for the ukrainian army, the t-72 tank assembly was organized by the czech company yablo tron, the head of which is the head of which, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, helped ukrainian refugees and rallied czech businessmen around him so that they would help ukraine, serhiy stetsenko will tell this story in more detail. in his small office, which is 100 km from prague, he is the owner of one of the leading companies in europe for the production of alarm systems, for elektronik we produce security systems and here are such devices for smart home around the world, but in recent months i have been spending more time helping ukraine active help to ukraine russia has just invaded ukraine on a full scale, where libor has decided to cut off all business ties with the aggressor country, you are here rybachok for me personally and for many czechs it was a terrible shock, probably because i still remember

the invasion of czechoslovakia in 1968. i came to the office, gathered my colleagues, and we decided to completely stop cooperation with almost 40,000 russian clients, we sent them messages on smartphones that war is terrible and you have to publicly admit it and how shocked we were that no one did it, dalibor gathered a group of businessmen from the czech republic and other eu countries, at first they wrote letters to the governments asking them to close the sky over ukraine, later they decided that the most effective help was weapons i contacted the ministry of defense of the czech republic and said that the ukrainians opened a special account, we should buy and send them the weapons they need, to my surprise, they reacted quite quickly. it was opened by the embassy of ukraine in the czech republic, and together with the czech military there they decided that what is necessary for the armed forces of ukraine, in particular, it was possible to buy czech military drones, but as soon as ukraine

gradually began to disappear from the first sleepers due to the successes of the armed forces at the front, the eurotron decided to launch a new campaign of spider visas, we asked the ministry of defense of the czech republic, what does the armed forces need now? they said the t-72 tank would be good for fundraising , they created a special page on the portal where they collect money to help ukraine, first the invasion and to encourage more people called a tank named after a children's cartoon, they called this tank tomas, it's from a cartoon about tomas the steamer, we think it helped to turn the fundraising into something playful and more people were able to respond to this surprise, the team was not there, they saw how the czechs reacted - no one even believed us that it will work, we treated it more like drawing attention to the war in ukraine, but we were in shock. it happened. literally in a few weeks, more than 10,000 people responded to our call

to help with the sumy tank, from 200 to 15,000 crowns and more with wishes for tank for the victory of ukraine more than a million euros of funds collected are now enough and for tomas to feed grandfather friends we collected 8 million crowns more than expected and we used them for another company that we just started called feed tomas and of his friends, this is a fundraiser for ammunition for the tank we bought, on the web page that yablokon created almost immediately after the invasion, there are other projects, in particular, a center for helping ukrainian refugees here in yablunka, the company helped to rent premises where children and adults learn czech, attend clubs and adapt to life in the czech republic, and those who received more than 1,968 czech crowns in support of ukraine are sent special t-shirts. this is our new design. people really like our t-shirts, so there is

a great demand for them, usually on the street when i when i go to such people, they are either embarrassed or show a thumbs up . as for the possible czechs from the war in ukraine, in particular, refugees and the increase in tariffs, the head of the dalibordidek company answers without weight import it is very important that the czech society that ukraine is now fighting for us too, if the ukrainians do not stop russia, they will continue and trample estonia, poland or the czech republic with their soldiers' boots, their dream is to be a superpower, the czechs know and understand this and we must help ukraine as much as we can , and one more topic the internal split of the republican party of the united states may interfere with aid for ukraine . politico writes about this on november 8 at the beginning of the program. i said october, but i reneged on november 8 in less than three weeks, mid- term elections will be held in the usa, during which the lower

house of congress must be completely re-elected, i.e., the house of representatives, from one-third to the senate. and although kyiv currently has bipartisan support from washington, the american political edition notes that the republican party, which after these elections, may gain control there are disagreements over the house of representatives regarding how long american aid should be provided to ukraine, as the publication notes, two camps are forming in the ranks of the republicans, one camp led by the leader of the republican minority in the senate , mitch mcconnell, who continues to support additional aid to ukraine, the second camp is led by the leader of the republican party in the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, who may become the speaker of the house of representatives. as early as next year, this week, he warned that when he holds this position, he will reduce us funding for the fight ukraine vs. russia white house writes policy did not warn the ukrainian government about the possibility of ending aid if the republicans take control of at least one chamber of congress but white house aides said that kyiv is well

aware of such a possibility - white house policymakers today publicly reacted and denied concerns that republican lawmakers may stop funding aid to ukraine, and white house spokeswoman karin jeanpierre said in particular that the coordinator of strategic communication of the us national security council, john kirby, also expressed himself in a similar way. he said that the aid supported by both leading parties of the american congress is aid for ukraine will continue in the future. my colleague from washington tetyana voroshko - voice of america correspondent tetyana, my questions. greetings. what is the american media writing about this the whole story? i wanted to say that in fact this split did not happen because of the position of ukraine, that is, this wing of the american party, which

