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fans in the stands, deserted sports halls and also destroyed sports facilities, our athletes lost the opportunity to train at home because of the war and had to flee abroad to to prepare for the future starts, those who remained with weapons in their hands are heroically defending ukraine in this war, the second place of ukraine will not suit us, we need a victory, each of you will save the life of our soldiers and brings our victory closer the strength born of war the strength hardened by fire and battles the strength of free ukrainian people the strength that unites a farmer from bukovyna a businesswoman from rivne region a confectioner from lviv a teacher from volyn now we

are guarding our northern border, we are liberating our ukrainian donbas b' we are for the future of zaporizhzhia and for kharkiv, which will rise from the ruins, and we know that our victory is close, because we are united by the forces of territorial defense . i welcome the event on the air, the program of the ukrainian voice service america's time and presenter ostap yarysh, the new week in ukraine began with another russian missile attack on the energy infrastructure, although according to the ukrainian air force, it was possible to shoot down more than 60-70 russian missiles, some of them did hit the

target . russia's massive shelling of the vinnytsia and odesa regions is evidence of its brutal strategy to bring war to every ukrainian home, the us embassy in ukraine said, ambassador bridget bring assured the united states will continue to provide air defense and support of the energy infrastructure that ukraine needs for victory, a similar statement was made by the representative of the us national security council, john kirby, but the ability to support ukraine as long as necessary will also depend on the bipartisan support of congress, according to kirby in an interview with voice america in the white house, i have no doubt that this support will continue in the future and the president is not worried about the future bipartisan support of ukraine, we have had and hope to continue to have strong support from both parties regarding the types of support and funding that ukraine needs, we have submitted

an additional request to congress for almost 40 billion dollars and we have talked with members of congress about what is included in this package and why it is important 21 billion of them are aimed at security assistance and also to help to the us department of defense to replenish its reserves and again, lawmakers from both parties expressed strong support, we appreciate it, we expect it to continue, attacks on ukrainian infrastructure are another reason to increase aid in an interview with the voice of america, senators republican jam ryzh said to ukraine, putin's crimes cannot go unpunished and the west must do everything possible to support ukrainians, senator demokratika jinjugin added about the prospects of ukraine joining nato. let's start the interfaith dialogue with nato, which ended

recently and at which the alliance confirmed the commitment from 2008 that ukraine will one day become a member of nato. do you think this is somehow in a way contributes to the membership of ukraine when it can join the alliance of saddles ukraine unfortunately now ukraine is involved in a brutal war due to the unprovoked invasion of russia but i consider very important the desire to give ukraine the opportunity to join nato and for the eu and for nato and for the western allies it is vital to support the ukrainians who are fighting russia because we cannot allow such dictators as vladimir putin to think with what is allowed to overturn the international order, the order is based on rules and simple to seize any country because they wanted to, and then commit war crimes and atrocities, bomb peaceful residents, destroy hospitals and schools, this is not what we think of as civilized, and that is why we need to do everything to support ukrainians

regarding ukraine's accession to nato. ukraine or any other country can to join the alliance as soon as it fulfills the requirements and this is our firm position if ukraine meets the criteria and wants to join nato then ukraine should be let in neither russia nor any other country can say no the country is sovereign and should have the right to join any alliance it wants for its protection. how powerful is us aid to ukraine in this war? the administration has requested an additional 38 billion dollars. do you think they will be approved before the holidays? yes, i believe that bipartisan and bicameral support for ukraine remain strong, in particular , because we understand that ukraine is fighting for democracy in the whole world of democracies, i had the opportunity to meet with several young women

of the ukrainian military, and one of them told me please give us weapons or we can fight the russians so you don't have to and this is a lesson we should have learned from world war ii that it is much better to stop vladimir putin now than to let him succeed and take over other european countries putin really believes that his time sides and he really hoped that we would get tired of this, that the world would get tired, but this is not the case and this new appropriations bill should be a signal to putin that we are and will be with ukraine until it wins this war until it will eventually win a complete and final victory. putin has already lost this war, he intended to occupy this country, the world is obvious. he will never take over this country. ukrainians will fight in the streets with brooms

if necessary, but the russians will never occupy this country. i don't know what solution he has. what is his way out? but it would be better for him to find one more thing about which it is important for us to remind people that not only our allies are important but also our opponents , the states that are our competitors china, iraq , north korea are watching what they are doing allies and who will win this war in ukraine and so a lot depends on what happens and whether we can bring vladimir putin to justice you said that ukrainians are ready to fight with brooms to protect their country but they need more space so they are doing well with what they have surprised the world with its ability to achieve the desired with the help of available tools, this is a country that is fighting against what should be one of the

