component e-e and the question of gas e-e europe has already e-e, in principle, jumped off this gas energy needle of the russian federation, therefore their sanctioning sectoral e-e sentiments can be much more active and much more aggressive than before and the same story, accordingly, can take place and the same question about oil on the market, i think that, in principle, they should reach the upper price ceiling for the sale of oil even by tankers, because, after all, in practice, russia is playing with artificial markets, creating excitement, and accordingly raising the price of e-e due to the e-e shortage of fuel and lubricant materials, so that the russian federation could not do this, and thereby destabilizes the world and european markets

, respectively, of oil and oil products, and creates this, respectively, the e-e, the maximum price ceiling for oil and petroleum products well, i think that in principle there is still a whole range of central bank services, e.e. disconnection of all banks from swift, that is, there is actually still room to put pressure on the russian sector and personally federation so that it would be as painful and as tangible as possible for them. thank you oleksiy buryachenko, candidate of political sciences, executive director of the international association of small communities, was with us on a direct video link. the enemy president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the ukrainians based on the results of the 268th day of the war, let's listen. i wish you good health, dear ukrainians, throughout the energy era

worked to restore the normal technical possibility of electricity supply, thanks to which today there are already significantly fewer emergency shutdowns as of the evening in most areas where shutdowns are ongoing, it is the stabilizing hourly schedules, emergency shutdowns were applied to a greater extent in odesa and kyiv. the difficult situation with energy supply remains in general at 17 regions and the capital kyiv region and kyiv are very difficult odesa region and also vinnytsia region and ternopil region in kherson today opened special points points of indomitability the first two will be more until electricity is being restored in the city, people can charge their phones, warm up, make tea, get help, they have deployed communication there, there are starlinks, etc. we know that it is very difficult for people, because the occupiers destroyed everything when they fled, but we will connect everything and restore it today, vice president of the

european commission dombrovsky was in kyiv, we talked with him in particular , about energy, they also discussed in detail the financial cooperation between ukraine and the european union , the financing needs of our state until the end of the year and next year, i expect two trances this year macrofinance of 2.5 billion euros back in november and half a billion euros at the beginning of december, they also discussed new sanctions against russia that can be introduced at the european level, today i spoke with the student community of ireland, a country that supports us very principledly, although it is a neutral country militarily, ireland is still strongly defends european values ​​and helps us politically and humanitarianly, i appealed to the irish with two requests: first, to promote at the pan-european level the need to stand up against russia, and secondly, to help us to spread the truth about the events in ukraine and about

russian terror, he also addressed the participants of the security form in canadian halifax - this is one of the world's security forms, once again presented the ukrainian peace formula and invited canada and our other partners to choose for themselves such a component of the peace formula in which they can show your leadership to the maximum in this, and there is a sense in how we present our proposals for the restoration of peace, we have broken them down into the elements of what russian aggression consists of, and we are doing everything to to neutralize each of these elements and in order to neutralize the aggressor every day i receive very positive feedback from the world on this approach of ours, leading leaders support ukrainian constructiveness i believe that we will be able to implement our formula peace over the brutal fighting

in donetsk continues and still no easing there were no battles or respite just yesterday, about a hundred russian attacks were repelled in the donetsk region, all our soldiers holding positions in the donbass are real heroes. detachments that are currently operating precisely in donetsk region, their mortar calculations are very helpful in not giving rest to the occupiers, this is what is needed, guys. thank you , i also thank the soldiers of the fourth operational brigade of the national guard, which protects ukraine in the bakham region. smart initiative and stability are two things that ensure extremely useful results on we do not pass in front of the enemy in any of the areas of the front, we respond everywhere, we hold our positions in the designated areas, we are preparing for future

successes. i spoke today with the president of turkey erdoğan thanked for the efforts to continue our export grain initiative, they also discussed the details of our new humanitarian initiative grein from ukraine, i hope that turkey will join in its implementation, of course we also paid attention to security cooperation and the situation in the energy sector. tomorrow will be a very active day for us. i expect no day off at all. news opportunities for ukraine and we are already preparing the appropriate ground for them, and today i want to say one more thing: congratulate congratulate all sergeants of the armed forces of ukraine on their professional day today many kind words were said both in the army and in society, sergeants are really the people who ensure real unity and mutual understanding between commanders and soldiers, the sergeant corps is

