The first ones will fly this week. How to save eu citizens, who are among the hostages taken by militants, this topic was particularly raised by the leaders countries of the European Union, which events in the middle east the day before gathered for an emergency extraordinary summit. Analyzed the possible consequences of the conflict, such as refugee flows , and agreed on a unified approach to the crisis, and the attack by hamas on israel, condemning its right to selfdefense, implying support for israel, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of protecting the vulnerable population. A total siege, when you block basic infrastructure, access to water, cut off electricity, if you dont allow food to be delivered, its not appropriate International Law. We affirm israels right to defend itself in accordance with International Law and International Humanitarian law. We are mobilized as the eu to support the humanitarian most vulnerable. The president of the United States will personally demonstrate solidarity with israel, in israel itself. American flight number one is due to land in tel aviv today and is already on its way there, as my colleague pointed out, indeed, and as the head of the state department said, who has been to israel since hamas attacked it twice, joe biden will also warn other players from intervening in this conflict, will also discuss coordination for the release of hostages, among whom are americans, and gumaid to the people of gaza in a way that will not benefit hamas, as well as the possibility of their departure, will also emphasize israels right to protect. Its citizens and prevent future attacks, will discuss its military strategy and hear from israels leadership what exactly the country needs. Bloomberg reports that joe biden may ask congress for about 100 billion, here package aid to israel to ukraine, as well as to taiwan. The American Press generally writes that the visit of the president of the United States to israel is risky, while the fact that he dared to undertake such a mission only emphasizes, notes bloomberg, washingtons concern that the situation in the middle east may get out of control. John kirby at the regular briefing, tonight ukrainian time, accordingly noted that joe biden, as a true friend, will ask israel, in particular, tough questions. Katya zoryan, thank you, i will add that the Islamic Jihad organization, questioned the accusation of the Israel Defense forces in responsibility for the attack on the hospital, in gaza, their statement is the tosian state agency riya novosti. Zoryana stepanenko told about political. Of all meetings and , of course, we will monitor this situation on our broadcasts. Thank you zaryano. It is already known about the death of 13 citizens of ukraine as a result of the attack of the hamas group on israel. This was reported by the office of the president of ukraine. Already three evacuation abortions with ukrainians have flown out of the country. Meanwhile , the evacuation of ukrainian citizens from the sector gas has not yet occurred. The humanitarian situation there is deteriorating. People have no water. Hundreds of refugees are spending the night near the border with egypt , waiting for the crossing point to open, they are running out of water and food. The Ukrainian Embassy in egypt is negotiating the rescue of its citizens from the gaza strip. However, they still do not have permission to evacuate. The ambassador of ukraine in egypt had high hopes for bidens visit to israel and the summit, which was planned for october 2021, which has now been canceled, on how to save citizens of ukraine. Under fire in the gas sector, the day before i asked the ambassador of ukraine to egypt , mykola nagorny, and i suggest you listen to what he said . As far as we understand, as journalists, from what has been reported these days, that the only possible way to evacuate ukrainians is through egypt, however , these days we heard from mr. Lubinets that an evacuation was already planned, but it was from the israeli side. Pinena, can you tell me now how many ukrainians are currently in the gas sector, do you have an answer, when will it be evacuation, well evacuation the issue of evacuation has been worked out since the very beginning of the crisis in the gas sector, since that time we, in coordination with our embassy in israel and the representation of ukraine at the Palestinian National autonomy, are working on the issue of preparing lists, the number of those who want to leave the gas sector is increasing, that is, if in the first days of the crisis, there were literally only a few, but as of now, we have 293 persons on the lists, i do not rule out that this number will continue to grow, because the humanitarian situation in the gas sector is worsening day by day, and so far, lets put it this way, there is no clear vision of what this crisis will be and how it will end, we see that the water has been cut off, the electricity has been cut off, air strikes are continuing, that is, people want, want to leave, we are ready, in fact, we have worked out everything the necessary issues are connected with the egyptian side, with logistics, with the delivery of our people from the gas sector to the neighboring cities and with the subsequent departure to a safe third country, that is, in fact , the only question now is the opening of the checkpoint and the organization of such an evacuation, various options are being considered, that is, we understand that the only point before cortona can be rafah, it is about 600 kilometers from cairo, after which people can be taken by buses, either to the cairo airport, or to one of the airports in the sinai peninsula, probably it could be sharmasheikh, each side has its own interests, of course, and its fears, the egyptians have great fears that this situation may go out of control, since a large number of people have gathered at the border and it is not excluded, lets just say, which, which of on the palestinian side, no one can provide organization, that is, there are fears that there may be a large number illegally crossing the border, not a large number, but we are talking about tens of thousands, yes, tens