Good morning. ]. Good morning. I want to thank you for taking the time to join us today. I want to thank my colleagues for paying attention to this important issue as well. I am going to defer any remarks from myself other than to say it is an important issue to speak about and keep in the face of everybody americans detained abroad. It is something that we pay vigilant attention to, the chairman, and i am going to yield to my colleague and friend mr. French hill who did all of the heavy lifting in putting this round table together and say thank you, mr. Hill for every bit of work you put in on this. Not just for this round table but consistently throughout your time of congress and you are recognized, my friend. Chairman, thank you. Thank you for your persistent leadership on behalf of americans wrongfully detained or held abroad. First, let me start out before i do, welcome our families and provide introductions for the family members that are here on this very tough and emotional da
Of the european union, because in fact the eu has not yet taken care of military affairs, and as far as we know , one of the obstacles in this case remains the position of hungary. Of the european union, joseph borel, said that he hopes to resolve and approve the settlement this issue, perhaps the most remarkable feature of these ministerial meetings in luxembourg was that the issue of ukraine was in second place on the draft agenda, after the issue of the war against israel against hamas, despite european representatives emphasized that they do not forget ukraine, and in particular, the representative of lithuania emphasized this. We cannot forget about ukraine, where the situation is not the easiest, we see a renewed russian offensive, this reminds us that the russians waiting for situations where we Pay Attention to something else, so they can resume their attacks. I hope that with the help of funding, we will be able to send a message that europe is committed to defining the defens
[indistinct conversations] good morning. In congress, and your recognize, my friend. Mr. Hill chairman mast, thank you. First, let me start out before i do opening comments and welcome our families and provide introductions for the family members who are here on this very tough, emotional day for them. And a quarter, her husband ryan is a humanitarian aid worker who has been imprisoned in afghanistan since 2022. He is the father of three kids and has been away for 600 days. Deborah, her son is a freelance journalist and was kidnapped in syria in 2012. This august will mark his 12 and hopefully final year away from home. My dear friend marion, her father is a texas psychologist who traveled to syria back in february 2017 to treat refugees and establish a clinic. A day after arriving, he was stopped at a checkpoint outside of damascus and has not been seen since. Giselle, her father jimmy is an iranian journalist and Software Developer who has been detained by the Iranian Regime since 20
Seniguv, rescuers and the police also managed to evacuate more than 7. 5 thousand residents from the border of the kharkiv region. And the armed forces withdrew from the position in the lukyantsiv district in the north of the kharkiv region, the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine reported. Just now units our troops repel enemy attacks from the russian side of shibykin in the direction of vovchansk. At the same time , the arrest of city police on the northern outskirts of the city continues. And the threatening situation in sumy oblast, so there is news from there as well. Evacuation in this region continues, rescuers are evacuating residents of frontline settlements. This was reported in the state emergency service. First of all, those willing to evacuate are brought to places of temporary residence. Volunteers and psychologists work there. And rescuers provide people with social and medical assistance people have now arrived by bus, social workers are working with them behin
[indistinct conversations] good morning. In congress, and your recognize, my friend. Mr. Hill chairman mast, thank you. First, let me start out before i do opening comments and welcome our families and provide introductions for the family members who are here on this very tough, emotional day for them. And a quarter, her husband ryan is a humanitarian aid worker who has been imprisoned in afghanistan since 2022. He is the father of three kids and has been away for 600 days. Deborah, her son is a freelance journalist and was kidnapped in syria in 2012. This august will mark his 12 and hopefully final year away from home. My dear friend marion, her father is a texas psychologist who traveled to syria back in february 2017 to treat refugees and establish a clinic. A day after arriving, he was stopped at a checkpoint outside of damascus and has not been seen since. Giselle, her father jimmy is an iranian journalist and Software Developer who has been detained by the Iranian Regime since 20