in november 1937, in the karelian tract of sandarmokh, the soviet authorities shot 111 people, the crimes of the kremlin. they always say we can repeat . congratulations on the broadcast of the ukrainian voice of america program, time, and i, its host. of russia on the termination of its participation in the grain agreement on october 31, 12 cargo ships left ukraine for ukrainian ports, and four more are on their way, according to ukrainskyi of the military command, russia fired at civilian tugboats near ochakov that were transporting a grain barge. we will

talk more about this and other topics with yulia yarmolenko, who is now joining our broadcast. so yulia, i congratulate you. i want to first talk about the latest reactions to the grain agreement. the united states actively welcomed its signing as now the administration is commenting on the fact that russia has stopped participating in these ostap grain agreements . us president joe biden called the suspension of russia's participation in the entire agreement absolutely outrageous he said there is no reason, the us secretary of state anthony blinking also commented on this, saying that russia continues to use food as a weapon, the united states calls on russia to immediately return to full compliance with the terms of the agreement to participate in this initiative, because they say that the suspension of this initiative will have immediate negative consequences for food security in worldwide net price - this is the spokesperson of the state department reminded that since the start of this initiative it has already been possible to

export more than nine and a half million million tons of grain what helped to avoid famine in a number of countries, he said in particular that in particular, the delivered grain was delivered to countries such as afghanistan, somalia and ethiopia, so again the united states is calling on russia to return , calling on russia to stop the war in ukraine and also talking about what when russia suspends its participation - this is a kind of collective punishment not only of ukrainians, but also of people all over the world, any actions of russia aimed at preventing the vital export of grain - this is actually a statement that the kremlin does not care that people all over the world have to pay more for food or go hungry, we see that russia is resorting to actions that look like collective punishment of ukrainians, this is again harsh and ironic in the context of the war that

russia itself started, but moscow's suspension of participation in the initiative is tantamount to collective punishment of the rest of the world, and especially low- and middle- income countries that are so desperately in need of grain, and on another topic, today russia again fired at ukrainian cities, even at the general staff of the armed forces in particular, they stated that the russian troops fired 55 rockets into ukraine, 45 of them managed to shoot down, how do they react to this? at the ostap nad pryce event, the spokesperson of the state department commented, and this is definitely , in particular. don't scare the ukrainian population, the civilian population, this is what he said that russia has been doing since the very beginning of the war, which she also

started today they were forced to seek shelter again from the absolutely heartless and terrible bombings of the russian military. anders aslount is an american analyst based here in washington and he said that in fact putin continues to dig himself an even deeper hole. he said that when russia tries to take such actions and is trying to force the world to help ukraine less and force ukraine to negotiate , in fact it has the opposite effect. andersen said that every time russia's attacks become more brutal, the world community becomes less and less reasons to even talk to, as he said, a barbarian . and also, you know, there are a lot of calls now that air defense systems are extremely necessary in ukraine, in particular, the minister of foreign affairs of estonia said today that this is how the

ukrainian troops were able to shoot down most of the missiles, but six of them still arrived and he said that we, as a european community, will do everything to prevent this from happening, and he said that europe and the world should do more and provide, in particular, more air defense systems, but anti-aircraft the defense also wants to talk, we know that such calls are also from the ukrainian leadership, they say that it is critically important for the protection of ukrainian infrastructure, what capabilities can ukrainians expect in the near future from partners and what other weapons, according to experts, are possible now for ukraine is necessary we know that in the united states they are actively working to deliver the first two samsung systems from the eight promised by the united states to ukraine already in early november, as lloyd austin said now they are working precisely on the transfer of these systems, which have already been produced also by the spokeswoman from the

deputy spokesperson of the pentagon spokeswoman. to protect washington and the white house in particular. they should arrive as expected in early november, but as experts say, not only this is needed, in particular more artillery installations of longer-range artillery systems , as well as tanks, on which the ukrainians are asking, as ben hodges said - this is a former american general, and now a military analyst in an interview with our colleagues . of the united states. why can't these systems be transferred from europe? he believes that they are completely unjustified at this stage of the war. let's listen to what ben godzis said. the russians will clearly

lose in all aspects of the battle on the ground and even on the black sea so they're responding with attacks on civilian infrastructure power grids apartment buildings to try to make cities uninhabitable ahead of winter so giving the ukrainians the ability to protect their citizens civilians and civilian infrastructure i consider the number one task the second priority is to continue supplying high precision long range artillery like systems himers and similar to them of course now they also ask for tanks tracked vehicles because they can work more effective on wet ground i wish the united states wouldn't give abrams and then germany would give leopards i've heard all these excuses about why they haven't done it yet i think these are just excuses this is one of the few areas where i disagree

