and the sanctions should lead to economic collapse in russia, and the first signs are already there. look, blumber gives us a very good picture for two weeks of the oil embargo, russian exports fell 2.5 times in two weeks, and the baron of petroleum products is also on the way, since february 5, this 30% of russia's budget 30%. and the combination of sanctions can lead to the military farms of ukraine can lead to a situation good evening on air weddings from ukraine live and from london. said in the congress what biden promised and what the two of them talked about behind closed doors and early in the morning in russia they did not start calls for peace how do the countries that zelensky said in the

capitol say yes one terrorist finds another and let's talk with the members of the creative band it is this music band that will represent ukraine at eurovision , president zelenskyi, returning from the united states to ukraine, stopped in poland in rzeszów, where he met with the president, here is a video of a warm meeting between the two leaders of the public office of the ukrainian the president and the politicians reported summed up the year, which brought extremely difficult historical challenges due to the full-scale war of russia against ukraine, they discussed strategic plans for the future of bilateral relations, interaction at the international level in the next year, and also

talked about strengthening ukraine's defense capabilities, supporting ukrainian refugees. this is what the president's office reports about zelenskyi's meeting with a bagpipe with zelenskyi stopped in poland as unexpectedly as he went to the united states before that, it was the first the foreign visit of the ukrainian president since russia launched a full-scale war in washington zelenskyi met with biden in the white house and held a joint press conference with them gave a speech in the us congress zelenskyi thanked the americans for their help and called for further joint action against russian aggression zelenskyi spoke before both houses of congress there were both members of the house of representatives and the senate in the hall, and his speech was interrupted by applause 18 times. the key point of his speech was that he emphasized that during the war initiated by russia, not only the fate and future of ukraine is being decided, but the fate of the entire free world, zelenskyi said financial assistance from the united states and other countries is not charity, but investment in global security and democracy, and if

zelenskyi’s meeting with biden is a statement of support for the smile of negotiations in the oval office the white house near the fireplace decorated with christmas decorations is a demonstration of the fact that the united states is ready to continue helping ukraine llc congress despite the applause zelenskyy had to convince the republicans first of all to continue supporting ukraine, it is congress that controls the purse from military economic aid, and the republicans have been taking over control of the house of representatives since the new year, and among them there is more and more skepticism about the allocation of money to ukraine, because whether it was possible to convince the skeptics ? representatives, american legislators greet him with a standing ovation, instead of a suit, the already familiar military uniform is exactly what zelensky first set out in russian invasion foreign trip purpose of visit to ensure continued support

of ukraine by the united states while ukrainians are preparing for a new possible russian attack president zelenskyi speaks before congress and declares that the decisions of congressmen can save ukraine financial aid is also critical i would like to thank you for the financial packages that you have already provided us with those for which you may make a decision, your money is not charity, it is an investment in global security zelenskyi at the end of his address presented the ukrainian flag to the congress, it was handed over by the soldiers who are now fighting on the front lines of the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pilossy, instead, presented the american

flag , which on the day of the meeting has an equal capitol. the house of representatives and some of them have already made an opposition statement, which they themselves call the financing of blank checks for ukraine, in his speech, president zelensky without doubt touched on this and expressed the hope that the new aid package will not be blocked, meanwhile, funding continues to arrive during the meeting between zelenskyi and biden they announced a new aid package worth 1 billion 850 million dollars 300 days is hard to believe 300 days also announced plans to transfer the most advanced anti-aircraft weapons to ukraine of defense that the united states currently has, it is planned that the united states will also allocate 45 billion dollars in emergency aid. this amount is currently the largest year has brought only unnecessary suffering and losses for of the ukrainian people and i want you to know president zelensky and i want all ukrainians

to also know the american people are with you every step of the way and we will stay with you we will stay with you president zelenskyi is the second leader of a warring country to speak before the congress before that was only winston churchill in 1941 zelenskyi is now returning to ukraine after a short but such an important visit to prepare for the next stage of the war. zelenskyi went to the united states in fact from the front line on tuesday where the fighting is taking place on wednesday, already in washington, wearing a sweater, not a suit with a shirt , the leader of a country that is at war, and speaking about the war, zelensky, addressing the congressmen and americans, spoke about the joint struggle for democratic values, about the struggle for the future, the protection of the free world - this is a battle against tyranny as perceived about zelensky's speech in the congress analyzes a bbc review in the united states by barbara plectasher, it was not only about ukraine but also about the whole world and about

