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i will watch the program of the ukrainian voice of america service, i am nataliya leonova, i congratulate you , the counting of votes for the midterm elections continues until congress and other authorities that took place on november 8, the presidential democratic party now has a majority in the congress, what are the preliminary results of these elections and did the republicans succeed in taking control of the legislative body of ukraine, let's talk with my colleague kateryna lisunova, she is in touch with us from the congress. congratulations to katya. congratulations to natalya. so, katya, what are the preliminary results of the vote count and also what was the turnout in these midterm elections, according to the american media, the turnout was slightly

more than 50%, which in general, for the midterm elections, the indicator is high enough, at the same time, the results in the preliminary results of these midterm election calculations, as the experts commented directly in the specification for the voice of america, the united states did not saw the so-called big red wave of the republicans as of now the race is very close and the votes are counted by a very small percentage difference e and e e as of now according to the results of the senate counts the democrats have 46 seats and the republicans 48 the main struggle for the senate is being fought in four states this is nevada aerozone wisconsin and george in the house of representatives the democrats currently have 176 seats and the republicans -203 but these are preliminary results also according to these preliminary results as experts say, the democrats are unbelievable that they can keep the majority in the senate, and the republicans

are winning back the house of representatives. let me remind you that in order to get a majority in the senate , the republicans need to keep their shadow positions and also win back one seat. of katya's seats in support of ukraine, obviously this is what ukrainians are concerned about in these by-elections , should we expect any changes in the two-party support for ukraine in accordance with the previous results from the good news for ukraine, all the heads of the ukrainian focus in the house of representatives retained their seats, in particular, the democrat marsikaptor, the republican brian fitzpatrick, the democrat mike quigley and the republican andy harris and here in the senate to replace the representative of the ukrainian focus in the senate a tailor who was a great supporter of ukraine and emphasized the need to help ukraine at almost every speech he made, but

this year he decided not to run for office he was replaced by another republican, james david bence, who made critical statements regarding the continuation of aid to ukraine and advocated that it be reduced or stopped altogether, at the same time, according to experts, our colleagues from the georgian service spoke with some of our colleagues from the georgian service. stated that from reshuffling such small applications, so to speak, from such small, uh, few seats, the overall support of democrats and republicans is unlikely to change after these midterm elections they offer to listen to the comments of these experts just now, these voices are not very influential, this is evidenced by the fact that since february, the congress has adopted three aid packages for ukraine for a total amount of more than 60 billion dollars, so they are very noisy

but limited by the internet, this wing of the republican party is very limited by the internet it's disconnected from the average american voter and even from my average supporter i 'm in rural america i'm from missouri i've been to places where there's not even cell phone service i see ukrainian flag i go fishing in the mountains of virginia and see the flag of ukraine americans subconsciously support the weaker luction show if the republicans take control it may have little effect in cases where let's say the difference in votes will be very small but if the leaders of the republican party decide to support ukraine then even if will lose the support of certain members of the party, will find the necessary votes from the democrats , the number of votes in support of ukraine will not change significantly, maybe a little more or less, but they will not will change the general undisputed support, so a few

plus or minus nothing will change when we can expect the final results, now the business is quite thankless according to the calculations and according to the forecasts of many american media and experts, these vote counts can last even several weeks, but for the example of george, this is one of the key states in which the struggle for the senate is being fought may even have re-elections that will drag on even longer than you and i expected, we can count on wait and watch how the positions of the democrats and republicans change during these calculations. thank you. my colleague kateryna

lisunova was in touch with the us congress. with our correspondent bohdan tsyupyn, who joins our studio from london. so, bohdan, how closely are the us elections being followed in europe ? before our broadcast, i literally walked through several news sites, let's say the bbc, in international news, reports on the results of the american elections are on the first place, as well as, for example, french repair - one of the first places e.e. judo charting in germany also among the leading news about the results of the elections in the usa is italian lara , the public seems to be in the first place. there was something about football, but still, there was also news from the united states on the first page, which worries and i would

say that it is not so much worrying as it is interested, that is, people who are interested in international politics, are interested in what is happening in the united states and from a sporting interest, so to speak, to just try to even guess who will win, but also with the understanding that the distribution of political forces in the united states will obviously have an impact on the situation both inside the united states of america and and obviously the influence on what is happening in the world on the international arena bohdan what are the expectations regarding further american-european relations after these elections to illustrate the answer to this the question i will focus on france coincided with the fact that today, together with the announcement of elections in the usa, the results of the elections in france were announced today, the so-called annual strategic review of the

