and president zelensky either does not notice this, or it suits him, because zelensky, there is trust in him, there is popular love for volodymyr zelensky, so far, so far, volodymyr zelensky is respected for not running away, yes, when it started overweight not an invasion, volodymyr zelensky knows how to communicate with society, he feels people, he is a public figure, yarmak is a less public figure, but he has already come out, he has ambitions to be more public, he wants to be loved, but society does not accept yarmak, no one elected him, no one authorized him, did not authorize him with such powers, he is outside the constitution, but if we...

look at how decisions are made in the president's office, then there is a fair where ambassadors go, there is a fair where they go ministers, representatives of our law enforcement agencies , intelligence agencies, the military, well, there are ermaks, around whom there are advisers, full-time, freelance, we looked into these advisers, and not only us, but also several other organizations, more than 50 advisers , he had at a certain point, most of the freelancers, it is not known who they are pays, that is, the state... they don't pay, they don't submit declarations, they didn't pass special inspections, but they, together with yermak , go to negotiations with world leaders at the most important moments, as in november they went to negotiations with blinken, and this is very dangerous for the country, because people without authority, without responsibility, it is not known who pays them, decide the fate of the country. i think that now a logical question may arise in our viewers, yes, what if yarmak manages the country effectively? and if he

does it, so to speak, with a blessing president, then maybe there is nothing bad about it during the war. my question is how effectively yermak performs all the functions that the president assigns to him in this case? well, let's start with the fact that yermak, as effectively as he governs, he did not agree that there was a real threat of a russian invasion, as far as we know, and it was ... public publications about, yes, that is, he is one of the reasons , why we were not ready for the invasion and did not listen to our international partners. next, ermamak is on his own for concentrated various appointments, and if you look at our officials, only a person with independent thinking, with respect in society, with authority, with direct access appears.

zelenskyi, this person does not stay in office for long, and the most striking example is, of course, valery zaluzhnyi and his resignation. and there were media publications that when back in the 22nd year, when a full-scale invasion took place in the summer, it seems, or in the fall, zaluzhnyi received the love and support of the people, then who tipped zelensky that zaluzhnyi was a threat to political ambitions to president zelensky, it was. where is the industrious now, no, there is no industrious now, well, supposedly he was going to go to london, on the way to london, yes, here, and this formed such an approach, within the government, within the various branches of government in general, with the fact that you should not stick out , you don't have the right to speak your mind, you have to be... a mouse, you have to, you don't

have to take any initiatives, you don't have the right to appoint a team, if you arrange responsibility for some reforms there, everything must be agreed with the office the president, everything must be agreed with yarmak, if you have very good direct contacts with the president bypassing the fair, then this is a danger for you, well, these are the rules of the game that have been formed and they are absolutely unhealthy, they simply interfere with... how the country can be effective and hire effective managers for responsible top positions in the state, very briefly, if you can, look, but at the same time anders fograsmussen, who nominated yermak, for example, this list of the 100 most influential people in the world, he gave him a pretty good description, he said that he is a person who united the world from west to global half a day to counter russian aggression and so on and so forth, then we have reasons not to believe this characteristic, of course, because rasmussen was invited by the same. yermak himself in

the consultation group, it seems that initially this group was about sanctions, and rasmussen, well, if grateful, that is, he communicates closely with yermak. er, and, in my opinion, his conclusion is quite biased, er, if you poll society in general and experts, then everyone will say that yermak has concentrated on himself too many powers, and zelensky is already in the shadows yermak, and zelensky must understand that when yermak eats everyone who has independence, access to zelensky, no one will be left, then... the last will be volodymyr zelensky himself, because it is obvious that andriy borisovych has much bigger ambitions than just being somewhere in the background. darya, thank you very much, darya kalyniuk, executive director of the anti -corruption center, we talked about the influence of andrii yarmak. thank you very much. former us president

donald trump said that for the united states the survival of ukraine is important and even reproached the european allies for insufficient support for kyiv. this is a rather unexpected statement. if we recall that literally in july that year , trump promised to end the war in 24 hours and offered ukraine to conclude an agreement with russia, as noted by the reuters agency, this message became one of trump's first admissions that the survival of ukraine is important from the point of view of the security interests of the united states, and it sounded against the background of the upcoming vote in the house of representatives on the aid package for ukraine in the amount of more than 60 billion dollars. voting let me remind you, it is scheduled for tomorrow. why can't europe provide the same... or comparable money that the united states of america is putting in to help a country that desperately needs it. as everyone agrees, ukrainian survival and strength should be much more important to europe than to us, but it is also important to us. move over, europe.

