olena zelenska speaking exclusively to our robin roberts reporting from kyiv. >> what were the conversationsike with your husband in those early days of the war? >> the interview interrupted by an air raid siren. >> excuse me, i have to go. >> certainly, certainly. >> her message to americans. >> "nightline" will be right back. ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with president biden's urgent call for gun reform as the nation reels after a series of mass shootings. from that grocery store in buffalo, new york, to a church in laguna woods, california, the elementary school in uvalde, texas, and now a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma. in eight days since the shooting at robb elementary, there have been 20 other mass shootings across the country. and president biden's message to congress? "enough." >> we need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. if we can't ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. strengthen background checks. enact safe storage laws and red flag laws. let's meet the moment. let us finally do something. >> the preside

. >>> abc news exclusive, ukraine's first lady olena zelenska sits down with robin in kyiv in her first one-on-one television interview since putin's forces invaded nearly 100 days ago. >> and what these young children have witnessed, what they have seen, family members. >> with her country's fate on the line her refusal to concede as the president, her husband, risks his life to save their people and the stark reminder of war in the capital. >> that's an air raid siren right now. >> an air raid siren sounds off in the middle of robin's interview. now as president biden promises more weapon, what zelenska says her country really needs. >> do you have a message for the american people? >> only on "gma" this morning. >>> deadly mass shooting again. at least four dead at a medical facility in oklahoma, just over a week after the massacre at the uvalde elementary school. >>> stunning verdict. victory for johnny depp in the high-profile trial against ex-wife amber heard. dan abrams here to break it down. >>> tropical threat. the new storm taking aim after hurricane agatha. plus, the new seve

thank you, our colleague lina zelenska, now in the museum of the revolution of dignity, we rememberedvents again, but let's go back until today really now for the last half hour we hear and read news about powerful explosions in kyiv just now we can hear them outside our windows so we are currently figuring out all the details we will provide official information a little later but we urge you to stay safe as much as possible follow to the shelter or protect yourself and your loved ones. region received information about the launch of rockets, about 14 rockets were launched, in particular, from the kakhovka district of novoi kakhovka, ugu whether all the rockets launched from there arrived here at the moment, we do not know, but we continue to find out, of course we remember information hygiene, we do not report arrivals , we do not report destruction and the places where the rockets hit, if this uh-uh now concerns kyiv directly, we stay in shelters uh-huh in warehouses and take care of our safety, which just a-uh was in direct communication with us and she will go to shelter to prote

than a thousand women defenders have already become commanders, the first lady of the country olena zelenska reported about it. nowadays, women in ukraine are fighting on all fronts, not only with with a weapon in her hands, added zelenska, the majority of medics in the army are women . in poland, the institution will work for both polish and ukrainian children, according to the relevant minister, there are currently one million ukrainian children in poland, 200,000 of them have already gone to local schools, what help can children and their parents count on, and what has already been done, let's see how to get psychological support, work with children's teachers and address legal issues, all this can be done by parents and their children at the help desk in the city of lodz. our task is to ensure that children adapt to diagnose such short-term a psychological to psycho-pedagogical assistance, such a point was not accidentally decided to open in lodz, in this building there has been a museum of polish children for a year, which reminds everyone of the tragic pages of the country's history, t

a thousand women defenders have already become commanders, the first lady of the country, olena zelenska, announced this, women in ukraine are currently fighting on all fronts, not only with weapons in their hands added zelenska, the majority of medics in the army are women. every second entrepreneur in ukraine is also a woman. three years ago, the first child support center was opened in the city of lodz, initiated by the children's ombudsman of poland, and will work as a for polish and ukrainian children, according to the relevant minister, there are currently one million ukrainian children in poland, 200,000 of them have already gone to local schools, what help can children and their parents count on, and what has already been done, let's see together in the next story, get psychological support, work with parents and their children can do this at the help desk in the city of Łódź. our task is to ensure that children adapt to diagnose such short-term and psychological , psychological and pedagogical assistance, such a point was not accidentally decided to open in Łódź in this building

zelenska saying ukrainians truly appreciate american support, but fear a never-ending war if the u.s. becomes complacent about it. >> do you have a message for the american people? >> reporter: david, that was also the sentiment of the new u.s. ambassador. the need to keep the american people engaged in ukraine, but also, a commitment by the biden administration to stick by the country however long this takes. david? >> all right, ian pannell in kyiv. ian, thank you. and of course toen ro bin roberts again tonight. >>> back here at home and to news on the economy and gas prices tonight. the white house welcoming a decision by opec and its partner nations to speed up oil production. opec promising to increase its oil supply by 50% more in july and august, adding 648,000 barrels a day. analysts say the increase won't solve the gas price crisis, it will help a bit. they are hailing it, though, as a diplomatic breakthrough that could lead to future cooperation. >>> and we turn to london tonight, where they are celebrating queen elizabeth and her 70-year reign, the world celebrating the qu

