with the possibility of free delivery, check with the consultants: a powerful saw strong is what you need, call! premium sponsor of the national team presents: united by football, stronger together! greetings, it's news time in etheris, kateryna shiropoyas works in the studio. an explosion rang out in odesa during an air raid alert, reports the public, an air raid alert continues there and in the lower regions of ukraine, so stay in shelters. five people, including

an 11-year-old child, were injured by nighttime enemy shelling in sumy, all of them mostly minor injuries, they were helped on the spot, said the head of the region, volodymyr artyukh. at night, the occupiers attacked the city without pilots, one rocket was shot down by our defenders on approach, three others were hit in three different areas of the city. fires broke out there , 13 high-rise buildings were damaged , half a thousand windows were blown out, and also... one minefield was aimed at the city and district hospital, where there were about 400 patients, including 50 who were restricted in movement, all of these e aid was provided by the relevant services, today, the consequences are being eliminated.

one person died, another was injured due to enemy shelling of donetsk region. a dozen russian attacks were recorded in the region during the day. this was announced by the head of the region, vadym filashkin. in krasnohorivka, shells of the occupiers damaged a house and killed a civilian. also in the middle of the night muscovites hit pokrovsk with four s-300 missiles. he is wounded. 11 high-rise buildings, three private houses and three administrative buildings were damaged. espresso tv channel asks nato to join our initiative. already the second year in a row, we make our own vitamin mixtures for defenders. ginger, citrus, cranberry, sea buckthorn, honey, caring hands and faith in victory. this is exactly the recipe for hearty delicacies. in the cold season, they warm and give strength to our soldiers. we constantly have requests, which means that there is a need for vitamin mixtures at the front. so join in and support our warriors.

you can now see all the necessary details on your screens. the causes and consequences of the fire at the osokoriv lakes began to be investigated by law enforcement agencies and environmental services. the head of the city military administration , serhiy popko, also took the case under personal control. he noted that according to preliminary data, about three hectares of the territory, including a part of the osokorkivski luky landscape reserve, had burned, and added that this the territory has a nature conservation status, and the destruction of flora and fauna there is strictly prohibited. punishment for such actions involves a fine of uah 8.5 million or imprisonment for 3 years. currently, law enforcement officers are considering all versions of the ignition. in particular, probable arson. investigators are working on the spot, also on the territory of the akopark, fire brigades of the state emergency service and the calculation of uavs are on duty. when will we get rid of russian?

this font has been widely used in ukraine for the last 30 years, we see it on the plaques of state institutions and on certificates of honor, but it is not ours, and ukraine pays russia for the use of this font. our correspondents found out why. the russian font izhitsa is seen by ukrainians every day at transport stops and in the basements of universities. it is still used for the decoration of honorifics diploma it even works. decorates the plaque on the building of the president's office, it was very wrong, it was inescapable that in ukraine such popularity and the most embarrassing thing that among the state authorities gained such popularity in its time in the shift of izhitsa, the font was made by russian designers, registered under russian designers, it is obvious that under his the use is paid to russian designers, and it is very unfortunate that actually this original russian shift in our country...

was used in the verkhovna rada of ukraine, and by the president of ukraine, the cabinet of ministers of ukraine. the izhitsa font was developed by designer svitlana yarmolaeva in 1988, based on the semi-statute, i.e. from the novel writing of ancient cyrillic manuscripts. she received such a task from the russian academy of sciences. the font was intended for reproduction of old slavic texts in encyclopedias and scientific articles. according to the ukrainian typeface artist bohdan gdal, the izhitsa font became popular in our country due to the lack of quality ukrainian alternatives. conventionally speaking, there is a city that is 500-700 years old and older, and they are usually on the central square with this and... and they write that here we are so ancient and ancient, but in fact, it is because of the style of this font that a kind of lie and replacement of styles occurs, because we have, from a historical point of view, from the point of view of development cyrillic was not written like that on the territory of ukraine, and it

turns out, well, how to say, replacing history through the style of letters. bohdan gdal is an active member of the ukrainian community. rift workers, he designed the letters that were used to rename the subway station in kyiv from lev togostogo square to ukrainian heroes square. its design also adorns inscriptions at public transport stops, such as forestry or snowfields on the boryspil highway. of course, it was a kind of adventure because i had nothing, and i mean, i had no influence and was just a man on the street offering his vision. but i decided that i will make my options, show how it should look, later, accordingly, if the public in the broad sense accepts it, and if i manage to convince people who make decisions, then accordingly this idea will be implemented.

