individual western or global politicians are exploiting the war in ukraine, russian aggression and in very strange contexts that seem simply crazy to us, and when we draw attention to this from ukraine, everyone tells us that you are using some kind of moral there, i don't know the judgment, or you are very emotional, well, very emotional, well, of course, because in our country time is measured by human lives, you understand, well, this tragedy happened in slovakia. i hope that this rethinking, if the slovaks can, will be able to pass. mr. dmytro, and how should the state of ukraine act now. we know that volodymyr zelenskyy quite promptly and quite clearly condemned the attack on fitso. however, how, whether ukraine can and should act in some way now, so as not to allow manipulation, and well, so that this situation is not used against ukraine. yes, you absolutely are. right, very timely,

contextual, there was, there was a statement and then, the address of president volodymyr zelensky, that was, that is, now, unfortunately, we have problems with communication with dmytro tuzhansky, he was in contact with us, the director of the institute of the central european strategy, we talked with him about how the assassination attempt on robert fitzogi, the prime minister of slovakia, could affect. and the political situation in slovakia, and how russian propaganda is trying to use it to blame ukraine for it. well, we continue. so, let's move to china. with a line from a song from the times of stalin and mao zedong, russian and chinese brothers now, russian president vladimir putin opened talks in beijing with chinese leader xi jinping. this is already their 43rd meeting, because both rule very. for a long time, all for more than 10 years, and then for

almost a quarter of a century in power in moscow. the leaders of china and russia signed a joint statement, in which ukraine was mentioned in particular. first, they called for a halt to actions that continue the war and further escalation so that the crisis does not get out of control. it was a quote. russian aggression against ukraine is called the ukrainian crisis in beijing, and now in moscow. china put forward its peace plan at the beginning of last year, which includes, among other things. respect for the territorial integrity of all countries, but ukraine specifically was not named. the joint statement also speaks of dialogue as a way to resolve the so-called ukrainian crisis. of course, there is no doubt that i, for my part, will inform the president of the people's republic of china about the situation surrounding the ukrainian crisis. we are grateful to our chinese friends and chinese colleagues for the initiatives they put forward to resolve this problem. "we both

agreed that a political solution to the ukrainian crisis is a move in the right direction. so, what should ukraine expect from these talks in beijing, we are talking about that further. and the head of the board of the ukrainian association of china studies was with us live. vita holod of china connoisseurs. good evening. good evening. regarding the war in ukraine, which china previously, and now putin too, calls the ukrainian crisis. and whether beijing itself continues to insist on its neutrality in this war. after such a warm meeting, is it possible to draw a conclusion about beijing's actual support for the kremlin? we have seen an unbalanced position from the beginning, although china has claimed. about his neutrality and that

he has friendly relations, both with ukraine, yes and with russia, but this position is not balanced, and all the experts in china say this openly, and we really need to draw certain conclusions from this, but the fact that we now see such a large russian delegation in beijing confirms once again that russia is betting precisely on china, the fact that they have no other way out than to turn to the east and completely... oh yes, now we will try again to renew the connection with our guest vita holod, she is the head of the board of the ukrainian association of china studies, with her we are discussing putin's visit to beijing, let me remind you that it is already the 43rd meeting of the leaders of russia and china, they see each other a lot, and i will actually remind you that this is happening because both leaders have been in power for quite some time, and vita holod is in touch with us again, i welcome you again to our country , yes, i wanted to say that

we really do not like what is happening now in beijing, but this is such a large delegation, a confirmation that russia is completely... unfolding its economy and politics in the direction of china, yes, it is called a turn to the east. whether the population likes it or not, it is second, second question, but today the composition of the delegation once again says that all industries will be concentrated in china. and how can the usa actually act then, because yesterday, by the way, i was on our hanna airwaves. gave the opinion that some in the west may believe that a weakened russia there can help the west in its confrontation with china, what you said, i am talking about the fact that russia is obviously never in any condition, or rather as if as putin himself said, chinese and russian are brothers forever, i.e

