Join the community with a ukrainian view of the world, become a sponsor of the youtube channel, and this is access to exclusive content. Personal thanks, pinned comments, custom icons, and the ability to chat oneonone with the espresso team. Click sponsor and become a part. Sheet music with a ukrainian perspective. Voice of america in ukrainian and our chastay program are on the air. My name is ostab yarysh, congratulations. As a result of the hamas attack on israel , seven citizens of ukraine have already died. About this reported in the ministry of Foreign Affairs of ukraine. In addition , nine. Ukrainians were injured of varying degrees of severity, and nine more are currently considered missing. Diplomats are organizing evacuation flights for those people who want to leave the region, and in the meantime , us secretary of state Antony Blinken visited telyaviv today. At a press conference with Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, blinkin emphasized israel has the right and duty to defend itself against the attack of hamas. This is an incredibly difficult moment for the nation. As for the whole world, if you may say so something personal, i am speaking before you not only as the secretary of state of the United States, but also as a jew, my grandfather, Maurice Blinken , escaped the pogroms in russia, my stepfather, samuel pissard, survived the concentration camps, auschwitz, dachau, maidanik. So, Prime Minister, i personally understand the terrible repercussions that the mass murders of hamas have on israeli jews and jews around the world. You may be Strong Enough to fend for yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never, ever have to do it alone, we will always next to you, this is the message that President Biden has conveyed to the Prime Minister since the beginning of this crisis, this is the message that i and my other colleagues in the government have been conveying to our israeli colleagues every day, even hourly, and here in brussels the two days have ended. Meetings of nato allies and partners, where , among other things, future support for ukraine was agreed upon. Our european correspondent, bohdan tsyupan, works on the spot, we will talk more with him. Bohdan, i congratulate you, congratulations. If we summarize the main results for ukraine these two days in brussels. Bohdan, what would you single out first of all . Well, first of all, in view of what we heard just now, in connection with the news from israel, it is that the international community, and in particular. Ukraines nato partners insist that the attention that is currently focused on the israelis efforts to defend themselves from the hamas group, what is happening in the middle east does not mean a decrease in support for ukraine, this was said by virtually all the participants in the meetings, and we are talking about the meeting of the ministers of defense 30 one nato country plus sweden, as well as the day before yesterday there was a meeting of the Contact Group on the defense of ukraine, the socalled ramstein, where representatives of approximately 50 countries participated, and every time from the mouths of many we heard that this attention would not be, so to speak, blurred or divided, and that ukraine. Will remain under the close attention of the western allies and the aid to ukraine is not decreasing, and this, in particular, was stated by the ukrainian minister. Defense minister rustem umerov, who for the first time participated in the work at the nato headquarters in brussels, and he in particular insisted that there are clear plans, in particular for the nearest months and for the winter, as well as plans for the future, everything that our armed forces and Defense Forces need, we already have, now you know, we are continuing our counteroffensive. Everything that the Defense Forces require of us, we provide, both lethal and nonlethal, and this is ours, but our plan was with our partners to go through it again, these are from the winter period, to plan supplies for three months, that is, there is a commitment and deliveries , to see what we have received, what commitments we have received, and what deliveries we already have for these three months, and from what we see with commitments, very we did not expect many things, in fact, there are positive commitments, with deliveries , the fact that we now have our armed forces and security and Defense Forces working, we receive them on time, that is , we are also increasing this capacity, that is, now the planning will move to the medium term and longterm, that our partners want to work with us, in the context of this longterm planning , bohdane yesterday also talked about the formation of groups, socalled coalitions for technological support of demining, development of air forces. Exactly as you think partners, can it now make aid to ukraine more effective . They talked about groups, they talked about longterm plans, for example, plans for the joint production of weapons, between ukraine and western countries. When it comes to groups, it is obvious that we are talking about the distribution of this huge number, about 50 states, which has already been said, depending on the capabilities, depending on the concentration of efforts in certain directions, and we talked a lot about the socalled Tank Coalition before, now you hear less about it, actually more in brussels these days we heard about the coalition for the supply of f16 aircraft to ukraine and the United States said that it would take a more active part in those in this coalition, in which countries such as the netherlands and denmark have been quite active so far, it was said about lithuania that it one of the states that actively manifests itself in the group that will help ukraine with. Demining, and for example, luxembourg and estonia were named as