so we sit for the dog, instead of light , tatyana and her husband use flashlights on solar panels brought by volunteers. the woman worked all her life at the siverskyi dolomite plant as a controller of automatic temperature control. in total , more than 85 enterprises worked in the city before the great war, including a grain-receiving enterprise, a bakery, and a brick factory. now there are practically no surviving buildings left here. the gulyaevs' apartment was bombed that year, and the couple moved to a summer house on the outskirts of the city. however, it is restless here, neither day nor night, days are hostile.

the shelling hit the neighboring house, says the woman , but its inhabitants had long since left, we were in the house, but nothing happened, it almost flew, immediately i just reached from the window, walked over, sat down , it was already nearby, and the window flew like that through this room, and then they already left, where did that come from , let's see where she is, there was a pit five meters deep, and at once there were three houses here, a house there. five houses at once, and the roof will be destroyed for the third time, we are covering the roof. who does not have well, waiting for volunteers to bring water to the city, says another resident of siversk, 75-year-old valentina telebynyva. the girls help, you see. despite the fact that the city is under constant shelling, volunteers bring water regularly. but the pension was not brought this month - says valentina and explains. now

you have to go to kramatovsk for 60 km, and to pokrovsk, which is 115 km away, you have to pay uah 500 per person for the road. they said that they beat a lot, go to pokrovsk, and pokrovsk is far away, ugh, we ourselves don't know where he is, ugh, here it can't be done, they received it here, but now they said it.

the man visits his own apartment when there is no shelling to prepare food. do they bring gas cylinders or what? no, for money, for money? well, who is the administration or who is bringing it, yes, wait, wait, yes, the administration, these are volunteers, we pay money, and they fill up in kramatorsk, shops in the city do not work, once a month products are brought from the local administration, residents say. alla's heart began to hurt. managed to take only two packs of cookies, but does not care about it. recently the woman asks our film crew for heart pills, she says, because of the constant shelling, she started to worry. i live in an apartment, i live in an apartment on the first floor, it 's scary. what is scary there, it can fly

into the basement or into the apartment, no one is safe from this. in 2014, we were shot a little bit and everything, and then this second coming of war began, where it started on our heads? medical assistance in the city can be obtained only during irregular visits by doctors, the woman explains. our hospital is far away, half an hour on foot, the hospital itself does not... work, when sometimes doctors come, but they come there from all over the district, you won't get in, people from all over the district don't rush there. 65% of the people who stayed in siversk are elderly. the local administration says that there are no children left in the city. siversk remains on the territory under the control of ukraine, but the city was in the enemy's semi-ring. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for the voice of ame. from donetsk region. the house

of representatives approved the budget. of the united states and goes on a two-week break, not even starting consideration of the draft law, which provides for assistance to ukraine. and republican congresswoman margery tayler green, on the last day of lawmakers' work before the break, filed a motion to remove mike johnson from the post of speaker due to budget issues. some democrats say they will be ready to support the speaker, especially if he brings aid to ukraine to a vote. what is happening on the capitalist hill and what does it mean for ukraine. let's talk about it with kateryna lisunova. our congress correspondent katya, hello, congratulations, yulia! katya, the house of representatives is going on recess without approving aid to ukraine, can they return earlier, or should we focus on considering this issue on april 9 and what to expect then? it is not worth counting on the return of legislators earlier,

because during the week both democrats and republicans repeatedly stated that they would start helping ukraine after a two-week break, after april 9, actually the speaker of the house of representatives... johnson said that after april 9 they will move on to this without any delay, that's why the issue will be dealt with in the first priority. he also outlined several options in which and in which format aid to ukraine can be put to a vote. in particular, it is about the possibility of dividing humanitarian and defense aid to ukraine, as well as providing debt and credit aid to ukraine, as well as the possibility of involving legislation called the ripo act, which provides for the confiscation and transfer of russian assets. them to help kyiv, at the same time, as an alternative option or variant, the speaker did not name the tsenak draft law, which has already passed a vote in the senate and is actually sitting in the house of representatives and the speaker is not bringing it up for a vote, in turn , democrats, democratic leaders, and even individual republicans and even

senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, are calling on the speaker to bring this very senate bill up for a vote , because then he will immediately go to the president's signature and much faster will provide... aid to ukraine, i suggest listening to the statements of both democrats and republicans. we continue to prove, particularly to speaker johnson, that the challenges national security needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency, and we should not go into recess this friday without responding to the needs of our democratic allies, particularly ukraine, because there is a possibility that when we return in 2.5 weeks, the situation in ukraine will change dramatically, and all the progress that the brave ukrainian people... achieved in repelling russian aggression will be lost, either speaker johnson will bring the bipartisan senate bill to the house of representatives this friday, or we will have to use other vejali immediately after returning in april. earlier this week, the us commander in the indo-pacific region, admiral aquilino

