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. at least with regard to who should become the new speaker of the house of representatives, without his election and swearing-in, congressmen cannot officially start performing their duties for kateryna lisunova, who is now joining our broadcast, katya, i congratulate you, the chairman of the event of the first day of the new convocation of the congress, katya. it looks like this appointment of the new speaker of the house of representatives is the main candidate of the republicans, who is mccarthy, but he has not been able to unite around himself a sufficient number of fellow party members, he explained what the reason is actually party disunity, which has not been seen in the last 100 years, the last time the house of representatives could not from the first time to agree with the speaker in 1923 a similar

situation has become today with the republican leader kevin mccarthy the main problems of the party has become the disunity of his own party such a relatively small advantage of the republican majority in the house of representatives the fact is that now in the house of representatives 222 republicans 212 and 212 democrats to become the speaker of the house of representatives pays employees who need to get at least 218 votes in one ticket. the fact is that the democrats nominate their own candidate and this leader of democracy in the house of representatives, hakim jeffers, and if the democrats during this vote voted sufficiently monolithically and all 212 votes were cast for their candidate, then because of the republicans, a different situation has arisen, who is mccarthy to the right by as many as 203 votes, but in addition to him his colleagues, his fellow party members nominated five more candidates who

actually took away such necessary votes for kevin makati, if 203 votes of the republicans is a large enough number, it is still not enough to become the speaker the house of representatives, as of now, there is a re-vote in the house of representatives , which again has not happened in the last 100 years, and the legislators are trying to decide who will finally become the speaker of the house of representatives. and i will note that this is the third position after the president and vice president of the united states america in terms of weight and importance, i actually spoke yesterday with one of the representatives of the republicans in the house of representatives, donald bacon, and he directly said that the republicans should find out in their voting, otherwise they will not be able to play well and will not be able to achieve any results in their work, i suggest you listen to his comment for voa right now

. i've been in combat five times in command four times in the field i know that teams win even if they're not perfect you just have to pull together even if it's not a 100% perfect team you you can still overcome obstacles and do a good job but we can't let 5 6 7 or 10 people end up stopping the whole team of 222 legislators we have to come together i hope this small opposition handful understands that an imperfect team is better than a fragmented team that can't even elect the speaker katya that earlier kevin mccarthy stated that if he is elected ukraine will no longer receive unlimited checks as he said, should we expect that now with the new composition of the congress

the level of support for ukraine will somehow change the anthem emphasizes that the support of ukraine in the current new congress will remain unchanged because it is primarily in the interests of the national security of the united states of america, at the same time as if recalling the phrase about the so-called unlimited time for ukraine, fellow party members of kevin mcarthy of the republic claim that this primarily means that in the new congress they will strengthen a-a inclination to additional checks on the aid that comes from ukraine to ukraine and on the fact that this aid goes exactly where it is sent and that this phrase primarily refers to additional checks, instead, the democracy with which mike quigley spoke claimed that the phrase about the unlimited check is primarily addressed to the far-right republicans who are actually in opposition to kevin mccarthy and thus he is trying to

appease them and create a coalition to get their support under the current conditions is so lacking because it is the far-right republicans who are talking about the fact that they refuse to vote for kevin mccarty offers to listen to how they describe the upcoming congress for ukraine, the 118th session , i ask to take it to america once. both democrats and republicans in an interview for the voice of america, helping ukraine to win is in the direct interests of our national security, but the republicans want to see more than the president's statements that they say i need 40 billion dollars, why do you need it ? explain what exactly you need. how much do you need for anti-aircraft missiles ? accountability i also think that republicans will want to hear more from the

biden administration about what other countries are providing because the americans don't hear that information they only hear that we give 45 billion here and 30 billion there they want to know what the rest of nato is doing what are the other freedom-loving people doing countries so that these are joint expenses and i know that this is so, but this administration has done very little to explain it, they should do a better job, the vast majority of democrats are in favor of supporting ukraine until the end war, i still believe that the majority of republicans feel the same way about the statements of republican leader kevin mccarthy, who wants to be speaker. he says things that should appease the extreme right. these are isolationists , so to speak. these are those who would prefer not to help in the war at all. you will hear what they say about the so-called an unlimited check, but such a check for ukraine, which was not written out , there was always accountability, there were always checks and there will be, so i would like to think that