however, as reported by the reuters agency i already mentioned, some far-right republicans interpreted this message from trump as a signal that trump actually opposes the current package help for ukraine, despite the fact that he did not say it directly. trump's statement came a day after he met with polish president andrzej duda in his new york office in trump tower. as the politician writes, during the meeting, they talked in particular about the war in ukraine and nato defense spending. trump and duda have long maintained warm relations, once duda even suggested naming a military base in poland ford trump. in an interview with the polish media, duda said that during this meeting, he told trump that american aid is extremely ukraine needs, well, earlier, it was less than two weeks ago, david cameron, the british foreign minister, had a similar meeting with trump. during a private dinner, cameron convinced ex-president trump that helping ukraine is in the interests of the states, not to give moscow to capture ukraine, that was what the guardian wrote at the time.

it is not known whether he convinced, at least journalists doubted at the time, but the director of the cia, william burns, whom i already quoted during my speech before the members of the congress, the day before he said that if they do not approve the aid to ukraine for... kyiv may be defeated in the war by the end of this year, and, as reported by the new york times, at a time when many in europe is worried about the prospect of a second donald trump presidency, which they believe could end us support for ukraine, some of russia's worst enemies have gone the other way, they are trying to get along with trump's entourage, to this end the ruling party of lithuania, which is staunch supporter of ukraine, last month organized meetings between ukrainian and russian politicians who advocate increased military spending to counter russia, and a group of former trump administration officials, and the group of participants from ukraine was led by oleksandr mereshko, chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine's committee on foreign policy and of inter-parliamentary cooperation and he joins our broadcast. alexander,

good evening. good evening. let's start with the last one, what kind of meetings are these organized by the ruling party of lithuania, how often do they take place, who participates in them, and for what purpose? well, actually it was, maybe you could say, the first such meeting, although i have to admit that before, for example, once, about a year ago, maybe a year and a half ago, when i was on a business trip in washington, i met with representatives, there is such a well-known think tank, the heritage foundation, it is considered such a conservative think-tank that at one time developed a program for president reagan, and now he is engaged in developing a program... er for trump, as far as i know, that is, in this sense, it can be said that this is the second meeting, although this time this meeting took place in vilnius, it was expanded in the sense that there were not only representatives of the heritage foundation, but also other er, let's say, people

who were connected at one time or worked in the team of president trump, and well, in principle , a very fruitful meeting, because we had to understand... the logic and, let's say, the prospects, or we can even say more broadly, the program , from which trump is going to the elections, and what place ukraine occupies. in this matter that is, we talked about it, and it was very important, you understood, and you understood, i understood a little, i understood that there is no clear program regarding ukraine, but what trump himself and his supporters say, they, for example, raised the issue of the need for ukraine to have a sufficiently clear and realistic, as they called it, victory plan. ugh, ukraine did not have this plan, well, without american support, probably, well, really, this plan for victory,

first of all, well, it is very simple, as i tried to explain to our american colleagues, it consists in the restoration of international law, that is, the restoration of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine, this is the most important thing, at the same time, the implementation of this plan really depends on the effective assistance of military and technical assistance from the united states. tell me , please, what do you associate with this change in trump's rhetoric, he stated that it was allegedly, well, he called on europe to spend more on defense, he said that the survival of ukraine is important for the united states, what is this connected with and should it be interpreted here exactly as i said. i think that first of all, trump is being influenced, he is, you know, very attentive to changes, political changes, moods. well, every candidate for the presidency, i am not talking about the president, but the candidate must be a little populist,

that is, the fact that trump begins to realize the importance of ukraine, the importance of this issue, not only for him, in general, for the real national interests of ukraine, but including the united states, and secondly, here, you know, one must distinguish between the rhetoric of the presidential candidate and the rhetoric the president because it changes when a person becomes president, occupies this responsible position, then he behaves more responsibly and is forced to abandon some populist slogans, for example, and this happens to every person who becomes president, regardless of who will become the american president this time, look, the prime minister of ukraine, denys shmehal , said that here he is, he is now in the united states, that he feels cautious optimism about the prospects. approval of the aid package for ukraine, what are your expectations from tomorrow's congressional vote? and i

