temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, we will ask more about it from yulia yarmolenko, who is now joining us from the white house. thing included in this package. it is really these 18 himers systems that the united states promises to transfer to ukraine. this package also includes many other things, it is radars, it is a surveillance system, it is also ammunition. equipment, but also many tactical vehicles, in particular 150 hungrys armored vehicles, which are actively used here in the arms of the american military, what is important to know about the delivery terms of this aid package, in fact , this aid package is allocated by the initiative to promote the security of ukraine, and here it is important to understand that outside of this package, funding is provided which can be

used for the purchase of certain weapons in the industry, that is, as explained in the pentagon this announcement marks the beginning of the contract process assistance under the security promotion initiative to ukraine is provided for the medium and long term. therefore, it may not even be about months, but it may also be about years. it is important to remember that yesterday pettrader, who is the spokesman for the pentagon, said that by the end of the fiscal year, the pentagon and, in general, the white house still have more than 2 billion dollars under another program, the program of presidential powers, this is funding under which the president can allocate weapons directly from the stocks that the united states already has, and here the question remains whether will the president have time to use these resources in these two days, and if not, what will happen to them, and we will also be a question

for the administration of the pentagon. sanctions in response to the holding of the so-called referendums, the same step is expected from the united states. do you have more information about this? now make new powerful sanctions against russia when russia will annex ukrainian territories. i am for in addition to the results of the pseudo-referendums, jeanpierre was quite sharp and powerful in her statements today. she said that the united states will never recognize the pseudo-referendum, their results and russia's attempts to annex ukrainian territories. she also emphasized that ukrainians are actually defending their country and ukrainians have every right to defend their territory and preserve their populace . to maintain full

sovereignty and the united states will continue to do everything to help ukraine to do this in her post, she was asked the question whether it is possible to introduce sanctions right now, she said that the united states is ready and will be ready to introduce powerful sanctions as soon as russia announces its decision to annex additional ukrainian territories. also today, a representative of the state department at the congressional hearing emphasized that he was asked about what sanctions could be considered and he said that actually any sanctions may be considered and president biden the biden administration wants to continue the pace of imposing sanctions every 6 weeks against russia really important news, ilya, we will wait for the development of events. thank you, let me remind you that yulia yarmolenko was in touch with us from the white house, and while the usa is working on its sanctions, the european union has already announced a new package of measures against russia, the president of the european commission, ruslana von der lyagin, and the chief diplomat jose borel explained that the sanctions will

apply to export and import restrictions and are a response to the new escalation of the war in ukraine, in particular to the holding of illegal pseudo-referendums and to putin's threats to use nuclear weapons. according to the scheme that we saw in georgia in 2008 and in crimea in 2014, as the president said, we condemn it in the strongest possible way. i am sure that i speak on behalf of all eu countries that none of them recognizes these falsified results. we call on the international community to do that precisely because these referendums are a complete violation of international law and the principles of the un charter, and you say somewhere champ referender and sing-battle on the internet where the principle of nation start and to the prides the families

- the goal is to deprive the kremlin's military complex of key technologies, this includes additional aviation technologies or electronic components, as well as certain chemical products. price-prohibited exports from the eu to russia will further weaken russia 's economic base and its ability to modernize. meanwhile, the us congress is currently considering additional funding for ukraine in the amount of more than 12 billions of dollars, in addition to direct military and economic support, the bill provides for the allocation of funds for the preparation and response to potential nuclear and radiological incidents about it we will talk most with kateryna lisonova, who is closely following the topic and is joining us now from the capitol hill. katya, i

congratulate you. of ukraine is at the stage of consideration in the senate, it was started to be considered yesterday and is being continued today , however, the deadline for approval of this aid - it is this friday, september 30 to explain that this aid for ukraine of almost 12 billion dollars is part of the new budget of the united states of america for 2023, which actually begins next month, that is, from the first of october, and in order to approve financing for ukraine, it is necessary that it is part of another of the budget in general for the united states of america. it is also worth adding here that now the opposition is voting for the entire budget of the united states of america for 2023 and only for the most necessary part of it and the most necessary items in order to avoid possible shutdown,