, called on the house of representatives to approve the additional funding package that has already passed the senate. he said: any victory for russia is a victory for china, and therefore support for ukraine also affects... deterrence in the indo-pacific region. together with the us government's current year budget , the supplemental funding package is a serious, urgent and necessary investment in america's military power. and i will continue urge the house of representatives to vote on the senate bill without further delay. katya hakim geoffrey mentioned other levers of influence and now there are two petitions in the house of representatives to consider funding for ukraine bypassing speaker johnson. is there promotion? i will remind our viewers that there are two such petitions, they concern two bills, the first bill is the senate bill, which has already been voted on in the senate, it is supported by the overwhelming majority of democrats, and the other bill, which is in the house of representatives created by republican brian fies-patrick. in general, both of these petitions do not yet have enough signatures to bring

aid to ukraine to the speaker's floor for a vote, and if their democrats' democratic petition moves faster, they still do not have even more than an absolute majority of their party, which is not even all of them. democrats signed it, which is true, the first republican already signed it today, but in general, both democrats and republicans i 've talked to say these petitions can and not become a mechanism to bring aid to ukraine to a vote, but will be the pressure of the speaker to do it on his own. julia, katya, it looks like, given today's news that mike johnson's speakership may be in question, due to the petition of congresswoman taylor green, what is going on with this and how could it affect the approval of aid to ukraine? that's right, yuli, word came out today that far-right republican margery taylor green has filed a motion to fire the speaker, saying she's unhappy with the government's budget and in the format in which it was put to a vote, but note that there are some

democrats who are already declaring that they are ready to save the speaker with their votes in exchange for the fact that he will put aid to ukraine to the vote, and this can also be an alternative lever of influence on ... i understand congresswoman green's frustration, and i share that frustration, we 're spending $7 trillion this year when our revenue is $5 trillion, but elections have consequences, the american people gave us a liberal white house, democrat control of senate and a very small republican advantage in the house of representatives, and that's why we have the government budget we have today, because of the conditions we find ourselves in. johnson does

a great job. in any case , they will return to the issue of speaker johnson's possible dismissal, as well as to aid to ukraine , after the break after april 9. but if the issue of the speaker's dismissal is still on the agenda, it will once again postpone consideration of aid to ukraine. katya, thank you very much, we will certainly monitor how the situation develops on capitulation. we will talk about what is happening and how important it is to ukraine. kateryna lisonova, our congress correspondent, was in touch with the studio. ukraine needs not only grenades and tanks, but also more soldiers. this was stated by the head of nato's military committee ro bauer at the security forum in kyiv. the topic of mobilization will be actively discussed by western politicians and experts this week. it started with the statements of republican senator lynsey graham. who , while visiting kyiv, said that he was surprised by the age restrictions for those mobilized in

ukraine. andriy borys generally found out how military analysts react to this and what they say about mobilization. republican senator lynsey graham arrived in ukraine five months after the start of the full-scale invasion of russia. met with president zelensky, emphasized the importance of supporting ukraine and sending better weapons. tkams missile and f-16 fighters. but his statement about mobilization in ukraine attracted the most attention. american politicians rarely speak on this topic. i want the russians to see a more combat-ready one the ukrainian army. i want ukraine to approve the mobilization reform now. i spoke with national security adviser sullivan before i left. i asked him: how can i help the administration? he said that it is necessary to... raise the topic of the law on mobilization, it is necessary to attract more people to the ranks. i understand that you have people there