america at one point he said that one cannot expect that what is happening in by the ocean will not affect you because it concerns bigger problems such as sovereignty, democracy, etc. he thanked the americans and the chairman of the joint meeting several times for everything they have already given to ukraine , but he naturally asked for more and at a certain point he resorted to a joke as he had done before with there, in biden's voice, he said, "thank you for the patriots. we need more weapons. then he laughed and everyone laughed, but here they know very well that this is exactly what the ukrainians want. he thanked for the financial assistance, which, according to him, was really given. but again, expressed the hope that the congressmen will make another decision regarding additional financial assistance. so in the middle of the speech that this is a wider problem than just ukraine, he continued to express a request that this

support continue next year and what we have already seen are public statements, public speeches and joining us yuliya yarmolenko, a journalist from the voice of america ukrainian service from washington. so, what remains. behind closed doors, this visit was closely followed by all american changes . zelensky spoke personally face-to-face with yevgeny vitau, in fact , these negotiations were really very important, again, this is the first visit of president zelensky since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and as officials in the white house told us, they had been planning to organize this visit for some time , there were a lot of important things topics that should be discussed by the president of ukraine and the president of the united states, and the first thing is the strategic coordination of efforts, what will happen next, how

the war will develop and what ukraine wants to see from the united states in order to really gain an advantage directly on the battlefield, these were the issues that were at the center of these discussions . when president zelensky came to washington, it was not clear, in fact, there were doubts about the support of the united states for ukraine and, in fact , the states had questions. and who is the new president of ukraine, can he be trusted or he can be trusted with great help for ukraine, and in fact, as experts tell me, this visit was completely different, which made it clear that the united states, first of all, will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes, and secondly, another important layer of topics that was discussed is definitely what will happen

how do ukraine and the united states see the end of the war in the future and do they have a common position? and the washington post writes that zelensky and biden differ in their perspectives on the prospects for e war about the end of the war and in general, how the american authorities see the options for ending the war between russia and ukraine. in fact, it is very interesting because at the press conference, when president zelensky was asked what kind of a just peace he emphasized, he said that it is actually very simple that russia should withdraw its troops from the territory of ukraine, ukrainian sovereignty should be restored, and those who actually carry out all this attack and aggression should be punished , should bear responsibility, and when president biden was asked. he said that he has a common vision. later, president biden

also explained that, in fact, everyone wants the war to end as soon as possible, but at this stage, putin has no intention of doing it , president biden said, so the united states remains in the position that the united states will help ukraine . as much as it will take for ukraine to win on the battlefield and he used the word victory and it is also very important and then president biden zelensky said when it comes and if it comes to negotiations, he will be in a position. now it is interesting that experts are actually talking about the fact that opinions may differ on what they see as the final victory, what victory means for ukraine and what victory means for the united states, and there may be disagreements about how much territory can be returned. for example ukraine a-a believes that crimea is definitely ukraine, and it should also return to the control of ukraine, does it think so? does the united states

think that crimea is ukraine? but do they think that it must be returned? the question remains open about the support of the united states, and whether the ukrainian authorities will be able to maintain this bipartisan support of the republicans and democrats. in fact, i spoke with experts after president biden completed his visit to the united states. president zelenskyi completed his visit to the united states . congratulated president zelensky in the congress there is such a radical group of the republican republican party that says that perhaps there is already too much help, but experts with whom i spoke and they say that these opinions remain marginal and they are convinced that after such a visit after such a reception of president zelensky in the united

states, it is very difficult to imagine a situation in which this support will be reduced and president zelensky actually had several important points which he should have achieved with this visit , first of all, to win the support of the bipartisan support of a in the congress, and we know that already at the beginning of the year, control of the house of representatives will come to the republicans, so it was important at this moment to explain why it is important to support ukraine and secondly to explain to the american people and in fact what i hear from the american media, president zelensky demonstrated this very clearly. and zelensky called, speaking in the congress, to stop being afraid of russia putting putin in his place .