french republic, president macron a-a spoke at the naval base and er-e announced the interests of france which he categorically associates with europe and the united states in matters of defense and in fact he admitted that especially this russian war in ukraine has shown that the military mission and economic power of the united states has again shown the importance america for the situation in europe, in particular, and already now, as the french president said, we are also evaluating the internal situation here in europe, and accordingly, plans are also being made for the future with the participation of the united states and taking into account what the position of the united states will be. andriy, some of today's challenges

will remain with us for a long time, and especially when peace returns to ukraine, we also need to learn lessons from the consequences of what happened in order to build a truly new system with the participation of europe security and to restore the foundations of stability and control over weapons, as the results of the elections may affect the cooperation between the united states and europe in support of ukraine, because previously american and european leaders have repeatedly emphasized close cooperation and the possibility of joint actions to help ukraine in its fight against russian aggression, well literally participants from the united states just talked about it in our program, but looking at it from europe, i would pay attention to such e despite the obvious expectations e of the russian leader putin that his forceful actions will force europe, let's say, to split, divide

and eventually submit to russia, the europeans are holding firm, and all the leading leaders of european countries , despite the threat of recession, despite the high cost of energy carriers and so on, stand firm in their condemnation of aggression russia in ukraine and this unity is very important and this unity is even more important when it comes to joint actions in the atlantic transport, that is, the united states and european countries and allies from other parts of the world held this united front only when, as many observers say, the policy of countering russian aggression and hope for stopping the war in ukraine will be effective, because the support of the americans is

crucial for victory in the war with russia, ukrainian government officials, legislators and citizens hope that regardless of who takes control of the congress support will not change with experts and ordinary ukrainians , myroslava gongadze and anna chernikova spoke today on the streets of kyiv, ukrainians are not only concerned about when and where will the next russian missiles be sent, but also what will be the results of the mid-term elections in the usa, the latest comments of the radical left and right in the capitol caused concern that the next congress will be more restrained in supporting military efforts in ukraine, political scientist mykola davydyuk from his office in kyiv, which often remains without electricity i firmly believe that regardless of the results, the us support for ukraine will not stop. ukraine lives now without waiting for its

winner or its candidate or its party ukraine lives in the expectation that we will be friends with the united states, and this is probably the most important thing that the elections taught ukraine, when it won there, that it is still necessary. friendship should be bipartisan. it should be institutional. who is winning there? they still see a friend in ukraine who carries a strategic interest, and this is probably the most important thing , because after all, candidate games, games of support or not support, yes, this is the worst thing that ukraine can do if we talk about friendship in the long run then institutional friendship is needed, only colleagues see several problems with constant support from the us, however, the situation is not critical , uh, and uh, there may be a simple problem when the republicans, who get the majority uh, in order

to emphasize their opposition, they will be more careful be more critical of the budget proposals of president biden's administration, in particular, as there have already been statements so that there are no blank checks, they will monitor certain budgetary issues and demand reporting on what how money is spent, according to estimates, the total amount of commitments of the united states to provide ukraine with military financial and humanitarian aid amounted to more than 52 billion dollars. and together with more than twenty-nine billion euros from eu countries and institutions, it is crucial for ukraine to survive this war, ukrainians on the streets of kyiv, they consider us support in the country critical and hope for consistent help from the united states in ukraine's efforts to win the war and recover, i think it will remain unchanged, i really hope that this it will be like this because we really need support. i think

they understand this very well. there is somehow more confidence that victory will come faster if they help us more. we really want these forces that support the country to win and continue to support us. well, i hope at the very least that this will be left . as it was and that for us it will not complain in any bad way i think it will be good and if not that's why we will win myroslava gongadze anna chernikova voice of america news warsaw kyiv more than two-thirds of the company's members of the american chamber of commerce in ukraine believe that it will end in 2023, and 92% believe in the victory of ukraine, almost half are convinced that their incomes will increase next year, and more than 40% think that the investment climate will improve. a survey was conducted at the end of september about the work of american companies in ukraine in wartime, forecasts regarding the investment