countries that will focus on helping ukraine with Information Technologies and cyber security. Its interesting, bohdan, you know, you already mentioned that at the beginning the allies assure that they can support both ukraine and israel at the same time, however , there is concern among many ukrainians that the situation in the middle east may, at least for the moment. Slightly divert the attention of western partners from ukraine. Youre at nato hq, based on your impressions of what youve heard, what youve seen on the ground, is there really any reason to be concerned right now . Well, actually, it is worth remembering that in addition to the huge russian war in ukraine, and the unexpected, obviously, unexpected war with and in israel, in fact, we also have other problems to which nato, in particular, is forced to pay attention, we reported in these programs, in particular, the escalation in kosovo, also nato is responsible for certain operations in bosnia and herzegovina, very seriously, on the agenda now is the question that happened with the gas pipeline between finland and estonia. That is, we can probably only speak with certainty about the fact that uncertainty will always remain about the fact that the world is complex, certain conflicts will, will arise, and a group of countries, in particular, united in nato, will be forced to react in some way, but at the moment it is said that the russian war against ukraine is not the same after all. What we see in the middle east, that is, the needs of israel, when it comes to military power, are obviously not the same as the needs of ukraine. There may be some, so to speak, overlap in needs, such as missile defense, but again , israel, when it comes to military power, there is no doubt that the Israeli Military does not need some key elements of assistance , or what the israeli army lacks weapons, on the other hand. The war in ukraine has been going on for almost two years and the needs, the needs of ukraine in that situation are obviously a little different, absolutely, bohdan, thank you very much for your analysis from brussels, bohdan was in touch with us tsyupin, our european correspondent, for the damage it has caused to ukraine, to compensate for the damage it has caused , but now for the first time we heard about the possible concrete next steps, the next mechanisms, today the finance ministers of the group of seven. A joint statement in which they said, what are they support the search for ways to transfer the revenues accumulated on these assets to ukraine, and the day before the us treasury secretary janet yellen said that the us supports the idea that the excess profits that russia could receive, the excess profits that are accumulated on these assets, should be transferred to ukraine. I also support. Consolidation of excessive revenues from russian frozen assets in special Clearing Centers and use of these funds to support ukraine. Russias illegal invasion of ukraine caused unspeakable consequences human suffering and economic loss. We must continue to force russia to bear greater and greater casualties and continue our efforts to ensure that russia pays for the damage it has caused. The position of the usa is important for europe as well, the day before we heard a statement from belgium, which said that it will transfer the taxes calculated on income on assets frozen in belgium to russian assets, will transfer them to a fund, to ukraine, and next year this fund must to make 1. 7 billion €, which is quite a powerful amount, and why exactly the position belgium is so important, as reported by Bloomberg Financial times, it is in belgium that the largest amount of these russian assets is frozen in the largest Clearing Center in europe, euroclear, more than 125 billion euros. Oksano, are the usa and the European Union ready to provide these funds to ukraine, given that the American Congress has not yet approved aid for ukraine and, in principle, has not started or resumed work after the election of the speaker. Indeed, astapa viewers associate the increased attention to frozen russian assets with political confrontation, which is now a new aid package for ukraine is being discussed in europe, and the us congress has not yet approved the package submitted by biden, but the us treasury secretary janet yellen says that the package will be approved without fail, and congress has support for it. Funding for ukraine, both military and direct budget support, along with resources for israel, is the administrations absolute highest priority. Biden we have made that very clear to congress and we believe there is strong bipartisan support. Members of congress have their own determine how this will be done after a speaker is appointed. But it is absolutely the highest priority for the biden administration. How much economic aid does ukraine currently expect to attract from its partners and what do these partners expect from the Ukrainian Government. The Prime Minister of ukraine denys shmyl stated that ukraines honest demand is 42 billion dollars for this year and next year from western partners. Economic policy of ukraine. We have just worked with the government of ukraine on the second revision of the program. As you know, this program mobilizes 115 billion dollars in investments. Years to provide Financial Stability and predictability to ukraine. This second review, like the first one we completed in june, demonstrates that the countrys economic management, despite wartime conditions, is outstanding. Heres what i can tell you first, ukraine is making a much faster recovery than we expected, growth will be closer to the upper 3 mark, and as always my ukrainian friends say we will beat even that. Second as we can see, Structural Reforms are ongoing, difficult reforms even in peacetime, they are even more difficult in