in august 2023, a group of deputies registered in the verkhovna rada a draft law prohibiting the use of fonts of russian origin, in particular in... the work of the ukrainian parliament. it is proposed to replace izhitsa with the ukrainian font volya. it was created in 2022 by the famous ukrainian font designer, researcher of font visual culture, marcela mozhyn. as a basis, she took samples of the ukrainian graphic designer and artist nilo khasevych, who at one time managed the upa printing house. however, this bill has not even been submitted to the council for consideration. served in ranks of the armed forces. the security service of ukraine detained a russian agent who was an active military man. he collected information about the movement of the ukrainian army to the eastern front. after completing the enemy mission, he left the donetsk region for vinnytsia, and from there planned to flee to the unrecognized

transnistria. he was detained near the border river, which he wanted to swim in a wetsuit and flippers. a traitor, a resident of dnipropetrovsk region. he finished moscow within zero. state university, he will be tried for treason and desertion. the turkish terminal dooril refused to import russian oil against the background of us sanctions. as the reuters agency writes, this was announced by global terminal services, which manages the terminal. the gts emphasized that all previous operations were carried out in full compliance with the sanctions, in particular with regard to price restrictions established by the g7 countries. however, now they themselves decided to ban the import of zrf as an additional measure of the current sanctions rules. in canada, lightning struck a passenger plane during takeoff. aboard there were 550 people.

an air canada boeing 777-300 was en route from vancouver to london. he did not suffer any damage, because he is able to withstand large electric shocks. but to film. such moments are rarely caught on camera, a student who happened to notice the moment and posted the video online made it. he said that he is studying to be a pilot and often comes to watch planes take off. russia announced an attack on an airfield and a bus depot in the voronezh region. as propagandist telegram channels write, ukrainian drone allegedly tried to attack the baltimore military airfield in voronezh, but it was shot down by an analog anti-aircraft missile a few kilometers from the airfield. two more drones tried to attack an oil depot in the anina municipal district of the region. debris of one of them fell into the tank, the second also fell into the territory of the oil depot. an extraordinary day in the russian federation. a large-scale

fire also occurred in the kursk region of russia. local telegram channels write that the drone attacked the mykhailiv mining and processing plant. named after varychev, greeted at fuel tanks on the territory of the enterprise, which caused an explosion and fire, no casualties have been reported. for now, this is all the news for this hour, then my colleagues, lesia vakulyuk and andriy saichuk, are waiting for you on the air. see you soon! american university kyiv, private. in ukraine, which offers american-style higher education, graduated its first masters. despite the war, 23 students successfully

completed their studies and received diplomas. the ceremony was held in accordance with all american traditions. today you are not just get an education for yourself and for the whole country, because you will be the creators of the new ukraine. fight for our freedom as dignified as our soldiers do on the battlefield. the university has started its operational activities. students received a higher education in the areas of effectively building the educational process in order to manage, business and it. and in the summer of 2023 , the campus opened in the restored building of the former river station. i hope that the experience you have gained at iuk will help you realize your dreams in life. i have the honor of being a graduate of the united states military academy in... studying there in peacetime we were always preparing for war, today, studying in

war, you are preparing for peace, because winning peace is no less important than winning war. i am convinced that you will be the leaders who will lead ukraine to a prosperous future and sustainable peace. the university notes that now their campus is not only a place for learning, but also a platform for socially important initiatives. in particular, the university launched a scholarship fund to support veterans, their friends and children of fallen heroes, which provides an opportunity to study completely free of charge due to the contributions of american donors, as well as regular meetings with leading experts of the world level are held on the campus. dear friends, the espresso marathon continues. olesya vakulyuk, andriy saichuk, we work in this studio for... you during this hour, this is the final hour of our participation in the espresso marathon,