this was told by local journalist svitlana zelenska in melitopol, well, even children are not createdenings together with adults when it gets dark, and when those rascals don’t go in the squads, they sing ukrainian songs a-a oh, there’s a red viburnum in the meadow so uh-uh no one can recognize where they are but that’s how they show their patriotism from the last protest actions, the journalist told about the patriotic action in one of the parks of the temporarily occupied melitopol, also the last time on e-e in the park named after gorky young people gathered with the flag of ukraine despite the fact that it is very dangerous because there are a lot of of the russian occupiers here, our young people gathered in one of the corners with the flag of ukraine and yellow ribbons and sang the national anthem of ukraine. it was also against this government against the occupation of melitopol the temporarily occupied melitopol also has passive resistance. these are the people who do not accept the occupation regime but can not go to open protests, they adhere to the kherson-melitopol positio

sophia cathedral, relatives of diplomats and the first lady of ukraine olena zelenska gathered to youyou and your country and other countries to do everything so that in ukraine children do not die, children are only born to laugh, run and make their parents happy so that when the grandfather is driving and trying to save them, the russian peace of shooting shelters the car and when the children are still alive and there is an opportunity to save them, to bring them to the hospital for an hour, they do not allow anyone to car when the children were still alive and screaming 261 children died at the beginning of the russian invasion more than 460 were injured the most children were injured in the donetsk, kyiv and kharkiv regions such data as of this morning were made public by the ministry of defense more than 230,000 minor ukrainians were abducted by the russians and taken to their territory however, data about killed and wounded children, not exactly a five-month-old son and her husband during the shelling of her native kharkov , oleksandr korostylova lost at the beginning of the in

europe will have to fight with them with its own hands, the wife of the president of ukraine, olena zelenska, stated this in an interview with the french tv channel france 5. at the same time, she emphasized that for four months ukraine asked the world to help close the sky, but this never happened, in her opinion, many victims could have been avoided if the sky was closed, you can't get used to war, just like we ca n't get used to the sounds of explosions, so you shouldn't get used to the fact that people die next to you, there are no other people's wars. if you suddenly start to seem that there could be any reasons for this war, any geopolitical, political, etc., this means that you are in the field of view in the field of work of russian propaganda, unfortunately well, at that time the verkhovna rada is actively working on the development of european integration bills, the speaker of the parliament ruslan stefanchuk expects that in the near future the parliament started implementation, it is about a complex of about a hundred legislative acts, in particular, that of the experience of the

our colleague lina zelenska is now in the kitchen of the capital institution where during the war, volunteersook and still cook for the military. greetings, colleagues, we are in the kitchen of one of the kyiv restaurants, which during the war turned into a field house, here all days are about people of various professions they prepare borscht for our soldiers, bake meat , prepare vinaigrettes, prepare various salads under the leadership of all chef dmytro shcherbachenko. greetings, dmytro, apart from you, only one professional cook works in this kitchen, the rest are people of various professions, whose uh, well, there are a lot of different ones . a ticket is not a cashier, a collector, a bus driver , a seller of various cars, even an entrepreneur , an artist, an accountant, i know what we have here today , an artist. that i can't stand aside, that i can be useful on everyone's front. unfortunately, i'm a woman with no military profession. i'm not good enough to pick up a weapon to go there to defend my country. but i have some abilities, some skills. i used to cook in the kitchen for my fa

well, it actually seems to me that when zelenska talks about it, it is still a topic that needs to be i tell you? by the way, i don't agree that it was a completely unrealistic strategy because you can close the sky and look at it from different angles, for example, it was at least to close the sky with an overhead view of key objects, for example, atomic objects, yes or facilities that are there by large chemical enterprises. that is, it could be, let's say, a partial closure by them. and secondly, even in the political circles of western countries, e.g., for example, our neighbors poland or romania, it was discussed, and technically there is a possibility that they, for example, on part of the territory of ukraine, which is close to the border with these countries. and we see that the missiles are flying almost to the border of the same poland. for example, for example, they closed the sky, and that is, they officially informed russia about it, and i think that russia took this into account in in the context of those missiles that they drop, that is, maybe we wouldn't have seen it w

