of the fourth brigade of the national guard of ukraine rubizh, we talked about the situation in donetsk region, and our colleagues, radio liberty correspondents, the film crew also visited the lyman region, also in donetsk region. look what they managed to capture there. we are in the lyman direction, the orcs are climbing, the situation is tense. we are going to the position, to the firing position of my artillery unit. where we perform various firing tasks, compared to soviet equipment, of course, it is much better, at least it is made by people for people, we worked on 2s3, we worked on 2s5 trophy, and now we work on this one on... 109 109 there is a computer into which

data is entered and transferred, it is killed and then it is guided, it is already guided with a joystick, no need to turn, no need to do anything that is, there is a minimum of physical work, and we don’t have a bull in our cars, well, ammunition, so what if a lancet arrives, the car burns out completely right before leaving, well, when the command to battle sounds, we load it, we are told which bulls we will shoot at, we load the tbk and we already go to the position, we shoot it, and you have it written here exactly what type of drone flies, and what and what now the lancet, the zalocorok helps, it helps, it scares more, the hall, for example,

if we leave, we won’t have to wait long, literally minutes five and they are already somewhere with us, either sticking out in the armor or sticking out in front of the armor, well, he is somewhere in the vicinity of a kilometer from us, showing a lancet , a lancet curve, they want to hit someone, but no one, a digital fire injection system, a tracked base and yaku turret... this is an american self-propelled gun

artillery installation m-109 paladin and it is currently operating in the liman direction. this year, the first f-16 fighter jets with trained pilots and personnel will begin arriving in ukraine. this was stated by the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, during a meeting of the members of the contact group on the defense of ukraine, also known as ramstein. so, during ramstein, austin announced that the united states would allocate another $1 billion military aid package to ukraine. according to him, the allies

will pay special attention to the strengthening of ukrainian air defense. listen. ukraine is acute needs more air defense systems and urgently needs more interceptors. this will be a huge priority for all of us today. ukraine also needs more artillery and armored vehicles to protect its citizens and regain stolen territory. and we will do everything in our power to help them. earlier too. the us publication politico, citing two unnamed us government officials, reported that the us is putting the final touches on another of its largest military aid packages, and as part of rammstein also, well, they should, or maybe in the future they will announce it, it is about a package worth 6 billion dollars, and these 6 billion will be taken from the general aid package from the united states for 61 billion, which was recently signed by joe biden, the publication writes about this policy, the publication also said that the package... includes patriot air defense systems

, artillery ammunition, drones, drone weapons with drones and air missiles, air for aircraft, but there are nuances, this package is a contract. with american companies for the production of new weapons and ammunition for ukraine, and therefore these batches will probably not arrive in ukraine soon, the publication says. that equipment, which also includes munitions for hymers and nasams, likely won't arrive in ukraine for several years, as the money is allocated under the ukraine security assistance initiative. the pentagon signs contracts with american defense companies for... the production of new equipment for ukraine, as opposed to using the reserves available in the united states. well and we already talked today about the fact that american aid is currently very much expected on the ukrainian front. i propose to briefly listen to the comments of the ukrainian military in this regard. everything is fine, but a little

earlier would be better. why is this help important to us? there is an opportunity to defend your territory. we are very dependent on ar'. artillery shells and equipment, these artillery shells allow you to defend your territory at least, the equipment allows you to make three-hundred, even two-hundred-year-old well, it is also impossible to do rotations without using a regular machine, what you need the most, ammunition, which is artillery, artillery saves the blood of the infantry, artillery saves the blood of the infantry. serhii kudelya, professor of political science at baylor university, has already joined our broadcast. good evening, good evening, serhii, tell me, is it possible to state that now, after the aid for ukraine was voted on and biden signed it, the tension in the american

political community has subsided, are you still awake? the tension remains, it seems to me, it is the only one intensifies as we as we can see, as we saw from the results of the vote, in the house of representatives, the majority of republicans voted against providing aid to ukraine, and this six-month process, which was accompanied by a large number of negative information emissions against ukraine, did not stop, it continues, it continues , it will continue in the form of attempts to remove mike johnson from'. from the speakership of the house of representatives, and that significant part of the republicans, as i said, the majority republicans in the house of representatives, they do not change their point of view, and they will continue to defend the position that providing aid to ukraine is not in