and aid to ukraine was added to the most necessary items. i will note that certain items cause outrage among democrats , republicans, and one of these items was excluded literally yesterday, but at the same time, both democrats and republicans emphasize that the aid to ukraine is specifically these two, almost 12 billion dollars are not the cause of disputes and will not be approved by the senate, at least this is what the senators with whom i spoke told me today, i suggest listening to their comments just now i fully support the financial assistance provided by the united states for the military effort in ukraine . we are currently reviewing the interim spending budget . finally, we have to pass the budget in december, but i have voted for every penny that the president has asked for and i will continue to vote. i support the allocation of these funds. we must be dedicated to supporting ukraine for the long term, the

ukrainian people, the ukrainian army and president zelenskyi have demonstrated extraordinary dedication , determination and courage, and we must support them in the long term, as always, i will carefully consider any additional funding requested by the administration and will vote in accordance with this due diligence and review katya, there are also several delegations from ukraine currently in washington who are actually stressing to congressmen and senators the importance of new aid for ukraine, among them is a delegation of ukrainian military personnel. did you have a chance to talk with them, did they tell you what the ukrainian army needs right now ? truck, in particular, anti-aircraft installations in order not only to continue the counteroffensive, but also to protect those territories that have already been

liberated, besides, during the conversation with congressmen and senators, as the ukrainian military shared with me, the american legislators were surprised by the number of ukrainian women in the ukrainian army, and the activity of women in general to help ukraine in this war er unprovoked war against russian aggression offers to look in more detail about their visits, what specifically they talked about with the representatives just now in my story darya zubenko is an instructor at the sniper training school of the armed forces of ukraine and also a candidate of medical sciences and sociology in the ukrainian army. from 2015 until the full-scale invasion, the girl mainly trained the ukrainian military, and after february 24 she was involved in the defense operations of kyiv , in particular in the city of irpin and the village of moschun, as well as chernihiv and kharkiv regions, i was among those who entered the village of yagidne. when they started saying that

we were ukrainians, all these people ran out of that basement they just surrounded us in a tight circle, these eyes are huge, these children who are looking at us, these people who are crying, they have and they asked like this is the main question for everyone, like and they won't come back, please tell me, please promise that they won't come again those women in whom even now we are talking about the fact that all this continues in the occupied cities and villages. that is, we liberate a city or a village and we see pictures of what in izyum in kupyanska, that is, cat cemeteries with fresh graves where whole families are buried behind according to daria, the main goal of their and the current visit to washington is to convince ukraine to provide more powerful air defense systems so that the ukrainian army can defend the already liberated territories and continue counteroffensive - this is ukraine 14 kharkiv region, of course, it was fast it

was a successful operation, but it was well, it was for her a high price has been paid and in the kherson region it should also be and well, it will be more difficult as far as i communicate with the military and i know myself accordingly for an effective counteroffensive tanks are needed, planes are needed, artillery systems are needed, more effective yarini chornoguz is 27 years old. for the past 13 months, we have been trying to contain the breakthrough in the city of mariupol in the north of ukraine, my battalion had very heavy battles there,

i was at an observation post on the road when we they saw a large, long column of russian tanks moving towards us and a ukrainian village, we had heavy battles, my commander died, i saw with my own eyes how russian tanks destroyed and destroyed the villages of ukrainians in general, if you perform combat tasks on a par with others, then women in the ukrainian army they respect, says daria, but in the first days, prejudice cannot be avoided and adds the military also in some units they still refuse to accept women, this is a traditional attitude and there are also problems with the fact that some units simply do not accept women because they for some of their personal reasons although they don’t have well it’s true because in 2018 a law was passed thanks to the advocacy company of girls of our military and activists eh that almost all combat positions were opened for women at the same time according to the latest data now the percentage

