leonid kuchma, who was afraid that... that suddenly he could be prosecuted for, we know the gongadze case, but the gongadze case was only the tip of the iceberg, because it was actually such a special operation of the special services and there was something to prosecute the panel, possibly of the former president, which could be, and he , fearing these consequences, actually did not, let's say, contribute to the ratification procedure, of the rome statute, then 2008, we know, russia's war in georgia, and here ukraine watched very closely how russia used this instrument of the international criminal court, sending there materials about what georgia is violating, actually committing war crimes in abkhazia, south ossetia, and the international criminal court was for'. materials on both sides, by the way, both georgia sends and the russian federation sends, but the georgian case, or rather, let's say, it was determined that there were three violators, we know, in fact, and, accordingly, russia was not convicted, there was a very cautious approach of this international criminal court reg

myroslava gongadze, voice of america, warsaw. this week, japan commemorates the 79th anniversary of the destruction of the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki by american nuclear bombs. the use of nuclear weapons claimed or maimed tens of thousands of lives, while hastening the end of world war ii and making japan a militarily neutral country. however, after decades of pacifism, the country is once again experiencing deep changes in its attitude to military power amid multiple regional threats. at 8:15 a.m. on tuesday, exactly when the atomic bomb exploded at an altitude of 600 m over hiroshima on august 6... 1945, japan observed a moment of silence in memory of the horrors that befell the city. japan's mission, as the only country to have survived a nuclear war, is to explain the reality of atomic bombings to future generations. the country's defeat after the nuclear strikes reshaped japanese society, creating an aversion to war and military might that lasted for generations, but analysts... say that is now changing as the country

oligarchization of the economy, oppression of freedom of speech, the murder of journalist heorhiy gongadzel this caused concern washington, and the biggest blow was the testimony of former major melnychenko, who stated that he had confirmation on audio recordings that president kuchma was going to sell the rep. kolchuga station to iraq to circumvent sanctions. according to yury shcherbak, ex-ambassador of ukraine to the usa, this scandal is a russian special operation. russia did not like our relations with the united states very much. they saw that ukraine was gradually getting out of the influence of the russian empire, which they absolutely did not like. and they began to make all kinds of provocations, then orange in ukraine revolution, john herbst, who then headed the us embassy, ​​says that thanks to his intervention , it was possible to stop the violent crackdown on the maidan, which was planned by the authorities. then i called someone from kuchma's entourage and said, if there are... this will have serious consequences, in particular for president kuchma. about 30 minutes later ,

myroslava gongadze, voice of america, riga, latvia.occupation bench, project of kharkiv volunteers merim yol and natalia artyushenko to help villagers in the region. due to the occupation of villages and mined fields that remained after the russians were pushed out of the region, many local residents cannot cultivate the land and... therefore, kharkiv volunteers buy 100% of their vegetable garden from them and sell it in kharkiv. as this project is working, anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolsky learned. these tomatoes, onions and melons are fresh from the beds in the kharkiv region, says volunteer maryam yol. we have our own bench, and we sell vegetables here, that is , anyone who wants to can come and buy fresh vegetables from izomsk, and not only from the district. 30-year-old miryam yol was born and studied in kharkiv, has turkish roots on her father's side. before the war, they were engaged in the production of advertising for 5 years. at first before the invasion of russia, maryam was engaged exclusively in volunteering. in apri

interfere with the president, who was considered responsible for the murder of journalist georgiy gongadzey flowers at the shevchenko monument. then the actions were brutally suppressed, hundreds of participants were arrested. it must be understood that the maidan of 13-14-year-olds is not the first maidan, and it is not the first major public performance. and further into the depths of history behind all of this are the liberation struggles of the 20th century. that is , the willingness to defend one's right to life with violence is an important part of the revolutionary process, no matter how harsh it sounds. after the unsuccessful assault in december 2013, the authorities decided to simply ignore the maidan. yanukovych and his associates hoped that it would be negative the temperature, the long winter holidays, will eventually bring the protesters home. weeks passed, but the maidan did not disperse. dozens of high-ranking foreign politicians visited its stage and expressed their support for the protesters. new year's eve turned into a grand festive concert, but victory was still far fro

opposition journalist georgy gongadze has disappeared. parliament released recordings on which... kuchma's voice spoke of the physical assault on the journalist. a decapitated body was later found. mass protests began in ukraine. they were called ukraine without kuchma. that was the slogan of the protesters. this slogan proved attractive to a very wide range of political forces. 24 parties took part in the action, including staunch political opponents. ultra-left, socialist, ultra-right, unaso, national democrats. it was an experience of unification, it was an experience of a long-term struggle, because ukraine with kuchma lasted longer than the orange revolution, for example, or even the revolution of dignity, and this is the willingness to unite around, around an idea that denies something, then, like subsequent revolutions, it seems to me, to my deep conviction and feeling, it was for something. the participants of the ukraine without kuchma action, like the students of 1990, set up a tent city on independence square, but later agreed

operation in the kurdish region and its wider implications for of the war in ukraine, myroslava gongadze, head of voice of america in eastern europe, spoke with the latvian minister. you said that ukraine should win this war on the territory of ukraine. ukraine has already moved into the territory of russia, now it is fighting and has already captured, as ukrainian officials say , more than 100 km. russian territory, how do you see the victory of ukraine in this war? that's right, i think we're seeing now that the war has come home to some extent, the war was started by putin and russia, we've seen that the war also directly affects what is happening in ukraine, and ukraine has absolutely every right to defend its territory, to defend its people, in particular by striking russian territories, this is a very clear position of latvians and latvia, in particular. personally mine, therefore, of course, these are absolutely legitimate actions, in the war of self-defense, in the war for freedom and the struggle for integrity, ukraine and ukrainians have the right to strike at the territory of

opinions of experts were collected by myroslava gongadze.a harris met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi six times, most recently in june at the ukrainian summit in muyuru , switzerland. russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, which has begun. a year after the biden administration, harris shaped us foreign policy. washington's leadership and support were decisive in the efforts of the west to help ukraine resist russian aggression, says people's deputy of ukraine ivanna klynpush. however, we also understand that delivery practices are unfortunate arms to ukraine slowly and drop by drop, attempts to control de-escalation, this needs to be changed. bipartisan support of the us is key for ukraine, says klimpustinsadze, and kyiv is preparing to work with any administration to ensure continuity of aid. i believe that it is very important to start moving from the policy of supporting ukraine, as long as it is necessary, to the policy of winning ukraine. the united states remains the leading supplier of troops.