the interests of the united states. therefore, unfortunately, it seems to me that with the beginning of the presidential campaign and with the appearance of trump as the main candidate, the topic of... ukraine will continue to be actively debated, but look, the same law provides that after 45 days, after as it was voted, joe biden has to present it to the congress strategy, because he was constantly reproached for saying that we are helping ukraine, but there is no strategy here, why, why, for how long, what do you expect to see in this strategy, how important is it, well, joe biden cannot provide a strategy. the strategy can only be given victory by the ukrainian leadership, and from the point of view of the interests of the united states, the strategy has been formulated repeatedly in various documents and by various high-ranking officials, and it is that the united states should help ukraine only as much as is necessary in order to

ukraine was able to liberate all its territories. this goal was formulated two years ago, and it remains the same. republicans, some republicans, unfortunately... use the theme of strategy to emphasize to their constituents that america is locked in a war that has no end, and this argument that this war has no end, unfortunately , it it will be very difficult to overcome, because an ordinary document, it will not be able to level this argument in any way, and this doc this argument can only level changes in the field battle only progress, only a successful counteroffensive by the ukrainian military, is the only thing that can nullify this argument. and politically, i will say this, and for donald trump, who you mentioned, and for joe biden, how

has this decision of congress on bailout affected them? let's face it, who won and scored political points from this, who, on the contrary, lost, and what, is there anything to discuss here and what and what to celebrate? well, it's obvious that joe biden actually scored extra points in the sense that his demands were met, they, he... was able to achieve his political goals, namely to achieve the necessary aid to ukraine this year, that is, from this point of view , joe biden definitely won, but we also understand that donald trump, he somewhat publicly changed his position, he moved away from such radical opposition and said , that maybe in the future we will have to provide assistance to ukraine in the form of a posture, that is, we see a gradual change in the public. donald trump on the eve of the presidential campaign, but at the same time we see that many of his

supporters continue to advocate quite anti-ukrainian positions, and this gives me reason to assert that, in fact, privately donald trump does not change his views. well, actually, i wanted to ask what could have influenced him then, so that he at least publicly changed his views, and when you say that he might not have changed them privately, what does that mean? this means that he wants to minimize the risks for himself, because, as we can see, most military analysts and heads of, for example, the central intelligence agency have said that there are serious risks in case of not giving ukraine aid related to the success of the russian, the russian offensive, and if in the summer, as we know. and the president of ukraine spoke about this, that there are plans of the russian leadership to carry out a major counteroffensive, and if the russians

achieved some success in the summer, and this happened primarily because the ukrainians do not have enough weapons, then the responsibility for this was transferred primarily to donald trump, and it could hurt, hurt his presidential campaign, which is why i think trump took such a neutral position precisely in order to minimize... risks in the event that ukraine, ukraine finds itself in a very difficult situation, but this topic will return in the fall, closer to the elections or after the elections, so closer to the elections, during, when, when the presidential the campaign will already reach, will already begin to develop, now we will get to the election, i'll ask you, i also wanted to ask about mike johnson, because i saw that numerous publications were devoted to ... the evolution of mike johnson, how his term as speaker began there and

after all, how changed his decision about in ukraine, ukrainians, some say that his christian values ​​and convictions prevailed, some say that he was actually convinced by american intelligence, because he saw some kind of catastrophe there if ukraine did not receive help. what do you think about this , who or what played a decisive role in the fact that johnson changed his position, maybe even donald trump played you? i think that without some assurances from donald trump, it would take longer for mike johnson to change his position. donald trump, i think, gave it to him after all certain guarantees that he will not be removed from his position. and, as we understand, the significant position of the republicans in the house of representatives mostly depends on the views of donald trump. at the same time, it is difficult to make any final conclusions. conclusions that forced johnson to reconsider his positions, that is, he

must have felt the burden of responsibility to some extent, nevertheless, as one of the key public officials, now in the united states of america, and understood, and understands, realizes that he is basically advocating not only the interests of a narrow group of radical republicans but he defends the interests of the united states in the world. and perhaps this, this awareness somehow helped to convince him, to push him to act more fundamentally in matters of providing aid not only to ukraine, but also to taiwan and israel, because, as we know, this decision to provide aid was made, passed as a package, and it involved giving aid to three nations, meaning that the united states is standing up for its own. positions in the world are geopolitical not only in one region, but globally. you