would say yes, 80% against 20, that is, the procedure that remains today, the most important thing is that these five bills, speaker mike johnson, he broke this single bill, as you know, into five, so that it gets out of the so- called rules committee, that is, it is a regulatory committee to... representatives, if these bills pass the house of representatives, then they will almost automatically pass to the senate, because these bills are related to foreign aid, they are not much different from the original of the senate project, and president biden promised to immediately sign these bills, especially regarding ukraine, as far as i know, the issue is also a procedural detail, this... project related to aid to ukraine, is going to be put first, and then the project

related to aid to israel, because if you do the opposite, then the chances of approving ukrainian aid decrease, that is , we will see how the ukrainian bill will go, what place it will take, this will also affect the final result, but you are 80% convinced that the aid will be approved tomorrow, yes i am very optimistic, thank you very much, oleksandr mareshko, people's deputy of ukraine from the servant of the people and head of the committee on foreign policy of interparliamentary cooperation was on radio liberty. that's all for today, i urge you to subscribe to the radio liberty website until monday. haven't seen the classic underpants, never or what? i am a children's poet here. wrote, listen, the tractor in the field dir-dir, so why did we freeze, try flebodia 600, pink

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today i will start the program with the amazing story of six-year-old sofiyka golynska. the girl lived with her mother in odesa in the city of balta. and imagine, it disappeared at the end of 2020. the police say that the child was kidnapped by her grandmother, lyudmila golynska. and it is not known where the woman is hiding for more than three years a child it was established that in december 2020 , a woman kidnapped her three-year-old granddaughter sofya golinska in the baltsky district of the odesa region, and their exact whereabouts are still unknown. lyudmila mykhaylivna golynska was born on april 1, 1968, is about 162-170 cm tall, has a solid build, has a limp, can change hair color, light eyes, has visible moles in

the nasolabial fold. previously, there was a version that already during a full-scale war, the child could be taken abroad. to one of the countries of the european union, and recently the police said that the girl's alleged abductor, her grandmother, may currently be in kyiv. of course, if you follow her trail, there is a high probability of establishing the whereabouts of the child. but sophia's grandmother carefully disguises herself and constantly changes her appearance, but i really hope that one of you will recognize her and help establish her location and most importantly. in this way, it will be possible to find six-year-old sofiyka golinska. i appeal to everyone, and especially to kiyan, if anyone has seen this woman or knows where she might be, immediately call us on the hotline of the children's search service with the short number 1163. calls from all mobile operators are free. as for six-year-old sofiyka, now it is very difficult to describe her appearance.

imagine, the girl's mother last saw her little one when sofiyka was... that in more than three years, sofiyka has grown up and changed, but i don't think that it is so drastic that it is impossible to recognize her, so i really ask you to look closely at her face. the girl has big blue eyes and light blond hair, is approximately 110-120 cm tall. on these she is about three years old in the photo, but this is one of

the last pictures where sofia is about 3.5. of course, the girl's mother also has a video of her daughter. are you an adult girl? hey, not but, but. not because, but for that. let me remind you that now the girl is almost seven years old, of course, she already speaks normally and expresses her thoughts. i really hope that someone will definitely recognize her and help find her. at least a little news about sofiyka golinska will comfort and reassure her mother. at the moment, i don't know what she looks like and in what condition she is, i am asking for your concern people, if you see an approximate age

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will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop will accept ua. you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. cia director william burns said that without an american aid package ukraine will lose the war by the end of this year. on friday, the house of representatives of the american congress, with the votes of both democrats and republicans, voted on the procedure for consideration of draft laws on assistance to foreign partners, in particular. ukraine. the long-awaited review of aid to kyiv will begin this saturday, april 20, at 9 a.m. washington time. this is 16 after kyiv. we at the voice of america will conduct a special broadcast,

follow how legislators will vote, communicate with experts and activists who advocated aid to ukraine and to inform you about the progress of this historic decision for ukraine. on whether congress will be able to vote on aid this weekend and what to expect? we are talking with kateryna lisonova. hello katya. congratulations greetings to our viewers. katya, today there was an important procedural decision on the consideration of this draft law. democrats and republicans showed very broad bipartisan support. tell me more about it. in fact, the important vote that took place today was the procedural vote, which allowed to put the aid to ukraine and partners up for consideration tomorrow. usually , such a procedural vote on the agenda is voted on by party. that is, if the majority is republican, then only republicans vote with an overwhelming majority. but since... as there is now a certain part of the republicans who oppose, are against aid to ukraine, in order to make this procedural decision and actually consider the aid to ukraine,