abroad because of the war, 100,000 books were printed, the wife of the president of ukraine olena zelenskaormed about it, the book without borders project under the patronage of the first lady is implemented by the ukrainian institute of books of the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of culture and information policy, ukrainian publishing houses provide book layouts, and embassies conduct negotiations and look for partners among foreign printing houses that produce these books in ready-made booklets are distributed to children director of the institute of demography and social research alla albanova joins our broadcast ms. libanova i congratulate you so the international labor organization calculated that almost 5 million jobs were lost due to the war in ukraine at the same time according to the data of the civil service employment, less unemployed people are now registered than a year ago. why do you think there is such a difference in the data? well, because people largely just lost their jobs and left their places of permanent residence i don't mean exclusively abroad , it ca

destinies three stories of children who came to kyiv and from donetsk , kharkiv and mariupol in elina zelenska'sstolen childhood good afternoon, dear grandmother, how did you spend the night? i didn't sleep in the basement today, but on the mattress near the door. mom constantly hugs me and tells me not to be afraid, but i it's still scary when we hear sirens or explosions, we hide bomb shelter bomb shelter bayraktar javelins children's vocabulary has been replenished with new words and their emotional state with sadness and longing little ukrainians have fully experienced all the horrors of war war for childhood ani, i know you, there was a war in donetsk in 2014, yes, in 2014, we were forced to move from donetsk, and at that time i was with nadiya, uh, i had oleksandr in my stomach at the time, and that's why we had to leave because i didn't i could hear all these explosions and you didn't understand what would happen next. we really like how you will give birth in kyiv, and i would like oleksandr ruslan to be in his homeland, but unfortunately, we are being robbed of all opportunities. in don

also against the occupation and support ukraine local journalist svitlana told about this we have zelenskaven the children do not obey in the evenings together with adults when it gets dark and when those rashistas don't go in the selections, so they sing ukrainian songs, oh, there's a red viburnum in the meadow, yes , no one can recognize where they are, but this is how they show their patriotism, and from the last protest actions, a journalist told about a patriotic action in one of the parks temporarily of occupied melitopol, also for the last time , young people with the flag of ukraine gathered in gorky park. despite the fact that it is very dangerous because there are many russian occupiers in the park, our young people gathered in in one of the corners, with the flag of ukraine, with yellow ribbons, and they sang the national anthem of ukraine, it was also a sign of protest against this government, which is against the occupation of melitopol, ukraine , in the temporarily occupied melitopol, there is also passive resistance. these are the people who they do not accept the occupation

zelenska also said she has no idea when the war will end.g that it is a difficult question that her 9-year-old son also keeps asking her. the first lady thanked the united states for its, quote, enormous support, but implored americans to not get used to this war. here's more of her comments, we added some english translation at the bottom of the screen. >> that's the bet vladimir putin is making, that the united states and the rest of the west will get used to this war, that their attention will wander, that their commitment now to send money and military equipment to ukraine will wane. speak to us there about what is the situation in the uk, there in europe, are they still prepared to supply ukraine with what it needs, even if this war has a significant economic toll and could last for months if not a year? >> yeah, this is something that i'm told ukrainian officials were raising as a concern within days of the russian invasion back in february. they knew that the world would be focused intently on ukraine for a period of time. and then ot

this major development comes as robin interviewed the first lady olena zelenska at the presidential compound in kyiv, about the war, the toll on her family, and the families of ukraine. i spoke with robin from kyiv just a short time after she sat down with ukraine's first lady. and obin, it's great to have you with us here tonight from kyiv. i know your exclusive interview comes at a key moment here with the ukrainians locked in this battle with russia, particularly in the eastern part of their country right now. this was wide-ranging. you were telling us how forthcoming the first lady was, not only caring for her family, looking out for all the families of ukraine, but she was also fully aware of president biden's decision on these rocket systems? >> reporter: oh, david, good evening. she was fully aware of that and many aspects of the war. the first lady really wanted to get a message out that the people here in ukraine, they are defiant, and that she wants the world to know that, though you see things here in kyiv pretty much back to normal, that is not the case in the eastern part of tis