most powerful states on the planet, and people said that it would be a three-day war, but what do we have ukrainians they are not tired, they are not ready to surrender, they are convinced that they will return their land. do you support the provision of longer-range patriot artillery complexes to ukraine? reuters reported that boeing offered the administration certain weapons that the ukrainians did not have until now . unanimous on this or not, but i want to reinforce it for some time now, ukrainians have been fighting with their hands tied behind their backs, next to them, the country that invaded and commits all these atrocities, moreover, in recent weeks has done everything is possible to completely destroy their energy infrastructure, the heating system and everything else, we ca n't stand aside and watch what happens certain people in the administration say oh you know we

don't want escalation, this is nonsense i want putin to wake up in the morning and worry about whether his actions will cause our escalation we have to push or the war will be prono so i'm ready i think patriot is good if it was up to me i said from the beginning we should give them planes when we fought in korea vietnam the russians supplied enemy jets and trained pilots time to thank them i believe that is the intention of the united states we are working closely with our allies and the ukrainians on what they need and we are supplying them with the weapons they need as quickly as we can and i think we should continue to do that congress united in the questions of support for ukraine, and yet, there are certain concerns, and senators, you recently touched on this issue, there are certain concerns that the republican majority in the house of representatives

can change this in congress, there are a total of 535 members stowe in the senate and 435 in the house of representatives. we are as diverse a group as you can imagine. this is america, we were born in discussions. we disagree all the time, however, when necessary, we rally together, this was the case with the unanimous approval of the draft law regarding covid, regarding ukraine, there is strong support in both chambers, both parties for ukraine, are there a bunch of people who do not agree, yes, but the media here focuses on them, and this is the american way, and it should be, people have the right to express different opinions, and then you vote and see that after this vote, media representatives have asked me about

it several times and i i answer again and again that the disagreement on this issue is exaggerated senator koshegin imagine you remembered golf, we had a bipartisan, bicameral delegation of helifacts a few weeks ago, the nine worlds of the house of representatives, the senate and all of us, including the leading members of both houses of congress were virtually unanimous regarding support for ukraine and the need to continue this support, such was the interview of democratic senator jonge agita with republican senator jim rish, which was recorded by our colleague from the georgian voice of america service and i, meormishvili, and after the midterm elections in the united states, the house of representatives of congress the republican left, but the democrats won the majority with a minimal advantage, however , according to observers, the final balance of power will be decided in the southern state of georgia on december 6 the second round of elections to the senate will take place, based on their

results, the democrats will either consolidate their success , or, as in the previous two years, the fate of controversial issues will be decided by the vote of the vice presidents of the united states, details in the plot of iryna matviychuk , whether the democrats will strengthen their position in the senate through public opinion depends on the results of the re-election in georgia will be able to maintain the status quo i have a feeling that i will be the first to beat this country in two short years in the past pastor of the church against former american football player herschel walker during mid-term elections at the beginning of november none of these candidates was able to get more than 50% of the votes of the voters. therefore, the fate of the second senatorial seat from georgia will be decided in the second round. it is very rare in the congress that for two whole years, which senator does not only hold the position, either at will or on retirement

god forbid dies, so having a one-vote majority can make a big difference if the republican walker wins in georgia, the forces in the senate will be 50-50 , then in case of controversial issues, the fate of the vote will be decided by law vice president of the united states kamala harris in the event of the victory of the democrat warmack, according to analysts, the democrats will gain a key advantage, this is important for the structure of the committees, now you will have specific chairmen of the committees who will manage the calendar, will manage the questions that will be put to the vote ugh during this campaign, both candidates became objects sharp critics of the democrat were harshly criticized for directing federal funds to a project to build a house for the poor, since he is a co-owner of this the project is his church and republican walker has been criticized for supporting abortion in the past but which is supported by his republican party the issue of abortion is one of the key issues for many voters in

georgia he missed the mistakes and he shares his views but what is important now is the present and future survival of our country a candidate for democrats promise to protect women's abortion rights and rebuild the country's economy, the democratic party and senator voronok, in particular, focus on the daily problems of americans and the election campaign voronok has attracted the heavy artillery of the democratic party, former us president barack obama is campaigning for him, who is trying to activate democratic voters to me. if i'm not tired, then you ca n't be tired, if men and women who had to endure discrimination are not tired, if people who had to fight for the rights of trade unions for the right to vote for gay rights for women's rights if they are not tired then you can't be tired republican candidate walker enlisted