the support of the democrats was also needed, which they actually did, thus today with 312 votes by and 93 against, the legislators voted in a bipartisan manner to bring up for consideration already this saturday the aid to ukraine and its partners. overall, this vote shows bipartisan support. there are initiatives, and the leaders of leading republicans and democrats said about it yesterday during the hearings of the regulatory committee, i suggest you listen to their statements. we need to immediately support ukraine. humanitarian aid must be provided. we must support israel and taiwan, and we cannot allow the best to become the enemy of the good. so i support this one law and hope to continue to do so. in case, if before that. pressure,

he is in a very difficult situation, i was with him the night before he made the final decision and i know he takes it very personally, he is a man of faith, he told me: i want to be on the right side of history, i i think he's following churchill, he's decided to confront the current generational threat posed by this fractious alliance of russia, china, and iran. katya, yesterday in the program we analyzed the text of this new aid bill in more detail ukraine. about what it provides, you can watch on the youtube channel of the ukrainian voice of america. the question is for you. we know that lawmakers have already proposed more than 130 amendments to this document. in the end , only four were left for consideration. what kind of amendments are these, what might the final text of the bill look like. that's right, maria, it's important to note that there were more than 130 amendments, but the rules committee actually allowed only four to be considered tomorrow. and these four are actually quite radical amendments.

this is, in particular, victoria spars' amendment, which... is supposed to delete four clauses from the bill on aid to ukraine, which refers to certain financial aid to ukraine, thus reducing this aid. marzhery taylor green also proposes to reduce to zero every dollar prescribed in the draft law for assistance to ukraine. the other two amendments require not to make pension or social assistance payments from the funds for economic assistance prescribed in this document, and the fourth - requires the cancellation of non-defense funding, that is, economic and humanitarian aid, but it is worth noting that, according to experts, it is unlikely that at least one of these amendments will pass during the vote, because each of them actually nullifies the very essence of the bill and contrasts with the very essence of the written bill and does not add something to the bill, but actually cancels it, and therefore many experts believe that these amendments are unlikely to have

any future tomorrow. kutch, we also know that the lawmakers of the senate, which in case of approval aid to ukraine in the house of representatives, will consider this document next, today they said that they are ready to vote on this issue as soon as possible, can we expect that they will vote on aid to ukraine already this weekend. that's right, maria, in general, today the senate majority leader, democrat chuck shumer , said that he actually announced that the senators will remain on the job this weekend, he said that they will work on ... other bills and also wait until the relief package comes from the house of representatives partners in particular, chuck schumer also said that when this aid package comes from the house of representatives, the senate will not delay, they will approve it as soon as possible and send it to the president for signature, and he noted that joe biden himself has already said that as soon as congress approves this aid package , he will be ready to sign it. i suggest listening to the statement of the actual leader of the democrats, chuck schumer. and

if the house of representatives approves this additional aid, the senate will immediately send it to the president's desk. and the president himself already said if congress votes for this bailout, he will sign it. i hope the house will do this very soon, because delaying this funding has cost america and our allies dearly. thank you, katiuo. we will follow how this vote for aid to ukraine will take place already tomorrow. new law. the project on aid to ukraine provides for 61 billion dollars, that is, the same amount that was prescribed in the senate bill, but the economic part of the aid should be provided as a loan, and not free. also, another draft law, which will be considered on saturday, provides for a new sanctions policy regarding the russian economy and the use of frozen russian assets to restore the economy of ukraine. oleksiy kovalenko talked about this in more detail with daniel kohis, a senior researcher at the hudson institute. regarding

the fourth draft law, it contains articles on the use of russian frozen assets to restore the economy of ukraine, as well as on sanctions against the russian economy. how do you rate such updates? bill? one aspect of giving the administration the authority to transfer russian assets frozen in american banks to ukraine for economic support and reconstruction is an important step for congress to provide. respect of the president, for a long time there has been a debate in the usa and europe about the possibility of transferring frozen russian assets for the reconstruction of ukraine. this is an important opportunity to move and sends a clear signal to russia, as well as china and iran. as for sanctions, this is again a strengthening of the united states' position to force the administration take a tougher stance on sanctions against the russian regime, and i think that is extremely important. several radical-

minded representatives. the republican party threatens to report johnson.