that putin and other european countries know that europe is serious about what is happening in ukraine, we need to tell other allies to calm down, keep their reactions to themselves and work on this issue, i hope this happens and that nato is quietly developing creative solutions for countries to purchase equipment, which can then be sent to ukraine. russia's border with nato increased significantly after finland and sweden joined nato. i think it is very symbolic, these two countries did not create problems for russia or anyone else, and occupied a very beautiful region in the north. now that has changed because of putin's miscalculations and his invasion. there are many things that led to these miscalculations in the plans to attack ukraine. and one of them, these countries have become much closer to nato. changes in the alliance. after the accession of the two

countries, it is not only in terms of military potential, both countries have very, very powerful military potential, they are technologically advanced, but they also carry critical intellectual capabilities for nato. from the point of view of russia, with moscow's putin can look out his window, and he will see nato where a non-aligned country used to be. first, there is definitely a longer border between finland and russia. another thing is what it could mean. for the northern fleet, which is in the kola region, in the arctic sea near greenland. what does it mean militarily and in terms of nuclear capabilities for nato to have midnight members like sweden and finland. i will start with the baltic region, the baltic sea area is critically important from the point of view of geography, countries with which the russians border or through kaliningrad. across the baltic sea. sweden and

finland have naval potential. they know how to operate in the baltic, which is a difficult place, especially for submarines . in terms of naval capabilities, these countries have a lot to offer militarily. there will be better monitoring of what is happening in the baltic sea and what is happening with russian ships in kaliningrad. it was an interview with the former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato policy. jim townsend. ukraine and poland have advanced in the issue of unblocking borders for agricultural products. such a statement was made by the prime minister of ukraine denys shmyhal, based on the results of the polish-ukrainian intergovernmental consultations held on thursday in warsaw. there is progress, the plan is being implemented, although not as quickly as we would like, he said. let me remind you, contrary to the position. since last year

, poland, like several other neighbors of ukraine, has maintained a ban on the import of ukrainian grain, claiming that it only allows transit. polish farmers, together with anti-ukrainian political activists organize protests, blocking transportation on the border with ukraine. these activists claim that ukrainian products are unreasonably cheap and misleading prices on the market threaten polish and other manufacturers. summarizing the long inter-governmental negotiations today, polish prime minister donald tusk... admitted that it will not be possible to solve the problem 100% now, but it is necessary to move and look for a compromise. comments by shmyhal and tusk, further. today, i can say that we are definitely making some progress lifting the blockade, but most importantly, regarding the resolution of all critical issues that lead to such blockades. the plan, our plan is not being implemented as quickly as we would like, but we definitely have positive...

the main interests are pleasant for all parties, but will protect polish farmers and producers and ukrainians, on the other hand, we are looking for solutions that are possible, won't be close to a solution, as i mentioned, it's about quantity. products that can come to poland. we are close to ensuring that transit does not interfere with the polish market, and this also the intention of the ukrainian side. the conversation between the ministries and associations of the two countries regarding the unblocking of the border and further transit of ukrainian agricultural products was difficult, but frank. this assessment was shared by the minister of agricultural policy of ukraine, mykola solskyi. in an interview with my colleague myroslava gongnad over the phone, mr. minister talked about the details of the changes and whether? then

expect the border to be unblocked in the near future, yesterday there was a long meeting of five hours, between me there were polish ministers and deputies, as well as were for the first time at such negotiations representatives of the ukrainian polish side, it is very important that the polish side agreed that these negotiations were for associations, the representatives of the association from the polish side, from the ukrainian side were diverse, primarily in those areas, product manufacturers or traders, as for which there are the biggest discussion between ukraine and poland, it was a complex and frankly difficult conversation, it must be understood that at the same time, namely... yesterday , a final decision was already pre-agreed upon, i hope, by the european union, regarding how the extension of the duty-free trade zone with ukraine after june 5 will look like, this also affected the negotiations, some issues

fell away, or they could already be discussed more easily. mykola, please tell me, can we say that the blocking of the border will stop, or is close to stopping? you can say it a little differently, in principle, yesterday we had a chance, even yesterday, to reach a certain agreement, and it seems to me that the polish-ukrainian people were also ready, at the same time, people who are not ready to do something so quickly take part in the negotiations. and therefore just yesterday this was not achieved and the conversation on this issue will be continued, we are significantly two times closer to unlocking. like now, than yesterday. as russia continues to shell ukrainian territory, in particular, endangering the safety of nuclear power plants, an analysis by britain