a real pillar of the army . who is currently serving in our defense forces to all who made the defense of ukraine part of their personal destiny glory to our heroes eternal memory and also to those who gave their lives for freedom for ukrainians glory to ukraine is the language of our ancestors shevchenko, the language of khvylovy, is the language of the designer, korolev, the language of the artist, malevich, is the language of thousands of novels and scientific works, the language of the theater, the language of sports, it is the strongest language in the world, it was banned dozens of times, but it survived, it survived in poems, it survived in

folk songs, it survived in the words of parents and words of love, it is a language sounded over three squares, this is the language that sounds. in the trenches, so that this language could be heard in the quarry, under this condition, the heroes speak this language. to the heroes, glory is the language of peace, faces , the language of weapons, this is the language of free and indomitable people. the language of victory is our native language, love gives birth brave hearts brave hearts endure long brave hearts are merciful, do not envy, do not boast , do not be puffed up, do not behave, do not seek only what is yours, do not rush to anger, do not think evil

, do not rejoice in untruth, but rejoice in the truth, bear all things, believe in all things, hope in all things endure brave hearts always triumph over evil you became a victim or a witness of torture you were detained in a filtration camp or forced to leave for the russian federation your loved one was kidnapped or disappeared do not trust social networks, immediately contact the national police of ukraine or the human rights defenders of the ukraine team - five in the morning every ukrainian must be found and saved every crime of the enemy must be punished the enemy makes our streets dark but it will not break us because we are bright people remember the car on

at a speed of 60 km/h will stop after 30 m if you are wearing a blinker the driver can see you 130 meters away if you are wearing white 55 m away wearing red 24 m away a pedestrian in black water will notice a maximum of 18 m away mark yourself don't get lost in the dark we are ukraine marathon the only news and we continue ukraine will receive even more aid from the united states, currently the administration of us president joe biden is actively working on this, they are working with congress on additional funding in the future, biden also asked congress to allocate almost 38 billion dollars for urgent aid to

ukraine, because more than three quarters of the 40 billion dollars approved for ukraine at the beginning of 2022 have already been paid, the aid requested by the white house covers almost 22 billion dollars for the military support of 14 and a half billion dollars for humanitarian aid, 900 million dollars for health care and support of ukrainians living in the united states of america, and another 626 million dollars to support the nuclear security of ukraine, no chance of victory, the us state department believes that russia will not be able to win the war that it has developed against ukraine and therefore called for an end to hostilities as soon as possible. they also noted that the kremlin should stop neglecting human rights, because this is not done by pretending to be unprovoked attacks on peaceful ukrainians. we strongly call on the russian federation to withdraw its forces to put an end to an unnecessary war that it cannot and will not win no

matter how vile and reckless its tactics are. today we again call on russia to stop its filtering operations, violations and disregard for human rights, humanitarian law and the un charter . fallen deputy spokesman of the us state department putin will turn the frozen war in ukraine into a ticking time bomb with such a warning to the participants of the congress mr. european union with on the occasion of the aging organization in vienna, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba , the head of ukrainian diplomacy, called on partners not to offer compromises with the sense of territorial integrity or sovereignty of our state, saying that delaying the reaction of the hope of the russian federation can play a bad joke with the security of the whole world, we need a victory, not a draw if we let russia get a break now

and putin will turn the frozen conflict into a giant time bomb in the heart of europe ready to explode at any moment, it would be a strategic mistake for europe to strive for such an outcome, we in ukraine are experiencing great pain and want peace like no other, but we also know that wars like this must end with the victory of good over evil, let's work together to achieve this goal dmytro kuleba, minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, what are the attitudes of the american political elites regarding aid to ukraine, and are there any threats to this aid, now we will talk with our next guest. oleksandr motil, american historian, political scientist , poet, writer, professor of political science at rudgers university in new york, new jersey. good afternoon, congratulations. good afternoon, thank you for the invitation . are called

trumpists, now we can explain, uh, the representatives proposed a bill that provides that the us congress has regarding the aid to ukraine that was provided among which was provided by the administration of joseph biden and to undergo an audit, that is, in fact, an audit of all military aid that was provided to ukraine , in your opinion, what is the purpose of adopting this bill and if it will be adopted floats on the help itself, you understand, well , in my opinion, this is mainly politics, of course, and the republicans, as you know, seized power in the house of representatives, they have been waiting for some opportunity for some kind of revenge for several years because they lost the presidential elections were held a few years ago, and of course,