with the administration ilyu thank you, we will also monitor the development and i will remind you of these events , yuliya yarmolenko was in touch with us, and for the provision of assistance to ukraine, including military support, the key is the support of the us congress before the midterm elections scheduled for november 8, the question arises as to which will be the future of this support in both major american parties my colleague kateryna lisonova talked about this with republican congressman adamo endinger more watch further in our exclusive interview according to the statements of the republican minority leader in the house of representatives kate holds the majority in the house of representatives they will probably oppose the additional aid to ukraine, what kind of aid is it in this case, financial, economic,

humanitarian or military? i don't know what he's talking about kevin mccarthy when he said we are not going to sign a blank bank check i was more angry than if he said he was going to cut off all aid he says we are just signing a blank check for ukraine when in fact they are at war they are ready to go to the battlefield against the russians to our troops have not had to fight so far kevin mccarthy is only interested in one thing he wants to be speaker i understand politics people are ruled by power and madness but such statements are absolutely wrong i would not want to be him and watch look at yourself in the mirror bro can you say that the issue of aid to ukraine has divided the republican party i think that is a fair statement but you also have to mention the recent letter from the democratic progressive party who made some strange statement and then retracted it i'm glad they retracted their letter it was very untimely neither

now, nor before, for example, in june, now there is indeed a certain split, but in general, republicans and democrats support aid to ukraine, support our role in the world, i am more concerned that will happen if a small number of republicans seize power and actually take control of the will of the entire party. so i am not too worried, but there are points that we have to take into account. do you think that both parties are divided on the basis of aid to ukraine, or can this be called a problem? i undoubtedly think that this is an issue stood in both parties let's be honest the far left and the far right in many cases have opposition they may have some disagreements and some nuances but when it comes to politics they often agree these are extreme views, and we have a problem with extreme views in this country, just like probably in most countries of the world, and there are already differences. but in my opinion, it is important to look at the position of the vast majority of democrats and

the vast majority of republicans who support aid to ukraine, you communicate directly with republican voters. do you think that aid to ukraine reflects the position of republican voters? they are concerned not with the number of people who oppose aid today, but with what will happen in 6 months, what will happen in the winter since the winter will be harsh and prices will rise, it is important for the biden administration and our western allies to bring victory closer now vladimir putin hopes that he can exhaust the will of the united states and the will of the west let's not give him a chance we must win now ukraine is advancing and the longer we wait all the more. the risk is that the number of people who are opposed to supporting ukraine will increase. legislators are discussing the possibility of creating a large aid package for ukraine, which they will already vote for.

now, that is, before the new composition of the congress begins work. what do you know about this? what is the exact amount of money involved and when can we expect a vote on such a bill? the vote on this package should take place by january. and how quickly we will complete our work, i heard a figure of about 60 billion. this will obviously cover a large part of the government expenses that helped ukraine with salaries for the army, etc. and will also cover future military aid, and here it is worth noting that this a blank check that we will simply sign goes to ukraine these funds will be deducted and distributed according to the next financial year so this will cover the expenses until september we don't want to just give out huge sums of money and not track it we want to make sure that there is accountability so if we manage to do this a package of 60 billion in case something

extreme and unforeseen happens, these funds will help survive at least the next financial year so that they would like ukrainians to know about the republican and democratic position in the congress when it comes to ukraine. i want to tell the ukrainians the following. frankly, to the world and especially to the russians who can watch us, the voices that you hear now are those who say extreme things because it raises the ratings if it doesn't sound crazy, but the vast majority of republicans and democrats support you, the vast majority of americans support ukraine, we understand if ukraine loses now, the united states will eventually be forced to join the battle, we understand the current the struggle that is being waged by us and you if we talk about the support of ukraine among republicans and democrats, what do you think are the similarities and what are the differences between their positions? i don't think there is a big difference. we agree that russia is bad,

fortunately. we still have a common position that no you can just kill civilians we still have a common position that democracy and freedom are important that's why i work on the front line of the committee to investigate the events of january 6, 2021 it is necessary to say look democracies can be bad the days of ukrainian democracy were bad days, the question is not whether you will have a bad day, but how you will return after this bad day. so, republicans and democrats do not have big differences, but when it comes to radical positions, then again the extreme left in particular the progressive coconut democrats for some reason have some sympathy for russia maybe it has to do with the old days of communism instead the extreme right has also recently discovered their own sympathy patch for russia in their case it could be is related to cultural conservatism, but for the most part we all have a common position on this issue do you expect any changes in positions on

ukraine after the midterm elections i do not see any serious changes after these elections i think it will be very difficult to oppose ukraine when every day we receive new horror pictures the russians are making rapes looting burning cities what are your own short and long term political plans in about two months i will be leaving the congresses fortunately for that reason because i been a congressman for the last 12 years i don't think people should be in congress any longer now i run my own organization called country force country first we teach people how to embody democracy we get involved in elections but now i focus on the other side of the political spectrum eventually- finally, we would like to take our work internationally in part to share some of the lessons learned in the united states in a difficult democracy about the possibility of self-governance

