people who are in distress here relative to these topics, it is huge. we do our best to take care of those folks in-house as well. and through our local partners it s so important. we are a year into this, as we said. do you worry about a lack of empathy from the outside world, that attention might be turned away? michael holmes, the generosity in sport we have seen so far from the international community here has been, frankly, humbling. i know there are competing catastrophes we are looking at. i want to acknowledge what the people of turkey and syria are going through right now as a result of their. but i will say that there has been a continuity of support relative to the ukraine crisis that he s moving and impressive. so, i hope that continues and the situation continues to unfold. matthew stearns, international medical corps. bank so much for the work that you and your colleagues are doing there in ukraine. it s valuable. thank you so much, michael. i m happ
the another surprise for the world the intense resolve of that entertainer turned president, volodymyr zelenskyy. unlike others in his position, he did not indeed, he s only left the country a handful of times to plea for guns and ammunition. and for the last year, he has faced off from across the border with vladimir putin, who has ruled russia for more than two decades. a key player who is not a participant in the war, the united states of america. it is a country that has organized the sanctions against russia. it is the country that has been the single biggest provider of military and non-military assistance, and tonight, on this special program, you will hear from two top officials on america s national security team. first, the biden administration s key player on countering russia s war in ukraine, the national security adviser jake sullivan, who is with president biden in kyiv this week. also, usaid administrator samantha power, the official responsible for making
women and girls through that type of programming and that type of support. i was reading your job biography, and it includes empowering, coaching and mentoring colleagues. and it made me want to ask you about this. the efforts of local humanitarian workers and counselors, the work they do, and how you might be able to assist them because they, of course, have themselves, many of them, suffered in this war. yeah, michael. thanks for touching on that. number one, he raised the point about localization. and we are using a lot of local partners here in ukraine, partners who have set up humanitarian operations. we support a number of them, all in violence against women efforts, the interventions that we are supporting their. and then on the mental health and psychosocial care piece. it s especially for the providers of care, folks that are dealing with gender based violence interventions and the medical health care professionals. the stress is that around them that are absorbing as a