thought putin was defeated, everything he thought, how will this takeover or this war happen, it did not come true and that is why president biden said that when putin actually realizes that he is defeated, then it will be a good moment for ukraine to enter into some negotiations, but ukraine is at this point at the moment, a strong position must be taken. and who will help ukraine in this, of course, the united states and western leaders , so in fact this issue is very important, but evgenia , it remains open. yulia yarmolenko of the ukrainian voice of america service, and we will listen to how this visit of president zelensky to the united states on bvc air was commented by the former us ambassador to ukraine steven petr. in my opinion , zelensky's visit to the united states had three goals and they can be traced in his speech to the

congress the first is to thank president biden, the congress and the entire american people for the support that the united states provides to ukraine, the second is to remind the world that this war is not only about ukraine, it is about things that shape the whole you know the world order, ukraine is at war with russia and defends not only itself, but also the whole world, including america and europe, and the third aspect of his visit is the merit of the ukrainian army and what it has done in the last 10 months, this is the result of the professionalism and bravery of ukrainian soldiers, zelenskyi said the necessary equipment is needed from europe and the united states and we see this request, i can explain why zelensky's address to the congress is so important if return to the 90s when ukraine became independent since then support for ukraine congress was bipartisan, both from the side of the

republicans and the democrats, but over the past 6-7 months, some republicans have changed their position. in my opinion, the majority of them believe that it is in the interests of america for ukraine to win and defeat russia. however, there is a small number of those who doubt this, so the visit zelenskyi and the address to the congress is to declare once again that america should be interested in victory and the cause. this is not only in ukraine, and zelenskyi is not returning from washington empty-handed. the united states announced about a new package of military aid in the amount of one billion 850 million dollars, and the most important thing in this package is the battery of the anti-aircraft missile system of the patriots from ukraine, which has been asking for

patriots for many months. night vision body armor so with this package, the total direct military support of the united states since the beginning of a full-scale invasion is 18.5 billion dollars, the most of all ukraine's partners and one of the features of the patriots of this system is that they can shoot down ballistic missiles, according to reports, russia can purchase such missiles, just as it previously purchased kamikaze drones, about how american weapons will strengthen ukrainian defense, a bbc correspondent from kyiv, ukrainians say exactly that and the equipment that they now need to protect the country from russian airstrikes , last week we talked about russian attacks by drones and missiles on critical infrastructure of ukraine now that the temperature across the country fell below zero, a million people were left without electricity and heating, and yesterday biden emphasized that russia uses winter as a

weapon, and zelensky said that because of these attacks, ukrainians will celebrate christmas with candles . so, the ukrainian side emphasizes that this is exactly the weapon that is needed to protect ukrainian cities, but it will be needed it will take some time until the systems are delivered to ukraine, because first the ukrainian soldiers have to learn how to use them, but still, ukrainians are very grateful to the usa for this equipment that is supposed to protect ukrainian cities under russian airstrikes. well , what about russia? what is the reaction of the kremlin? putin said that providing ukraine with weapons is a prolongation of the conflict. she called the american patriot systems outdated, which they say are not the same as the soviet ones. of anti-aircraft missile defense in the world are significantly more effective than the old soviet 300 and

even today's statements by putin, russia does not refuse negotiations, unlike ukraine. these are the statements from the kremlin in general in russia could not help but ignore zelensky's meeting with the american president, so the state snakes criticized it in every possible way, belittling its significance. while the kremlin is trying to make putin not look like an outdated politician of the past, further material for a correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, speaking officers comrade officers comrades officers such a greeting putin came to the high command of his army to declare that he will give them everything they need to ensure victory in ukraine and over the west что сегодня против россии good it is known that today the potential and capabilities of almost all major nato countries are being actively used against russia, but our soldiers, sergeants and officers are fighting for russia bravely and unwaveringly confidently, step by step they are achieving the goals that have been set and these

goals will be achieved and they will ask for a little more in the meantime, the russian state media are mocking and mocking zelenskyi because of his visit to washington, claiming that he is lying in front of america and asking for money, this is the reaction they have their reasons after the invasion of ukraine, the last thing i would want the kremlin so that the russians begin to see president zelensky as well as the majority of the world sees him, in other words, as a charismatic , brave and very impressive leader, because if this happens, he knows in what light they will see their own president, this is vladimir putin. military operations on the same day

