president biden on thursday addressed from the white house with a number of proposals aimed at increasing aid to ukraine in the war with russia, among other things, he announced his intention to develop a legislative initiative that would allow the use of frozen funds of russian oligarchs for aid to ukraine . the issue of security aid to ukraine was considered on capitol hill. today, representatives should vote on the lend-lease bill, which will facilitate the delivery of certain types of weapons by the united states to ukraine . colleagues ostap yarishta, kateryna lisunova, is closely following all these events, right now we will ask them about the details. congratulations, colleagues ostap , the huge sum of 33 billion dollars that president biden is asking congress to allocate for ukraine, tell us. what exactly will these funds be used for , or will any conditions be imposed on them are there restrictions and when ukrainians can receive the first incomes

, so on, you know the amount is really very large, as they say in the white house, they are asking congress to allocate it in order to ensure the victory of ukraine in this war as for when the ukrainians can receive the first supplies, it will depend on the vote and decision of the congress, but we also know that the supplies of previous packages, including military aid and other aid that the united states allocated earlier, are continuing now. let's figure out what is included in this amount of $33 billion. so the largest a part of almost 20 and a half billion requests flew out to allocate the white house precisely for military aid for ukraine and nato allies on the eastern flank in order to actually provide as joe says without interruption the supply of weapons, the stage of ammunition, and the other amount, the other part - 8 and a half billion should go to economic aid for ukraine. another 3 billion are planned to be

allocated for humanitarian aid to ukrainians. billions that should go there, as stated in the white house, they plan to include it there, or at least ask to include it in congress, in particular artillery, armored vehicles, as well as anti-aircraft anti-tank anti-aircraft weapons, and anti-aircraft weapons and means which are specifically air defense, which are actually more advanced, more advanced. joe biden said that he wants to ensure that these weapons are constantly supplied to ukraine and that support to ukraine, both military, economic and humanitarian, will continue as long as russia carries out its aggression and commits atrocities in ukraine let's hear what joe biden said i just signed a request to congress for critical security economic and humanitarian support to help ukraine continue to counter aggression putin at this crucial moment. we need this

bill to support ukraine in its fight for freedom. our nato allies, our eu partners, will also do their fair share, but we must also do our part. let this happen , we will either support the ukrainian people in the defense of their country or stand aside while the russians continue their atrocities and aggressions in ukraine , every day, every day, ukrainians pay the price and they pay with their lives in this struggle, at the same time the house of representatives is considering a bill that is very important for ukraine. about langley, the senate has already voted for it. they say you followed the speeches of the legislators. tell us what you heard. and if it is adopted, what will this law mean for ukraine in practice? natalya, too. and now hearings are still going on

right now there is a debate in the house of representatives actually all debates mean that congressmen and congresswomen express their position why do they support or not support this draft law and why they are expressing their opinion, whether to vote for it or not to vote. it is expected that these debates will continue for this hour and the vote should take place closer to 4:00 p.m. in washington - it will be 11:00 in kyiv. i will note that the bill about mulled wine for ukraine has enough powerful and historical parallels because the first such bill pro langlist was created during the second world war when the united states of america tried to help the partner countries to defeat nazi germany at the end of the second world war it this bill helped more than forty countries partner of the united states of america and in fact the aid was financially measured in almost 50 billion dollars of financial aid from the united states of america, i will note that the most

important idea of ​​aid for ukraine is in this bill about landlit, i.e. the speed of providing aid to ukraine this was literally going to get rid of certain bureaucratic moments and add the possibility of actually borrowing defensive weapons for ukraine in order for it to led an active opposition to russian aggression about what exactly this bill means, he offers to listen in the comments in the speech of congressman democrat dinaphilips during yesterday's meeting of the committee and rules, this bill simplifies the processes of providing the administration with a claim or lease of defense units to ukraine and other eastern european countries. over the next two years, this draft law exempts the administration from implementing the provisions of the law, which now limit the period of use of borrowed equipment to only for five years, as well as from repayment of expenses for