wartime, but they are implemented, we also see policies to protect macroeconomic and finance. Stability to the point that inflation is less than 10 . We have some member countries that are not at war, but are struggling to slow down inflation to single digits, and most recently, we see the Ukrainian Central Bank gradually moving to a managed Flexible Exchange rate and doing it from a position of strength, its all very good, but it will only last with our unwavering support. These words are important, oksana, thank you. For your analysis, Oksana Bedratenko was in touch with us. Thank you osta. At the same time, some american experts are concerned that economic support for ukraine may be affected by issues of corruption and the implementation of reforms. This is our next story. Oleksiy kovalenko will tell whether these things can affect the future aid to kyiv. The fight against corruption in ukraine is one of the key topics of priority reforms, which are noted western partners. In 2022 , ukraine took 116th place among countries in the Corruption Perception index, improving its position by six points compared to the previous year. However , ukraines partners in the west emphasize that there is still a lot of work ahead. Discussions about the potential influence of corruption in ukraine on the support of the United States gained new momentum after the politiko publication published details of a confidential report, which, according to the publication, outlines washingtons multistep plan to combat corruption in ukraine. Corruption at the highest level says document, can undermine the faith of ukrainians and foreign leaders in the government of the warring country. Commenting on the issue of combating corruption in ukraine, the jdp emphasizes that anticorruption reforms are one of the priorities in the dialogue with ukraine. It is important for ukraine to demonstrate anticorruption measures , understanding that ukraine will remain a neighbor of russia, they need an economy that can support a Security Apparatus that can deter future russian aggression, and they cannot do this under conditions of wide spread. Corruption in various sectors of the economy. Experts note that concerns about the level of corruption in ukraine are not new, and although it is expected that military aid to the white house will remain unchanged in case of support in congress, the implementation of certain anticorruption reforms may depend on ukraines further receipt of some types of economic aid. I think there remains a certain level of concern about the issue of corruption, and although the publication in politics exaggerates it, President Biden has raised the issue. Also heard from members of congress that they were raising this issue as well. This is a serious question, but it is not must affect military aid to ukraine, it must remain very strong, and we must continue to move forward with aid. According to him, this push has strong support within Ukrainian Society, which has become less tolerant of corruption since the fullscale invasion. In todays ukraine, there is zero tolerance for any corrupt behavior. Pressures from both Ukrainian Society and the white house, says the director of the institutes anticorruption, democracy and security project brookins jonathan cuts, can help the Ukrainian Government implement reforms more effectively. Of course, ukrainians want anticorruption reform more than anyone, but this support is needed and a push is needed to make sure that the Ukrainian Government carries out the reforms that it claims and that it needs in order to meet the eu criteria to start negotiations for membership in the European Union. But this is a separate issue from the question of accountability for the use of American Military and economic aid, which is often raised on capitalist hill. To date , inspectors from the us agency for international development, the state department and the pentagon have completed 33 inspections of aid to ukraine, and another 72 are in the works. None of these checks revealed thefts or abuses, emphasizes john herbst, an analyst at the analytical council. The us has a vital interest in putin losing the war in ukraine. This is the reason why we provide significant military and economic aid to ukraine. There are problems with corruption in ukraine, but there is an extensive system of control with the help of which we provide, so we have no evidence that there were serious abuses of our aid to ukraine. There is no reason why we cannot serve our National Interests by sending significant aid to ukraine while encouraging ukraine to anti. Corruption measures. Experts say that in the long term, a transparent economy will make ukraine stronger in terms of security, but in the short term, no matter what accusations are made against ukraine, it should not lead to the loss of military support from the us, on which the countrys survival depends. Oleksiy kovalenko, dmytro melnyk, voice of america, washington. And we end the issue with a story about a ukrainian apiary in the heart of new york, which has been kept by a ukrainian family for several years. They call their business bee diplomacy. Their beehives are made. In the ukrainian style. Ukrainians also tell the residents of new york about the benefits of bees and teach them not to be afraid of these insects. Iryna solomko and Pavlo Terekhov talked to beekeepers on manhattan. In new york, the district where nataliya okolita from family around the houses there are many parks with flowers and trees, an ideal environment for bees. The idea to start bees on mangedena came to natalie on the playground. I was here with. My little son on the playground and i wanted to sleep all the time, i was very restless, and having my husband, who agrees with the family beekeeper, i knew that there is a practice in ukraine of sleeping with bees, and i