my colleague oleksii kovalenko works at the scene, we will ask him for details. oleksiy, congratulations on what the protesters are trying to do, what the protesters are demanding near george washington university and on other campuses across the country. hi yuli, yes indeed there has been a wave of pro-palestinian protests on many campuses in the past few weeks united states of america. we know that it's about 400 different demonstrations in 4 different cities according to the washington post's count, and not all of these protests were peaceful, some of these protests ended in destruction, destruction of certain property on campuses, or arrests, so we know an approximate count. as of today, 1,200 protesters have been arrested. what do these protesters stand for? they are advocating that their campuses, their universities, sever ties with israeli educational institutions, so that they cut off, that they cut ties with organizations that are supported or funded by israel, and in line with that, we've heard statements from the us administration of president biden say

details in the story by oleksiy kovalenko and scott stearns.erica has never asked its military to perform so many different tasks in so many places in the world at the same time - said president joe biden during a speech to graduates of the us military academy. today, american soldiers support the brave ukrainians in their struggle for freedom. our soldiers work around the clock to transport ammunition and equipment by land, sea and air. us commitments also include the middle east. the us air force delivered food to tens of thousands of gazans, and during the recent unprecedented iranian attack on israel, we rallied partners, including arab countries, to repel the attack. donald trump says that biden is leading the american armed forces into a quote insanely dangerous situation. our country is completely degraded, and we have a corrupt, compromised president, the dishonest joe biden, who is dragging us into world war iii, and that's what's happening. trump says biden should not risk war with russia or china. in a campaign video, he promised to

oleksiy kovalenko will tell the details.nese president xi jinping is on a six-day tour of europe. among the countries he visits are france, serbia and hungary. against the backdrop of tension over trade issues and european accusations against china in espionage, for the first visit to the old world in the last 5 years, xi jinping chose the countries with which beijing has the most friendly relations. the first country on the tour is france. president emmanuel macron makes statements from time to time. as for strategic autonomy, these words are sweet music to xi jinping. next, xi jinping visits serbia and hungary, which are much more receptive to chinese investment and chinese diplomacy than other european countries. china is trying to avoid a trade war with the european union over disputes over exports china's cheap electric cars, the production of which is subsidized by beijing. another problem is the restrictions for european companies on the chinese market. about imbalance. trade relations between the eu and china have be

my colleague with details oleksiy kovalenko. experts compare the bill on the transparency of foreign influence of the ruling party in georgia. it caused indignation of civil society inside the country and sharp criticism in the usa and the eu. mass protests are taking place against the draft law in the capital of georgia, tbilisi. 28 on april 8, tens of thousands of protesters in the center of tbilisi went on a protest march and demanded to abandon the idea of ​​passing the law. i want to demonstrate my family's position. no to russia, our path and future is in europe, because we need a european one justice and the european order, where the system serves the people, not the other way around. meanwhile, on monday, the ruling georgian dream party organized a counter-protest. participants of the anti-protest. were transported by buses from different regions of georgia in a coordinated manner. the honorary chairman of the ruling party, billionaire bidzina ivanishvili, during one of the few public speeches, accused the west of influe

oleksiy kovalenko, oleksiy asika, voice of america, washington. when putin says that russians and ukrainians are one people, he does not. he means that russians are ukrainians, he means that there are no ukrainians, believes serhiy plokhii, one of the most famous ukrainian historians, the bad director of the harvard ukrainian scientific institute and the author of a number of books. in in an interview with my colleague iryna solomka, he explained how putin's russia resembles hitler's germany, and how the russian invasion of ukraine is a war of imperial disintegration. as a historian, he believes in the victory of ukraine. conversation with serhii plokhi, further. sergey, was this full-scale invasion a surprise for you, for a historian? i'd like to say no, but i can't say that, i mean, i think, like a lot of people, observers, uh, thought that actually this war is not profitable for russia, almost, almost, so speak, suicide, especially in relations with... the west, but in fact i committed perhaps the greatest sin for a historian, that is, i someho

my colleague oleksiy kovalenko spoke with state department spokesman matthew miller and asked him about these efforts by blinken and whether the u.s. plans to eventually stop, quote: not encourage such strikes given the consequences of this policy in kharkiv oblast. you have heard the position of the pentagon and the white house regarding restrictions on the use of american weapons by ukraine for attacks on the territory of russia. at the same time, secretary blinkin noted many times that although washington does not encourage ukraine to use american weapons for attacks in of russia, the decision of how to wage war in ukraine. can you explain this difference in statements on the one hand. the white house and the pentagon from another der-secretary blinkin. can you confirm that the secretary of defense is proposing to change american policy on this matter. there is no difference in policy between the pentagon, the state department, and the white house. we all have the same policy, which is that we do not encourage strikes outside the borders of ukraine. we do not make it possible to hit