rented or borrowed equipment i express my full support for this bill and our other unrelenting joint efforts with allies and partners in europe and around the world so that the ukrainian people get the help they need putin and russia started this battle but i i want to repeat the opinions of state secretary blinkin and minister oskin. ukraine has the courage and significant potential to end it with a victory, and with this bill, the congress continues to contribute to helping them achieve this goal. goals and i call on all my colleagues to support the draft law in congress, they often talk about two- party support for ukraine, do the draft laws for ukraine have unanimous bipartisan support? well, as you know, we already have it, despite the fact that ukraine has bipartisan support . but nevertheless there are also congressmen, in particular republicans, who advocate the idea that the current military support for ukraine

is unconstitutional and actually draws the united states of america into war, and i should vote for it separately, the congress offers to listen to how the republican thomas massey and the expert lawyer brussein explain this position. at the beginning of the conflict in ukraine, there were four important votes in the congress, and i am the only member of the congress who voted against all four. then there was another one on nato. i was also against the budapest one. the memorandum is not even in the list of fake treaties maintained by the state department, if you look at what is said there, it does not oblige any state to protect ukraine, this is not stated anywhere, president biden ruled it out the united states, from its constitutional state of neutrality, has systematically provided arms and military aid to ukraine in the war, thus

involving the united states as a belligerent partner of ukraine without any congressional declaration. this is constitutionally wrong. with the constitution - this decision should be taken by congress, while thomas macy's colleague, the republican brian fizpat, believes that the decision on the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of support for ukraine should to be decided directly by the judicial branch of government, i propose to merit his comment, just now there is something unconstitutional, it should be decided by the judicial branch of government, article three is not for us to decide, we support what we think is right, this is my answer, any bill, any resolution or appropriation, in one word, any - any document that comes to us and aims to support the ukrainian people will not just be supported by me, i will become a voice and a convinced defender of this document ostap returning to

president biden's address today he announced his intention to send a comprehensive package of legislation that will allow ukraine to receive assets seized from russian oligarchs to help ukraine, we know that at least three similar bills have already been presented in congress, two in the senate , one in the house of representatives, will all these efforts be somehow coordinated and what possible mechanisms are we talking about? do you know, natalya, this jubain initiative that we heard this morning is separate from these draft laws, but in its essence tomato, well, it resonates with them very much. it is very similar . i remember that when 2 months ago, when the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine had just begun, many of the experts said that it was necessary to develop such a mechanism to transfer seized or frozen russian assets to the reconstruction funds of ukraine, then this these conversations were held at the level of experts, today we see that the president is introducing such an initiative, asking congress to actually develop this special mechanism for the rapid

withdrawal of russian assets for their transfer to the aid fund for ukraine, in particular, refers to the seizure of assets of russian oligarchs, the seizure of yachts, the seizure of real estate or helicopters, or luxury items, creates art, and transfers funds from the sale of these items to aid for ukraine and also for the reconstruction of ukraine. so , the ministry of justice, the ministry of finance, and the department of state, it is expected that these three structures will deal with this procedure , and if it will be specifically cut down. let's listen to what the american president said about it today, what exactly is the importance of this initiative and why, in his opinion, should it be approved, the legislative package gives our law enforcement agencies the authority to seize

property associated with russian kleptocrats, this initiative will initiate new acceleration of confiscation procedures and the seizure of property, and this will ensure that when the assets of the oligarchs are sold, these funds can be used directly to repair the damage caused by russia and to help rebuild ukraine thank you colleagues for this important information. i will remind you that my colleagues ostap yarysh and kateryna lisunova were in direct contact with us. the designer with the zelensky holy javelin and the ukrainian tank is gaining popularity in the usa. sales go to help ukraine, however, as american medium-sized businesses ukrainianize their products and thus help ukrainians, see further in the story

