Population and civilian infrastructure are prohibited. International humanitarian law and must be stopped immediately said guterres. Intentionally targeting civilians or civilian objects is a war crime. Deliberately committing an attack, knowing that it will be disproportionate, is a war crime, said the humanitarian coordinator of the un in ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for an end to russian terror after the shelling in the kharkiv region. Condemned the attack on the thunderstorm in the white house, where the president. Biden held a meeting on ukraine with members of the National Security team, including defense secretary lloyd austin and the newly appointed chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff, general Charles Brown. This is the first meeting in this format for general brown, who took over from general mark miley this month. Yuliya yarmolenko follows the events in the white house, she joins our ether right now. Congratulations yulia. Congratulations natalya. A number of International Organizations and highranking officials were condemned russian attack on groza villages. How did you react to the attack in the white house . Natalie, the white house definitely condemns another russian attack on the civilian population in ukraine, and karin jenpierre, the spokeswoman for the white house, repeatedly returned to this tragedy during the briefing. She called this tragedy absolutely terrible, and she even turned, you know, to the journalists present in the room and asked them to think and imagine what its like to live in constant danger, in constant fear, what its like to think that you can be killed, when you go shopping to stores, she said that this is the reality that millions of ukrainians are living with right now, they are living in constant danger, and that is why it is so important that the United States continue to provide assistance to ukraine, and that is why the white house believes that it is so important that congress return to work and approved additional funding for ukraine. Lets listen to her direct speech. Just imagine, you go into a Grocery Store with your children, think about what to cook for dinner and suddenly see an explosion all over your body, its terrible, its incredibly terrible for the people of ukraine, for journalists, people like you who are reporting this from the scene, this is what is happening in ukraine every day, this is why we are doing everything we can to help ukraine, to help brave ukrainians fight for their freedom, fight for theirs and this is again what the president is all about continues to say again and again we must continue to support the people of ukraine, because this is a terrible reality that they live in every day. Julia, are there any details of President Bidens meeting with the National Security team and why it is happening now . And natalya, actually this meeting started about three hours ago, we dont know if its over yet, but there are a lot of topics that the president has to discuss with his National Security team, as you mentioned, loy loy dostin, the United States secretary of defense, is present at this meeting, also top general Charles Brown who took over for marco emilia, thats what President Biden started the meeting with, he actually said hes looking forward to working with Charles Brown, a general hes heard so much good about from lloyd austin. Also present at this meeting , we know the director of the cia, William Burns and the deputy adviser. On us National Security, this is john finer. As President Biden himself said, there are not only issues of ukraine on the agenda, but also important issues related to iran and north korea, security in the pacific region, but of course the most attention is focused on ukraine, and why right now, what exactly is being discussed on this meeting, what is discussed in the meeting, usually these meetings are in the format of the National Security team, we do not know many details about them, but why is it important now, firstly, we know that the United States is preparing to send a new military aid package to ukraine, this was confirmed again today by karin jeanpierre at a briefing in the white house, and we also know that President Biden is preparing to make a big speech the speech, which pertains to ukraine and why exactly the United States should support ukraine, all this is happening against the background of certain upheavals on the capitalist hill, when questions arise about whether it is possible to be sure that both republicans and democrats support additional funding for ukraine, so this is the time to check the clocks and perhaps see how best to help ukraine at this moment. Yuri, did you mention this donation speech, where President Biden will try to explain to the American People why the victory of ukraine is so important for and why it is in the interests of the americans, are any details of this speech known as of now . Yes natalia, we are trying to find out a little more detail about this highly anticipated speech by the president of the United States, joe biden let me remind you that even the experts told us in interviews that it is very important at this moment for the president of the United States to address the americans and once again explain why it is in the National Interests of the United States, ukraine, and