i don't know whether this is the case or whether the usa can somehow prevent this, in fact, the fact that the american-chinese confrontation weakens the ukrainian one. this position is also expressed in china, and it is really necessary to understand what points of compromise remain between the two global powers, yes, america and the people's republic of china, they are still talking to each other, and today, for example, in geneva, a dialogue on artificial intelligence is taking place between representatives of china and the united states. regarding ukraine, the dialogue is also ongoing, and we insist that the issue of peace. in europe were discussed in tripartite formats, this and with european leaders and with american leaders, that is, peace in europe is in the interests of the whole world, and our european partners insist on this, and china says so. today , a joint statement was signed in beijing, and putin and xi again said

that dialogue is a good way to overcome the crisis, again using the terminology they used. ah... this plan about the need to hold negotiations without withdrawing the russian troops from the territory of ukraine, is this really a chinese vision, or is it so to speak, they ask attention to the wishes of russia, and we see that this is a consistent position, that is, its position, it will not change, right? in fact, this kind of chinese diplomacy is stable, it is classical, traditional, independent from conflict on earth, that is, this is the conflictology of china, and... we observe only stable principles, fundamental principles of china's foreign policy, they are called peaceful coexistence, that is, they solve all conflicts through peaceful negotiations, this also applies to their conflicts on the borders, this also applies to the israeli-palestinian

of the conflict, the same tools, the same tactics, that is, we are only observing the virtually stable position of china, the fact that the last time they published six points after such shuttle... supply chains, regarding, let's say, not preventing, preventing a nuclear disaster, nuclear war, ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities, we have problems with the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, china says so, but it does not say about the withdrawal of troops and he does not say, aggressor, that is, it is actually in chinese interests to maintain this such a flexible position, regardless of how this conflict ends, china will look, its image will look, to remain in such a peacemaker. but if we talk about the image and what can really be considered and planned

and expected in beijing, critics of the plan say that if the russian troops are not withdrawn, it will not lead to those peace negotiations that will lead to justice. of peace and actually beijing itself says that he respects the territorial integrity of ukraine. does beijing even expect that any negotiations with russia can lead to the withdrawal of russian troops from the territory of ukraine, and the territorial integrity that beijing insists on can be restored. china insists that the parties sit down at the negotiating table, what they will agree on is up to the parties, and in fact china understands that returning 20% ​​of the occupied territory is a very difficult task. for ukraine, and they repeat that this conflict is indeed, he disturbs the peace in europe, how to solve it, there is no formula for such a solution that china can offer, but once again about peace negotiations, this has become china's position regardless

of the conflict, and in this context , i would like to ask you, will china then take part in the first peace summit in switzerland in june, because, well, obviously. the position of beijing itself and the peace formula proposed to be discussed in switzerland do not match a little, in particular this formula provides for the withdrawal of troops, so do you expect the representatives china in... in switzerland? china did not give a positive or negative answer, that is, the participation of china is still unknown. we know that already in china there is an understanding that ukraine is important for europe, in order to continue the dialogue with european colleagues, the factor of ukraine will play a decisive role. we also understand, and this is in the german strategy towards china, that the russian-chinese rapprochement is... such a risk, a threat to the national security of europe, that is, such

factors are already clear to xi jinping for the chinese elite, and will there be, let's say, any steps have been taken towards the peace summit, we are watching it, at the moment we do not have an answer, and it is clear that ukraine wants to see china at the negotiating table in switzerland, what is the least we should demand from china... in terms of nuclear safety guarantees, and for that we have a contractual base. indeed, not in this one, not only in this ether, one has to hear that china is one of those who are least interested in a nuclear conflict. china is criticized by the usa, but not only by them, that it supplies russia with many dual-purpose goods, which russia then uses for weapons against ukraine. well, in particular, we are talking about semiconductors, or drones, and these are the elements that can be these goods. dual purpose. china denies this. let's listen to what the spokesperson of the chinese foreign ministry had to say about this and return

to the discussion. china has always taken a low-key , responsible approach to military exports and has a strict regime for controlling the export of dual-use items, including drones. this is a typical double standard and the us is acting irresponsibly. providing unprecedented military aid to ukraine. at the same time making unjustified accusations against normal. economic and trade exchange between china and russia. well, what do you think of this statement, is it possible to assume that the usa will be tougher in the future and this could create a problem for china if it continues to do this, this has not been proven yet, but it is said, in particular, by us intelligence, and ukrainian officials too they talk about it. that the us is raising rates is obvious. biden passed a new electric car law the other day, and i think it's in there long. the list of where you can still press china, on dual-use goods,