is more conservative and which believes that more money should be lost inside the country, is more isolationist positions are also called populists, in principle it has existed for quite a long time . and even in 2009, when the so-called tea party was created, that is. but there really are enough politicians. and as k as declared by amahar, who is makarfi, and we also know that even in this congress, which are now, and some republicans did not support aid to ukraine, they voted against, for example, this package that was considered in may for 40 billion dollars , that is, these policies really exist even in this component and they, in principle, are those who are now and those who are running. well, we know that there are quite a lot of republicans in the primaries, who won in the primary from the previous political elections, which were taking place right now, and among them there are many who adhere to these so more conservative more so populist views and they actually really

reflect a part of the republican party part of the voters of the republican party was published so quite recently so important puresenter survey and we see that the number of republican voters who believe that aid is given too much is growing and it is growing quite strongly if we see that in march only 9% of republican voters believed that aid is given too much and in may it was 17%, and now it is already 32%, although again this is smaller, that is, the majority believe that either enough assistance is provided 16%, or as much as is needed 30%. and democrats, mostly democratic voters, mostly believe that aid is what it should be, 45% believe that it is provided only as much as necessary, only 11 believe that it is provided much much much much more than necessary, that is, this sentiment, as they

say, actually exists exists in american society, it reflects such a certain part of the voter in of the republican party, as well as, as we can see, 11% of the voters are the democratic party, but here we must note a couple of important points regarding when we talk specifically about aid to ukraine, and first of all, when on the one hand kevin mccarthy said and he said it is not that it should be reduced, it can be such an unlimited check - unlimited funding and then he returned to this topic and said that ukraine is important and now there are various interpretations of the interpretation of what he said in particular and exactly it's not only analysts, but there are representatives of the state and the state of the congress, which suggests that in principle the language can be about having more control over this aid. republics, not only between the republics, but which leader of the republicans of the persinations who still so consistently

supports even the increase and such strong support for ukraine, for example, yesterday, former vice president mike pence strongly criticized this position and said that the policy of peacemaking never works , that is, on the one hand this is a powerful position within the naslikan party, which opposes this position, that it should be reduced, and this position is so , so, so, to a large extent, it is about increasing control, that is, there are such conversations that it is possible to reach some kind of compromise somewhere , thank you tatyana for a very clear and concise explanation tatyana vorozhko - voice of america correspondent in washington. thank you very much. and joe biden. the american president today commented on vladimir putin's decision to impose martial law on the occupied ukrainian territories, according to biden in this way, putin is just trying to intimidate ukrainians. i think that vladimir putin is in an extremely difficult

situation. this tells me that as it seems the only tool he has left is cruelty towards individual citizens of ukraine , attempts to intimidate them and force them to capitulate, but they will not do it. well , let's discuss this topic and not only this topic. an expert on foreign security policy and the center for defense strategies joins our broadcast. my congratulations to you, oleksandr. what are you waiting for after the congressional elections, which will take place on 8 in november, politics is already being written by such people, well, in the place of kyiv, it is probably worth taking a look and taking into account. that we should prepare for the possibility that it will be at least at the same level. i do not believe that it

will be reduced. well, this is the most important thing for us, such a signal that we start working more actively in the american direction. i mean, like our embassy like our ministry of foreign affairs and the president, of course, but the most important thing is the visits of our parliamentarians to the capitol, that is, it is a very important element of diplomacy, and of course there are certain people there who may or may not like us very much as ron-paul this is the congressman. or those who are trumpists. in fact, they just use this rhetoric in order to add some points to themselves, because they say not only that we need to leave ukraine, but no one says so. and they say that there are priorities, let's say so. things, the priority directions, where the american money of the american taxpayers should go with the three- way. i want to remind you that at one time there were 10 votes in the house of representatives of the united

states against lend-lease, 417 were in favor, and actually 10 of them were republicans of the trumpian spill. i also want to remind you that when the votes were cast this package is a big 40 billion dollars. well, apparently for ukraine, although there was a large part of it for the allies of the united states in europe. well, actually for the united states in order to restore those volumes of javelin and others the disarmament that the americans provided to ukraine actually then 368 voted for these 40 billion 57 republicans voted against and therefore on the map who conducts it and why did all this shit start, of course it is such an alarm bell but not so nabata because mccarthy himself said that he later after he said that it would not be. this is what is called a blank check. that is, where you can enter any amount

for ukraine, this will not happen. but he later said that ukraine is important and it is necessary to support it. i i think that most likely they will insist, and we have republicans to establish certain instruments of influence on the congress. well, and the republican majority if it is in the senate and the house of representatives, and here i have doubts about it . i will say a few words, actually, so that there is an opportunity to control where it is said. money because it seems to them that something might be going wrong, let's remember this former compatriot of ours, but she is now saying that this is the country. well, i will not take their last names. it is good for her personally that she has become a representative. that is, we are a contrast. i'm sorry, but this does not add to ukraine's positivity. such statements are empty, in fact, she should be