from day one. my father was in the army air corps, and when he was drafted into world war ii, it was a long time, but you have to get some people out and bring in new ones, so i hope there will be progress on the mobilization law soon. i hope in summer, autumn. you will have more troops to send into battle. perhaps the american senator was most impressed by the issue of legislative changes, regarding the lowering of the age of those who can be mobilized from 27 to 25 years. i hope that those who can serve in the ukrainian army will join it. i can't believe it's only been 27 years. after the start of the second world war, everyone went to war, that's all. as needed when my father joined he didn't know when he would come home, you are fighting for your

survival so you have to serve not only at 25 or 27. due to graham's statements, observers and democrats in the senate criticized him for voting against the bill to finance ukraine. the senator, previously actively supported by kyiv, in february did not support a bill that provided $60 billion to... for ukraine, then he referred to the position of former us president donald trump, indicating that president trump is categorically opposed to this package, and believes that aid should be provided in the form of a loan. in view of this, retired american colonel robert hamilton considers graham's statements regarding mobilization in ukraine to be questionable. graham is not a sincere mediator on this topic. i don't think he is particularly interested in ukraine maximizing.

this is a war of attrition, and in a war of attrition three things are needed to win: the creation of defense industrial means, the right people, and the political will. according to retired american general ben godges, for effective mobilization ukraine should not only change the law, but also give people an understanding of what awaits them in the army. i think so. i believe that it is necessary to improve the recruitment system and the training base so that the thousands of ukrainian men and women who want to serve but may not be sure that they will receive the proper training, will be equipped accordingly, or they will simply be thrown into the meat grinder, they should be confident that their family will be taken care of if they are injured or

killed. no less important in opinion. because there is the creation of a sense of trust and justice in investing in victory. leadership of ukraine, society, everyone has an equal role: the president, the minister of defense, the council, must speak to the people and say: look, we all sacrifice, everyone must sacrifice, this is a matter of the survival of ukraine, but all this will be poorly received if the sons and daughters of oligarchs, for example , rich people or politicians, somehow... exempt from service. people will not want to send their son or daughter to the army. this requires absolute transparency from the elites and the government. nato is also talking about the importance of mobilization this week. in particular, at the security forum in in kyiv, the head of the alliance's military committee , rob bauer, said that, unfortunately, soldiers are dying and being wounded. the issue of

attracting more people to the army becomes even more urgent against the background of increased mobilization in russia itself, they say. experts the main intelligence agency of the ministry of defense claims that mobilization in russia will become more open after the presidential election. andriy borys, voice of america. and that's the end of sports, fortitude and charity. every year in the heart of the antarctic, the ice marathon is held, one of the toughest marathons in the world. denys ugrin-first. a ukrainian who overcame him, and also thanks to the race he collected 100 thousand dollars for an ambulance for ukraine: about the air at -25, the icy desert and fundraising for ukraine, denys told my colleague oleksiy kovalenko. the world's southernmost marathon in the human desert, that's how it's often called the antarctic human marathon. every year, only

a few dozen people from different parts of the world overcome a race of more than 42 km in the heart of the livonian continent. this winter, there was a ukrainian among the antarctic marathon runners. i think, the temperature was just tropical, it was -3° in the whole nation, and, the truth was, there was a very strong wind, accordingly, there is such a characteristic as wind chill, that is, how it feels on the skin, and it felt like -25. denis ugryn, professor of child psychiatry at the queen mary hospital in london, is from lviv. he represented ukraine and great britain in the human marathon and became the first ukrainian in history to... complete the antarctic race. denys finished 11th overall, second in his age category over 45. as a professional conqueror of mountain peaks, denys compares the marathon to everest, and antarctica itself to the desert. an extraordinary marathon for me is, of course, a challenge for any person, but still not of the same size as, for example, everest, disproportionate,

but for example, after all, the antarctic marathon, it is more proportionate, it is not like a desert, it is a desert. just a desert , there is nothing there, no animals, no plants, it 's just ice and mountains, nothing else, people often ask me if there will be any penguins, those who confuse the arctic with the antarctic, in general they also ask about polar bears, it is still clear that they cannot be there, the marathon runs inside the continent, not on the side, where there are actually various animals, and there is nothing there at all, there is only ice, snow, etc. , mountains and wind, marathons for denys replaced mountain peaks, which he conquered for 10 years, and later he joined the challenge of seven peaks, conquering the highest peaks of seven parts of the world. in the past , he had vision problems that manifested themselves during the ascent to everest. just experience low temperatures and physical tests in the mountains and became useful for overcoming the marathon distance, just a few hundred kilometers