after coming to power, they, er, partly for political reasons, well, to a very large extent for political reasons, partly for such normal reasons, they believe that it is necessary to check what happened in the last few months, so in principle, it is that there is no a special threat . the fact is that among the republican party, the majority are relatively moderate people who have supported ukraine and will probably continue to support ukraine and the ukrainian side in the war with russia. of course, there is a certain the extremist wing, well, these are the so-called trinkists, they became somewhat skeptical from here, but they were not always skeptical about aid for ukraine. so there is not yet such a huge different goal, we will see. of course, what will happen next, but the very fact that

such an audit will take place, i would not i was too worried, let's see what will happen with the package proposed by jolain, i assume that most of that money will still go to ukraine, if not all the money , at least. therefore, it is necessary to understand that in america, er, public opinion means intellectual opinion er professors, journalists. well, the more ordinary americans are very positive about ukraine. of course, there are individual people in various areas who are skeptical and even sometimes hostile, but i would say 75%, 80, maybe even more, support ukraine and the ukrainian cause . therefore, the republicans should go against this is already

something, so to speak, undermines their own mandate and threatens them with possible presidential elections. columns to panic, ukraine does not have a ukrainian embassy in washington, and ukrainian diplomats in general, like us in the diaspora, need to constantly emphasize that ukraine is not only interesting and important, or that it is a question of human rights violations, war crimes, genocide, but that it is significantly important, significantly important for the very security and for all the interests of the united states of america, it is necessary to constantly emphasize that people understand that it is not only about

benevolence , but also about security itself. conclusion, i.e. i understand correctly that you will discuss what 75-80% support, and those trembist radical republicans there after that is a shortcut . sorry, i will not use it. here they are just trying to earn political points on this to attract these people yes of course of course you know that about 25 percent of the american public support trump himself and just you and well and of course they pose a certain danger well no only for ukraine, and even more so for america, well, from my point of view, but still it is necessary to understand that this is only 25%, and in contrast to them there are 75%, and this

is important in relation to the initiatives of the republicans, also the republicans put forward the idea of ​​introducing the position of the inspector of the general inspector on the issues of ukraine, by analogy with the one that existed in relation to afghanistan, when the united states of america financed their armed forces and the economy, how is this position new? a person can change the aid to ukraine , will it improve it or vice versa? it's hard to say, you understand, again, it's not bad in principle, because when it comes to such a large billion, why shouldn't there be an audit , why shouldn't you be some person responsible for that money, right? of a special threat from extremely everything depends on how the republicans will treat this and who this person will be chosen by them

, you know, from the attack of gardens, coffee, well, this seems very implausible to me, so it will more likely be a normal person a normal person i will especially draw attention to the fact that it is common for a person to support ukraine. do i especially take into account the fact that this reflects opium in the majority of americans? by the way, the congress itself and the white house and so on. it must be remembered that despite the fact that the republicans now have power in the house representatives they expected a much bigger victory than the one they got, they believed that they would also get a victory in the senate, which they did not have. therefore, it is important that both the senate and the white house remained in the hands of people who are very they support biden's policy, at least with regard to

ukraine, and a large part of the republicans in the congress also support it. well, of course, for various political reasons, they will spy on the administration there, i have no doubt, but i think that it will be more of a political game, and not an attempt by someone to weaken ukraine, because everyone understands, everyone understands a person, at least thinking about america, understands that there is little going on about the existence or non- existence of ukraine itself, and if people did not treat the ukrainian cause, whether patriots or not patriots still understand that having already invested so much energy so much money, so many weapons in the ukrainian cause, suddenly everything will be reduced and brought to some kind of collapse, well, imagine what a scandal it will be. well, if only from a political point of view, it was a crazy

scandal and no one wanted you, so i remain so, well, restrained or even and maybe mr. motil is not a very restrained optimist. another factor that we seem to underestimate, but it is worth talking about, is that who is definitely not against the continuation of support for ukraine from a symbolic and a purely rational point of view, it is the american the military-industrial complex, why did i mention this , because the american military-industrial complex is a colossal industry with many, many billions of dollars and thousands of jobs, and i would like to know from you how the military-industrial complex basically affects american politics, how it is related to it and how important is what the communist party thinks, how does it affect the opinion of politicians? well, you understand, this is very important. i'm very glad that you mentioned it, because you actually understand, well, it's like that. there is no such complex, it's not some single being. it it's just different companies that have common interests and