's royal joint services institute found that many western countries still rely on russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors, despite efforts. partners of ukraine to break economic relations with the kremlin after the full-scale invasion of ukraine. natalia leonova will tell more. france has 56 nuclear reactors that generate about 2/3 of the country's electricity. it is also one of the biggest buyers of russian enriched uranium to power those reactors, according to a report by london-based think tank the royal joint services institute. it says that despite... on measures aimed at severing economic ties with russia, several western countries still rely on russian nuclear fuel for powering their reactors. imports of enriched uranium to france from russia have increased significantly since the beginning of 2022. thus, there was an increase

in volume by approximately 184%. the french utility company idf even plans to create a joint venture with the russian state rosat. for processing uranium at a plant in germany. in its report , the royal joint services institute also details the export of russian uranium to the united states, germany and the netherlands. russia is still the world's largest exporter of enriched uranium. yes, all over the world on them accounts for about 44% of the total capacity of enrichment services. global enthusiasm for nuclear power waned after japan's fukushima reactor accident in... 2011, but as countries try to cut emissions around the corner, many are rethinking the use of nuclear power. at a meeting of the international atomic energy agency last week in brussels, several leaders called for reinvestment in the industry. how to quickly

adapt supply chains and disconnect from russian supplies. but to us you need to balance the situation. in a sense, if we want to reduce carbon emissions, we have to make sure that our nuclear power plants can continue to operate. the royal joint services institute estimates that in 2023, russia sold $2.7 billion worth of enriched uranium worldwide. the world says that exports to china have increased, raising suspicions that beijing may be importing russian enriched uranium. to help increase chinese exports of enriched uranium. sanctions or any restrictions must be multilateral. otherwise, due to the complexity of the enriched uranium and fuel supply chains, russia will find the hardest brick

in this wall of restrictions to try to maintain access to western markets. western countries are trying to increase their nuclear self-sufficiency. france increases uranium enrichment capacity. at the trikastan site by more than 30%, according to nuclear industry reports. the american firm westinghouse and ukrainian energoatom have started production of nuclear fuel in... sweden, which can supply former soviet reactors in eastern europe. the royal joint services institute says it will take at least two years for the country to wean itself off dependence on russian nuclear fuel. natalia leonova, henry ridgewell, voice of america. the ukrainian authorities have repeatedly called on citizens to collect drones at home, because in conditions of lack of weapons, so -called fpv drones have become an important tool on the battlefield. and these appeals were heard. our next story is about a blogger from kyiv who united a group of several around him

dozens of enthusiasts who develop and manufacture more complex devices capable of flying at a distance of up to 700 km. olena adamenko and mykhailo zayka found out how they do it and how much it costs. the path of this drone to the battlefield began in the apartment of 32-year-old kyiv resident andrii shirayevskyi. andriy works as a marketer, promotes computer games in western markets and blogs on youtube. as the president said, everyone, do drones, so i started doing it all. andriy started assembling drones in december 23, and almost before that for a year, with my colleagues, i made drops for drones in order to do something useful for the front, various accessories for small bombs that are dropped from drones, and then we... felt the need of many soldiers and the military in general for aircraft-type drones and

decided, and why we wouldn't want to make it, because we all had 3d printers on which we printed resets and started printing airplanes. to do this, andrii bought a model of a sports drone on the internet. in western countries , people have a whole hobby of building airplanes and flying them arrange races. we took several such models later. we 've been joined by modelers who can do 3d models, and they've converted these hobby planes into military planes, and we've literally just recently built our model from scratch, and we already have the first one for it, though and a small but serial order. andriy prints drones on four 3d printers, making one drone in 17 hours. the development process is complicated, since the apparatus must be adapted to the needs of the military on that day. or another part of the front, we have to get confirmation from the military that they are comfortable

working with it, that it flies, works in their conditions and so on, there are a lot of factors that affect it, even from the landscape, if we talk to the military that on south , they have the same needs, due to the fact that there are different winds, if we communicate with the military, who are in the luhansk or donetsk direction, they have a completely different approach to aircraft, and they have different needs, so... we have to work with a large assortment, to produce completely different things, send them for testing, wait for feedback and only then launch them into the series, but the wait is worth it - says yevhen okhrimenko, in the past a journalist and quadcopter operator, and now an aerial scout. in our situation, when we have a shortage of shells, then drones are not the future, they are the present, well, this is an objective reality, artillery can not always hit the targets, far from always, er... even if they have shells, sometimes they have enemy drones hanging over them and they are not even in cloaked positions

can come forward, this also often happens, so drones are very important now, especially for us, when now we can not only find a target, we don't even have to wait long, we can hit it ourselves, it's very important and it's very exciting in fact, when you not only find, but also destroy, many people are involved in the process of manufacturing drones, says andriy sharayevskyi. there are people who bring us plastic from europe at the cheapest prices, there are companies there that can help with the purchase of plastic, and besides, even batteries that we put in our drones, we get from electric car repair shops, and basically in our drones are batteries from broken tesla that could have been disposed of, but our technicians do it all in cases. in the hulls and airplanes fly on these batteries. according to andrii, they transferred their planes to 20

