at home because of the war and were forced to flee abroad to prepare for future starts, those who remained with weapons in their hands are heroically defending ukraine in this war. ukraine's second place does not suit us. we need a victory that saves the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer. i congratulate you on the air of the time program and the host ostap yarysh in the pentagon is concerned that russia may acquire additional iranian weapons for its war in ukraine. earlier in the american media there was information that iran is considering the transfer of new

weapons to russia, including small-scale ballistic missiles . radio judges and more strike drones , cnn writes about this, referring to officials of one of the western countries, although the current terms of possible deliveries are not discussed with the data of the officials, the weapons can be delivered by the end of the year by publication to the press, the spokesman of the pentagon commented as follows: we have seen reports in the press about this element, we do not have a specific element information that could be provided, we know that iran has provided russia with drones and we expect that they will likely try to get more we have concerns that russia may also be seeking to purchase from iran additional advanced ammunition, such as surface-to-air missiles for use in ukraine , and therefore if we see that russia uses such capabilities on the battlefield, we will of course do everything possible to shed light on this in our turn

in the us state department, they assure us that they will use every appropriate tool to harm possible supply of new weapons played in russia, in particular, drones and help ukraine protect its skies. in the past 36 hours, russia launched almost 100 missiles to attack the structure water and energy supplies to ukraine at a time when temperatures are dropping russia's price cuts are aimed at increasing human suffering and are particularly despicable while ukraine works to restore water and electricity supplies to its citizens the united states remains committed to the victory of a sovereign and independent ukraine and we are working to supply air defense systems so that ukraine can continue to repel these attacks. meanwhile, not only the usa, but also european countries are helping ukraine to defend itself against a new threat and to restore the critically important infrastructure on the eve of winter these days, such

commitments broke through, in particular, from britain and france . in the west, in the west, they are also talking about the readiness to help ukraine in energy issues, what exactly will this help look like and how significant will it be, well, since it is about the economy first of all, we are talking about money, about multi-million , even billion-dollar sums, which in particular the commissioner for energy of the european union spoke about today in kyiv, in general, this issue is quite complex . slightly different from what is

used in western europe. so, it is about looking for opportunities, how europe can help ukraine, technically, but when it comes to finances. of course, the europeans say that they are already trying to support the hryvnia, in particular, and in particular to provide for the so-called holes in the ukrainian budget. on the part of paris, in particular, it was emphasized that the economic aid and military aid are actually inextricably linked. this is what the french president wrote about it on twitter, and today i confirmed to president zelenskiy this morning that we are

determined to increase military aid to ukraine , especially with regard to air defense, as a result of russian attacks, ukrainian infrastructure, water and electricity supply has suffered significant damage, it is necessary to act before the onset of winter . we are quickly mobilizing the international community and the private sector. of the french president at the elysee palace in paris today was informed of the plans of the french government to organize a special business conference on december 12 in order to find out how it is possible for the french company to help ukraine in this situation, and already on december 13, it is likely to hold an international conference in paris with the help of which is specifically aimed

at the energy sector of ukraine. of foreign affairs of great britain, james cleverley, also in the parliament, raised issues that are currently in the center of attention in london when it comes to the russian war against ukraine, here are his words, we will provide ukraine more aid to repair energy infrastructure and we have committed to providing humanitarian aid of 220 million pounds parliament noted putin's irresponsible talk about nuclear weapons and ridiculous claims that ukraine wants to detonate a radioactive so-called dirty bomb on its territory no other country is talking about using nuclear weapons, no country threatens russia or president putin he must clearly understand that for britain and our

allies any use of nuclear materials would fundamentally change the essence of this conflict for russia, it would have severe consequences . the crisis that worsened as a result of russia's attack on ukraine, that is, poland is taking decisive steps to diversify its sources of energy supply and is also a step to switch to slightly more frequent sources electricity, because poland is rich in coal, but by burning it, it creates serious emissions into