this is a critical moment for us, and we will insist that the chinese senior leadership control the export of these dual -use goods to russia, because it feeds the so-called yes russian military machine, or it's possible, yes, because it's trade, it's possible because we have a similar case with the chinese fountain, and after with... or biden with xi jinping in san francisco, xi jinping personally promised and did such a total, let's say, control over export, that is, this problem has stopped, which means that it is possible in china, so we will insist that the control of dual-purpose goods is also strengthened, otherwise there will be sanctions. we will also follow this, and finally, i want to ask you how you would assess the level of relations between ukraine and china, whether kyiv works sufficiently, actually with... in the chinese direction, this is a very painful question, i just returned from beijing,

the ukrainian presence there is critically not enough, we have a ukrainian diaspora, there are representatives of the diplomatic corps, but this is simply not enough compared to the russian presence, with the russian presence, and all layers of society are really permeated, poisoned by such russian propaganda presence, this is business, and politics, and social networks, and academia, that is, here... a lot of work and it is necessary to develop scientific diplomacy, and public diplomacy, and cultural diplomacy, but this requires resources, time, and people, that is, it is a big, let's say, such a loss of ukraine in china, and we can say that it happened long before the invasion , very briefly, in this context action of the parliament of ukraine, that is, about recognition, more precisely about the opening of a representative office, a call for the opening of a representative office of ukraine in taiwan. on the contrary, this hinders these efforts briefly? i, for example, have not yet heard about this

news, the opening of a representative office in taiwan , ukraine was on it, it was just that it was discussed about deepening such relations, at least this is critical, it is critically important, if, for example, ukraine does this, then undo it it will be very difficult, it will be a big mistake of ukraine. thank you very much for your opinion, we were in touch vita golud, head of the board of the ukrainian association of china studies. this is the end of freedom, thank you for watching us, at the very end, i urge you to subscribe to radio freedom in the pages of social networks, my name is sashko. bye what is bahmud? bahmud is a place of fear and a place of bravery. no matter what anyone says, bravery is not the absence of fear. bahmud is the

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it is very important to know even the smallest details about the disappearance of a child. attention in the photo: ivan bastryukov looks about 15 years old, he has an oval face, dark blond hair and kariochi. if anyone has suddenly seen the boy or knows where he might be now,... call us immediately on the magnolia child tracing service hotline at the short number 11630. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. if suddenly there is no connection or an opportunity to call, write to the chatbot of the child tracing service at telegram i also want to remind you that the search for ten-year-old artem kholodny, who also disappeared in the kharkiv region and also in the city of kupyansk in september 2022, is ongoing . his mother is asking for help in finding the boy. imagine, a woman has not seen or heard from her son for more than two years. i appeal to everyone who can see or

know any information about my child, my son, the cold one, artem andriyovych, if anyone has seen or has any information, can provide it, i am asking you to do so, because the mother's heart is breaking and... the thing is that artem kholodny's parents are divorced and live separately. it so happened that when the war began, the boy was with his father in the city of kupyansk, kharkiv region. on the third day of the full-scale invasion, the city was completely occupied, and later communication was lost there. for almost six months, mrs. elena did not have any news about her son and only in september 2022 she received a short message from him in viber. it was... let me remind you that on september 22, the soldiers of the ukrainian armed forces liberated kharkiv oblast from the occupiers, and it was during this period that the son of mrs. elena went to

communication of course, the woman tried to call artyom, they wrote him more than one message in response, but all attempts turned out to be useless. the connection with the child mysteriously broke off again, and it is not known where artem kholodny is now. therefore, it is very important. your help look at the photo again and remember the boy's face. he is a very active boy, fair-haired, with such a lithe physique, light-eyed, gray-blue eyes, active, kind, a good boy. if suddenly someone saw artem cold, or knows where he might be now, do not delay and call us immediately on the magnolia children's helpline at the short number 11630. dzinki from any. free of charge of the ukrainian mobile operator. if it is not possible to call, write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram. i have told you