today crean genper said that soon the white house will release more details on exactly when this speech will take place, were definitely watching that because the voice of america will be streaming this speech, translated into ukrainian, but she said two important things, for example, she addressed american experts, who said that it is very important for the moment that the United States supports ukraine, because if this support falters, it will send a terrible signal, in particular to dictators around the world, who may be thinking about carrying out some. Also aggression or to occupy some other territory, and it is in the interest of the United States, that russian aggression stops, that ukraine succeeds, not russia, and that is what the president is expected to explain in his speech, we expect to have more details soon when exactly that will happen, and we will definitely follow this, thank you yulia for your work, our correspondent Yuliya Yarmolenko was in direct contact with us. European Commission President ursona fondern is very confident that the United States will continue to support this country. She stated this during the meeting of the European Political Community in granada, spain, which united 27 states of the European Union and another 20 countries of the european region. President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who also took part in. Expressed confidence in the further support of the usa. More about summit in in granada, we will talk with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. He joins our studio live. Congratulations bohdan. So, bohdan, what kind of format is this and how does it differ from other european platforms. What issues were discussed in granada . Those who follow International News have probably already calculated that this is the third of. The meeting of the representatives of this European Political Community, a fairly new organization or forum, if you can say so, created only last year, this is emmanuel macrons idea, the first meeting took place in prague in the fall of last year, and the second one in moldova this summer, so there is a basis , so to speak, of a european. Structure, this is the European Union, which includes 27 states, but it is obvious that there are other countries, such as Great Britain , which not so long ago left the structures of the European Union, there are norway or switzerland or iceland, which are not going to join the eu at the moment, and there are countries that want to join, such as ukraine or moldova, or on the periphery, such as distant azerbaijan and even armenia, that is, in order to solve paneuropean problems, no only issues within the 27 countries of the European Union, and, according to the political leaders, this is exactly the kind of organization that is needed, the main slogan of this meeting is the strengthening of europe, strong, prosperous, obviously peaceful, and of course, which is huge. A huge problem for all of europe, is russias war against ukraine, and this is a leading topic in addition to many others, obviously. Bohdan, against the background of turbulent events in the american congress, are european leaders alarmed by the fact that the United States will weaken its support for ukraine, and is there the threat that the transatlantic unity of partners, which they constantly emphasize, may be shaken in ukraine. Here i actually spoke about how important it is that all european countries, not only eu members , are involved in solving european problems, and therefore it may seem strange that the United States of america itself was mentioned so much, so often at the meeting of the european leaders in spain, and of course , once again, the issue of security, the issue of the russian war, play a big role here, and the supreme representative of the European Union for of Foreign Policy and security, josep borel said that yes, europe is helping ukraine a lot and will continue to help, but when it comes to exactly this situation, when it comes to the biggest war on the european continent since the second world war, then help and participation are european for everyone in this european matter, the participation of the United States is very important, very necessary, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyi also spoke about this in grenada, who expressed the hope that after the political discussion in the United States, the assistance will continue. And as for political storms, about america, im sure. I am sure that this is a strong nation, a strong society, with strong institutions, with a powerful energy of democracy. And i was recently in washington, i spoke with President Biden, i spoke with congressmen from both parties, from both chambers. They fully support the protection of freedoms and understand. What about russia, which is the enemy of our way of life. Among other issues , the issue of Eu Enlargement is discussed at this summit. Did russias war against ukraine affect the decisionmaking process regarding the admission of new members . Obviously, which had an impact, because now the expansion, the need to expand the European Union is being talked about as a security issue. That is, the expansion of the zone of peace, the zone of security on the european continent, because it was the space of the European Union and , of course, the