the atmosphere. therefore, poland's decision to build two power plants with the help of an american company and possibly a south korean one, with which the poles will now find out, was announced last week the exact possibilities of the contract this is a very big step, taking into account that in poland they tried to build the first nuclear power plant back in the 80s, but this project was disrupted after the explosion at the chornobyl npp, then under pressure of public opinion in poland, the government in warsaw was forced to refuse to freeze the construction of bohdan, another interesting point, if we are talking about energy, today norway is moving its army to a higher level of combat readiness in response to russia's war against ukraine, again to protect its own energy infrastructure about what is being said here is again

about energy and energy security in connection with the russian war in ukraine because after russia actually almost blocked supply of gas to europe especially after the explosions on the pipelines nord stream norway has become the largest single source of gas supply to europe to the european union actually 25% there are also other sources in particular from the usa from great britain liquefied gas from the middle east but norway is a very important source so now very serious attention is focused on the safety of, say, gas oil rigs in the north sea off the coast of norway, pipelines that run through the seabed, taking into account also that norway has a joint the border is a nato country that has a common border with

russia up to 200 km in practice. this is quite small, but it was the only country with such a large border with russia before finland joined nato. really bohdana. thank you very much for your analysis, i will remind you with us on the reason was bohdan, let's move on to american topics, cases of political violence overshadowed the topic of midterm elections in the usa, which should take place in a week . one of the latest examples of the invasion of the house of the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy polossi the attack on her husband, president biden and other american officials condemned this attack and called for an end to political violence about the mood in the country on the eve of the elections, iryna matviychuk will tell the attack on the husband of nancy pilosi, one of the most influential politicians in the usa, once again testified to how divided and dangerous the

atmosphere in american society is before next election, the democratic congressional leader was not at home during the attack, instead, the attacker seriously injured her 82-year-old husband, paul , in their home in san francisco, it was intentional and it is wrong our elected officials are here to deal with the affairs of their cities states counties and the entire nation the attack was condemned and the president of the united states projektydenec enough means enough every person with a clear conscience should speak out clearly and unequivocally against violence in our politics regardless of what your political views are everyone we are all together as americans, former president shabo rakobama also condemned the manifestations of violence, according to him, the united states, some who hold office or apply for this office are working on division, observers draw attention to the fact that cases of violence on

on both sides of the political spectrum, conservative supreme court justices reported death threats over the summer after they issued a ruling limiting women 's right to have abortions. speedy recovery to the family of the vice president in the trump administration, mike pence wrote on twitter that there can be no tolerance for violence against public servants or their families, former president donald trump, after several days of silence, also reacted to the attack in the pilos house, calling it terrible. on january 8, twitter blocked the page of ex-president trump, the company concluded that trump's messages could incite his supporters to attack the congressional premises through false statements of the ex-president, the profession of the 2020 election in

some of its colors trump also criticized his vice president, mike penza, who refused to make decisions in his favor during voting certification some critics accuse former president trump of condoning the escalation of the atmosphere ahead of midterm elections in the country, on the eve of the billionaire and lon musk, who a few days ago bought twitter , published on the platform baseless rumors about the attack on the man pilosi, referring to a fringe website that has repeatedly published false articles after musk was accused of spreading disinformation, he deleted his tweet about the attack musk also does not rule out what will allow former president trump return to twitter the possibility of trump returning to twitter gives many people goosebumps, they worry that it will only exacerbate the hyper-polarized environment we live

in . to guarantee free and fair voting for all americans, they say voter intimidation will not be tolerated state authorities were forced to increase security measures on early elections after cases of intimidation of voters at polling stations and in the state of wisconsin, poll workers are trained in case of tension on the day of voting, similar attitudes make american voters feel sad , disappointed and helpless on the eve of the elections, however, observers urge not to refuse to participate in the elections, people should take an active part in politics what the more people will be active, the stronger your system will be and this will help drown out the voices of extremists, so people must vote, they must express their opinion opinion peacefully if they do it our country will be in a better condition these days in the

