and the people who live in the border areas with mexico, who suffer from the influx, the influx of illegal immigrants, or the family who lost their son during the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan, which we do not hear during the speeches, or hardly hear, that is what we will say , the statements that were made during the rest of donald trump's campaign that the previous election was stolen, we practically do not hear that, nor did i see anyone criticizing, for example ... biden for addressing the topic of impeachment, and what do we hear , we paid attention with my colleague yulia yarmolenko, that a lot of criticism began to be heard not only against joe biden, but also a lot of criticism against kamela harris, and actually the journalists even calculated, comparing it with the previous campaign, and that really such a share of kamela harris, as a person who is criticized, it has grown significantly, and actually, this is usually connected with the fact that we, the fact that... the fate of joe biden's participation in

this campaign, or even the chance that he can still get out of this race, it is possible , still remains, and to some extent we see that donald trump's campaign is preparing for this, also, well, at least i noticed that as much attention is paid to issues that are of interest to ordinary workers, as a rule, this is such, you know, the traditional electoral base of the democrats, there is still a lot of animals here. to the problems of this particular part of the population, and what we practically do not hear, except for a few such thesis statements, is, let's say, some foreign policy issues, this is really very, very little, even during yesterday's session, which was supposed to be devoted to this, we also practically do not heard, and i asked the chairman of the republican national congress about it, and this is what he answered. in my view

, the voters right now, the people who will be voting in november, are concerned with the domestic politics of the united states, they are concerned with inflation, interest rates, cost of living, fuel prices, they are concerned with what is happening on the southern border, so while foreign policy may be important , i think there is more concern about what is happening every day on american streets than what is happening in ukraine. well, actually one more the moment that we paid attention to with my colleague, with whom we used to work also in 8 years at the convention in cleveland, is the diversity, and, let's say, the creativity of accessories with portraits of donald trump, it's not just there, let's say t-shirts or caps or badges, it's anything, it's dresses, some bandages for dogs and a box for muesli, well , everything, everything, everything that only people can do for themselves.

imagine how charged the delegates who came here are, how they react to the speeches, how they behave in general, how much they are, let's say, committed to this campaign. oleksiy, tanya, thank you very much, tetyana voroshko was in direct contact with us from milwaukee. today we continue to follow the final event of the convention, donald trump's speech. we will broadcast it live, with ukrainian translation on our voice of america platforms in ukrainian in the evening washington time. democratic senator bob menendez, who was convicted of corruption, is ready to resign, according to sources, nbc news reports. the senator did not announce it publicly, but, according to reports journalists, he reported this within the party. earlier, more than 40 party members called on menendez to leave this position. among them was the leader of the democrats chuck schumer. if they refused, the senators planned to hold a special vote and release menendez on their own. the 30-year political

career of the senator is coming to an end, as well as who can now take his place, say kateryna lsonova and aaron ranen. democratic senator bob menendez was found guilty of bribery and acting as a foreign agent. by according to prosecutors, the senator used his position to promote the interests of two foreign governments - egypt and qatar and three businessmen from the state of new jersey, the senator's home state. this is a case of shocking amounts of corruption, hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars and mercedes-benz cars. this was not typical politics, it was politics for profit. and now that a jury has found bob menendez guilty, his years of auctioning off his own position are finally over. however, senator pleads not guilty and plans to appeal the charges. he said this outside the manhattan courthouse immediately after the jury's decision. i am deeply, deeply disappointed

in the jury's decision, i am convinced that the law and the facts were not in favor of such a decision and that ... we will win the appeal. i have never broken my oaths, i have never been anything but a patriot of my country. i have never, ever been a foreign agent. the trial lasted more than two months. it took the jury three days to deliberate guilty verdict. they supported all 16 counts of the indictment. this is a historic verdict, as senator menendez was convicted not only of corruption, but also of acting as an agent of a foreign government. according to the expert , the senator faces dozens of years behind bars. the maximum penalty for some counts is 20 years in prison. this case and these indictments show that no one is above the law, not even a powerful and high-ranking senator like bob

menendez. if you break the law and get bribes, you will be caught and convicted. according to the constitution of the united states, neither a sentence nor even a stay for ... will not prevent menendez from continuing his political career, congress can, but according to experts, this procedure to remove the senator by means of a vote is not an easy one. it takes 2/3 of the senate to vote to remove a lawmaker, which is a high bar that makes things like this very difficult. in the history of this country, there seem to have been only 15 senators who were fired in this way. the framers of the constitution deliberately made this process difficult they did not want the legislators to be fired because of the whims of the mob. sectional voting may not be necessary. nbc news reports that menendez agreed to resign after growing pressure from his party members. in this way, the senator will end his more than 30-year political career. menendez rose from congressman to senator and even headed the influential committee on