that have factories and factories in different states , of course. well, those states that have such factories, but it's in their interest that those agreements work properly and produce what they have to produce . i personally don't know where are these factories located although i assume that many of them are located in the states that have a majority of republicans, i imagine so. well, in principle , these factories are not located in california or new york. it is rather somewhere in center in america or it is possible even in the south. therefore, it is already about the welfare of the local population and where there is also talk of unemployment, possible and dynamic further dynamic development of the economy of that state

or another state is possible, so you understand that this is also an important factor. in this way, they influence both congressmen and non-sonators and of course to a certain extent also to the white house. they have their obists and it is in their interest to produce as much ammunition as possible and as many different techniques as possible, and here the war and ukraine have so far received a wonderful opportunity quite a lot from america and, in principle, who who then gets the biggest profit here, well, this complex is true, mr. alexandra, donald trump is again going to the elections, in your opinion, what chances do you have ? fully composited for at least 70% of the entire population. well, there are these trumpists, those 25-30%, you can’t convince them

either here or there, they simply believe deeply that he is the messiah and the end, but 70% are against him in principle and in the last few months in various scandals with about his participation in this uprising on the sixth of january before last year, the republicans themselves are now somewhat skeptical of him because they know that he can lose and will probably lose a second time, if he loses he will certainly repeat the same thing he did a few years ago, which means that it was all that it was some kind of fabrication, it's all a lie, that some kind of fraud was taking place here, so that the country itself may once again be in crisis. it seems to me that the majority of republicans, well, less of them, more of tv is normal. well, they don't want that either, because it's

because it is bad pr. so it seems to me that he also has a chance to become a candidate. all the more so to win. let's assume that he will be a candidate so that he wins. it's hard for me to imagine. well, of course, the democrats would bite themselves and break into small pieces and quarrel in such a case. any republican will then have a better chance of a second massacre and the fact that he is not the only possible republican candidate in the last election , the governor of florida got very good results such a right-wing republican is a tractor sometimes . people say that he has more conservative tendencies

than trump himself, but one thing can be said about him : well, two things, firstly, that he is not stupid. and this is important because there are certain doubts about the intellectual level of trump himself, and - the second is that he is not a domagog, this is a big difference and he should have a good chance. of course, you know that the elections will take place in two years, so that during that time, well, all these forecasts will become, well, probably completely irrelevant, you can easily imagine what will happen completely different scenarios, but if i had to make a bet, it would be more likely that trump would lose, and maybe even a few hundred dollars, but in two years it could be a completely different world, that is, a few hundred dollars is too risky a bet on such events

e p the moth finally wants you to inquire, this is absolutely my subjective impression, but there is, when i watched the events of the sixth of january, 21, after the storming of the capitol, it seemed to me that trump was the personification of what was happening, well, at least symbolic, as if the leader of those people who went to the storming of his political career and after that it was completed especially when his associates turned away from him and in fact immediately after that but now i see that he is back on the horse he is back in the game how did it happen, why was i so wrong in general, everyone thought that this is the end, but on the other hand, do you understand that trump is a man who does not give in, who is ready to fight to the end? well, he proved it a few years ago when he lost . there are independent analysts that there was no falsity , this is what he says, he is deeply

convinced of his truth, he is deeply convinced that he is a genius. by the way, he even said that. of course, a person who, so to speak, represents god in the world. what's more, geniuses he has the right no, sorry, not that he has the right, the truth is that he has the duty to save the country from a terrible disaster , he was supported there, he is a little reminiscent of putin himself, the truth is, putin seems to be more rational here, and maybe a little more intelligent, a lot, in principle, both are domagogs and one and the second one probably has complexes of lesser value and in this way must prove what kind of men they are, it ’s true, and this is one and the other one does, so in principle, it means that such a person must be a candidate a second time to prove that he has the right and the obligation to do so connection and well, of course, if he loses

, there will be trouble at least for a certain time, because he will of course already say, of course he will definitely say that he won a and that it was all falsified well, then prove prove that you are not a dream and understand a 25%, well it's not enough to win, but it's some experience again a second uprising in the capital, let's hope that it won't be possible, let's hope that it won't happen again of course thank you of course and i thank you very much for the invitation alexander motel, american historian, political scientist, poet, writer, professor of political science at rudgers university in new york, new jersey was with us on direct communication, friends, then a short pause, and then the news, vera sverlyk will tell about the main thing