mentioned the election, and quite a few european officials and officials assumed that due to the fact that there will be elections in the usa in the fall, this was most likely the last aid package for ukraine, do you share these opinions? well, i don't think there's any doubt that this was the last bailout, well, given that we have six months... to convince some of the republicans to support this bailout, with the presidential election coming up, it's obvious that this, as i already said, the turmoil will only intensify. here it is important to emphasize one argument, it is that there is a certain logic of the actions of this part of the republican wing, the radical populist wing, let's call it that, and it is connected with the fact that they believe that with trump's victory, ukraine should be forced to peace, using putin's rhetoric, and these people, they like to use different

russian narratives, kremlin narratives, and they say that... america has very serious influence on the ukrainian leadership, and they consist in the fact that america can at any moment convince, force zelenskyi to go to peace talks with putin and agree on the cessation of hostilities. and this is already directly articulated by key supporters of donald trump. they say that we need to wait for the elections and then give trump the opportunity to sit down at the negotiating table, or rather force zelensky and putin to negotiate. and that is why , in the near future, that is , until the end of the presidential campaign, unfortunately, the new ukraine will certainly not receive any help. thank you very much for your comment. serhii kudelya, professor of political science at baylor university, we talked about american aid and what political

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you are watching the ukrainian voice of america program chas tym. my name is maria olyanovska. congratulations. at the end of the saturated last week in washington, the usa announced new military aid to ukraine in the amount of 6 billion dollars. this was announced by the head of the pentagon, lloyd austin, following the results of the meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine. the russians increased their own production. they are also supported by north korea and iran. i hope that thanks to the opportunities and... resources that we have provided, ukraine will have the opportunity not only to hold back, but also to restore its additional capabilities - noted austin. the details of this assistance are in the direct language of the minister.

i am also pleased to announce today about an additional commitment of $6 billion, the largest amount of security assistance we have committed to date. it will include vital interceptors for ukraine's patriot and nasams air defense systems, more anti-drone systems and support equipment, and significant amounts of artillery ammunition. and air ground munitions, as well as maintenance and support. the aid announced by austin is the order of new weapons for ukraine from american manufacturers within the framework of the initiative promoting the security of ukraine. let's talk more about what this means with yulia yarmolenko, who joins from the white house. hello, yuli. congratulations, maria. yulia, given the specifics of this initiative, when can we expect the promised

capabilities in ukraine? maria, let's first explain to our viewers that we will once again remind you that there are two main programs under which the united states provides military aid to ukraine. the first is the so-called program of presidential powers, when weapons are taken directly from the stocks of the united states and is sent to ukraine. this is a fast program. in this way, weapons can reach ukraine in a matter of days or even weeks. and it was under such a program that this week in ukraine, the united states allocated one weapon worth $1 billion. now this second program stands out. arms is an initiative to promote the security of ukraine. these 6 billion, which lloyd austin announced today, will go to ensure that ukraine concludes contracts for such an amount with american manufacturers, so that these manufacturers will make weapons for ukraine and send them directly to of ukraine. this program is a long-term program, and weapons do not hit the battlefield immediately. now, today , minister osina was asked how long it will take

until the moment... this 6 billion worth of weapons can get to ukraine. lloyd austin said that it all depends on the type of weapons, because we know that this tranche includes ammunition, and artillery systems, and shells for these artillery systems, and accordingly he said that the weapons will come according to how quickly they are produced american companies, and he also said that for his part he would do everything to make it happen as soon as possible. from previous experience, maria, we know that it can take several months, from a few months, to a year, or even more than a year, to send weapons under this program. julius, before this rimshtein meeting today, president zelensky emphasized: ukraine critically needs patriots. is the us encouraging european countries to share these capabilities? how is this issue progressing now? yes, today president zelensky is, in fact, at the beginning of this meeting made it very clear that he wanted to see not only additional missiles for

the patriot systems, but also missiles themselves. installations, which are extremely important for the protection of ukrainian cities and ukrainian civilians, and today lloyd austin was directly asked whether this was discussed at the meeting, and whether lloyd austin was able to convince any other countries to share this installation. lloyd austin said that it was definitely talked about, and he said that we'll see the results of those conversations later, but he gave some interesting details, maria, he said he is personally working with the defense ministers of a number of european countries to get them to share what they have in their installations. patriot, and he specifically said that you saw that i had several conversations with european defense ministers, i looked at who he had a conversation with, they were the defense ministers of sweden, the netherlands, romania, great britain and greece, and at the moment we do not see, that there are some positive signals from these countries that they would be ready to share their installations. lloyd austin said that it is definitely because these countries appreciate, in fact, that they have such capabilities, but he also said that the work is ongoing and that...