i am iryna koval, mother, wife, host of the espresso tv channel. i am also a volunteer. our soldiers at the front need a lot of things every day, and that is why part of my life today is helping the armed forces of ukraine, and i am very grateful to my colleagues for supporting me in this sport during the war. empty stadiums without fans in the stands, deserted sports halls and destroyed sports facilities, our athletes lost the opportunity to train at home due to the war and had to flee abroad to prepare for the upcoming those who remained with weapons in their hands are heroically defending ukraine in this war. ukraine's second place will not suit us. we need victory. each of you or the conifers will bring our victory closer

. i will watch the program of the ukrainian voice of america service. i am nataliya leonova. congratulations, draft resolutions were presented at the congress. calls on the us president joe biden to start the process of excluding russia from the permanent members of the un security council, the authors of the resolution, congressman vkontakte, wilson heads the commission on security and cooperation in europe, also known as the helsinki commission notes that in light of russia's unprovoked invasion of ukraine and the ongoing war against ukraine, russia's presence in the un security council violates the goals and principles of the united nations, the resolution calls on the administration to begin working through the state department and other agencies with allied

partners and other countries to limit , suspend or terminate the rights and privileges used by the russian federation in the un security council in accordance with the united nations charter natsii kondra also calls for consideration of the historical legitimacy of russia's membership in the security council . but we would like to revise it because they can block any efforts of the un to establish peace, which is one of the main functions of the organization and the reason for its creation earlier on october 12, the authors of the resolution sent a letter to the us secretary of state anthony blinkino urging him to initiate the process of replacing russia in

the un security council as a permanent member. what are the mechanisms for excluding the russian federation from the security council and whether this step has support in the un itself, we will talk with iryna solomko, who joins our studio from new york. greetings from iryn, so how does he react to the initiative of the helsinki commission to exclude russia from the security council? and what do we know about the position of the leadership of the organization. greetings, natalya, ah, because he is such a conservative body, and here these initiatives are treated very carefully. everyone understands that such resolutions are such an effort , and these are more political things, and this is an attempt by politicians, parliamentarians, to influence the president, to show that in fact this is a timely issue, it

must be resolved at the same time by diplomats they are very, very careful and to this day the only country that has spoken in loud voices about the need to exclude russia from er as a permanent member of the security council and from the composition of this body it was only ukraine at the same time at the same time if we say about the position of the united states to dzhigande, for example, speaking at a high-level debate opening the 77th session of the un general assembly he just talked a lot about russia's violation of the charter he talked a lot about the fact that there should be responsibility at the same time he talked about the that there should be more inclusiveness in solving those challenges that exist today, and he spoke about, for example, increasing the number of members of the security council, thus making it clear that after all, reforms should begin a-a. that is, it is possible to conclude from this that we are talking about a more revolutionary ways to solve this issue than i apologize for evolutionary rather than revolutionary ways to solve this

issue regarding the permanent members of the security council their position so they said more than once even communicating with the voice of america about the fact is that today they are talking about isolating russia, they are doing everything possible to isolate russia from e, that is, to make it feel isolated, and if possible, they suspend powers in russia in those bodies where this is possible, in particular how was with the un human rights council natalya iryna russia, she is a permanent member of the council for affairs in it so, obviously, the discussion of suspension and membership every time ends up in a procedural deadlock, what are the ways to overcome this obstacle? and so natalya, experts, unlike diplomats, they are more decisive, they are decisive in this matter, they say that i am not just a procedure. moreover, there is a precedent when countries that violated the charter, when they violated

, in particular, human rights, which is basic for the un charter, for the un, their powers were suspended, for example this was the case with hungary and the republic of south africa, and the details of this are in the plot, in international practice there was already a case of depriving a country of membership in an international organization, notes international lawyer thomas grand professor of the university of cambridge, when the predecessor of the un, the league of nations, in 1939, when the ussr invaded finland, decided that it was no longer suitable for the soviet union to be a member of the league of nations. times, for example, against the south african republic for party affiliation from 1969 to 1984, the representative of the party had the right to speak or vote at the meeting of the general assembly of the council

security has the same procedural powers, says expert action, this is actually a matter of un procedural law that is open to the state. in order to deny the presence of this in the security council, then there must be a procedural vote against the presence of the representative of russia, a majority of nine votes is required to approve the decision, and since this vote is procedural, it cannot be vetoed, if nine members voted not to recognize the powers of the representative of russia, then he must leave the meeting and his seat will remain free for all, as shown by the votes of the security council for resolutions condemning russian aggression , the referendums held in this body and at least nine of the 15 countries that could vote to remove the representative of russia from security council meetings for violating the un charter, but this mechanism has never been used five permanent members are one of the foundations