shevchenko's christening figurines of zelensky or the top of the president will be produced from the front line by the neapolitan company of historical constructors brickmania, there they launched the production of lego constructors dedicated to the ukrainian army of the countries ukrainian tank t-64 that we released this morning every week we make a new construction we have the holy javelin and here are also figures of legends of the ukrainian armed forces, which became memes in the west, for example, ukraine viper, a military man who is credited with the destruction of 20 invaders in the first days of the war, or the mig-29 aircraft model, which was glorified by the ukrainian kyiv ghost pilot when the war started in ukraine we really wanted to do something that could help

the people of ukraine, so we decided to make a set that would benefit ukraine, we were inspired and horrified by what we saw buy based on the world famous lego the cheapest model of the anti-tank in love costs 50 dollars per tank t-64 is asking for $400, and in the second half of may they plan to sell the aen 224 dream model, which will cost almost $1,300. despite the high prices, the models quickly sell out in the usa, especially in europe zelensky's constructor is popular, we released it and sold it out in about 5 minutes, as of mid-april, the company has collected more than $80,000, all the money is given to the red cross in ukraine - this is not the only american medium-sized business that helps ukraine by producing ukrainian- themed products, for example, the likefront umilvoki brewery sells craft beer beer with a label with the image of russian president vladimir putin, and in one of the

restaurants in los angeles, chinese dumplings of yellow and blue color began to be sold money the sale of these products goes to help ukraine minerapodil from los angeles khrystyna shevchenko bohdan shevchenko voice of america on this we are finishing the first part of the time program in a few seconds we will continue the broadcast do not switch to the time plus broadcast thank you to everyone who continues to watch us those who just i joined, i congratulate nataliya lomonova, let's move on. on the initiative of albania and france, in cooperation with the permanent representation of ukraine, the un security council held a special meeting in the format of the aria of attraction to of responsibility for the commission of atrocities in ukraine, in

addition to members of the security council, the event was attended by leading human rights defenders and prosecutors dealing with the topic of war crimes and human rights violations . michelle bocholet , the un high commissioner for human rights, spoke at the meeting. she reported that her office in ukraine has now documented and confirmed data on almost 6,000 victims among the civilian population, among them the dead and wounded, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, in addition to khan, in turn noted that the number of countries that turned to the international of the criminal court regarding the investigation of the situation in ukraine, an unprecedented lesson, three states took part in the event, and amal clooney, a well-known lawyer, and a human rights defender who advises the ukrainian government in the case of bringing russia to justice , speaking, she mentioned the statement of volodymyr zelensky, who compared the russian military to militants, an idiot i have spent the last for seven years i

represented the interests of the victims of genocide and the great success of the deal was that the un security council, in a rare display of unity, agreed to start during the investigation, i had children during that time and i remember well how i came to the radbes to look at the voting for my children. it has been almost 5 years now and so far most of the evidence collected by the un is in storage because there is no international court that could condemn the case and when those who survived ask me to explain how, and i can only say that i am ashamed, i am ashamed that there is no justice system that responded to mass rapes and mass murders. but i believe that today we have the opportunity to change this. voice of america and talked to the right defenders who support the holding of this meeting, they also draw attention to the fact that ukrainian civil society must be involved in the process of gathering evidence and bringing war crimes to justice, as for the

specific quick results of the work of human rights defenders and prosecutors, the forecasts here are not too encouraging. so, in the context of the work of the commission of the un human rights council to investigate the violation of human rights in ukraine, we expect that this year will begin to arrive from there, in which evidence of human rights violations will be collected and documented this accountability mechanisms then affect the processes in other institutions, such as the international criminal court and others that will then try to bring to justice those responsible for these violations. but again, these are steps that take a lot of time. can the actions of russian soldiers in ukraine be called genocide, and if so, then what consequences are not only legal, but also moral and historical - this will have our interlocutor today, stanford university professor norman naimark, a leading researcher of anopsides and the history of eastern europe and russia, my colleague tetyana