space of nato in europe that ensured an unprecedentedly long period of peace in europe, and in order to attract new members, transformations are needed in the European Union itself, this is what i spoke about today the host of the meeting in granada, in granada we open a great discussion that will lead us to a deep reform of the European Union so that we could turn from the European Union of 27 states into a union with 35 members, and this will mean many internal challenges in order to remain effective and be able to accept those countries that have been knocking on the door of the joint project for a long time. So, it is only worth reminding that about 10 more countries are knocking, so to speak, on the door of the European Union , now, about eight, including ukraine, moldova, the countries of the western balkans, are officially candidates for joining the European Union and potential candidates for membership in eu now called kosovo, as well as georgia. Thank you bohdan for your story, we were contacted by our european correspondent, bohdan tsyupin, who told us how the summit of the European Political Community was held in granada, spain. Voice of america. Following the story of the stepanenko family from last year, when mother and daughter suffered terrible injuries and amputations in the second month of the war, after the russian shelling of the station in kramatorsk. The photo of a 12yearold girl yana without two legs, in the hands of a doctor went around the world. Sprat weeks ago, a family traveling from donetsk returned to ukraine after rehabilitation in the United States. They settled in lviv and will help the local rehabilitation center. Funds for equipment for the treatment of children traumatized by the war, after returning , meet with them again at malyana shudlyak and yurii dankevych. Natalya stepanenko unpacks the last suitcases, her family settled in this lviv apartment only a few days before, it was on the first day when we were settled in a hotel, and i say, i say, lets go to the store, i say, buy simply, i say, i say. Somehow from sausage, mayonnaise, i say, and tomato, thats what i wanted more than anything there, to try our bread, they were so bored, and yana is in the neighboring rooms, studying. These are online lessons for schoolchildren of the town of new york in donetsk region. Since the beginning of the war, two local schools have been merged into one. Todays schedule is easy. Work, geometry and foreign literature. Let it be remotely, Yana Stepanenko returns to the Ukrainian School for the first time after a year of studying in the usa. Because of the tenhour time difference between ukraine and san diego, where the stepanenkas lived, such Online Training was previously impossible. In general, its cool there , its cool, its very beautiful there, very warm, but thats all. It is better in ukraine, everything is different here, and now i walk and run a little. The appearance of 12yearold Yana Stepanenko at the lviv halfmarathon in Early September was a real sensation, the girl who lost both legs after the russian shelling of the station in kramatorsk in april 2022, a year and a half later overcame the symbolic 70 m distance accompanied by military veterans, who also are passing rehabilitation it was the first time she d run around on prosthetics like that, in public, she really did. All the more so since the fence was along brukivka, and she started like that and broke through this symbolic distance just perfectly, showing that life goes on, these people who have suffered, set new goals for themselves, get new opportunities and move forward, peter made me special in America Running prostheses, then she ran easily and that was it, overcame this distance, the stepanenkos path from the injury to returning to ukraine after treatment in the usa was to and thorny, after the amputation and exhausting months in the lviv hospital, they ended up in california, because at that time there were no such technologies for childrens prosthetics in ukraine, in san diego at the clinic of prosthetist peter hersh, yana and her mother felt the ground under their feet again, she was very worried , because during this year i was constantly lying down , that is, it was difficult for me to even sit, then, i already started to ride in a wheelchair, i could already do something in a wheelchair, already. Then, when i put on prostheses, we came to peter and he said that i now i will stand up and walk on my feet, well, its cool, im starting to walk again, come on, come on , i was watching him, literally yesterday, that moment, well, the guys supported her, she stood, stood a little, started taking such small steps , well, its hard as if talking stones someone tied to her legs, for 15 minutes three times a day, she first held on to the stroller there, then with a stick, and then she started to keep her balance and she already started walking without a stick by herself, well, little by little of course i didnt learn. Natalya, who is at the station kramatorska lost her left leg and learned to walk at the same time as her daughter. When you sit in a stroller for more than three months and get up, you remember those moments when you walked on two legs, how easy it was, and here you are, like a small child, taking the first steps, it was very difficult, let her, in the social video