international relations, which in particular dealt with the russian war in ukraine. ukraine is at war, and it is not their war. chose this the war imposed on them by vladimir putin, therefore , ukraine has the right to defend itself and defend itself not only on its sovereign territory, but also wherever there is an aggressor. such is the nature of war. again, if putin had not unleashed this war, he would not be in the circumstances he is in. in the event of resignation, the governor of the state of new jersey will appoint an interim senator to serve in menendez's place until january 2025. meanwhile, the democratic and republican candidates. will compete for this seat in the elections in november this year. catherine lisanova, aaron ranen, voice of america, new york. meanwhile , a summit of the european political

community was held in great britain, in which almost 50 countries took part. the platform was founded after the russian invasion of ukraine for political and strategic discussions of the future of europe. the president of ukraine also took part in this summit. volodymyr zelenskyi. what exactly do you expect from zelensky's new trip abroad and the summit of the european political community? european correspondent bohdan syupin, who is included in our direct, will tell us broadcast from london. congratulations, bohdan. bohdan, representing the european political community. actually, can you tell me what is the importance of this format? the importance of this format in preserving the unity or rather cohesion of europe. virtually all the countries of europe were represented here, starting from the west of the continent, from the british isles, which left the european union, all 27 eu countries, plus

norway, switzerland and further east, moldova, ukraine, azerbaijan, armenia, the furthest, probably the only , who is not invited here. strength, this were russia and belarus, for obvious reasons these countries unleashed the worst war on the continent since world war ii. meanwhile, europeans confirm their desire to live in peace and prosperity, and for example , i will give, for example, the main topics of those negotiations or conversations, discussions, which were planned today for representatives of more than 50 countries, the main ones. the groups were divided into three topics: the first is migration, an obvious issue that worries many in europe, the second is energy and interconnectedness, also obviously concerns everyone and ordinary europeans as well, and thirdly, this is the issue of defense and

strengthening, strengthening of democracy, these are the main topics, the main values ​​that concern europeans. what exactly do they want to talk about. bohdan, right after the opening of this forum, the prime minister of great britain gave the floor to the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, what did you hear from zelenskyi's speech, how? was his main message? yes, at first the ukrainian president focused a little on history. he had a good opportunity, because the summit was held in blenheim palace, where the war leader of great britain winston churchill was once born, and the ukrainian president used this opportunity to remind that it was courage that was one of the sources of... that the world defeated nazism, that the second world war ended with

the defeat of the aggressor, also the ukrainian president stated that it is now very important to preserve the cohesion and unity of europe, because this is perhaps the most important thing that russian president vladimir putin wants and has failed to do, the ukrainian leader also spoke about the need for decisive... help ukraine, in particular, he emphasized the need for other partners of ukraine, in particular, he called on the united states, great britain, france, poland, to help ukraine shoot down russian missiles in the ukrainian sky, and he also separately focused on the actions of the hungarian president, viktor orbán, not calling mr. orban by name, the ukrainian president spoke. about betrayal and negotiations behind the back. bohdan, you also had the opportunity

to speak with representatives of the british government and clarify the official position of great britain regarding the use of british weapons for ukraine's attacks on the territory of russia. what answer did you hear? well, actually, this concerns ukrainian representatives first of all, and president zelenskyi constantly violates it, as do other representatives. conversation with western partners, and i tried to clarify the official position of great britain, which in particular provides long-range weapons to ukraine, such as stormshadow cruise missiles, a representative of the new government, great britain, today, in response to this question, said something that can be interpreted as a desire not to reveal all all the cards, don't give a clear answer, at least you listen. we have stated very clearly that our support is aimed at

protecting ukraine. we've provided that support in many different ways, and we've seen the importance of whether it's challengenger tanks, stormshadow missiles, or nl anti-tank systems, or other munitions and critical equipment, i mean, we support ukraine's right to defend itself. defend yourself using weapons in accordance with the needs of ukraine. we 've been very clear that our support... is aimed at for ukraine to defend itself is defense support, as i said, we did it in many different ways. so, such and such was the answer of the british government official. why did he speak like that, why, even on clarifying questions, he tried not to put together the words russia, strikes and the use of western weapons, maybe this... this government official was not authorized to say such things, and

maybe there is another reason, maybe in london use the advice of french president manuel macron, who has repeatedly emphasized because one should not reveal all the cards to the opponent, let him remain and get lost in guesswork, or leave all the cards, all the possibilities to... fate, again, to leave the enemy's opponent in the dark. bohdan, thank you very much, directly from london, our european correspondent, bohdan syupan, was with us. the topic of mariupol, its blogs and the fates of people who survived it, continues to echo from the theater stages of new york. american director of ukrainian origin. virlyana tkach, who is known for her joint productions with by the ukrainian poet serhiy zhadan, at

the pre-premiere screening presented new yorkers with a new project: mariupol war diaries and tree of life. the performance is based on the diaries of four residents of mariupol, which they tell about the terrible days of the siege of their city. iryna solomka and pavlo terekhov attended the pre-premiere screening. please introduce yourself. my name is yaroslav semenenko. yaroslav symonenko, one of the four heroes of the play mariupol, war diaries and a tree. life. he is a paralympian. at nine suffered a serious electric shock, as a result of which he lost both hands. yaroslav and his wife spent three weeks in occupied mariupol, practically without water and food under shelling and bombardment. his memories were included in the script of the play written by the american theater director virlyana tkach. the work began after virlyana's meeting