goroshko spoke with an expert. i congratulate the professor , this is an invitation to the sfs, so the first question is, in your opinion, can the crimes of russian soldiers in ukraine be considered genocide, the site i mean that you can trace many signs that genocide may be taking place in ukraine but how international law defines genocide as most historians talk about it we are afraid that it will happen or that it is already happening, but there is no evidence yet, people are collecting them, the international criminal court, the state the us department of the eu, the osce is collecting evidence russian soldier in personal fut there are also slavic countries, why do you think russian soldiers act like this, behave so cruelly towards ukrainians, this is an interesting question, the answer can be

found in many topics, one of them is really terrible moscow's propaganda on television and for soldiers also, not only since february 24, but in general since 2013-14, where ukrainians are depicted on television , radio, etc., as i quote, nazis, neo-nazis, fascists , such propaganda, such humiliation of ukrainians and turning them into crazy non-nazis is perceived and has an impact, there is a kind of russian way of fighting, and this russian way gives soldiers a certain freedom and even encourages them to commit atrocities against the civilian population, while officers sometimes look the other way, generals do not pay attention, and the political leadership denies any what is the responsibility? have you also studied the stalinist genocides in ukraine? do you see any connection between what stalin did in ukraine and what putin is doing today? putin will give today to you

in a broader historical perspective. unfortunately, russians sought to deprive ukrainians of their right to nationality, but they tried to suppress this sense of identity that ukrainians have in ukrainian culture, the ukrainian language, the ability of ukrainians to express themselves as a nation, and this extends not only to stalin, of course, the holodomor of 1932-33 is one of the terrible examples of a direct attack on the ukrainian nation that i believe and asserted that it is genocide, however , it has been going on for a long time, since the imperial times during the reign of nicholas i and alexander ii in the middle of the 19th century, when as you and all ukrainians know well they did not allow me to publish in my native language to express my individuality, but i use this before you

said that denial of genocide is part of it, this is what is happening today i am convinced that this is one of our fears when we accuse the russians of war crimes and committing genocide as president biden as president zelenskyy is doing this, we are receiving objections, this is not just an objection, as you know, a kind of inversion of the words no, we are not the ones who commit genocide, you yourself commit it, and therefore we have a kind of double denial is what i would call it when they accuse their opponent of what they have done and it is very frightening if you go to the international court of justice what i hope will happen and the russians will be found guilty of these actions you will have to have good evidence you will have to be good investigators you you will have to collect all the materials you can with the testimonies of eyewitnesses, etc. and

why is this happening now? do you think it is important to recognize this as genocide, and what, and maybe moral consequences, will such a decision have for russia, there are a number of different international crimes for which russians can be considered guilty in ukraine for war crimes and crimes against humanity aggressive war as a serious crime they committed we must remember that the nazis were executed in nurberg primarily for aggressive war more than for any other crimes there are people who some international lawyers also believe that genocide is a crime against crimes, that is, the worst of all international crimes, it carries with it a certain shame, which seems to be more powerful than war crimes, crimes against humanity and aggressive war it seems more powerful to us. is

genocide necessarily more powerful? no, in fact, according to international law, these are all terrible crimes, and people can be sentenced for them to prison or something else. the writer tamara nutna zerna found out under fire that she was awarded the highest ukrainian award . in literature at the shevchenkivska prize for the book, because at the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, the author took the children to a safe place and returned to kyiv herself to help those who needs the most in an interview with my colleague jarena matviychuk, the author shared how he changed her life and what things ukrainians have to learn anew i didn't hear the guides i started apologizing , my husband woke me up and said ah about our mosquitoes on the ground and we went to the window