a little math 63,414 uah, this is what we have left to sort out, and you can see here this qr code on your screens, where you can donate for the 81st separate airmobile brigade, which is destroying moskal on the luhansk hellish direction and needs 50 fpv drones, exactly how many drones we want to buy for them, and we need eight in total. hryvnias and only 63, with a small catch, thousands of us are separated from this. for this morning, you and i collected more than 82 hryvnias, and this is more than what we collected with you yesterday morning and than the day before yesterday, a good pace, we are moving on. well , now we present to your attention an interview, ours international columnist yuri fizer talked to steven kampus. steven campus, the board of directors of the media corporation, the board of radio free europe, radio liberty, appointed the new

acting president of the corporation, media manager steven campus previously held key positions on the cbs news and nbc news channels, and actually our yuri fizar spoke with him, let's let's see, congratulations, this is... exclusive espresso today i'm going to talk about journalism as it is, as it should be, and my guest today is very knows it well. steven kapus, president of radio free europe, radio liberty. congratulations, mr. kapus, and thank you for joining us today. thank you very much for inviting me. so let's talk about radio liberty's presence in ukraine. having offices in kyiv and lviv. to say that the ukrainian offices are becoming a kind of journalistic hub for radio liberty in

the post-soviet space. i think that is a very apt description. radio liberty has been working in ukraine for 70 years. this year we celebrate our 70th anniversary. we are proud that ukraine is our home for our largest organization in europe. radio svoboda is incredibly important now , given everything that is happening in ukraine. we believe that it is very important to have a representative office in both kyiv and lviv with correspondents who cover the whole country. they report from the front line and tell the stories of ukrainians, demonstrating the resilience of the ukrainian people and providing timely information. for 70 years, they have created

a vital partnership with audiences. and that's good, but the head office still remains in prague. that's right, our chief office is located in prague, czech republic. we work in 23 countries of europe and central asia. broadcasting in 27 languages, taking into account everything that is happening in ukraine, this is our biggest project, which is of vital importance. let's talk about freedom of speech, in particular in ukraine, you have been here for a week and you understand the current situation well. can you say that we have freedom of speech in ukraine? i ask this question because, as you know, some ukrainian tv channels are exclusively from the digital network here in ukraine, including our espresso tv channel. so,

do you think we have freedom of speech in the general sense? i believe that freedom of speech is a vital part of any democratic country . of course, there is a lot going on here, and we are aware that we are in a state of war. however, during my recent meetings with president zelenskyi and the us ambassador to ukraine, we emphasized the importance of press freedom. we believe that it is of decisive importance, since ukraine continues to strive for the status of a member of the eu, and further develops as democracy. despite the challenges of wartime, we must remember that journalists treat matters of national security with respect. however, it is very important to stand

up for the freedom of the press and percent. thank you, as an international journalist, i know that there is freedom of the press in western countries, but i am interested in the reaction there to the situation in ukraine, in particular to russian aggression and war. has attention to this problem decreased? i have noticed that over the past year some... why do you think this happened? i do not undertake to tell other editors how to cover news. yes, i noticed that some news organizations pay less attention to ukrainian issues. to be honest, we

don't understand it. and this is the complete opposite of what our journalists do. we made ukraine our most covered topic outside of headquarters. now the main thing is that we continue to do it. so, while there is a struggle, efforts and different stories, the basis of the daily work of radio liberty is the general mix of the history of ukraine. and that's not all. radio, on everyone is playing with fire, frankly, because during which platforms, we will not get anywhere, others may lose interest, but we believe that the seriousness of the problems that are happening here, you already said that a few days ago, when you

were in kyiv, you had a meeting with the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, you talked about... in march 2021 , a freelance journalist of the radio liberty crimea reality project stopped contacting his family while he was in russia, stopped contacting his relatives, and later it became known that he was simply detained by the fsb, accused of in connection with special services and storage and transportation of ammunition, this is no longer an isolated case. so, is there any news about vladyslav yasypenko, who has been? illegally detained by the fsb for almost three years. yes, it is obtained in crimea, which was occupied by

russia. what would have happened if russia had stayed away from crimea. this is part of ukraine. and this is known to the whole world. but russia has its own illegal ideas about... whose crimea should be, so they saw a journalist who tells the story of crimea as a threat, and there he paid a very high price for that, he has been in prison for almost three years now prison we discussed it with the president and we were grateful to the president and the president's office for letting us know what was being done to release ours. colleagues, the situation is complicated by a number of factors, but everyone agrees that he should be