and prerequisites for the creation of the un. this feature of the un charter makes countries hesitate to take such decisive steps against one of the permanent members. there is also concern that the united nations will lose some of its functionality as a forum for all countries to talk to each other. they are trying to isolate it , the challenge is that they violated the un charter, they challenged everything in what we believe we do not believe that the actions that russia is taking in ukraine are worthy of a country that is a permanent member of the security council, but they are a permanent member therefore, in the security council and the united nations, we are working to oust and expel russia from those bodies where we can do it. we were able to suspend it from work in the human rights council and we will continue to condemn russia's actions in the security council,

but suspend or deprive russia of the powers of the council security is possible not only for violation of the un charter, but also because from the very beginning russia's presence in the soviet security council is illegitimate, yuriy lutsenko convinces the members of the dark group of the public hub association here on december 24, 1991 a fraudulent action on the part of russia, the presence of russia in the security council is a consequence of the fact that russia entered the un in a completely illegal way in a legitimate way from the point of view of the charter of the united nations, russia was a new country, it had to go through the same procedures that other countries went through instead what happened as a reason for russia's stay in the un and as a result, the security council has two mothers, two papers, the first paper, the paper is a letter with the name

persido coelho. yeltsin is a representative of a non-existent country, even in that letter he calls russia three times by different names. that is, there is russia and the rsfsr and the russian federation, and among other things, the decree first compiled the powers of the president of the ussr and yeltsin's decree about the creation of the russian federation. they are from appeared only later, he says that we used to be the ussr, now we will be called russia because the name plate was changed and it was based on the so-called ametyn declaration, which confirmed the end of the existence of the soviet union, where it was said that that means the legal successors of the ussr are all 15 union republics and on the condition that russia

guarantees the borders there and so on. and so on, we are not opposed to russia taking the place of the ussr in the un, according to lutsenko, this is a dubious decision that essentially replaced the actions of the general assembly notes that at that time the ussr presided over the security council, and on december 31 these powers expired. so the country disappeared and the issue of replacements should have been resolved through a general procedure, but from january 1, great britain was supposed to preside, and it is clear that great britain we didn't miss such a thing because they would say , guys, hello, let's come to the general procedure . we have documents that show that the un lawyers themselves first indicated to the koel that this path is not the right one. well, now lutsenko together with diplomats,

in particular, the former post president and lawyers internationalists is working to force the un to suspend the powers of russia, the easiest way here is to work through the so-called credentials committee, what is it? before each session of the general assembly, there is a committee on confirmation of credentials, which confirms the credentials of each delegation, and since we have, as they say, a concrete and, by the way, legal position, this position should form the basis for the committee on confirmation of credentials, which simply may not confirm the credentials of the delegation of the russian federation, lutsenko adds, a corresponding decision must be initiated member countries of the un. that is why he and like-minded people started a campaign in support of this decision. he hopes that in the next few months the parliaments of a number of countries

documents will be accepted, where, in parallel, according to russia's knowledge, tero's sponsor country will call for the suspension of the powers of the russian federation in the un security council from new york. of human rights, how strong is the support for the document in the general assembly this year, and so natalya, it is expected that the regulation will be adopted in about an hour, and this is already the seventh resolution regarding the situation on the occupied peninsula, which is considered by the general assembly in november, was considered by the third specialized committee that takes care of human rights, and at this very meeting, 78 countries voted for this resolution, 14 were against, 79 were essentially received, this was a signal vote that showed support for the

adoption of the resolution we can expect that today in the hall there will be at least the same number of votes for, at the same time experts note that last year the number of countries that supported the resolution was much less, it was 65 countries for 25 against and 85 was obtained, and it was precisely the war and the approach of the liberation of crimea, according to their estimates, according to the experts' estimates, that caused such an increase in support for this resolution, the resolution regarding crimea, it has already left the category of those hopeless resolutions that are adopted by the general assembly very often well, let's say about the middle east, er, to palestine, that's different , if, er, a year or two ago, separately, these resolutions were also adopted with the feeling that someday somehow it will be resolved, now everyone understands that