help yourself, well, they saw the light and traces of rockets in those places, then they were falling, i understood that the war had started, and we were called back by our relatives from another part of kyiv, who were also crushed by the shelling, but at the same time they also saw the destruction of the man got together and left so the defense center for previously had an agreement that in case of which the men there would gather and decide further, that is, he said goodbye to us, hugged the little one and left and left , and i had to learn a lot of things on the go, for example, you understand that you can't turn on the light , i can to use the elevator on the day of the bombings, we saved the contract from sat for a certain time in the storage room. there

is no equipped storage room near our house, but we have an underground parking lot, so all the people went down there to the interna- to the lower level, the lower floor in this parking lot and there you waited for the first day, there was a lot of uncertainty, you understood that the base is how serious it is, how should i react, but my husband is worried that the children need to be saved, well, i managed to get the parents to think only because i told them that these are not just days, they believed me and behaved themselves to go now they call me every day and ask me when i will be back, when i settled them there and returned to kyiv, i returned home, first of all i cleaned their house, i did a huge thorough general cleaning i don’t really know what’s there, why, but i washed every shelf all day after driving, thinking at the same time that now some kind of rocket is flying and that’s all. well, you are all my work, all my clean

will be covered with brick dust and will be diluted, but it was important for me to clean it, i don’t know why is this my scary and lonely experience and it’s so quiet here, some e-e posts of which this one is touching and working and i asked my ex-girlfriend iryna bilotserkivska to move home. with her and we go to the warehouse that's why we work and today i 'm talking people come and their people come people come people who are hungry when they ask me should i leave what do you think about something asking to leave kyiv or not the first question i ask do you have children if you you have children, you can support the children , you don't need to watch, we have explosions, i remember , you need her, you can live under shelling, well, we have to take care of the psyche of the children, the children in august

, and then you can come back, you can continue and i had no connection with my husband at night he was outside the zone and i was very worried because he came out every day, that the morning call came out this morning, they were not in contact with him, there was a call and i am writing it. he did not see it, did not answer it. she came to us. people who took things to the station where refugees were received i am carrying these bags and i am praying for myself at the same time for the fact that it was not the man who let himself be known and when they took it and they arrived and literally at the same moment the shelling started at us overhead they started exploding hm always until the air defense they shot down rockets of what commonness and when it it ended after a few minutes. my husband called me back and i was like this, and here all they tell me is that they published the president's decree about the awarding of the shevchenko prize to me, that's what i had

a feeling, uh, i think that it's hmm, how were the losses great and for one it's probably all a lot in one day. i think you will win in general. i feel that ukraine is ukraine , ukraine itself is this person. i'm already scratching my head. indicate to clean the window spiers but we will do it we are ready for it mmm i am sure that we are rewriting the spine in this world we watched the ukrainian voice of america program time time join our specials on social networks on youtube and facebook at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.: 15 kyiv time, nataliya leonova was with you. have a good and peaceful night. i congratulate you. we continue to

name our company yuliya shpachynska. glory to ukraine. congratulations to all our viewers who join us in the youtube broadcast. i remind you that we will broadcast until one o'clock in the morning. welcome, or did you also join our broadcast? well, first of all, we wanted to tell you something. i think everyone knows by now that tonight ukraine was all red and red from the fact that the anxiety was because of that what were the sirens sounding because of the rockets flying and sincerely we call on all of you to be vigilant, to be careful and attentive and to find hiding places and russia struck kiev according to the notification of the state emergency service, the rockets hit the object and a residential building, three victims were shelled in the city, the shelling of the city happened just that time when

general secretary antonio teresh paid an official visit to the capital, according to the president, this speaks of russia's true attitude towards global institutions, of attempts to humiliate the un, and therefore requires a corresponding strong reaction, what volodymyr zelenskyi also said in his concluding address today, let's listen together to all our defenders and defenders, today we have serious news for our state, for our protection, first of all, the united states of america has prepared a new support package for ukraine worth 33 billion dollars, including more 20 can go to defense, even more than 8 billion dollars are planned for economic support, and another 3 billion dollars will be sent to humanitarian aid, this is a very important step of the united states, and i am grateful for it to the american people and personally to president baide