the support of the popular governor in georgia brian kemp i support herschell and i hope you will join me i will fight for georgia i was born here i grew up here and when i die i will stay in georgia walker work is fighting for the second senatorial seat from the state of george, which is traditionally considered a conservative state, the first place belongs to the democrat john osuf iryna matviychuk dmytro savchuk voice of america this is the story of george, but from now on the european embargo on trade in russian oil by sea, as well as the price limit led by the group of seven eu and australia, the us minister of finance, jana dievan, said that the restrictions will immediately affect russia's oil revenues, but western experts warn that the price limit will not create on monday, after the introduction of restrictions, oil prices, on the contrary, increased. oksana batertenko spoke on this topic with edward chao, an analyst at the us center for strategic and international studies. who has been researching the energy market of the region for more than 40 years. do you

think that these measures will allow us to achieve the goal that the authors hope to maintain the flow of oil on market but do not allow russia to receive excess profits why is this confusing and disturbing $60 per barrel is much higher than as far as we know russian oil is sold now on the market russia had to agree to significant discounts after the unprovoked and brutal attack on ukraine and the discount ranges from $20 to $30 per barrel, but world prices were growing, therefore, despite the discount, russian revenue from oil sales was not much affected by the last market data indicate that russian oil is sold in the baltic ports for a little more than $40 per barrel, why set the price for level of 60 dollars if it will not have a significant impact on russian oil revenues at this level,

russia can simply this crocman the us treasury department says that a sufficiently high limit will prevent further price growth is this true, but if the goal is not to reduce russian exports, then there was no need for a price limit but it is simply possible to impose an eu embargo on russian imports from monday , december 5 and prohibit western companies from insuring and providing other services for the transportation of russian oil, then russian oil would continue to flow market but russia would offer a bigger discount to transfer the oil. what do you think and what approach would be the best proposal that i put forward in june before the meeting of the group of seven to introduce a very high duty on russian oil for the western market of about $50 per barrel and send the collected funds to the ukrainian humanitarian needs and reconstruction, and

then the money would start flowing in immediately and under the full control of the west. there will undoubtedly be legal challenges, even if it is successful, ukraine will see these funds only in a few years, i don't know what will happen next, but probably western leaders will start preparing alternative steps to limit russia's oil revenues, but at the same time preserve the supply of russian oil to the world market, how will this price limit affect the russia's role in opec plus i think over the past couple of months it has become obvious that opec + countries, especially from the persian gulf, would really like the price to be closer to $100 than to $50, so their goals are somewhat contrary to the goals of importers in the west, who are worried about

inflation and the impact of high oil prices on the world economy, there were publications about small chinese refineries buying russian oil for yuan, will this pressure change the situation changer of well will remain the currency of international trade for a long time but every time when the united states states apply economic sanctions with which some do not agree. the incentive for other countries, not only china and russia, but also for india and others to look for ways outside the dollar to spend their currencies is growing other trading mechanisms without the dollar it will not happen today and not in 5 years but the direction is clear enough the same applies to such things as insurance for example as you know

lloyd's of london has dominated the insurance market for more than 200 years but if insurance is used as an economic weapon for sanctions over time other countries will create insurance clubs, economic sanctions, even if they work, take a long time to have a real impact, and ukraine needs help right now, especially weapons and permanent the supply of military equipment is the way to end the war, not economic sanctions or oil embargoes, these were the opinions of the american economist edward chow regarding the effectiveness of the limit on the price of russian oil, which was introduced by the big seven, the eu and australia, and we are finishing the issue before the christmas story from new york on sunday on the stage of one one of the most prestigious concerts in the world carnegie hall is once again resounding ukrainian shchedryk 100 years after

it was first presented to the american public in this hall this time choirs caroled groups from the usa and ukraine specially flew from kyiv to participate in the concert, the shchedrik children's choir, and the presenters of the event were the actress vira farmika and the iconic director martin scorsese of the ukrainian kolyada in new york, iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov listened to the concert for the centenary of the first performance of the shchedrik in the united states tour of the ukrainian republican chapel under the leadership of oleksandr koshyts caused a real belly among music connoisseurs. tickets for the concert, which took place in a few days before the event, the idea to celebrate shedrik's centenary in new york arose a few years ago, says the president of the foundation together with one of the co-organizers of the concert, its implementation finally began in the fall of 2019 in kyiv on the initiative of the then director of the program named after fura and in ukraine marta kolomiets were dreams of