climate, we will talk with the president of the american chamber of commerce in ukraine, andrii gunder, greetings , mr. andrii, thank you for finding the time and opportunity come to us so, mr. andriy, you have published a rather optimistic survey and let's find out for our audience how many companies are still working in ukraine at this time and what is the basis of their hopes and calculations to stay well, business-sustainable business-ob' united and business is working and is now increasingly preparing to participate in the reconstruction of the country, more than 70% of companies are still not working, we see that many companies refuse to reopen their a-a factories a-a open restaurants, for example, mcdonald's with every week, several mcdonald's restaurants are opened not only in kyiv, but also in many cities of ukraine, the most important thing is that the companies that worked in ukraine are already thinking, and there are also many companies that have never worked in ukraine, that's why we are now here in

washington, today happened council of trade investments united states ukraine and the goal was precisely the focus on investments, i.e. what should the government of ukraine do for this, so that large american companies that have never worked in ukraine before that they should start preparing now and participate in the reconstruction, why because there are five sources of funding, these will be the provision of grants, which the state will provide construction loans, the question of russian assets that are frozen, whether it will be possible to legalize them to sell the mechanism so far there is no, but the question is the fourth source - this is the ukrainian budget, which now goes to 55 billion dollars every month, and the question is also how it will happen next, and therefore the most important source of financing now will be the private sector itself, private investments and the main thing is that the success of ukraine will depend

on a strong economy and a strong economy will be when international companies will be able to invest and feel comfortable, that is, companies are not looking for the preferences of the company, you are looking for justice, when the investment climate will be such that the company can really come in and be successful to work on the market, the ukrainian leadership says that ukraine is already open for business, and even in washington, the ukrainian embassy has a huge banner saying that ukraine is open for business, but the security situation remains very difficult in ukraine. so, what arguments do you use for companies so that they are not afraid to work in ukraine at the moment? well, the best argument is to show these companies that already exist, they are the best ambassadors who show that it is possible to work in ukraine and there are there are many examples of very successful companies. of course, there is still room for improvement, you are right. in other words, our survey shows that the number one risk is security, that is, now

security issues are the most important thing. the rule of law, i.e., that there should be security, both physical and investment security, and that is why the rule of law is key here, and we are convinced that the necessary reforms will take place. and those who have not been to ukraine before should get ready, just now we're talking to our colleagues at the united states chamber of commerce across the street from the white house - it's the largest business association in the world and we'll have another meeting tomorrow just to talk to the company so they're getting ready to invest in ukraine after the victory, how do foreign, in particular, american companies react to this? and what do you explain to them? well, ukraine is the second in the world in the number of state-owned enterprises, and china is only

after china. that is, there are three and a half thousand state-owned enterprises in ukraine. our month is clear. it is necessary to privatize, the state should not manage e enterprises, e give it to the private sector, and that is why i think that privatization is very important, and this is precisely one of us, there are 10 steps that we propose to the state, what should be done, and precisely e property corporate e-e management is very important and at the same time e-e the state should not manage enterprises, it should be done by the private sector and there is another question about agrarian business, and i understand that american companies are very powerfully present in the agricultural sector in ukraine, the situation is currently there very difficult, millions and tens of millions of tons of sunflower corn remain harvested. and how do american companies survive in this situation ? look, there is the whole process, if you even start

, there is an american company in poltava oblast, which has a sunflower seed and corn seed plant, then the process of all kinds of fertilizers goes on, the question is then, exactly, the machines, the tractors , the combine harvesters, john deere and others, and then there is the question of the farmers, and then the raiders, we see that now the main thing is that it is very important that the grain corridor is working and it is really thanks to the efforts of president zelenskyi and the ministry of infrastructure, that is, this corridor is working now from three ships to the ports of chornomorsk odesa and pivdenny can go to istanbul and questions then we want it to be expanded next to mykolaiv because before the war 60% of all trade by sea came from mykolaiv and after today's news through kherson, and i think that it will be possible and that i will then add mykolaiv to this, but the main thing is that the

corridor is now working and companies are actively engaged in the export of oil and grain, and i think this will continue. you add to ukraine, some concrete results of the proposal now, well, we are just. that's why now i think that there are many things now. we agree and i hope that uh, there will be some public statements. and about this when the company will already be, but this is a work in progress and i think that there will be optimism in business. and i think that there will be good news. thank you very much. thank you for visiting us. this was andriy gunder, the president of the american chamber of commerce in ukraine, for the first time since the beginning of the war in ukraine, russia