. i intend to continue to participate in traveling in the field of foreign policy. i have projects that i can't announce yet, but i want to help with the development of democracy in the world. this is not about let's all sit down and hold hands. we will talk about the importance of defense, the defense of democracy, a strong army, a strong national defense. so i'm nowhere not disappearing i 'm going to take some time off from elected office and maybe i'll get back to it sometime with congressman adam kinsinger more stuff on the us congressional midterm elections and support you can read about ukraine on our website and watch it on the youtube channel of the voice of america in ukrainian, and our next story is about volunteers who left civilian life to

protect their country. 19-year-old mykyta dreamed of becoming a doctor, but with the beginning of a full-scale invasion of russia, he volunteered to go to the front. a 29-year-old khrystyna left her job abroad and returned home on the eve of the offensive in order to defend ukraine if necessary. both of them received baptism of fire in the kharkiv region about front-line life and dreams after the war, they told ani kostyachenko and pavlo in suhodolsk, a 19-year-old soldier of the armed forces of ukraine, mykyta, an aerial scout, his task is to track down enemy equipment and provide its exact coordinates according to mykyta's coordinates, a high-precision missile from an m-77 howitzer goes straight and hits the target precisely before the great war . mykyta studied in the first year of the kyiv medical university, the boy immediately decided to enter ranks of the territorial defense, but

i was able to join one of the newly formed battalions only thanks to the recommendation of the teachers . miss was simply not enough. i called my teacher and asked if i could help in any way. he said, we have enough in the hospital now, but i have a friend who organizes the medical service in such and such a district of kyiv. you can contact him. we met with nikita near shevchenkiv, as for a long time, served as a logistics center for the occupiers and was liberated at the end of september compared to other cities of kharkiv region, there are significantly more surviving buildings here, according to nikita, the armed forces of ukraine fire high-precision projectiles with weapons western partners on such american howitzers as the m-77 and therefore hit the point and do not cause

additional destruction. all this time, shevchenko was a logistics center, so there was a huge concentration of the occupiers of their troops, their equipment, and so on, command centers, thanks to our partners who transfer we have high-precision weapons and projectiles for them, we can hit targets while preserving the infrastructure as much as possible, and in no way harming the civilian population, saving lives, tactical courses are also able medicine from partners from the united states, says mykyta, american volunteers came to ukraine to teach us tactical.com courses, this jacket alone saved many lives and is incredibly useful, but tactical medicine in ukraine, mykyta should be compared, because he started his service as a combat

medic, he passed the baptism of fire together with 29-year-old khrestina oboezdo had the first military experience of surviving under fire and rescuing civilians in may in kharkiv oblast, so she was very close to our occupiers and our enemy was shelling and the grandmother received a very serious injury, a spinal injury, he found this grandmother, they pulled her out of the basement because the shock wave and just threw her into the basement broke the grandmother, it's just terrible, it's just terrible, she would have died there 100%. i'm telling you as a doctor - and the person 's brain worked so correctly that he, first of all, correctly identified what the injury was, he realized what the danger was, he correctly chose the ways to leave this zone, this is a red zone, he fixed this grandmother, this also needs to be thought out just found he broke the door, the grandmother fixed it because the

situation must be stable, because it is the spine, it is very serious. and he and his partner loaded her into a car that was for evacuation, they saved her life. thanks to them, she walks. khrystyna, like nikita , went to the front purposefully, a girl from ivano - frankivska worked in a beauty salon in lithuania but returned to ukraine on the eve of the war in order to help the motherland in the event of a full-scale offensive by russia. i really wanted to be a doctor. i signed up as a doctor on the first day when i first entered ranks of territorial defense and we understood what it would be. i just arrived, took off false nails, took off false eyelashes, took off hair extensions, packed an assault backpack, folded all my things and went to the military commissariat. during the 24 months they spent side by side, khrystyna and nikita understand each other by half words in the first hour and so on, so , so, you come to the position, they fired at you, and you spend the whole

day in some little house, say, well, it really works, and you can stay up all night, you can walk, you want to eat, you want to drink, i'm fed up with everything, i want to go home, i want to go to my mother i want green borscht later, but i don’t want to eat. i don’t want to sleep. i’m ready to work. i’m ready to release. release all ukrainian lands to the last square centimeter. it’s normal . they tired nikita, he is determined to fight as long as it takes, the hatred for the occupier is very inspiring, what they are doing to the women, our children, this is providing a lot of everything, the most pleasant reward for all the work these are the children of so many liberated territories. it's just something worth fighting for. khrystyna dreams of peace and a hot shower. after the war, she plans to

