the traditional electoral base of the democrats, here , after all, a lot of people turn to the problems of this part of the population, and what we practically do not hear, except for a few such thesis statements, 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 did not hear it, and i asked the head about it. of the republican national congress, and this is what he answered me. in my opinion, now the voters, the people who will vote in november, are worried domestic policy of the united states. they 're worried about inflation, interest rates, cost of living, fuel prices, they're worried about what's happening on the southern border, so while foreign policy may be important, i think there's more concern right now about what 's happening on the american side every day. well

, actually another point that we drew attention to with my colleague, with whom we also previously worked for eight years at the convention in cleveland, is the diversity and let's say 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 imagine and how charged those delegates who came here, how they react to the speeches, how they behave in general, how committed they are to this campaign, oleksiy, tanya, thank you very much, tetyana voroshko was in direct contact with us from milouki, today continue to follow the final event of the convention, the speech of donald trump, we will broadcast it live. with

translated from ukrainian on our voice of america platforms into ukrainian in the evening washington time. democratic senator bob menendez, convicted of corruption, is ready to resign. nbc news reports this with reference to its own sources. the senator did not announce this publicly, but, as journalists write, he reported it 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. in case of refusal. senators planned to hold a special vote and dismiss menendez on his own. kateryna lsonova and aaron ranen tell how the senator's 30-year political career ends, and who can now take his place. democratic senator bob menendez was found guilty of bribery and acting as a foreign agent. according to prosecutors, the senator used his position to advance the interests of two foreign governments, egypt and ... 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, the senator has pleaded not guilty and plans to appeal the charges. he announced 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 did not favor such a decision and that we 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, with the jury taking three days to reach a guilty verdict on all 16 counts. 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. maximum the punishment for some counts is 20 years of imprisonment. this is the 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 take bribes, you will be caught and convicted. under the united states constitution, neither a conviction nor even a prison term will prevent menendez from continuing his political career. congress can fire a senator by vote, but according to experts, this procedure is not an easy one. it is necessary that 2/3

voted to fire a lawmaker, and that 's a high bar that makes things like this very difficult. in the history of this country, there appear to have been only 15 senators who were dismissed in this manner. the framers of the constitution deliberately made this one. the process is difficult, they did not want the legislators to be fired because of the whims of the crowd. a special vote 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 complete more than 30 years of political career career menendez worked his way up from congressman to senator and even headed the influential committee on international relations, which in particular dealt with issues of russia's war in ukraine. ukraine is at war, and this is not a war they chose, this is a war imposed on them by vladimir putin, so 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 case of resignation, the state governor new jersey will appoint an interim senator to serve in his place. until january 2025, while democratic and republican candidates will compete for the seat in this november's election. kateryna lisonova, 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 zelenskyi's new foreign trip and the summit of the european political community? european correspondent bohdan syupin, who joins our live broadcast from london, will tell us. congratulations bohdan. bohdan, what

is the european political community? can you explain the importance of this format? the importance of this form. to preserve the unity or rather the cohesion of europe, virtually all the countries of europe were represented here in turn, starting from the west of the continent, from the island of britain, which left the european union, all 27 eu countries, plus norway, switzerland and further east, moldova, ukraine, who was not invited here, it was russia and belarus, for an obvious reason, these countries unleashed the worst war on the continent with during the second world war. in the meantime, europeans confirm their desire

to live in peace and prosperity, and well, for example , i will cite, for example, the main topics of those negotiations or conversations, discussions that... which were planned today for representatives of more than 50 countries, the main 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 average europeans as well, and the third is the issue of defense and strengthening, strengthening democracy. these are the main topics, the main values ​​that concern europeans, what they actually want to talk about. bohdan, immediately after the opening of this forum , the prime ministers of great britain gave the floor to the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, what did you hear from zelenskyi's speech, which was

his main message? yes, at first the ukrainian president focused a little on history, he had a good opportunity, because the summit was taking place. in the 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 the fact that the world defeated nazism, that the second world war ended with the defeat of the aggressor, also the ukrainian president stated that... now it is very important to preserve the cohesion and unity of europe, because whether it is or not the most important thing is what russian president vladimir putin wants to do and what he failed to do, the ukrainian leader also spoke about the need for more decisive help to 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 to shoot down russian missiles in the ukrainian sky, and he also separately focused on the actions of hungarian president viktor orbán. without calling mr. orban by name, the ukrainian president spoke of betrayal and negotiations behind his back. bohdana, u you also had the opportunity to talk with representatives of the british government and to clarify the official position of great britain regarding the use of british weapons for strikes by ukraine on the territory of russia. what answer did you hear? well, actually, the ukrainian representative is primarily concerned about this. and president zelenskyi constantly raises it, and other

representatives in conversations with western partners, and i tried to clarify the official position of great britain, which in particular provides ukraine with long-range weapons, such as stormshadow cruise missiles, a representative of the new government of great britain, today, answering this question, said something that can be interpreted as a desire not to... reveal everything, all the cards, not to give a clear answer, at least you listen. we 've made it very clear that our support is for the defense of ukraine, we've provided that support in many different ways, and we've seen the importance of that, whether it's challengenger tanks, stormshadow missiles, or nloo anti-tank systems, or other munitions and critical equipment. i mean, we support ukraine's right to defend itself himself. protect yourself by using according to the needs of ukraine. we have stated very clearly that our support is aimed at