doing a concert in the chronicles, so how did i come up to me and say listen to me, i also have such an idea, because i also want to popularize ukrainian music. can you introduce me to the brand, this acquaintance of the late marta kolomiets and the creative director of the ukrainian contemporary music festival in new york, lilia bexton, and it was the beginning of the implementation of one project. here the question is that they do not necessarily know its origin during the war, similar projects are symbolic and acquire an even greater sound, convinced volodymyr shiku, director of the ukrainian institute of the co-organizer of the project, he conducts historical parallels, because as historians, the ukrainian state currently defends its independence. this is a celebration of an event that took place when the ukrainian state fought for its independence

by means of cultural diplomacy . kyslyts, who also participated in the implementation of the project, adds that with this concert, ukraine is returning real names and stories, because until recently they were perceived as russian or russian, therefore, if you open the press for october 1922, you will see that the press itself did not know how to write about the chapel that descended from the caroline ship that sailed from hamburg, and in the same complicated article you could read that a russian choir in colorful ukrainian shirts arrived to it -yorka, this process of returning real names took 100 years, and it is also a part of diplomacy that received an impetus. unfortunately

, due to tragic events due to aggression and war, but i think that the return to the perception of ukraine as a part of the russian empire or is a part the soviet union will no longer exist and this is very important , the return of names and history also applies to the philanthropist, because most americans do not know the history of the origin of one of their most unpopular christmas songs, which they call the carol of bells, look at one word of the shield, the young , the red ruffian, the entire communication company of this concert here, the united states is built around the fact that the majority of the american public did not know that this is an original

ukrainian carol deeply rooted in the ukrainian ritual, and this seems to me to be characteristic in particular, of course, attention to ukraine also played a significant role here, but this is what attracts the attention of the american public. according to lilia batstone, the concert is built according to the same principle as 100 years ago, it combines folk and modern music in a choral performance. however, now liya has added another content load united ukrainian and american music. we wanted to celebrate 100 years later that this song lived in american culture, moreover, ukrainian music lived in american culture even if this is not a well-known fact, that's why we wanted american musicians to take part in the event, because we also want them to sing ukrainian music , the choir actually took root in american culture,

vasyl hrychynskyi, the artistic director and conductor of the choir, also spoke about this connection and heritage participation in the concert of the arrival of the choir in the national choir in america it simply created an unusual caused the extraordinary development of choral art i am not talking about in every church or in which cell the choir was created, if it existed, they were called even this was really the flowering of art a-a gorillas to the game unlike in 1922 in 2022

due to the war to perform at the blue new york shchedrik, not a male but a children's choir, flew from ukraine however, according to maryana sablinova, the leader and conductor of the collective, participation in his movement was under threat at that time, even more children were found abroad, then in the summer, some returned, but still, even now, in kyiv, there is a a third i don't know our general composition and arrests europe and america will be and it's even difficult to gather them, and it's even difficult to somehow fix it, to make a program, in general, it seemed very fantastic to me, so it was very important that we

were able to gather in copenhagen in august not enough e there is a week for rehearsal, if not for this, i don’t know how we are here now, er, we were here or not. because there we first started ourselves again as a collective er, sometime in september, they started er to allow us to come to the rehearsal of vladyslav novikova alone of soloists in the choir of shchedryk, who remained in kyiv all the time, and when we gathered in september to start preparing for new york, we realized that the situation not only in kyiv, but in ukraine is very difficult, with electricity supply, air alarms and in our hall in our palace where we train , our rehearsals take place, and there was no electricity supply. and it was cold, and when there was air, we sat in the shelters with anxiety, but we tried to sing in

the shelters. changed the perception of the possible and the impossible, which for you seemed unattainable, somehow incredible. well, you understand that this is all life and it balances everything , that is, there is nothing that you could not achieve. of course, we respect this hall, we are very happy to perform here, but i think for us too it is important that we are engaged in music together and we have such an opportunity to do it here, and well, for our country at this time, in addition to cultural diplomacy, the project also aims to raise money for the reconstruction of ukraine, part of the proceeds from the sale of tickets will also go to this