released. and the president did tell us that he intends to raise the issue of our detained colleague this spring at the summit. that's why we hope. that the issue of crimea and the detention of our esteemed colleague will be raised just then. that's what the president said, and we were grateful that he shared it information did you discuss with president zelensky the possibility of exchanging the ukrainian journalist for some russians or simply his release. we discussed this issue, but we did not receive any specific information from the president on this matter, and, to be honest, we did not expect it. this is something he

has to deal with and we respect the complexity of the situation. however, the point is that the government is civil, not military. his only crime is that he is a journalist and tells the stories of crimea. he must definitely return home. i had this week an honor to meet not only with the president, but also with vlad's wife kateryna. she is a very strong woman, just like vlad himself. this family needs to be reunited and we are working on it. we found out that the truth is a real threat to russia. otherwise they would not have resorted to such radical actions. currently, russia receives two of our colleagues, one in crimea, the other in russia.

and this tactic of arresting journalists simply for telling the truth must stop. you mentioned your journalist alsa kurmasheva from radio svoboda. who was detained in russia a few months ago, she was also convicted of crimes she did not commit, do you have any news or information about her current situation, we are actively exploring all possible avenues for her immediate release and currently have several options. alsou is a valuable colleague, devoted wife and mother of two children. also, the fact that she is

a united states citizen opened up other options for us on the way to her release. as i mentioned earlier, we are committed to exploring all possible options to bring home all of our unjustly detained colleagues. including alsa and vlad, and as well as those detained in belarus. we think about them every day. i want to tell our viewers that alsu kurmasheva has been in a pre-trial detention center since the end of october last year, she is accused of violating the so-called law on foreign agents, which has been in effect in russia for several years, and the investigation believes that the journalist herself had to provide documents that she is a foreigner. an agent to the register of agents, but this is russia, you don't really understand them sometimes. recently , the general prosecutor's office of russia announced radio

freedom does anything change for radio liberty, given that you were previously recognized as a foreign agent. if we are so clearly annoying the russian government, it means that our journalists are doing their job very well. such branding can have a bad effect on both journalists and journalism in general. they try to present the profession as an illegal activity, which is an absurd and dangerous concept. they can call us what they want, but we can clearly say that our work will continue. although in we no longer have an office in russia, we still continue to cover the events there. our

reports penetrate deep into russia every day, and we intend to continue these efforts. it really amazes me that while they are committing these heinous crimes, when navalny was silenced forever, when we get labels like this, when bombs are falling on ukrainian civilians... the level of hatred inside russia is rising, because all this is against free people, against those who seek freedom, those who want to live in a sovereign country, those who want to express themselves as journalists, those who who just wants to be able to return to

russia'. therefore, i want to assure you that we will not be stopped, and we will continue to do our work. speaking of the death of russian opposition leader oleksiy navalny, how might his death affect world journalism in general, and perhaps even russian journalists in particular? this highlights, as i said, that truth is a very powerful tool. i don't call it a weapon because we are not at war. we are not trying to use force, we are just trying to tell the truth. of course they want a certain one to spread

intimidation effect. they want to silence journalists, journalists are killed inside russia, journalists are imprisoned. you know the wall street journal reporter evan, and it's been almost a year since he was illegally detained and wrongfully detained . despite this, there is still a large amount of journalistic activity that focuses on what is happening inside the country. do you mean russian journalism? i mean journalism that covers what goes on inside of russia it would be wrong to think that they will be able to seal off russia from the curious despair of journalists just like that, it will not happen. does true journalism exist in russia, or does propaganda reign supreme there? well, i'm talking about an external focus on

that. events, such external, not internal. i believe that there are still brave people who are doing their best to bring the truth to people. despite the difficulties, they continue their work. however, we are dealing with a well-funded state media that is often promoted and ignored basic facts for example, russia has made it illegal to use. war to describe what is happening to the ukrainian civilian population is both absurd and dangerous, sane people see through this tactic and know the truth. mr. kapus, did you mention that rfe/rl journalists are actively reporting from the front lines to provide an accurate picture of the situation? however, my question is about another aspect: is it worth the…