, president zelensky visited the front line, russians are beginning to notice the difference, zelensky is a modern man, expressive and handsome, putin is old an old-fashioned example of a politician of the future . putin remains in history as a person of the dark past. vladimir putin has no desire to become just a part of history at his level . there are neither rivals nor competitors. iran that provides russia with weapons for the war against ukraine, the spokesman of the iranian ministry of foreign affairs again it was repeated today that

iran's strategic patience with regard to such groundless accusations are not limitless, such a statement and iran's reaction after washington are now waiting for zelensky in brussels. moreover, the eu-ukraine summit will be held there at the beginning of february. on the third of february, the spokesman for the head of the european council announced this date, where exactly the states themselves will be held. the topic of the meeting will be known later, as officially announced aid to ukraine in the fight against russian aggression, and zelensky, as reported, has already been invited to this summit, and finally, we are talking about eurovision, this weekend it became known who will represent ukraine at this song contest next year, eurovision will be held here in britain britain is hosting this contest on behalf of ukraine so, in may , the creative band will go to liverpool to sing the song heart of steel, which was born from steel, will be performed in english, and dynamo is in touch with band members andrii hutsuliak and jeffrey kenny i welcome you on the air. thank you for

joining me. this is the first question for you geoffrey . what is your song about? what is it about for you personally? what is its message ? a song about everyone who, in spite of this hopelessness , carries in his chest, it became from the heart and goes forward , and today it is all of us ukrainians, unbreakable , unconquered, that is, it was you who expected to win, we did not expect that we would win, and we even bought tickets to ternopil for the first match, but we had to we couldn't

cancel, that's why we already stayed in kyiv after the victory, we were filled with pleasant happy emotions, we were shocked by what happened, but we are very grateful to all those who voted for us, it is a great honor for us and we will do everything to worthily to represent ukraine in liverpool, well, after the victory of the kalush orchestra - this is such a high bar they set for participation in eurovision, here is jeffrey, your expectations from eurovision in liverpool, victory well, yes, i think that it is important for us to convey our message to represent ukraine in a dignified way tell everyone what strong people are in ukraine, you do n't need to pity us, but you need to take

an example from us to help us fight evil for the sake of peace tomorrow, and from the side of creativity, it's cool that we can show ukraine as a modern progressive country in which electronic music that you can listen to all over the world, because in previous years, as you said, kalush and.ua very powerfully showed ukrainian culture, folklore. and this year, they will be able to hear something new, something even unexpected for someone from ukraine, we are all different, but we are all like that we are and it's cool and there is already such a reaction to your song, the song won, on the one hand, they are criticizing, on the other hand, they are admiring, what are your impressions of the first comments about your song, and we , uh, perceive all criticism as listeners yes and the jury and we will work both on the song

and on the number on the costumes in order to do everything much better than we already showed at the national selection and to surprise every european listener, viewer , fan of eurovision and we will make maximum efforts for this and here at the national during the selection, one of the jury members advised you to add such a recognizable melody to the song, or well, what do you want to sing later, you will change something in the song and how will your performance at the eurovision song contest look, how will we see it, of course we we are grateful to everyone for the comments, also to yulia sanina, we will listen to her advice and finalize the song for the competition to make it even better in relation to the number

. what changes have taken place in what kind of music you write every year, every year we grow creatively and as personalities also because the first time i was approached we were the same people with the same views and now we other people and every day we do everything in order to become a better version of ourselves tomorrow, that's why we believe that the new music we make has more, how to say here, more juice , more colors and emotions than what we are experiencing now, let's see if it's better and it's always interesting what musicians listen to i.e. what kind of music do you like the most? who do you look up to? who are

your most idols? i don't listen to music much, i watch some mini-series, you might say, and i read a little books, because i listened to a lot of music in my childhood, a lot of hip-hop artists, yes , electronic music

, too. we actually thought about uh such things because now we can only say we survived eurovision, a few days have passed, we haven't even met with the team to work on the number yet, but in the near future we have already planned meeting and we will talk and think about what to do next and show at eurovision. thanks to andrii, we had members of the creative band andrii hutsulyak with us, and i hope we will see each other in liverpool next year at eurovision, good luck to you see you, that's all for today you can read more news on our website bbc.ua. i'm saying goodbye to you. see you tomorrow

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