united states early voting is already taking place the very mid-term elections will be held on tuesday , november 8 demonstrated the fragility and problems of russia itself, this was said by the participants of the conference held in washington by the center for american-ukrainian relations at the meeting natalka churikova and dmytro melnyk visited, they will tell more about the more than 30 years of the existence of the ukrainian state ukraine remained an unexpected nation, even books with such titles were published, but the war changed the world's view of ukraine and ukrainians ukrainians did not have their own state so many uh in the world where in in many countries, even many experts did not recognize the very fact of the existence of ukrainians as a separate nation. therefore, it is obvious that they were calm about the fact that the history

of our country and region was told by others russians, in particular, spoke of ukraine as a divided country that was about to fall apart along ethnic lines, but the war forced ukrainians to unite, says a canadian university researcher. god knows the origin and it is always about the process of new states, often the quality of a catastrophe will create a situation where people start to think and are ready to pay their lives with their feelings

for the state, the ukrainian historian says that this is a war despite all the terrible destruction. it gives ukrainians a chance to speak in their own voice, to tell the world about who they are and how they stopped the army that was called the second most powerful in the world. they used to know about the history of ukraine, in particular, from russian mouths, it absolutely does not explain what happened to the russian army in ukraine , why it was defeated, why it is being defeated, that is why the world wants to hear our voice, so now our task is to take advantage of it, take advantage of it speaking in academic language, or in popular language, they speak at some scientific stands through news, through television, through film culture , american experts say that ukraine has completely changed the paradigm that existed before, what was

difficult to imagine a few months ago is now taking on clear images, in particular, the post-war security system in the european ukraine did not become a member of nato before the attack, but it withstood the attack, suffered monumental losses, but will come out of this war as the winner, probably it is already the strongest military power in europe after the victory, it will be widely recognized, that is why i think that the contours of this discussion look completely different, and in my opinion it should become a member of nato. but it will already be a member of its alliance thanks to ukraine's great contribution to european security, and not a discussion about nato membership until february 24 and force, because of this war, thanks to the ukrainians, the world is changing its attitude and view of russia, it no longer looks like a country that should be feared, also an unsuccessful campaign against

ukraine, there are some doubts about one's own identity and in the population of the russian federation if you lose the war as the russians do if you fail to achieve your goals more and more people will begin to question their own identity their own history as well as their own goals and ultimately their own statehood so i think this will happen war will return to russia will boomerang and expose the fragility of the russian identity and the russian state. if russia manages to survive its defeat, according to american experts, its return to the civilized world will require kisses a number of prerequisites lips beck for russia any way back after that to the same table with normal responsible states will go through the recognition of responsibility payment of reparations and any lifting of sanctions in the future will depend on these steps but you know i don't see it

as likely while in power vladimir putin, i think that president zelensky is right when he says that putin no longer exists for us, but that if russia does not survive the defeat, i believe that there is a high probability that russia will disintegrate into separate states due to power struggles and ethnic conflicts i think it will happen but we are not ready for it no contingency plans are being developed at the moment it is like we were flying blind when the soviet union started to fall apart no one was prepared enough to to try to manage the process , in fact, we even hindered this process, you can remember george bush's speech in kyiv. i think there should be some kind of contingency planning group, particularly in pe a

also in the state department, some interagency team also in europe and, of course, in nato, bobersky and other experts say that the rapid and uncontrolled disintegration of russia will create problems for all its many neighbors and the world in general, and call to prepare for this possibility now natalka churikova dmytro melnyk voice of america our final story about one of the ukrainian prisoners of war, thirty-two-year-old yevgeny, who defended mariupol in august, his sister tatiana came to study in washington, where is trying to draw attention to the war in ukraine and to help and achieve the release of his brother, maria spoke with his family. this is the last footage in which the defender of azovstal, 32-year-old yevgeniy, was seen by his family. on may 26, they received a call from the international red cross

confirming his stay in russian captivity, but where exactly is unknown according to the information of those soldiers who were exchanged who were already exchanged and are in the territory under the control of ukraine in our territory in our country they they confirm that the boys are in captivity , yes, they are alive, and our son is. my son, yes, he is alive , he is in captivity, this is all the information we have at the moment . your child, and when you understand that from february 24, when this war began, he was in the very hell, he was in mariupol, which was under siege, which every day he was torn to pieces, the

