 countries of the european union actually started a meeting in brussels regarding the so -called sixth package of eu sanctions, this package has not yet been agreed, sorry about this today in particular, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi spoke, who, using a video link , addressed the leaders of the countries of the european union, spoke before them, er, just er, in the evening, european time, these negotiations, these agreements the sixth package of sanctions is actually very painful and unpleasant for the eu, because the european commission, the executive body of the european union, about a month ago announced that these sanctions are actually a plan to abandon such sancti

thank you, bohdan, for contacting my colleague bohdan tsyupin was in london.struggle of ukrainians for their own freedom and sovereignty inspires people all over the world. graduation ceremony of the us air force academy, he expressed hope that the example of the ukrainians will be a reminder that freedom cannot be taken for granted, he in particular quoted the words of the late congressman lewis, democracy is not a state, it is an action, and emphasized that the people of ukraine stand with the brutal and unprovoked invasion of russia in ukraine has dragged europe into the biggest security crisis since world war ii today america's opponents are testing the same values ​​you swore to defend putin's war of choice the international order is based on rules and it is a challenge to free people everywhere, but the courage of the ukrainian people has inspired the whole world and i know that you too, we stand firmly with ukraine, which defends its democracy and sovereignty. i hope that their struggle will remind us all that we cannot accept our freedom for granted to

significance for the further course of the war with my colleagues ostap yaroshy in washington and bohdan tsyupin in london greetings, colleagues, greetings to ostap, many ukrainians hope that the lend-lease for ukraine in 2022 will be as decisive for the victory in this war as the previous lend-lease of 1941, which was of key importance in the decision and ending of the second world war. what do we know about the details of the document that the president is preparing to sign are now the same people, the first document, the first forest in the 1940s, indeed, many call it historically , they call this agreement the arsenal of democracy at that time, the united states was able to supply the allied forces in europe and then military equipment, equipment that, according to military experts, would help speed up the victory in the second world war over the nazis. now we really expect that jobain will sign this second uh second second law on the langlist for ukraine, it was improved for ukrainian needs for the needs of this war in particular , there is no rule in the law about the provision of weapons

further course of the war, we will analyze with my colleagues, ostap yaroshemi washington and bohdan tsyupindon congratulations, colleagues, congratulations to ostap, many ukrainians hope that lend-lease for ukraine 2022 will be as decisive for victory in this war as the previous lend-lease of 1941, which was of key importance in the decision and ending of the second world war that we we know about the details of the document that the president is preparing to sign, now the same people are the first document, the first lan of the forest 40

my colleague bohdan tsyupin was with us on the call from london.he american senate will soon vote on new aid to ukraine in the amount of more than 40 billion dollars that on tuesday the bill passed the approval of the payment of representatives in the white house, they emphasize that it must be done as soon as possible so that there are no interruptions in the sending of weapons to the ukrainian military. did you talk directly with american senators today, when, according to them, should we expect the approval of this bill and do the democrats and republicans have an agreed position regarding him, in fact, the democrats today announced that they expect this bill. it is as if they started today, on the other hand, the republicans with whom i spoke claim that they support the bill itself, but they cannot say for sure when it will be approved. the main question is that the democrats want the bill to be approved. it was exactly what kind of representatives, because if additional amendments are brought to the senate, it can be delayed for at least a wee