return to her pre-war work in the field of beauty, and nikita dreams of returning to the university to study neurosurgeon and continue saving lives. on the battlefield and on the operating table anna kosyuchenko pavel sukhodolskyi for the voice of america from the kharkiv region this is the story of ukrainian volunteers and the russian invasion of ukraine is watched with anxiety also citizens of other countries bordering russia, the fear that one day russia may attack them and led to the mobilization of society in estonia , the country increased the number of people who acquire military skills in order to defend their country if necessary and continue viktoria babinska karin laurima bank employee mother 13- year-old daughter and for the past four years a volunteer of the estonian defense league, she, together with other volunteers, undergoes

military training in her free time in order to be ready to support the estonian army in case of an emergency i realized that i am not capable of much more than i thought before i joined the defense league of estonia i know that i can use in the forest and i am really good with weapons today the volunteers got to know for the first time the new american-made assault rifle as soon as they master the skills of using it with a rifle, they will be able to keep it in their homes in the league they say all the same from events that have a lot to do with the tactics they learned watching the ukrainian army i believe that the correct word here is preparation. so we see that the ukrainians are very well prepared and this is a key condition for responding professionally and not professionally. less than one and a half million people live in estonia, and its armed forces

are barely 7 in the conditions of a hypothetical confrontation with russia its capabilities would be limited but after the attack of russian troops on ukraine, the number of volunteers increased to almost 30 thousand estonian defense league is a voluntary military organization for which the will of the people is important training can be provided but what we based on this volya, thank you, sees membership as a guarantee against a possible attack by russia but despite this, estonian military sources claim that the only way to guarantee the security of russia's neighbors is to defeat moscow and stop its aggressive policy. you understand this very simply about the results of this war in ukraine. ukraine must win because otherwise, the russians will have time to prepare for the next attack, and the next one could be moldova , it could be anyone and a copy of moldova, cats, you don’t

drop funds on the weekend, they are preparing for the moment which everyone here hopes will never come viktoria babinska doctor to markin voice of america to stalin estonia and this weekend russian politicians and propagandists of the kremlin gathered on hollywood boulevard in los angeles, although in the form of monsters on halloween such a parade was organized by representatives of the local community and migrants from russia who it was they who depicted but how passers-by reacted to such an action, our colleagues from the voice of america continued iryna matviychuk, these stars of russian airwaves have more than enough fame, so the organizers of the event convinced of their place today in the parade of monsters show that the purpose of this action is to show that, unlike fictional monsters, there is a different kind of

evil power in wheatgrass, these monsters are putin medvedev kadyrov and all the others, they are real and they kill people every day and every minute, and they kill not only ukrainian population but also those russian soldiers who are zombified by russian changes information ksenia atoyan, a participant of the action left russia with her husband and children after february 24, says that her family did not support the decision to leave the country the husband's parents, the mobilization, when the mobilization began, the husband's parents said to my husband, "you should join the army, we would hand you in to the military commissariat, they say otherwise, who will save their country from the nazis who attacked them, they tell us that we came under the influence of some sect, that we look at those sources of information that everything here is made up, the inexplicable escape from russia and the parents of philip hanna sidorov, we have no parents, our parents did not support us. propaganda always said that america is the enemy, and when we came to america

when our parents found out about this, they asked us if everything is fine, if america does not influence us or if they do not force us to fight against our native country. glory to the heroes of ukraine attracted the attention of tourists and local residents. such actions are a good way to convey information. hollywood boulevard is a popular place here . people stop and look at the protesters, so they can be heard among those walking along hollywood boulevard there were ukrainian refugees that day i came i came in march ran i was taken away by bus it was very it's scary, anxiety, it's very scary, well, here it is , local ukrainians do not hide their surprise that the local community of russians resorted to the action of monsters in the form of the russian government, not приприятное мыженние, this is a pleasant surprise. in fact, the fact that there are such people in russia gives hope that russia will be

flattened after all eyes and changes will happen there, we all hope for this change will happen there we all hope for it the organizers of the protest say that they will continue to hold similar actions and try to attract as many emigrants as possible from russia to protest against the war in ukraine, the american police say that, unlike the russian police, they are protected and not dispersed iryna matviychuk angelina baghdasaryan oleksiy osika voice of america on this we will say goodbye , also join our daily briefings on the 18th on youtube and facebook where you can ask us your questions thank you for being with us have a good night and a calm morning

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