announced its readiness for negotiations with the united states regarding the nuclear disarmament agreement, the start of the agreement limits the number of nuclear weapons that these two countries can have, and earlier this year negotiations failed due to russia's reluctance to allow inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities, russia has weakened its nuclear rhetoric, the american institute for the study of war points out, earlier in the kremlin, the use of nuclear weapons in the war against ukraine was overlooked, but the international community strongly condemned such threats, even china, which is restrained in commenting on the russian war about what it stands for according to the nuclear strategy of the kremlin, oksana bedratenko spoke with a former high-ranking pentagon official de breu keygen there is a lot of talk about the possibility that russia will use nuclear weapons in ukraine on your opinion, is this a real threat or part of psychological warfare, i will tell you my own point of view, this is more

putin’s blackmail, he does not press the button himself, why do i not take it as seriously as others, because his army will not want to do it, children in a polluted space, he says the army must use this weapon and then going to complete the operation for them is almost immediate death, secondly, i think he is discouraged by the chinese, indians and iran, who use nuclear weapons to intimidate other countries, india uses the nuclear factor to threaten pakistan iran threatens almost everyone in the world with nuclear weapons, especially in the eastern part of the mediterranean sea, china relies on the nuclear factor to intimidate countries in the south china sea, etc. if russia uses nuclear weapons, it will harm all countries because then everyone will say if you use them anywhere - in any case, we have to listen to you whether the nuclear threat is able to

divert the attention of the west, divert the resources that could go to help ukraine, the usa is worse, and also in europe, who thinks that these threats are enough to force ukraine to sit down for negotiations, i don’t know how it is possible to conduct negotiations in a blizzard about the fact that russia could keep a part of ukrainian territory. unfortunately, everyone knows that there are people in the usa who talk to the white house and on the capitalist hill and say that ukraine needs to be pushed because the situation is getting out of control, this is a fundamental misunderstanding that the us or anyone else can tell the president of zelensky or the people of ukraine how to build their future, or is support slowing down, or actually meeting in in brussels, the nato defense minister's meeting was held on the sidelines of the most important events, because countries that did not want to intervene are now joining because they see the damage

and destruction that russia is causing to civilians, that russia is using iranian drones and in the future about iranian ballistic missiles against light targets , cities, populated areas, these are not military films is it true in your opinion that the unity of the west in support of ukraine remains a country that previously did not support an active country, now they see that it is a war against the people of their use at home, russia i miscalculated when i thought that the devastation would prompt the west to retreat, this did not happen, more countries began to publicly express their position, such as spain, germany, belgium, luxembourg, these countries now offer resources, funds, grants for the purchase of weapons, etc.

it is difficult to realize that russia steals children and takes them to russia, it is difficult for countries that usually say that they are for peace to see this now and to justify their usual humanitarian approach to of the world we see attacks on ukrainian infrastructure ukraine calls for more air defense to close the sky at the same time battles on the battlefield are mostly artillery when it comes to air defense we say so the west has unlimited reserves of air defense in fact 22 years most of the countries that fought in afghanistan fought against cancer fought against riots and relied on air superiority, so most western countries , including the united states, invested little in multi-level air defense, the problem of the supply of adequate anti-aircraft defense to ukraine, because it is not available in large quantities, it is

necessary to produce it, for example, there was always a shortage of patriot systems, a shortage of german arresters, which ukraine did not produce enough of them for a couple of decades, because they counted on superiority in the air, but in the meantime, ukraine can provide long-range systems to shoot on the objects from which iranian drones are launched. for example, more can be done here, because the equipment that ukraine currently has cannot fire deep into the territory of crimea without the use of airplanes and the airplanes over crimea will be shot down because russia has missile defense systems there, we talked about infrastructure attacks, the nuclear threat, but regarding the food threat, this month russia suspended participation in the grain agreement and then returned, what kind of strategy is this, it is interesting because we saw that russia is not taken so seriously like 6 months ago look at the reaction of erdoğan

, the leader of turkey, when russia announced the withdrawal of the grain agreement and he said no, there will be, and you will do it, and russia had to comply with more and more countries sees that the king is naked, putin is naked, interesting events in kazakhstan, where less than a year ago, russian troops tamed the internal position, now kazakhstan earns a lot due to russian sanctions, because rare earth minerals are mined there, they have gasta oil, this is also evident from the confrontation between kyrgyzstan and tajikistan, so that russia does not play a role there, china has a bigger role because it supports tajikistan in the caucasus turkey does what it wants on the side of azerbaijan in the confrontation with armenia russia does not play any role, which disappoints armenia everything more often, putin threatens and hopes to get a reaction, but the countries do not pay attention to what he says, he thought, he did not expect this, it was an interview with a

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