tools of diplomacy and diplomatic, including in order to somehow warn and deny it. i think that she has the right to a reasoned fact-based criticism of the government of ukraine or the government of the opposite camp, i mean the democrats, she didn't have any facts and you probably saw this interview of sydorenko in ukrainian pravda, where is it just you know, it looked like some kind of bazaar eh such a chatter of a cheese or rather a representative of congress a respectable person who says reasoned eh that there are any flaws absolutely moreover, look at what actually by the way, the last rammstein was eh where the united states secretary of defense said that is what our minister of ukraine, the minister of defense of ukraine, informed us about how weapons are used, and we have no questions and we will not say so, that is, he meant that these weapons would end up in the wrong

hands, that is, if the military says, if they say people who are directly in the process and are being briefed not with such general things, i think that this says a lot, but whatever the decision, i literally looked at the politics, the forecasts for the senate, and e. there they say that by and large it is not yet it has not been decided, which means that the republicans will take control of the price there or tsnap is actually more important from the point of view of supporting ukraine in the adoption of those laws that are important for us, he is not saying that the house of representatives is not important, but still they now, in fact, there is hmm on the verge. actually, in the last few weeks, the democrats, let’s say , gained a little bit of points, and there are a number of reasons for this, a slight increase in the popularity of biden

. uh, let's say internal party nuances, that's why it's not decided yet, at least there are definitely a few weeks left in november when these elections will be held, and it's definitely that president biden will be, it's called so - in jargon, it's a lame duck, that is, he will already be hmm not as powerful as at the beginning of the term, although of course he can apply for a second term on ahh hm it is absolutely possible. that is, we will see that we actually have to work , uh, there are smart people and even the same trump himself, let's remember that obama, whose vice-presidents had biden, did not give us a single cartridge, and you remember how president poroshenko spoke in front of the two-chamber congresses and said that you cannot defend yourself with sheets or something like that. i think that we are still with you until november 8 more than once we'll talk about it. i have another topic. british premier kalistra announced her retirement. look

, it took about six weeks and the rating dropped to 15%. let us first listen to her statement today and then i have one or two more questions for you. i took office during a period of great economic and international instability - families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills . putin's illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our entire continent and our the country has been held back by low economic growth for too long, we are not was elected by the conservative party with a mandate to change this however i recognize that given the situation i cannot fulfill the mandate for which i was elected by the conservative party therefore i turned to his majesty the king to inform him that i am resigning as leader of the conservative party thus the story of lystras ends then tenure and what's next do you have any predictions about who can lead

the british government, i see that next to johnson appeared in the news the times writes that he will obviously participate in the race well, if we if we are talking about the procedure, then definitely this is again the conservative party will elect a leader from among its ranks and this is one story and another story that is insisted on by the other parties, above all, the labor party, that it be a general election definitely. in this case, the conservatives will fly very much i want to literally convey to them that there is a public opinion poll of 52% of support for laborists 23%, eh hmm, that means the conservatives, that is, the laborists gained 10% during this time during the premiership of the au, and the conservatives lost 8 if we are talking about the uh probable of the candidates, they are really talking about boris johnson again. he has a question there because there is still a commission investigating ivo's speech and his testimony before the

house of commons regarding these parties during covid. it was not completed and that is why this stain is on him, but if you look at the level of support er public scheme of innovations no no no not among the party literally just before that took place in this position he had a negative rating of 65% positive 35 now in the track negative 70%, i.e. 5% more and positive - 12%. ie shows nu i would understand what this is, mathematics is not very comforting , but still, there is definitely a person who came second during the actual election of the leader of the conservative party, this is a decision sumach, he can be an absolutely worthy candidate, and it is clear that the first, most importantly , be which conservative who will be after the registration will support ukraine no less than the registration of

boris johnson, that is, there are no questions. and yes, i think this is probably one of the main reasons uh-uh shh- ukrainians were hoping to hear exactly this from you. what is it? when it became known about the resignation of elister, everyone immediately asked the question again. and how now will great britain support ukraine or not? because it is in the national interests of britain, it is not sympathy or johnson is like a forest. once to zelensky or the ukrainian people, of course, all of this is. this is actually called alchemy, and not the most important thing is to shave, and as in the american, and by the way, i agree with masha zakharova when she says about the anklasaxians , so actually the british and the americans very clearly understand the threats from the russian federation, as in to ukraine as a european region and to the world as a matter of fact, and if russia wins this war or at least does not lose this war, the british will be on our side in relation to labor and other issues. thank god that they are not headed. he was he was