different military units, including intelligence units that are preparing complex long-range operations. we have one development that can fly 700 km and carry 8 kg of explosives. literally right now if we if we set ourselves such a task, then from this point, where you and i are, we can fly to dzhankoy and arrange something fun there. the cheapest drone cost its creators $200, although it flies only 10 km. the cost of drones that fly several hundred kilometers can exceed tens of thousands of dollars. an airplane that flies far, its body costs almost nothing, there the cost price can be 300-400 hryvnias, what is inside is super expensive, all these systems that allow you to bypass taxes, antirebs at long distances, they cost a lot. 30% of the funds spent on the production of drones are andrii's own money,

another 70% are donations. i take advantage of the fact that i am a blogger, a public person, and i can talk about... gatherings, and in principle, subscribers help me, give very actively, because the topic of drones is a relevant topic. we all know about our unfortunate neighbor next door, he has a lot of oil and gas, but he does not know how to use them and wants to climb into our house and warm himself. in the first three months of work, andrii and his associates collected more than 60 drones olena adamenko, mykhailo zayka for voice of america from kyiv. kharkiv is a city that has been under constant russian shelling for more than two years. part of the life of the city in the conditions of war is transferred underground. school lessons are held in the subway, cultural life, art classes, theater performances are raging in bomb shelters. my colleague khrystyna shevchenko visited the kharkiv underground cultural center

arteria. at the play about the military spring by the kharkiv puppet theater, about the art of likeness. further in kharkiv, a city which located 30 km from the border with russia , for two years there has been a separate city, a city underground, where residents feel safer than on the surface, underground and cultural life takes place, in this underground space called arteria. a performance by the kharkiv theater of puppets for children will be held today. we like to go to the theater. i saw the play, asked him if he wanted to go today? he says yes, i want to, so we got together and came. such a topic is quite difficult. on a small improvised stage , they will show the giraffe mos, from kharkiv a tale of wartime spring. for director oksana

dmitrieva, this is an exciting moment. not only because the theater does not play on its native stage, but also because the audience is children. well, it was very important for me to talk to the children about what is happening, because i know that with children , first of all, you need to talk honestly, and if we do not agree on something, then the child will necessarily invent another reality, and it can be much tougher, children and parents are expected, it seems. now they forget about the war and are transferred to the world of theater magic. good morning. he didn't understand anything. the main character, a giraffe, finds himself in a city where stones fall from the sky. the giraffe tries

to understand why the city is pelted with stones, and it is so touching that both children and adults cannot hold back their tears. the giraffe receives a standing ovation, i want more , she is so kind to me, and at the same time a little sad, no, you feel safe in the theater here, because it is a basement, so there is a feeling of safety here. and that is why you concentrate precisely on the theater, on the performance, on the performance, artists and cultural figures, of whom there are few left in kharkiv, among them kostiantyn zorkin, who made dolls for the performance. the condition, the condition of the giraffe itself is the condition of a child, that the child wakes up and there is no one, no adults come, she is melancholy, she

is helpless, she does not know anything that is happening around her and does not know what to do, and this is a condition and what about adults it was not such a state when the coagulation began, it is so. gradually , parents and children leave the improvised stage. actors are being disassembled for the bow. director oksana dmytrieva emphasizes, despite her absence opportunities to play on the native stage and low wages will still continue to put on performances, at least in such spaces as this one. i am sure that the theater is a necessity for kharkiv residents. it's not losing your voice. support it, yes. myself, so to support those who are with us, or, or wake up, it, gives, gives meaning when you see that... it works, that, that it is necessary, not only, well, to us creators with a selfish word to create,

it is also necessary for the audience, who allow themselves at this time to feel something. art therapy is not only for viewers, but also for authors. kostya admits that it is the work for the play that saves his psyche. how hatred affects people, and it is destructive. feelings, fear , destructive, all this blocks creativity, i don't know what i would do if i didn't do art, maybe it would be some kind of mental disorder, and the sense of time changed a lot, it became chaotic, inconsistent, non-linear, and only thanks to these projects, for example, giraffe mons in such disciplined work, stable, because we did two performances with the lulyuk theater, in fact, this is one of them, i managed to save somehow. the order of the chronology of events, these two years, they are, well, such a density of events that it looks like it is two years 10. soon another cultural

event will take place on this stage, - says the art curator of the artery premises oleksiy mykhaylov. and most likely, all the artists who were at the performance today will come again. arteria is almost the only place in kharkiv where cultural events can take place, it has the status of a bomb shelter. when we... started doing this, well, we restarted it after a full-scale conversion, yes, in the summer, then there were such doubts whether it was necessary now or not, because then kharkiv was shelled very heavily, and when we had the first event there, i saw, well, on the first day , a lot of people came, but it is not important, well, i just saw their reaction, that they are here, and in our country we are underground, we have the status of a bomb shelter, they are showing a performance here. theaters, concerts, film screenings, art lectures and exhibitions are held, and this cultural artery underground helps to return to a peaceful time, when all these

things could work calmly on kharkiv land. from kharkov, khrystyna shevchenko, bohdan shevchenko, for the voice of america. just like now. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to automatically... unblock thanks to the built-in vpn service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. and that's the end of it, thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian, see you tomorrow, all the best, take care, pa-pa.

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