the resolution of the restoration of the territorial integrity of the ukrainian state is absolutely not far away, it is close, including the liberation of crimea, and therefore the significance and i repeat once again the taste of this resolution, it is absolutely different, iryna, which are key and important for ukraine, the provisions are contained in the resolution. what details of this document do you already have? and yes, russia, this resolution has been adopted since 2016, and in essence, its purpose is to record and reflect the situation in the context of human rights violations. to show what russia is doing on the peninsula, uh, and that's why this year, the experts i talked to said that it is, that is, this is the most complete and such a picture, because it does not simply reflect, for example, the situation with the crimean

tatars there, the situation with the detention of journalists public so-called so-called situation with the militarization of the peninsula, it also shows how russia uses crimea in a full-scale attack, because it is through crimea that there are a lot of ideas of military weapons besides for example, ukrainians who were detained in the kherson zaporozhye regions are also detained in the territory of crimea, and therefore in this context this resolution is very important, that is, on the one hand, there is a statement. well, in principle, we have long been familiar with some theses about human rights violations in crimea caused by the occupation there about the pressure on the native crimean tatar people is prohibited between the forests torture enforced disappearances on the other hand there appears this is the statement of the fact that, well , that is, even such a political so non-human rights protection a that russia is using crimea for a full-scale invasion to attempt to occupy

new territories of the kherson region, the zaporizhia region, it seems important to me that this is very important and that this fact is emphasized and the fact that it also causes consequences for the civilian population there and harm to the environment is emphasized, but that this it is reflected in the human and civil rights of the civilian population, and it is important. of course , new cases were also conducted in this context, that is, the names of political prisoners were mentioned, who were prisoners well, how do we understand in connection with the full-scale invasion and with their active position there or activities aimed there at the protection of human rights here, first of all, i am talking about iryna danylovich and about bohdan ziza. thank you, iryna, i will remind you in direct contact with us from new york was iryna solomko the united states is expanding the

training program of the ukrainian military in europe, pentagon spokesman petrahedron said that training is expected to begin in january and 500 military personnel will be trained every month, the training will cover arms that the united states provides to ukraine meanwhile , the task force of senators called on congress to approve the provision of an additional $500 million to ukraine and $ 250 million to partners supporting kyiv as part of a program of foreign military financing to purchase equipment and expand training, even as their security forces continue to win of the russian military, the letter of the senators says, meanwhile, representatives of the administration, including state secretary anthony blinken and defense minister shaluy at a closed briefing, dostin reported to the legislators about the situation on the battlefield in ukraine and the help that kyiv receives from the united states. my colleague

kateryna lisova managed to communicate with some legislators after the briefing. i believe that the most important thing that the united states and congress can do is to demonstrate long-term commitments the point is not only that we send ammunition and provide training, but that this is a message to putin that no one will leave this issue in the near future and i believe that he will not is going to abandon his plans, so the only message he needs to hear is that the us and its western allies are not going to leave ukraine. i can't talk about any specific things that were discussed in the secret briefing. dome we are not talking about the specific system that israel has, but we have to provide everything

to protect ukrainian citizens from inhumane attacks, that is why i welcome the patriot system we have sent other latest air defense systems and there are six more in the works and it is taking time but this is a worrying issue and ultimately if there is no diplomatic solution it will be a war of attrition that could last years they are asking for many different things to help arm the ukrainians what i think has been most effective so far is the ability to neutralize attacks prevent any type of missile attacks by russia on the ukrainian homeland, they attack energy systems, and therefore the most effective is the interception of cruise missiles, which the russians use to attack civil infrastructure, especially the power grid, we must remain united, united, and allies united within the congress, this must

remain a party issue that russia is wrong and will not win, the ukrainians will continue to fight, but the war is not over yet, winter is coming, the ground will be frozen, and we must convince that we are ready for this, the european union agreed to allocate 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to ukraine, this decision was made at a meeting in brussels, which should be the final meeting of the eu 2022 tolgate agreements must also be reached regarding the next set of 9 european sanctions against russia, its agreement was drawn up due to the position of a number of countries, among which hungary is named, the sanctions regime against russia must remain as tough as possible, and ukraine must urgently receive macro-financial assistance in order to continue functioning . by the press in the fields it was here that the president of lithuania gitanos on the settlement stated that support for ukraine

remains a priority of our policy. i would say that this is the biggest priority, we support the ninth the sanctions package also i would like to emphasize the importance of keeping sanctions as tough as possible we are somewhat alarmed by attempts to weaken the sanctions mechanism under the guise of food safety considerations food safety is important but this issue should not be used as an excuse to loosen sanctions for some russian oligarchs because every day ukrainians are dying from russian bombs, so our task is to go further by strengthening sanctions and try to change the behavior of the kremlin regime and what discomsantus on monday micro on monday we reached a consensus on macro-financial assistance to ukraine of 18 billion euros very important at the moment ukraine needs money every month to pay pensions to ensure the smooth operation of state bodies and it is very important that we do not lose speed and determination because right