the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is on the air, i am its host oleksiy kovalenkontelligence committee released the group's appeal congressmen from both parties to secretary of defense lloyd austin and a call to speed up the delivery of weapons to ukraine. lawmakers also expressed strong support for allowing ukraine to attack targets on russian territory and proposed expanding ukrainian training on american f-16 fighter jets. at the same time, pentagon spokesman pat ryder, in a comment to voice of america journalist ostap yarysh , said that the us policy regarding the use of american equipment to impress targets on the territory of russia has not changed. the us is focusing on securing ukraine means necessary to protect its sovereign territory, the pentagon spokesman said. we have heard from secretary austin his views on striking targets in russia with american weapons, but can you explain why the ukrainians cannot use these weapons to retaliate against attacks coming from russian territory. we know the pantheon doesn't support this, but what's the reasoning behind

me and host oleksiy kovalenko.ounced a new package of military aid to ukraine. military equipment in this package should help ukraine repulse a russian attack in the kharkiv region. the aid includes ammunition for hymars, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells, as well as javelin anti-tank systems and other equipment. meanwhile, ukraine emphasizes the importance of the widest possible of the international delegation at the global peace summit in switzerland on june 15-16. at the time. a time when russia and its associates are trying to downplay the importance of the first high-level international peace conference to end russia's war against ukraine. swiss and ukrainian officials say more than 100 countries have been invited to the summit, and dozens of governments have already confirmed attendance. our european correspondent, who joins us from london, will talk about what the discussion of a just peace will look like. bohdan tsyupan bohdan, congratulations. bohdan, what are the expectations from the peace summit. in sw

congratulations, the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time is on the air, i am its host oleksiy kovalenko. united states secretary of state. america's anthony blinken made an unannounced visit to ukraine. during a meeting in kyiv with the us secretary of state, president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy stated the need to deliver previously agreed american military aid to ukraine as soon as possible. first of all , air defense systems. blinkin remarked that us aid has been approved, it is already on its way and will soon arrive in ukraine. he held his last meeting at the kyiv polytechnic institute. with details from the scene anna chernikova. the us secretary of state antony blinkin's speech here at the polytechnic institute in kyiv has literally just ended. mr. blinkin spoke in particular about the three main points of the usa's commitment to ukraine, and as he said, these are real steps of long-term assistance. first of all, of course, this is military aid. blinkin noted that the us will not work only with partners in order to provide ukraine. weapons and the necessary equipment, as well

chas time program of the ukrainian voice of america service, i and host oleksiy kovalenko.sia continues its aggression against of ukraine, and the us expects that russian forces will try to advance in the kharkiv region in the coming weeks. this was stated by the chief deputy spokesperson of dajdep vedan patel during a briefing in washington. vodnochesh, according to a representative of the dazhdep, they do not expect russia to achieve significant success, and over time the arrival of additional military aid to kyiv from its partners will help kyiv to hold on . the united states will provide ukraine with a new security package help russia continues its aggression, and we expect that russia will try to advance in the direction of kharkiv. and it is possible that russia will make further progress in the coming weeks. we do not expect major breakthroughs. in addition, over time, additional aid receipts from the united states and further support from other partners will allow ukraine to continue to resist this type of aggression. we remain convinced that ukraine retains key adv

experts believe that this can provoke a missile arms race, in which china can join, oleksiy kovalenkoe. russia says it will increase production and upgrade its arsenal of medium- and shorter-range missiles. the russian foreign ministry said this week that the actions were in response to the us deployment of similar missile systems in europe and the asia-pacific region. also , the west supplies more and more advanced weapons to ukraine. i interpret this statement as an attempt to scare or deter the usa, great britain, france and other nato allies from supporting ukraine. none of this is unprecedented, it's just troubling, it makes the situation more tense. the statement also mentioned the united states' recent deployment of an intermediate-range cruise missile system and. tried in the philippines, which was banned until 2019 as part of an agreement to control the arms between the usa and russia since 1987. the united states withdrew from this treaty in 2019, accusing russia of violating its provisions. moscow denies this accusation. so we see that in the absence of effective arms contr