the number of members of the house of representatives will continue to support the advantages ukraine was new in the congress, you will already hear the voices of the minority, which will have a proportional impact on the support of speaker maharty if he becomes the speaker, but in general, i am optimistic, i want to ask you, regardless of who becomes the speaker, there are still a number of initiatives in the congress that he will consider this is what concerns ukraine, according to the fate of which bills are actually related to ukraine , it is worth watching for us already this year he supported the resolution that recognizes the actions of russia as genocide against the ukrainian people, which means that already this year this resolution is ready to be put to a vote in the senate and then in the house of representatives, in turn one of the authors of this e-resolution, democrat natrubankarny, said that this would be one of his main priorities this year. also , a bill on

recognizing russia as a state that sponsors tourism is awaiting a vote. besides, at the end of last year it also became known that legislators are working on another bill that should recognize russia as an aggressor state, although this bill and this initiative have already caused a number of criticisms from ukrainian organizations that claim that this will be a step back from the possibility of recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. in addition, i also spoke with representatives of the ukrainian focus both in the house of representatives and the senate, but they note that it is also worth waiting for new legislative initiatives for new projects as well as resolutions in support of ukraine, which have not yet been discussed, we will follow them on voice of america katya thank you for your work, i will remind you that you were in touch with us katya lisunov, and among those who will continue working in the new composition of the congress, a senator and midakworth, a veteran of the us army who lost both legs during hostilities. however, she did not give

up and was elected to the senate there. of ukrainian soldiers and with the most difficult injuries, an american lawmaker recently visited the military about the difficult path of recovery and the desire of a group of american doctors to help the armed forces of the armed forces , senator kateryna lisova will tell about the topic dutworth lost both legs and almost lost an arm when the helicopter she was piloting was shot down by an enemy rpg in cancer, but she did not give up and continued her service in the army, gave birth to two daughters and was elected to the united states congress, you need to live on the ominous, duckworth says during a meeting with the wounded i had to do sports with the ukrainian military. i learned to ski. i never knew how to do it because i come from the state of hawaii, so i learned to ride special sit-skis. i learned to play in

hockey, as of now, i have already completed five marathons on a bicycle, i found a new way to be strong, the doctors i consulted da kord they said that in her case, prosthetics was impossible until she met maika korkuran, who literally put her on her feet, korkaren works as a prosthetics orthopedist for 30 years, 17 of them, in cooperation with the united states department of defense, have been providing prosthetics to american military wounded in cancer and afghanistan. they explained to any in ukraine, or in europe, there is currently no prosthetics of this level, nor is there enough experience working with explosive and combat injuries, prosthetics of these types of amputations is difficult if you do not know what you are doing. carbon

fiber hip joints and more after the full-scale russian invasion, the korkuran center contacted several ukrainian organizations in the united states and offered help, the program started in september of this year, so far they have prosthetics for seven fighters, usually prosthetics lasts from one to two years. the express program for ukrainians takes 4 weeks. for their support. it will be just wonderful. the team of this center decided to take on the most difficult cases of the ukrainian military. james specializes in hand prosthetics. this is an electric sensor that we built into the frame. it will pick up small electrical impulses that are created during muscle contraction the muscles will emit electrical impulses the electrode will read them amplify the signal and start the motors the patient will be able to open

and close the hand with the help of these electrical impulses he will be able to rotate the wrist bend and extend the elbow to serhiy, the war began in 2014. he was one of the few survivors of the ilovai cauldron. he lost his left arm during the current battles under bakhmut. i started reloading the machine gun, and then i paid attention to our place under the bachmouth. there was a strong attack there, uh, we were uh, they were shelling with a hail of mortars there very heavily. how was the offensive going, the artillery was working from the beginning and they were walking very

relaxed, they thought that there was no one there anymore well, our ukrainians, as there is a saying, cyborgs, we will get out of the ground, but we will defend ukraine. there are plans to stay in the armed forces of ukraine . charitable funds issued documents and ensured the flight and accommodation of the military. the most important thing now is to find funds for new prostheses in order to continue the program. the most important thing now is to find opportunities to finance prostheses - parts of prostheses for the next military. this is not the most important thing at the moment. the most important thing is what we