calling for fundraising for. Childrens rehabilitation for lviv center unbreakable anbrook, yana confidently steers a bicycle through the streets of the pacific city of encinetas in the suburbs of san diego, here their american friends and benefactors, keren and rob, found temporary housing for the stepanenkos. The first time i got on a bike and my sister and karen were holding me, i was surprised that i could do it, but i was still held so that i wouldnt fall, even then i was already there learning to ride myself, ugh, i was able to, when she sat on a bicycle for the first time, well, for me it was, i dont know, pride, probably some kind of thing, that she does not think that she can, and she will ride, we had these bicycles in the garage when we arrived at the house, well, it was standing like that, standing, well, and then something , everyone was sitting, everyone, lets go for a ride, then a threewheeled bicycle, she herself is on it, because it is supported by a hedgehog. In principle, it is strong. After a year and two months in the usa, the stepanenkos return to ukraine not just as an ordinary family. The photo by the spanish Photographer Emilio Morenatti was taken in the spring of 2022, where surgeon Dmytro Hrytsak carries yana in his arms after bandaging through the corridors of the lviv hospital, now on billboards. The girl became the ambassador of the rehabilitation center, which is being actively developed, and met her doctor again. She lost two legs. But at the same time, it recovered as much as possible thanks to highquality rehabilitation and prosthetics in the United States, that is, we show that these people are not doomed, they have many opportunities, if they approach the problem correctly. Treatment and rehabilitation, and she proves it by her example. It helps us a lot to raise funds for the purchase of equipment for childrens rehabilitation, this will be the first such Specialized Department in lviv, about 1000 m has already been renovated, now it is just a matter of buying the equipment, just right on this we are collecting equipment, the total amount is 35 million 360,000 hryvnias, so i acted as our ambassador, the face of our company. Since the beginning of the war , more than 200 hightech prostheses have been installed on the basis of the First Medical Association of lviv for adult patients, now local doctors and rehabilitators have already begun the more difficult stage of prosthetics for children. Yana stepanenko, who is growing up and will need new prostheses every year, remains their patient. Omaliano shudlyak, yurii dankevich, for the voice of america from lviv. Fire extinguishers, generators, ministations with power supply, professional scanners. Since the start of the fullscale war, ukrainian museums, libraries and Cultural Centers have regularly received assistance from the Smithsonian Institutions american Cultural Heritage rescue initiative project, skray. How American Museum workers helped ukrainians save the Archaeological Collections of the kharkiv karazi institute. And a rare book of the kyiv Agricultural Academy library, yaryna matviychuk and vyacheslav filyushkin learned. One of the main challenges for of ukrainian Museum Workers during the war is that the war has been going on for too long, says cory wegener, director and founder of the smithsonian edge project. Corey is a former member of the United States armed forces. During the war in iraq, she worked in archives in a war zone, and also coordinated cultural preservation efforts. Heritage of syria, haiti , egypt, ukraine has been the center of her attention in the last almost two years. Cory is convinced that her personal experience of the war helps her understand what her ukrainian colleagues have to go through. Every day and every night. I can tell them from my own experience, even if you dont work in a normal mode for conflict conditions, thats fine, i can recommend things to them that they might not have thought about. For example, what exactly to document, how to determine resistance to damage, how to know when its time to evacuate the collection, this experience has helped me a lot over the years. Corigenr cooperates with unesco, with the governments of the usa and ukraine, with public organizations and museums, its Team Provides ukrainians with the means to preserve collections, grants, conducts trainings, provides logistics. We agreed with uber, it is our great partner. The company pays drivers for trips for Cultural Heritage professionals who need to go out and check the damage or evacuation of the collection, and provides them with special vehicles, large vans, so that they can go out together. We only pay for hotels for these teams so they can work there for a few days. Our partners in ukraine from the organization herriy headquarters of heritage rescue also receive funds from which can be paid. The gerry heritage rescue headquarters, mentioned by koriy wegener, is a Ukrainian Initiative created after the fullscale invasion that brought together projects, institutions and activists working on the preservation of wartime cultural monuments. The cofounder of this initiative is ihor poshivaylo, general director of the National Memorial complex of the heroes of the heavenly hundred, the museum of the revolution of dignity. I remember the first months of full