ukraine defending itself. this is defensive 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 to clarifying questions, he tried not to put together the words "russia", strikes and the use of western weapons, maybe today this government official was not authorized to say such things, but maybe there is another reason, perhaps in london they use the advice of the french president, manuel macron, who repeatedly emphasized that it is not necessary to reveal all the cards to the opponent, let him remain and get lost in... guesswork, or leave all the cards, all the possibilities on the table , again

to keep the enemy adversary in the dark. bohdan, thank you very much, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan was in direct contact with us from london. the topic of mariupol, its siege and the fate of the people who survived it. continues to echo from theater stages of new york. the american director of ukrainian origin, virlyana tkach, who is known for her joint productions with the ukrainian poet serhii zhadan, presented a new project to new york residents at the pre-premiere screening: 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 semenenko is one of four heroes of the play, mariupol, war diaries and the tree of life. he is a paralympian. at the age of 9, he 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 bombing. 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 that she had several diaries from mariupol, because i was just interested in that, she brought them to me and we started translating them. it's been a year since our city was shot. while working on the performance, virlyana, based on eyewitnesses' accounts, began stringing poems by serhiy zhadan, as well as by victoria amelino and

the poetess who died in kramatorsk as a result of a russian rocket attack. the performance also includes images of mariupol before and after the destruction of the city, virlyana says. those photos from mariupol, as they appeared then, during the explosion, it seems to me that way, you you know, what i'm saying is that when you die, your whole life goes right before you. it seemed to me that the moment when mariupol begins to die and see its life body, the image of the ukrainian artist and... and in the center of the sea stood a green tree. green tree. the famous experimental mosaic panel was created by gorska and her colleagues in mariupol back in 1967

. however, in 2022, the invaders destroyed this unique. mosaic in the theater, we are always looking for such a big big circle or semicircle or something like that, on which everything emotionally hangs the truth, and then i began to think the beginning, the end, you know , and the tree of life and... i don't know where that idea came from, i know that i read something in the bible somewhere that the beginning and the end, and from the tree to life. daria kolomiets plays gorsko 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 out. to mr. red shevchenko, and to me, she brings out tulips in our production red ones and puts them, at the same time that policewoman sitting in that basement, her colleagues bring tulips, yevgenia ivanchenko , an extremely beautiful young girl who worked in mariupolsky. the 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 for me it very much about us ukrainians. yevgeny ivanchenko managed

to leave the occupied city. now she is 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 - says the woman, knowing what the people who survived the siege of mariupol went through. it's really hard. i feel that this is perhaps my most difficult role in cooperation with virlyana. it's difficult stuff, emotionally, especially knowing that it's real life, real people's stories, and they've been through it recently. many who have seen the play have told me that it conveys a powerful message.

i am so happy! he had none doubts will i have a son or a daughter? just pure joy. the last time elena and maksym spoke on the phone was on may 14, 2022. she will soon find out from the news. niki azovstal in polonia. elena gave birth to kostya, he is one year and seven months old. maxim nikulin has been in polona for two years and more than one month, to date, and she has not had contact with him since that time, for more than two years. and we don't know what's really going on with him.

drentz has ukrainian roots, i am playing in this play to first of all convey the truth about ukraine. he was taught by his parents, these are real people, their lives are at stake, these are brave people telling 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, is perhaps an opportunity for us to learn what it is to be the best version of ourselves, to have a consciousness that refuses. listen to lies this performance is highlighted by the kolomyets documentary theater, which opens the events in ukraine for americans in an artistic way. people tell me, we read. we have been supporting ukraine there for more than two years, but we never knew that it was so, and they are becoming much closer, and when we talk about captivity today, from the very performance to the end it is not clear

whether maksym is where he is, whether he was born, whether a son was born, the performance will not end, because this is not a performance, these are real lives, please come, read about these people, join, and know that there is a prisoner, and he kills, and he tortures, and russia... is generally terrorist state. however, the play also aims to show hope - says 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 , arnasolomko pavloterykhov is the voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the app allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpns. service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. and on this we will say goodbye to fr

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, we will talk about ukraine, the world, pro...war and our victory. let's talk today about zelensky's new statements regarding possible peace negotiations with the russian federation, or more precisely , encouraging russia to sign a peace agreement. today, zelenskyi is in great britain. in an interview with the bbc, he stated that the hot stage of the russian-ukrainian war could be completed by the end of 2024. is it so or not, what is needed for this? do, well, actually, we will look for answers to these questions over the course of the next hour, our guests in this slot will be two people's deputies of ukraine, valentina lyvaychenko and roman kostenko, as well as the executive director of the institute of world politics, yevhen magda, and in the second part of our program , which will start at 9:15 p.m., we will have female journalists, my colleagues, olga len and larisa voloshina, let's talk... about

the so-called tax for corrupt officials, which they are trying to introduce, or about redemption from responsibility, i would say of criminal liability, which he is trying to introduce in the verkhovna rada of ukraine, about why politicians allow themselves to criticize the military leadership of ukraine and what this can lead to, however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest you look at how it was the day before in the temporarily occupied explosions rang out in crimea, where sbu drones hit the russian coast guard base on lake donuzlav. previously, it was a combined attack of sea and air drones, the control post, ammunition and equipment warehouse were damaged, and also a power station. let's see, this is an enchanting video.

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