with the author of the war diaries project and cultural activist daria kolomiets. she told me what she had. some diaries from mariupol, because i was just interested, she brought them to me, and we they started to translate them, the year our city was being shot. while working on the performance, virlyana started stringing poems by serhiy zhadan, as well as viktoria amelina, the poetess who died in kramatorsk as a result of a russian rocket attack, based on eyewitness accounts. the performance also includes images of mariupol before and after the destruction of the city, virlyana says. those photos from... the field, as they appear then, during the explosion, it seems to me that way, and how, you know, i say that if you die, then your whole life goes so abruptly in front of you, then i it seemed that the moment when marivpul begins to die and sees his body alive, the image

of the ukrainian artist and dissident allygorska and her mosaic panel - the tree of life, before... here was heaven on earth, there was only blue sea, in the center of the sea stood a green tree, a green tree. the famous experimental mosaic panel was created by gorska and her colleagues in mariupol back in 1967 , but in 2022 the occupiers destroyed this unique mosaic. in the theater, we all... are looking for some such big, big circle, or a semicircle, or something like that, on which everything is emotionally hung, true, and then i began to think about the beginning, the end, you know, and the tree

of life, and i don't know where that idea came from exactly, i know that i read somewhere in ... there was something that was the beginning and the end of that tree in life. gorska is played by darya kolomiets in the play. kach managed to beat the biographical story of the life of a famous artist with an episode described in the diary of a police officer from mariupol, yevgenia ivanchenko. i read a book about her, that she brought red tulips to shevchenko. and to me from... in our production, she brings out, actually , red tulips and places them, at the same time, that policewoman sitting in that basement, colleagues bring tulips to her, yevgenia ivanchenko, an extremely beautiful, young girl who worked in the mariupol

police , her birthday is in march, and how she... is extremely afraid of losing her parents at this moment, and how her colleagues, the boys bring tulips, and this is also an extraordinary story, about where to find tulips when mariupol is being shelled, but it's a lot for me about us ukrainians. evgenia ivanchenko managed to leave the occupied city, now she lives in kyiv and continues to serve in the police. in the play, evgenia is played by susang vank. when she was offered the role, she did not agree immediately, she says. knowing what the people who survived the siege of mariupol went through. it's really hard, i feel like it's probably my most difficult role to work with virlyana, it's difficult material, emotionally, especially knowing that it's real life, real people's stories, and they've been through it recently. many of those those who have seen the play have told me that it

powerfully conveys what was happening because the stories are so direct and it's just a direct connection, and it does. from the war in ukraine more real for people. actor george drance plays the azov fighter maksym nyukulin in the play. his wife olena tells about him in her diary. already when the siege began and maksym was at his side, olena found out that she was pregnant. maxim i'm pregnant. i am so happy. he had no doubts. i will have a son or a daughter. just pure joy. finally, olena and maxim talked on the phone on may 14, 2022. soon she learns from the news that

the defenders of azovstal are in polonia. elena gave birth to kostya, he is one year and seven months old. maxim nikulin has been in polonia for 2 years and more than one month today. and she has not been in touch with him for more than two years since then, and we do not know what is really happening with him. drentz has ukrainian roots, i am playing in this play to, first of all, convey the truth about ukraine, as his parents taught him. these are real people, their lives are at stake, this brave people who tell their stories so that the rest of the world can understand and know exactly what is going on. it is always difficult to understand the truth at such a deep level, but it is important to do so. the courage shown by the ukrainian people, the courage shown by the people in these diaries, maybe an opportunity for us to learn what it is to be the best version of ourselves, to have a consciousness that

refuses to listen to lies. this performance highlights the kolymie documentary theater, which artistically reveals events in ukraine to americans. people to me they say, we read the news, we have been supporting ukraine there for more than two years, but we never knew that this was so, and they are... much closer, and when we talk about captivity today, from the very performance to the end it is not clear where maksym is , what happened to elena, whether a son was born, the performance will not end, because this is not a performance, this is the reality of life, please come, read about these people, join in, and know that there is captivity, and he kills, and he tortures, and russia is generally a terrorist state, but the play aims to show hope... already the author virlyana tkach. to do this, she added the image of the tree of life, which symbolizes the belief in the restoration of the mutilated and almost destroyed mariupol. from new york iryna solomko, pavlo

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glory to ukraine, this. the verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. over the next hour , we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. let's also talk about the case of roman chervinsky, as well as why politicians allow themselves dirty dances around the military leadership of ukraine. and of course, let's remember ursula fondelaien, who was elected as the head for the second time today european commission which has plans for the formation of a european defense strategy in the context of russian aggression. during the hour, we will have three guests: general serhiy krivonos, our correspondent in strasbourg, tetiana vysotska, and political expert volodymyr tsibulko. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest watching a video of how fighters 101.