number the number of women in the ukrainian army is higher than in the american 22% of the armed forces against 16% in the armed forces of the united states of america, as the kenyan member of the ukrainian delegation says, such statistics caused particular admiration among american legislators under time for meetings even the fact that we have such a large number of women in the army means that it inspires their women so that they can also serve on an equal footing with men . ukraine says that there are no problems with carrying out her instructions with male servicemen, especially when the situation is critical, as soon as they understand that it smells like roasting , they also want to live and be whole, that's why when you don't know what to do and they know that i will prompt i direct and we will get out of there, no one

says anything against everyone, according to ivanka, they carry out the commands quite clearly and in a coordinated manner, despite the difficulties. the test is high motivation of the ukrainian army helps to move on. what are we doing there for what is it in order to free those who are already in the occupied territories to free our people and our land after a week's visit and official meetings in washington the women return to front line to carry out their duties kateryna lisonova kostyantyn golobchyk voice of america washington very interesting plot thank you i want to put one more question to the congress, apart from weapons, other important issues related to the

response to full-scale russian invasions are being considered today, in particular, hearings were held on establishing responsibility for military crimes and crimes against humanity, you know this, followed what the american legislators of the ostap kindergartens emphasize today in the senate committee in the judiciary sonata committees discussed the issue of how to prosecute those who committed war crimes in ukraine, in particular, one of the important issues raised was the question of how the united states of america can prosecute russians who committed e-e crimes in ukraine who later arrived in the united states of america, in particular the issue it is about how not to change the legislation of the united states of america, which would help prosecute such criminals, because currently, according to the legislation of the united states of america, he is prosecuted uh no no not thieves who have committed international war crimes , but directly it should be people or americans or those who have committed crimes against americans. legislation that would persecute

people who have committed war crimes at the international level in other countries currently does not exist, and this was one of the important issues of discussion, at least so today i was told about this by a senator who was present at these hearings, i suggest listening to their explanations just now the united states needs to pass laws that will better prepare our department of justice to prosecute war criminals and they need to be very specifically focused on the conflict in ukraine we can talk about other jurisdictions but right now we need to send a very clear signal to everyone who is being mobilized by putin that they could potentially be guilty of war crimes will it save lives in ukraine and will also prosecute putin and all those who support his illegal actions and eventually if any of them are here in the united states they will be convicted and i hope that our nato and eu partners will similarly

, the purpose of today's hearing was to gather information from the department of justice and homeland security and bring it to congress to discuss how we can change some of our laws to provide more authority to prosecute war crimes committed abroad today's testimony was very useful for us for further consideration of the legislation on this issue katya thank you very much for your detailed analysis, i will remind you kateryna lisonova was with you on the call from the capitol pago, the commander of the ukrainian naval forces, oleksiy shpapa, received the rank of vice admiral two days after the sinking of the flagship of the russian black sea fleet. moscow, during the seven months of the war under his leadership, ukraine continues to effectively deter the enemy myroslav gongadze had the opportunity to talk with the commander in kyiv during the dnipro patrol see their conversation further. so, we are now in the middle of september. how do you assess the situation at the front

, both from the sea and from the land, we are the enemy took place from the landing of the marines at the moment , therefore, the appropriate conditions have been created because there are certain measures that we have taken during these six months of war against is located at a distance of more than 70-80 seas could even from our coast, except for the state of the culture that is now under the control of the left and part of in kherson oblast, there are ships, e-e, in the corresponding light positions, which carry a special caliber, which can be reached by radii to any etc. of our country, and they are constantly engaged in sex, they make an impression on to infrastructure objects, a social object of the country, precisely from the ships of the black sea fleet, which is now located, the navy cannot

overcome these flowers, why many reasons, including the lack of weapons, how can i reach such a distance, and this is the second time, what there are certain limitations in the information, but in general, we believe that we will achieve results, we will have the opportunity to face the ships , the cities, from the face, the ukrainians have demonstrated their willingness to fight to defend their territory to win back our territory how do you uh according to your assessment how do you assess the ability of the ukrainian and russian army elementary invaders and as they say there is no conscience or any immediate human principles of life that is why we are stronger because we are at home we defend ourselves this is first and second