now we are entering a critical phase of this war, our next story is about the american journalist sara ashtonserillo, who serves as a medic in the ranks of the armed forces, the other day she was in washington where met with members of the american congress, the government and representatives of the expert environment, but what message is she trying to convey to the americans and her very unusual story? she told my colleague tatyana, the soul fortuneteller, sarah ashton, bleakly returned for the first time in nine and a half months. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion , they were very worried before crossing ukrainian borders as a journalist, not so much because of the war but because sarah is a transgender woman that there were problems with my documents regarding the change of

sex, and i was also not sure how ukrainians would treat a transgender reporter who will report from the country during the war, instead , she says, her experience in ukraine changed the idea of ​​how society in general can treat representatives of sexual minorities from the first day when i entered, when i was stamped in my passport, i saw how dense ukraine is, it is not a question of tolerance or identity, ukraine is a nation that values ​​freedom and freedom for all people, and this allowed me to work more and more efficiently as a journalist and now as a soldier thanks to the fact that for ukrainians my gender identity is not an important issue at all whoever you are and whatever your values ​​are so that it does not happen in your personal life if you fight for freedom and will ukraine welcomes you now tells what else in

march they got to kharkiv and for a long time remained the only foreign journalist working as a freelancer and covering the war on social media when we imagine a state of war it seems to us that these are such draconian, terribly strict laws, but under president zelenskyi and the ukrainian ministry of defense, i discovered that i have more freedom as a reporter in ukraine under martial law than if i tried, for example, to film the police in the united states, however, there was one moment in her journalistic practice that i questioned her journalistic ethics after coming to kyiv on business on october 10. they now recorded a video of themselves against the background of a dead person, the victim of the first mass shelling inflicted by russia on the ukrainian structure, this video quickly spread through social networks and caused a wave of cries against the

journalist, and i understand how it affected people who saw such a shocking picture, but i just arrived from the east, where it was everyday life , then she was already drawing up papers to join the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine on at that time i worked closely with the ukrainian government, but as a civilian and then after the attacks day after day, the war became a personal matter for me. i am from the southern united states and i am very familiar with firearms weapons and i have certain skills in using them, i had experience working with medical aid, and i was trained in the crimean tatar battalion in which i serve, the commander took me for an exam on what a combat medic should know, and then i was sent to chipolsi training, which is a standard nato course for medical training of combat rescuers, i took a course to get a certificate today sara is waiting for a rotation says

the person was at the front as a combat medic but managed to see a lot working in kharkiv and oblast, as a journalist, she shares her experience and impressions in washington, the front line of nulovka is a terrible place. i was there when they destroyed ambulances. russian terrorists don't care if they attack civilians or soldiers. they don't care if someone is already wounded and they are trying to evacuate them. they try to destroy everything in their path and this is one of the problems that we are trying to fight and explain to the world - russia is not an army, russia is a terrorist group, a group of war criminals and thugs that headed by mafia boss volodymyr putin, they are not fighting fair. congress is currently considering the white house's request for almost $38 billion in security and other aid to ukraine for next year. sarah says she has arguments for those lawmakers who still weigh in.

regarding its approval, in particular, demanding more thorough checks on the use of military of us aid as an analyst in a past life by profession i say look at the numbers mr. congressmen congressmen partiers this is the largest return on investment in foreign aid from since world war ii, you are defeating what was considered a superpower thanks to the blood shed by ukrainians for only a few billion dollars of taxpayers' money, and it sounds like a lot, but the destruction of vladimir putin and the destruction of his terrorist state means that the money was not wasted. i came to invite any who am i communicating with? to travel to ukraine so that they can check the weapons themselves and look at the numbers. i will even personally bring them with weapons to the front line so that they can see the weapons in action so that they can return to the united states and say the money was spent in vain ukraine

says sarah has already won by demonstrating to the world the weakness and inefficiency of russia, but the war that takes human lives every day is still going on during her meetings in washington she explains that ukrainian resistance and its support is important not only for ukraine, but also for the world tetyana vorozhko dmytro melnyk voice of america download the voice of america mobile application the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service read news watch informational programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts in ukrainian by the voice of america service, oh, you watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america service, time join our special broadcasts on social networks on youtube and facebook at 18:00 kyiv time, where you can ask questions to our hosts live and

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