lithuania accepted more than 50,000 ukrainians, the center was created on the initiative of olena zelenskaremises for him were provided by the university of veliky, according to the information of the president's office, the center will become a place of training, career guidance, psychological assistance, recreation for children, youth and adults , it will be possible to leave the little ones for extracurricular activities, attend lectures, educational courses, or devote time to hobbies. these are the things for this moment, i tell you see you at 12:00, be with us , watch espresso news and the euro espresso program for ukrainian refugees in europe, a joint broadcast with the atp channel, radio programs on the air of our channel freedom, the time-time voice of america program, the inclusion of journalists from public television, bbc news ukraine and franz 24, as well as the broadcast of the information marathon, the only news, together we are the power, glory to ukraine, mariupol, not so long ago, an industrial center, and just a wonderful city by the sea. and now, the city is a martyr, a

of bandera at the beginning of the war i began to call her toys patriotically, for example, olena zelenska first lady, the president was at the fair, the ex-husband was arestovych, he was a character, only palanichka, so that it would be, you know, simply transfer money, well, it is important, but when a person does not just transfer money, but has something to replace it , it is even for a person some topics ago, we decided to help in this way, and well, it works, the only marathon continues on the air, the anti- zombie project and we will see each other in 15 minutes, stay with us, fill in like us at the beginning of the war were sincerely surprised and shocked by the degree of looting of the russian orks in ukrainian territories - this is the russian world, these muscovites are stealing food, the russian military three months after the start of hostilities in ukraine, more than fifty-eight tons of parcels went to the border towns, we did not think and did not understand. it was necessary to get to ukraine to rob everything in sight with such a dog, on a thin box, a blanket, clearly civi

olena zelenska speaking exclusively to our robin roberts reporting from kyiv. >> what were the conversations

. >>> abc news exclusive, ukraine's first lady olena zelenska sits down with robin in kyiv in her first since putin's forces invaded nearly 100 days ago. >> and what these young children have witnessed, what they have seen, family members. >> with her country's fate on the line her refusal to concede as the president, her husband, risks his life to save their people and the stark reminder of war in the capital. >> that's an air raid siren right now.

olena zelenska spoke one o one with cnn's christiane amanpour. >> how do you specifically feel aboutunfortunately those two months when i didn't see my husband at all, that's in the past, i can see him sometimes for a short time and not very often, but i can physically feel him next to me. this isn't normal, it's not a normal relationship when children cannot see their father and have to talk to him on the phone. so our relationship is on pause just as it is for many -- well, all ukrainians. i would say that half of our population are apart, are not together, and we, just like every family, are waiting to be reunited, to be together again, to spend evening, to have dinner together, to talk to the children about their things and not only their children's things, but my daughter, for example, is a young adult now, but we're hanging in. i like this image, we're holding on just like that cupboard in bore dank can a where the occupied bombed all the buildings there and we saw this photo of one of the buildings and there was a call remaining and there was a wardrobe or a cupboard there tha

something ukrainian first lady olena zelenska was passionate to discuss in an exclusive interview withhis week. that interview is now streaming on hulu. >>> staying overseas, investigators are now looking into what caused a train derailment in germany that left at least four people dead and another 30 injured. authorities say the train going from a popular resort town in bavaria to munich came off the tracks. several cars then tipped over and fell down an embankment. >>> and some good news for workers in the auto industry. ford says it's planning to add more than 6,000 union jobs in three states. that's michigan, missouri and ohio. the company wants to build new facilities to mostly produce electric vehicles. >>> time now for "pop news" and will ganss who has embraced all things british. >> yeah, i'm pretty sure i'm like ninth in line to the crown now. i think that's how this works, right? >> fingers crossed. >> fingers crossed. ha, ha, ha. [ laughter ] all right. let's get into it. time now for "pop news" from london and look at tonight's star-studded concert at buckingham palace. omg

the war also heightening its impact on children, something ukrainian first lady olena zelenska was passionatehighlight in an exclusive interview with our robin roberts in kyiv this week. the first lady saying, around 1,600 schools in ukraine were destroyed or completely leveled to the ground. the child death toll in ukraine increasing to an alarming 262. this kindergarten in northwest kyiv re-opening for the first time since russia's invasion. teacher natalia asking her students, children, do you know why we're here? the children replying, yes, because it's a war. people have already spent weeks underground in this very bunker, but it's now been fitted out for kids. they learn in this classroom. they play in these areas. head teacher hannah telling me it's a pity, but they know from their parents what to do when the sirens go off. "it's sad that our children now know how to react very quickly." and today is the u.n. observed day for protecting kids in conflict. the u.s. ambassador here joining the ukrainian first lady in mourning the 262 kids killed in this war. whit? >> britt, thank you. >>

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