he is jerry kobrin he is such a person who is of a left- wing sense and yes unfortunately there are those in the united states of america who look at the world through american imperialism and since american imperialists support ukraine then it's bad and actually that's why there was no need to annoy russia well, you know all these are not kremlin pessies, but they are in the head of leftists very harmonious , so there is a combination. what if he doesn't want to become prime minister due to family circumstances, but if the party says i think he can, i think we 'll come back to this topic for sure, at least until the next prime minister comes in, oleksandr hara, an expert on issues of foreign security policy of the center for defense strategies was on radio liberty, well,

one more topic briefly norway plans to limit the use of drones for security purposes today the ministry of transport of ukraine began relevant consultations with the department of civil aviation a day earlier literally the day before the airport of the country's second largest city, bergen, closed for a short time after that as local residents noticed a drone nearby, well, it seemed to me, why are norwegians here, norway and the drones that fly there are just drones especially since it is in ukraine. the drone is already mostly associated with weapons, but norway is a peaceful country. well , the point is that in recent weeks , several russian citizens have been detained in norway, who were taking suspicious photos, including from drones, just three days ago, on october 17, for two week, a 47-year-old man with russian and british passports was arrested on charges of operating a drone on the island of svalbard and possibly in other places in norway.

andriy yakunin he is the son of former russian railwayman volodymyr yakunin, one of the closest associates of the president of russia vladimir putin, the detainee stated in court that he should be considered not as a citizen of russia but as a citizen of great britain and that he did not know that using a drone in norway illegally in the last week as i said that this was not the first time that russian citizens were arrested in norway for filming . on october 13, the court arrested four russians for 7 days, three men and one woman , for photographing prohibited objects during interrogation they said that they came to norway for tourist purposes. last week, a man with russian-israeli citizenship was also arrested at the border crossing point . two drones were found in his car, and another russian citizen was also detained. last week, friday, last friday. in the north of norway, he also had a drone and video cameras with him, the police reported to the

country's prime minister jon from the historian says that the recent series of what he says are unacceptable drone flights in his country has foreign intelligence services and allusions to russia, one of the things that worries many people today in norway is the observation of drone flights in recent days and weeks seven russians are under temporary arrest for illegal drone flights in norway psp counterintelligence department is currently investigating these cases they claim that these incidents may indicate that russia is taking greater risks in its espionage activities, we will not be surprised if more such arrests happen in the near future we must remain calm and take the necessary measures to ensure the security of norway, this is the most important task of the government, but i also want to say that we must be ready for new similar attempts in the future, we must make it clear that we will not be intimidated, we will stand together with our allies and we support

ukraine, the invasion of ukraine provoked a fundamental and lasting change in the security situation in europe, which forced us to apply the most extensive sanctions ever adopted in to norwegian legislation, it is important to emphasize that specific threats to norway, no change in the security situation, have led to the fact that our services are in a state of readiness, and i want to sincerely thank everyone who is currently working and doing everything possible to ensure our security, we will follow this story with norway and hadrons who fly there, i'll just point out that maybe it will be useful for you that this whole story reminded me of the plot of the tv series "occupation", this is a norwegian tv series in the plot of which russia occupies part of norway. watch i recommend it if you like political series. well, in the end, we return to kharkiv oblast. less than 2% of kharkiv oblast still remains under occupation, that is 32 settlements, the head of the region

oleksyn gu said today, according to him, ukrainian forces liberated 544 population points in the region. meanwhile , radio svoboda journalists continue to work on of the liberated territories of the kharkiv region and further on we will show you a report from skupyansk in the city, the center is completely destroyed, there is no city council, no schools, no shops, look, they came with hunger, and now they started beating a little the fact that they almost died of hunger, and now look here, everything was there and there was nothing. well, tbilisi lived. i was born in tbilisi, and that's how they came in 1991. they fell into a swoon. and well, what happened? and in order to get this humanitarian aid, you need to come once and sign up. they will give you the second rastolonchik. and for the third one,

they will only give out these unfortunate five cans. fascism everything will be russia with you russia will not go anywhere from here right away they celebrated the raising of the flag so my husband went and says and i say bread you are not celebrating here holidays russian flags go says where from here potatoes dig yourself up says in the garden and no we tell you the same how does a bag burn on my head for money, a tractor, basements under a mushroom, when there were heavy shellings, there was a lot of traffic, the center can be said to be completely destroyed, there are no village councils, no schools, no clubs

, no shops, nothing, and many private houses many people were injured, they were taken away, planted for a day , for 40 days, to repair, too, i don't know, i don't know anything at all, and there is no communication, we have nothing, we have no corpses everywhere. this was a report from the city of kupyansk, which was recently liberated by ukrainian forces . i want to remind you that you can watch even more materials and stories on the youtube channels of radio freedom and radio freedom ukraine, where we publish our reports and from our journalists who work in almost all regions of ukraine, and i also encourage you to subscribe

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