of thousands of palestinian refugees, whatever. Against the background of the fact that there are already a large number of refugees in egypt, against the background of the unstable situation in the region, these are refugees from sudan, these are refugees from libya, these are refugees from syria, which can also lead to an aggravation of the humanitarian situation in egypt itself, it is clear that the israeli side has there are certain fears that together with the refugees, militants may leave the territory, respectively, those who are involved in committing crimes, and hamas is interested, of course, in keeping as many foreigners as possible in the territory of the gas, since they actually act as human shields. We can see from the news that the situation is quite tense, that the israeli aviation is striking, including in the immediate vicinity of the rafah checkpoint, that is, it is such a mosaic that has a contribution to put into, lets say, a puzzle in order to ensure the evacuation of people. And from ours side i know that there is an injured person in the gaza sector, one person is injured, received minor injuries, one person received quite severe injuries, is in intensive care, and with the egyptian side, including, we worked out the issue of, in the event of the opening of the humanitarian corridor, the referral ambulance if necessary, if there is such an opportunity to evacuate the wounded member of ukraine, this is a man, yes, this is a man, these are two men, and he is in the hospital in the gas sector, yes, you say that it is dangerous even at the rafah checkpoint maybe because of the blows, in general, how does this communication with people take place, taking into account that their phones may already be discharged there, it may not be possible to contact where they are waiting now, do you understand where the people are, how to collect them quickly or not quickly, relatively speaking, whether it is possible. You tell everyone to gather there in two hours and how will they get to the checkpoint . The issue of communication is mainly not dealt with by our embassy, it is dealt with by the embassy of ukraine in israel and the embassy and Representative Office of ukraine under the pna, however, we have a clear understanding that approximately half of the list of people is already within reach from 30 to an hour, from 30 minutes to an hour, in the southern part of the gas sector and can reach, lets say. The checkpoint, at this time, about the same number are in more Northern Areas and will need one and a half to two or more hours to reach the gas sector. Well, as far as i know, there are also a large number of citizens of the United States, there are also citizens of turkey, i say the largest countries that have somewhere between 300 and 500 people each, there are also citizens of eu countries, and we must also understand another issue, that northern sinai, on which the rafah checkpoint is located, it has been in modern conditions for a long time, it is a zone in which an extraordinary state, this is the zone of antiterrorist. Operation of the Egyptian Special services and troops , that is, to actually get to rafah, it will take the embassy and to get buses there, it will take 68 hours, just from cairo, we cannot before there is no way to get there, because the agreement listings and approval of access to information takes place through the ministry of Foreign Affairs of egypt, in which a special headquarters has been established. Uh, so far this headquarters has not given such permission to move to sinai and to rafah to any embassy, as far as i know, for security reasons, it is not excluded, i can say, of course, i have to operate official information, but as far as i know , the egyptian side is working out various, lets say, evacuation possibilities , including that of foreign citizens, by the forces of the relevant. Structures egyptians will be safely taken away from the rafah checkpoint itself, and all procedures and , lets say, Border Crossing registration and some control and some security checks will be carried out at another point. We also have the question of why we say yes, not only the transportation of the meeting and so on, but we must understand that a significant part of the citizens of ukraine is not documented, there are people, which means without at all does not mean ukrainians documents, whether they were there illegally, the matter is because the citizens of ukraine are mainly ukrainian women who married palestinian citizens and their children, that is, people who have been in palestine for a long time, children are born, documents expire, and according to our estimates, somewhere more than 50 people will need, or, lets say, or extending the validity of passports, or entering children in passports, or issuing temporary return permits, that is, this is also a big problem, and this problem is relevant not only for citizens of ukraine, but as far as i know, for citizens as well other countries, mr. Ambassador, regarding money, does the embassy of ukraine in egypt have money for all these expenses, or who undertakes these obligations, well, i can honestly say that, unfortunately, we can find sponsors, and we understand also the fact that there is another category of citizens living in the palestinian territories, these are not those citizens who are in israel or for tourist purposes or visiting their families or something else. In this regard, the issue is still being worked out that the evacuation of ukrainian citizens will be carried out at, probably at the expense of the state, at the expense of the state, in this regard, uh, im honestly not sure whether the egyptian side, or rather im sure that the egyptian side 100 will not finance, uh, the chakters of the flight, that is, it will be carried out by the ukrainian side, i m sure that part of the transportation costs to egypt will also be provided by us, since, lets say, from the moment the consul and our employees met with the citizens of ukraine, all responsibility actually falls on our side, and do you have an understanding, those ukrainians citizen of ukraine, who applied for the evacuation of the gas sector, where do