all work for, according to michael kurkurin and his colleagues, their biggest dream is to open a rehabilitation center in ukraine, is there anything you would like to add to this interview yes, but it may take several takes kateryna lisonova oleksiy osyka where is the review and i voice of america washington and we will continue the broadcast at the end of 2022 in the western media in their summary materials paid a lot of attention to volodymyr zelenskyi and in some negative ones even the first literature appeared about the full-scale russian invasion and the role of the ukrainian president in this stage of the war, more about how volodymyr zelensky is perceived in the world, let's talk with our london correspondent bohdan tsyupal, who studied this topic, bohdane, i congratulate you. what are they saying and writing now about of the ukrainian president and in the western press

. so, in 105, you mentioned the first books that have already started to appear. and on the shelves, in particular, in kiosks or shops of the press, there are still issues of political magazines for the end of 2022 , on the first pages of many of them there is a portrait or a friendly caricature in in some cases, ukrainian president volodymyr, and inside those publications, there are reports, interviews, analyzes of efforts to understand what ukraine is, what is ukrainian, or who is ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to what extent he is a typical representative of ukrainians and the ukrainian state, so there are very, very many about it now on the shelves, in particular, of british, not only british , british publications, and not only british

bookstores, i would say in europe, in america, obviously, too. i am sure that you, that you i was a witness to what they are writing about, as i said, they are trying to analyze the actions of the ukrainian leader, what they meant for the course of the war, and the proposal of the ukrainian president to what extent it was decisive , especially especially at the beginning of this the terrible invasion for which thousands of people paid with their lives and this war is obviously continuing, the most obvious attention is paid to the fact that the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky, both by his appearance, how he dresses, how he speaks, and by his behavior and actions, has actually become the antithesis of the russian leader and the president of president putin and i was told about this in particular by a british journalist and author. by the way, the new book is already about the

russian invasion of ukraine, the book is called invision invasion eh and eh luke garding, the author of this book, said that he is very proud that a ukrainian-language edition of this book is already being prepared, and regarding zelenskyi, in particular, he told me the following: when the war is put to an end, we will be able to ask whether zelenskyi made a mistake before the invasion or whether he was trying to buy time, but we must admit that with at that time, he became a great leader, a leader during the war, an outstanding communicator and amplifier of the national sentiments of ukraine. i dedicated a chapter to him in the book about the fact that he became the antithesis of putin, what putin did not do, he does differently putin on the shore of evil, remote, cold, unaccountable , a kind of tsar, and zelenskyi was an anti-tsar, what specific actions of zelenskyi during the war do observers and journalists separately pay attention to

kyivskyi, well, who did i communicate with, and even just if you read well, for example, the american magazine time, which called in one of the paragraphs of president zelensky's person of the year, you will find a mention of the fact that during the second world war , the leaders of almost all the countries captured by nazi germany before this capture, before the invasion, fled from their the leaders of belgium, the netherlands, poland, greece, and yugoslavia left their respective countries. perhaps one of the most decisive or important steps and steps that have huge consequences, and certainly until now, was the decision of zelensky and the ukrainian government to stay in kyiv, despite the fact that russian forces

were approaching the ukrainian capital threatening the life of the ukrainian leader in particular, there were reports that the russians aimed primarily at beheading ukraine and putting their puppet leadership in place of the government elected by the ukrainian people another important point that analysts talk about. for example, i spoke with the author of the book, the phenomenon of zelenskyi, olga onukh, she sang, the author, a political scientist, an employee of the university of manchester. all of her opinions are, first of all, that he understands his

audience, whether she is in ukraine, or she is from poland, or is it our students in england, anyway, they didn’t talk to our students because of the z hacking. these are now latin americans and he knows how to say what it is necessary for them to understand not only him but also the prospects of ukraine and this is a very important thing that he knows how to speak very openly and in such a way that he will understand his audience bohdan but at the same time we also we also see criticism of the ukrainian president, and among some people, what does it refer to? well, i 'm sure you know, for example, about a very famous critic in the united states, a critic

of ukraine, a critic of the ukrainian government. on the american television network fox news, he is very actively and sharply criticizing president zelensky. also, here on this side of the ocean in europe, perhaps the most famous critic or even opponent of the ukrainian president is actually the leader of hungary, viktor orban, who is also very what does he accuse the ukrainian leader of, and in particular well, for example, from atakalson there was such a statement that it is possible that the ukrainian president has certain undemocratic or anti-democratic tendencies and about this i also talked with journalists and analysts and that what we see in the press is that on the one hand it is natural that during a war any government or