scale, smitsk. The institute kept calling us, in particular cory, cory wegner, who is the director from the region, she was constantly interested and sent requests from other institutions. One of the first grants that ukrainian activists received after the fullscale invasion were funds from the smithsonian, says mr. Pozhivaylo. One of our first grants, which helped us year, to be very active, to help evacuate collections from threatened regions of ukraine, it was this grant that helped us to establish and form our volunteer initiative, the headquarters of the heritage shelter, we started a whole series of traveling projects, collected evidence and we documented losses and risks, collected evidence of the russian federations crimes against culture in ukraine, we launched such research projects, and in between, there was a lot of logistical and financial support. In the evacuation, in the acquisition of the collection, in the acquisition of the necessary packaging materials and protective equipment, the general director of the Maidan Museum recalls how the team helped his colleagues from Kharkiv Karazin University to save the collection. There is a unique archeological collection, which, because of the shelling of this building, suffered, well, such large ones damage, their collection ended up under a layer of water, about a meter. A layer of water stood in the room for about a meter, and the unique, unique herbarium and the archaeological collection were also badly damaged, and i remember that it was just that the representatives called us directly, and could you provide them. Certain materials, we even purchased here on the spot, antifungal agents, communicated, transferred, brought personally, and to preserve rare books in the library of the kyiv Agricultural Academy, skray involved the library of the us congress in cooperation. In kyiv, there is such a unique library of the Agricultural Academy, which contains a very unique library, in particular, a unique copy of the atlas book on birds, which was published there in a limited number in the United States, and there are only a few dozen copies left there, and the library of Congress Even monitors, tracks, and helps those institutions that keep this book, and it turned out that this book, which ended up in ukraine, and apparently it is here in a single copy, it also needs protection, needs. Restoration, reconstruction, because some pages are lost there, i know that the smithsonian was very interested and connected this library in ukraine with the library of congress in the United States. According to cory wegener, the skray usa initiative is funded by a number of organizations, government and commercial. We have the support of the us government, and individual organizations also provide funds. The Rockefeller Foundation turned to us in the very early stages of a fullfledged operation. To offer our help, we also cooperate with colleagues from the netherlands, and funding comes from organizations that we are regularly helped by, for example, our main corporate sponsor bank of america, we can use part of their funding for this project as well. Cory assures that she is always open to provide advice or help to any cultural or Scientific Organization in ukraine that needs to preserve its collections. To the question. There are several different channels that i would recommend. This is heritages Emergency Response initiative in ukraine. We also work with a group called museums for change in odesa, and you can also contact the Smithsonian Institution directly. Emails of this type, inquiries or requests for advice, usually reach me quite quickly. Evacuation of ukrainian collections. Only within ukraine, assures wegener. She talks about ukrainian monuments that are under threat, not like living beings. He tells them its always best to stay as close to home as possible. Corey assures that he will continue to help ukrainian colleagues until the ukrainian evacuated collections find a safe home iryna matviychuk, vyacheslav filyushkin, voice of america. You watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america service. Chass time. Come to ours too. Daily briefings from monday to friday at 18 00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask your questions live to our presenters Yulia Yarmolenko and ostap yaryshev. Im natalya leonova, all is well. We are looking for 16yearold artur drozlyk from the kherson region. The connection with the child was cut off on the first day of the fullscale war, and during all this time there was no news about the boy. I i really hope that everything is okay with artur, and he does not get in touch solely because of the occupation, because the boy met the war in the village of gornostaivka, this is the left bank of the kherson region, which is still not under control in ukraine. Therefore, i appeal to everyone who sees me now, and especially to the residents of gornostaivka and nearby settlements, who may be watching this program on social networks. Look carefully at the boys photo and remember this face. If anyone has seen arthur or knows where he might be now, please dont hesitate to let me know call us on the hotline of the magnolia childrens Search Service with the short number 1163. Calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. If it is not possible to call, write to