they want to return to, whether to ukraine, i dont know, whether to stay in egypt, whether there is such a possibility that there will be anything further with them at all, well, the fact that they will not stay in egypt is 100 , since, together with the submission of the lists , the embassy undertook that the ukrainian side guarantees that all foreign, well, not the ukrainian side, but this is actually a requirement for all foreign embassies, including the same, i say and the us embassy, and the embassies of the European Union countries, that they guarantee the evacuation of their citizens from the territory of egypt within four days, that is, as far as i understand, we are currently working on flights to one of the European Countries or poland or romania, and depending on that, we will see how the evacuation will be carried out in the future ukraine from these airports. My colleagues and i. On the fate of ukrainians in the gas sector, in particular, and we also covered it, you saw on our broadcasts the stories of ukrainians evacuating from israel in these extremely difficult times and such a situation extremely difficult in the middle east, you can always find more materials on our Radio Liberty social networks, as well as on the Radio Liberty website, here is one such story, also from our fellow journalists, now we will tell you, volunteers organized for ukrainian soldiers and their families hiking in the carpathians. Such a journey is rehabilitation and at the same time such a test for those who lost limbs in the war, because recovery after a serious injury requires time and patience, and the support of family and friends is very important for them, as the soldiers say. As mountain trails were covered by the ukrainian military, see the story of halyna tereshchuk. I dont have any experience of climbing mountains with partisans yet, but i hope ill make it to the end. This warrior climbs to the top of the mountain on a prosthesis. Kharkivyanin volodymyr malikhin is on crutches and for the first time with his wife and son is climbing the koliv bezkyd. Everyone here saw how i managed to get up, but i was a little tired. He somehow is always determined for the best, so that everything will be fine. On february 31, 24, volodymyr voluntarily changed the trainers sports uniform to a military one, in the first weeks defended his native kharkiv, saved the life of a wounded brother during heavy battles in bakhmut. I thought i would put the firstaid kit under my head so that i wouldnt leave it on the ground, so that i wouldnt suffocate, and i would only approach my head myself. Ran into a mine. The wife immediately went to her husband in the hospital to be by his side, she was preparing her little son to meet his father. When he had not yet seen dad, the doll said, here is dad, now he looks a little different, there he is without one leg, in order to somehow prepare him for this, but at the first meeting, well, bohdan is somehow like that, dad, you have there is not one leg, and the main thing is to read, because i havent seen them for a very long time, thanks to them everything is fine. I smile all my life and think, well, no, but ill be brutal, now ill be wearing prosthetics, now itll be like fashion , ill be a polo robot for my son, ill return to training, if they dont take me back, ill train people, or ill try to open my own rehabilitation center, the mountains, birds singing , the sun and relatives nearby, this adds strength and energy to the soldiers, volunteers also carry the soldiers on a special juliet chair so that they can see the incredible views of the carpathians. I think about how we will settle with these people in general, as a society , how much we owe them that they made such a sacrifice, and i dont know how we will settle with them, and there are many such people, me too, on the 25th went to serve then resigned in the fall. The soldiers want the impossible, to heal all the destinies and lives of ukrainians destroyed by the enemy, and also to be accepted by ukrainian society. This is what ukraine looks like today, ukrainians, and in fact, at this historical time in which we live, it is important to record, remember learn about these stories, i will remind you that rfe rl has another youtube channel, rfe rl. To ukraine, it is called, there are many stories about how ukrainian heroes live, soldiers after the war with the injuries they received, about how they live, here is the last story on our channel, how the family of a crimean lives, who actually died in the russianukrainian war, how his little daughter lives with his wife, all these stories are extremely important, they are all in our social networks, on our pages, do not stand aside, but now we want to talk a little, well, as if about education, artur proydakov, this year he got into the rating of the 50 best teachers in the world according to the version of the global teacher prize 2023, he is a teacher of ukrainian language and literature, his native kadiyivka in the lughan oblast has been under Russian Occupation since the 14th year, despite russianspeaking environment artur was fascinated by the ukrainian language and culture, listened to okean elzy , watched ukrainianlanguage movies, read danat zabushka, and later chose the profession of a teacher of ukrainian language and literature, about the language situation in the luhansk region, about the peculiarities of education during the war and about what language is heard more in the school corridors of the capital, artur. Told my colleague iryna sisak in an interview. Arthur, first of all, i congratulate you on entering the 50 best teachers on the planet, according to the global teacher prize 2023. You are a teacher of ukrainian language and literature, you come from luhansk region. In ukraine, there is such a stereotype that russian is spoken everywhere, is it true or not, and what was the language picture in your native kadiivka, which has been occupied since the 14th year . Thanks for. Hello, i was born and worked and lived in kadiivka, i used to be called this city stakhanov, for a large part of my life, up to 24 years, including until 2014, and i can say for sure that it was very diff