from the south pole. getting to the location of the marathon is a separate challenge. so, you are sitting gkon. you are waiting for the weather, because the biggest problem is that this one has to land on the flight, there is clearly no asphalt there, and if the wind is strong, then the plane simply will not be able to land, and they are waiting, there is a metro station, which is there he explains whether it is possible or not, you sit and wait, and when he actually gives hello weather station, you get on a plane and fly four hours to this union glacier, denys perceived the stay at arnas point as part of his preparation for the ice race. who likes to swim in cold water, i highly recommend it, there is the strait of magilan, and there is such a white, very clean sand, you can actually swim there, well, it is cold, the water is clear, but very beautiful. denys spent several nights in the base camp, he was impressed by the organization of the marathon and the efforts made by the organizers to clear the icy desert for the race. for marathon runners prepared a track of about 10 km in

one direction, along which the participants of the race made two complete circles. separately, denys asked the marathon organizers about access to the race for participants from russia. there were two of them this year. i ever so delicately asked the organizers if they thought. it is expedient and fair that the russian is running. and they explained to me that it was the americans, they explained to me that they actually thought about it too, but as far as i understand, there are 20 countries that have equal access to antarctica if they they have a permanent station there, one of these countries is ukraine, which has vernadskaya. well, of course, russia has it there too. accordingly, theoretically, antarctica. including the territory of russia, as well as other countries, respectively, to forbid a person to go there, i understand, is illegal, not legally, not illegally. adventure

marathoners and ultraathletes are always looking for the next big challenge, be it a remote desert marathon, a high mountain marathon or a jungle marathon, but the antarctic mainland is the last frontier, the last great desert which must be conquered, this is how the organizers of the race describe the marathon, however , for denys, in addition to conquering the antarctic distance, there was another goal: to raise funds for the needs of ukraine. since the beginning of the full-scale war, together with his wife, friends and colleagues, denys raised funds for the purchase of ambulances and necessary medical equipment for ukraine. with the help of the race, it was possible to collect funds from more than 800 patrons for the purchase of another ambulance, which has already been handed over to the military. needs in kharkiv oblast, everything we collected with my colleagues and friends went to the needs of ukraine. in total, we raised over $100,000.

next in denis's plans is a marathon in lima, peru, and the continuation of fund-raising to help ukraine. oleksiy kovalenko, oleksiy asiko, state of america, washington. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically. thanks to the built-in vpn service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. and that's it, that's all ok take care papa. there are discounts on lisobact, 10% in travel pharmacies for you and usha. there are 20% discounts on pulmobriz in psarysnyk, pam and oskad pharmacies, there are discounts on vitamin d3, d3 max 10% at psyasnyk, ban and

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glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health, for the next two hours we will talk about ukraine, about the world, about war and about our victory, today in the program. more than 150. rockets and drones. ukraine

repelled one of the largest air attacks in recent times. how seriously damaged was the energy infrastructure. the first billion is already in july. the european union is ready to give ukraine profits from frozen russian assets. results of the eu summit in brussels. loan instead of aid. republicans in the us congress have embraced trump's idea of ​​supporting ukraine on credit. is this option acceptable? about this and other things, continue for the next hour we are talking with the former minister of energy ivan plachkov and the former extraordinary and, rather, not the former, but the former ambassador of ukraine to the united states of america, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary valery chaly. in the second part of our program, we will have the journalist club olga len and olga musafirova. however, before starting so

our. big conversation, let's watch the video of the consequences of one of the most massive combined strikes of russia on ukraine, which took place on the night of march 22, the russians used 88 missiles of various types, 63 drones kamikaze, the air force managed to shoot down 92 enemy air targets out of more than 150, but many missiles and drones hit houses and businesses in zaporizhzhia, kharkiv, dnipro, khmelnytskyi. and other cities of ukraine, let's see how it all happened,

and just a few minutes before our direct one. broadcast in the suburbs of moscow, there was a powerful shooting in the krokusity hol shopping center, it is one of the shopping and entertainment centers in the moscow suburbs, there was a concert of the band picnic, and unknown people broke into the shopping and entertainment center, started shooting people, they say that on people are...