ukrainians are good soldiers, everyone knows everyone vika, starting with zaporizhzhya sichi and the same, that is why we fight well in the third time. they are used correctly and decently, sometimes the technical methods used with this weapon differ from those methods of reference that apply to our partners, because only in this way the appropriate results are obtained. in the course of the war already created certain e-e parts of the armed forces were able to form you managed to do already learned in the course of the war itself naval forces were

the developed concept of the development of naval villages, in principle, was fully laid out during the war, the e-e was formed, the peregovye missile troops of the moscow military, which armament is the appropriate cruise missiles, the neptune palace, america, which is now the main factor that affects the enemy's behavior at sea, provide the time of creation the corresponding units on the rivers, the island, how did you manage to do this, the work of all the armed forces is under the direction of the strategic group to fulfill this task, although the task of the navy, the entire composition of this group was prevented from replenishing supplies, some logisticians for violating the logistics of this acutely destroyed the delivery system, that is, zyshchyny were a ship of support of the black sea fleet and which, by the way, is firmly on its way to visit the missile complex, plus by

this time it will be destroyed by several boats , paratroopers those who also carried out logisticians, well , if the logistics were violated, were there not troops left here, knowing, accordingly, the range to maintain, there is a constant fire effect on sivos plus air the forces that carried out the same important plus of the air thereby simply forced the enemy to leave and give up control of all of this. that's all, as you can see, the ability of ukraine, the ability of ukraine to push the russians out of the screen, then the armed forces are capable of the appearance of ukraine, really what help we have partners, it is very, very important to us, it is first of all weapons, er, it is ammunition , and of course, in order to plan the weather for the operation, the appropriate kit must go, namely weapons. i am

not talking now about people. they we have them they are trained, they are patriotic, they are organized, not professional, but weapons, weapons, shayet, there are many other things , they are thanks to our partners. we will liberate our land from the invaders, which weapons are very necessary for ukraine today, if it is possible to say this publicly and how did you now understand that the western community is helping them? do you generally appreciate this help in order to protect ourselves ? here, i want a powerful system, e.e. the chaining of our enemy, who reported that after a couple of weeks that he almost completely destroyed the air

defense of ukraine, our air force is valiant as it destroys planes every day, almost continuous missiles , but still it is not enough to cover an important area the object of covering our cities is not only the volume of hydro-missiles, the volume of technical complexes , these are the wakeful planes, they are not yet aviation, these are the planes that are capable of supporting the accompanying troops under those naval prices at sea, someone is like that a powerful system that is very important in order to move on well, and secondly, they call the treaty, which applies not only to the land, but also to the sea, thanks to the solid states, there are hummers, there are artillery, three sevens , it played and continues to play a very key role at the front, but it must be increased further 2 key points it's just air defense, it's armed long arms. how do you see russia's ability to

regenerate or go on a serious offensive again? how do you assess this risk? understand that destroying other nations, mocking other countries like this, you can't make a vaccination for how long, well, this is a historical question, but we must make sure that our descendants live peacefully, our children, grandchildren, the next 100 years. how do you see the victory of ukraine today, the 91st year of ukraine, but e- once vita is civilized and economic at a high level so that people dream of living in ukraine and just live

in ukraine and they dreamed of living here, it was comfortable that it was happy here that we have a very cool glue, we have the best country in the world meanwhile on the border with georgia queues are forming russians, mostly men, are trying to leave their country en masse to avoid the mobilization of one of the longest queues at the entrances to georgia, thousands of people have been standing at checkpoints for a week trying to cross the border , a large part of georgians fear that together with those who are against the russian invasion of ukraine will be brought to georgia by those who support the kremlin's policy but do not want to fight personally. our colleagues from the georgian voice of america service visited the checkpoint in verkhnyi lars and talked with those who want to cross it, there are a lot of people. how much does it cost? there are a lot of people standing at the border

. with what he is doing, i didn't want to just sit and wait for you. i didn't want to sit and wait for you to be called up and go to prison or to the army. until recently, the majority supported the war, i didn't support it. i wouldn't call it a paradox. i wouldn't call it a paradox. people are just ready to fight sitting on sofas. and that's why everyone is in a hurry, and friends in russia are also in a hurry to install nakalyonnoy,

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