only two stories of missing children. since the beginning of the war, we have received thousands of appeals for help in the search. most of the children were found, but the fate of many remains unknown. this especially applies to temporarily occupied territories, where paralyzed police work. where it is impossible to leave and there are communication problems. sometimes people who cannot find their own children do not even know what to do or where to turn. if you suddenly find yourself in a similar situation and have no idea how to act, call the short number 11630 or write to the chatbot of the children's search service in telegram. here you will be provided with all the necessary advice. in addition, everyone who sees me now can already help in the search for missing children. go to the magnolia children's tracing website. here you can view all photos of the missing. perhaps you will recognize someone and eventually help find them. we have created a resource through which

you can report any crime against a child. in any city, at any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop edge. ua. the chas time program of the ukrainian voice of america service is broadcast from washington. i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations. the policy of the united states regarding the use of american weapons against targets in russia is not. changed, about it on thursday said deputy state department spokesman vedan patel. he said that washington's position was described in kyiv by secretary of state antony blinkin: we do not encourage or support strikes on

the territory. but ukraine ultimately makes its own decisions about its military strikes and operations. today, my colleague kateryna lisonova asked american senators whether they agree with the current policy of the administration, or whether washington should still clearly allow the use of weapons against military targets on the territory of russia. then the opinions of representatives of both parties. i support the use by ukraine of american weapons, respectively. to our mutual interests. some of russia's goals may be justified, while others may not. i would consider them selectively. but in general, it should be the most aggressive use of the weapon we provide. the fact that the biden administration has not provided longer-range artillery has given the russians an advantage and the ability to attack ukraine without the ukrainians being able to stop

them because they do not have the same. to the judge's advice, some were compensated by the use of drones and other means, but in my opinion, the biden administration is unfortunately trying to micromanage how ukraine defends itself, just as they are now trying to micromanage how israel defends itself against hamas. i think we need to keep this ban in place for now, but we will definitely talk to the administration about the next steps. i agree that it helped. should have arrived in ukraine six months ago, when we voted in the senate, but unfortunately, former president donald trump and members of the house of representatives played games, which harmed our friends, in particular, in ukraine. so now as aid comes in, we need to continue to send as much support as we can, but on this particular issue, i'll wait until the biden administration takes the lead. currently , a group of ukrainian people's deputies are in washington, who are meeting with

american lawmakers today. the main purpose of their meetings is to change the us position in favor of using weapons provided to ukraine against military targets on the territory of russia, especially against the background of the offensive in the kharkiv region. they told kateryna lisonova about it. the first one exactly the main thing is to work with congress and the administration to get rid of this political decision not to shoot, not to use american weapons. military targets that are located on the territory of the russian federation, there are certain problems with this, you know that this is a political decision, but we see that when we started to move it to the public, simply and so far the society does not understand, the american society does not understand why such are the restrictions, then some consultations have already begun regarding that, perhaps, regarding the buffer zone of a certain, which should be made such resolution, that is, we see real movement. in this

direction, let's hope that it will still end positively for us. i am making a clear argument, we have a video, there, it is already known here, how the hail stands on the territory of the belgorod region and just shoots on the territory of the kharkiv region, yes, well, we say, here we see it, we know, but we do not have the ability to to destroy, and the second question, we could have avoided the attack on kharkiv oblast at all, because we knew, our group reported how they were moving. others, we simply did not have the opportunity to reach them. the key goal is to allow the use of american weapons on the territory of russia, because we see that now, realizing that we do not have the right to use, say, the same haimars on the territory of russia, they put all their equipment along the border and use it to to destroy kharkiv oblast now, and we, in turn, cannot simply get to it, because we have a ban on this use. i will say that i have not

met. not a single person in congress who would not support this initiative, everyone understands that we need to be allowed, at least for a certain number of kilometers, to strike inside russia at military facilities, because otherwise we will not be able to defend ourselves, we will still have meetings with the intelligence committee, we have already spoken with the defense committee, so we will hope for everything anyway, this ban will be removed and we will be able to use the weapons we have against russia. are available, we are now talking specifically about rocket strikes on artillery, which is currently destroying kharkiv oblast, because we see that they are setting up barrages near the border and hitting simply kharkiv and other cities, we first of all need now to be able to shoot down these, to be able to destroy these military targets, having the same haimars available, and therefore this is now the key thing that we need, restrictions on the use of american weapons for strikes on the territory

of russia is one of the reasons why kharkiv is now... gives , says former us ambassador to ukraine john'.