city was torn to pieces, yevgeny daria's wife and their two little daughters, six-year-old matches and four-year-old liza managed to escape from mariupol on the last train. on february 23, they left for her parents in kharkiv oblast. the very next morning, yevgeny stood up to defend the city. there were no phone conversations at all, but there were very rare messages from his brothers or from him, and it was extremely rare. but we've been waiting for this all the time, he's alive, everything's fine, i love you, everything, nothing, everything, yes, i know that he's strong, but still, knowing what he went through there and what he's going through, it's just out of bounds

the reality is that the whole family is connected to the military, in particular, father gennady is now on the front lines, sister yevgenia tetyana tells me, my father served in the military in afghanistan, and now, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of ukraine, he also went to serve, and my mother has been working in the military for more than 6 years. that is, we are all closely related this is also related to this . my brother is in the military. this fall, tatiana began studying at the prestigious georgetown university of washington, receiving a full scholarship and expenses covered thanks to the ukraine program. globals colors student tells that she and three other ukrainian first-year students and four masters who also received scholarships are currently in the process of establishing a ukrainian community at the university and organizing a round table dedicated to the reconstruction of ukraine, and many have been interested for several months because it is already known in our country for its school of politics many people study politics, that is, they are interested in it, that is why we cite some more historical

facts that we have known all our lives, that is, that the war began not only on february 26, it also began long before that, and that is, not everyone knew this, of course , and it is our mission here to tell, tatyana says, ukrainians in georgetown are trying to do everything so that they do not forget about the horrors of the war in ukraine, we saw it, we really talk a lot, but it is precisely with the prisoners, with the help of my brother, that i try to talk with i'm also trying to work with our chancellor with our dean, that is, to spread this information to bring it to the politicians here in washington to collaborate more on change as well and i just want to convey the fact that azov now needs help because despite the fact that there have already been several exchanges, but still 1,000 e-e so remain in captivity , it is very important to convey that they are still there and that they do not know what is happening here now, that is, they are not do they know about the existence of ukraine at all, is there ukraine or is there no

ukraine, what happens outside the prison , georgetown university professor eric landerbecker teaches tatyan the subject of politics and historical memory to ukrainians abroad, he advises to continue talking about russia's crimes in ukraine telling personal stories, with permission, i would tell the story of tanya, who takes everything so seriously, shows such resilience despite everything she goes through. and in general, if she had not told me about what was happening to her brother, i would not have even guessed that the war directly hit her families i think that inspiring stories that her that despite all this horror that is happening these impressive young people continue to move towards their goal in education or otherwise these are the stories that should be told the stories of europe today and the second world war

he says that the evidence of the war crimes of the russian army in ukraine is obvious, but it may take tens of years to realize their scale and achieve justice. only recently did the germans begin to realize the crimes committed not only against jews during the holocaust, but also against peaceful europeans of the red army of urban prisoners, it became part of the german of collective memory, but it was not like that for a long time, it was one of the most controversial issues in german politics, for a long time germans remembered the cruelty when the waves the war changed its direction and reached berlin, for example, after the arrival of the red army, there were 2 million rapes of german women, german prisoners of war were released in 1955, they received them for 10 years, also in west germany there were certain conditions

during the post-war period that may not be repeated in russia, in particular, and i am talking about occupation by allied forces for several decades, which created certain parameters for the discourse, and i am not sure that such parameters will exist in russia, but the family of evgenia is now primarily waiting for the return of their hero. exchanges and every exchange we are waiting for that call when he will call dasha and i am waiting for dasha call me and tell me that he is already on our territory, he is already in ukraine, they help me to keep believing that i will hug him, that he will return to his family, that that he will definitely hold his little one in his arms, our girls

ask about him every day and we fantasize with them, we think with them well, i don't ask, they tell me how they will meet dad, how they will hug him, what they they will tell him they are coming up with a menu what are we going to cook for him and what are we going to buy him something delicious when he returns home, well , his favorite dish is crab salad. i have never cooked it since the war started . then i will prepare it maria prus konstantin golubchik voice of america thank you for being with us, people's night and good morning to you

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