any president tries to a large extent possible to centralize leadership and centralize decision-making, but on the other hand the problem of protecting democracy and protecting the principles of democracy will certainly arise and olga draws attention to this, in particular, to criticize him, not only him, but also the administration or other ministers or other people who participate in some decisions, but i think that at the moment we do not see this dangers, it exists, it exists. we 'll see how volodymyr zelensky,

how and when the war ends, we'll see each other. how is he? what will he do? thank you for the interesting conversation. let me remind you that bohdan tyupen was in touch with us, and the next story is about a veteran of the us air force, a linguist who spends the night on a target in the cold to collect aid for ukrainians. all this is in one of the coldest places in the usa, farago that in north dakota at night the temperature here can reach -30°. his campaign, which continues in the middle of the chest the veteran draws the attention of the americans to the difficult conditions without heat and light ukrainians are forced to live in this winter, in addition, linquiz collects warm things for baby food and medical equipment to send them to ukraine, continue marie ulyanovska oh friends red viburnum has sworn electricity and heating every night in the tent in blue-yellow colors with a ukrainian song 8.5 thousand

kilometers from ukraine, it is a yellow tent and on top it has a blue tarpaulin and outside i have a ukrainian flag hanging, you can show it, it seems that i did not put up the flag today i usually have a ukrainian flag here, but this is my version, you know, yellow and blue. veteran of the us air force, mark linquist lives in the state of north dakota. sleeping in a tent is part of his humanitarian action in support of ukraine. he called it operation sleep out. spends time in the cold and during the day he travels around the world and collects warm things for ukrainians in personal communication and on social networks. he explains to americans how and why it is necessary to help the country that was attacked russia, one person brought this morning only one person from the town of park rapids

, minnesota, if one person gives in to this imagine what will happen if everyone joins in reminding the americans that despite the fact that there is inflation , such prices a liter of gasoline costs a lot of money , this year in the usa we spent 800 billion dollars for gifts for christmas, so 100 billion dollars from our government in ukraine is nothing and i call on citizens to reach into their pockets and support the cause of freedom, as my grandparents did 80 years ago during the second after the world war he wanted to go into politics he even ran for congress from the democratic party in the state of minnesota everything changed on february 24 did mark come to ukraine a few weeks after the full-scale invasion with him he brought a load of medicine and warm things since then during the year the man came several times he

established a connection between volunteers and military from different countries and in january he is going to ukraine again we will collect enough money and supplies we will return to ukraine and deliver them i was in donbas i live in kharkiv in the dnipro i was almost everywhere except kherson and odesa people about this you explain to people what word manipulation is and how they react crazy five was a selfie they think i'm crazy because it's -35 degrees celsius here and everyone has been sitting at home for a week and i when it got so cold on the contrary, i moved to the street, and ukrainians have no choice. regardless of whether they live in kyiv, in the village or in a trench, that is why i wanted to show americans how difficult it is and make them think about the fact that on the other side of the planet there are people who do not have a warm house . they could go fargo to north dakota is one of the coldest places in america, the temperature here usually drops to -30 at night, it seems like 11 tonight

when it was -41 fahrenheit, about the same in celsius, but in a tent that protects from the wind, it's not bad. when i was on the ukrainian border, in april, some people they froze to death there, waiting in line to save the border for americans who want to help ukraine. mark sends out lists of necessary things, says that first of all he would like to help ukrainian orphanages, he himself is a nice child. in 1982, american the family adopted him from the sauli children's shelter when i was in lviv we got to the orphanage and the children were so beautiful when we entered they all stood up we greeted each other hugged hands thumbs up smiles these are all universal gestures aren't they unfortunately i don't speak ukrainian language, so i didn't know what the children were saying. i just wanted

to give them a moment of happiness, we hugged, i asked myself what else could unite us and i asked him from the group leaders if the children knew any songs and they sang oh in the meadow red viburnum oh viburnum oh seeded my in love the people ukraine i just fell in love with ukrainians and i want to do everything in my power to see their lives filled with freedom so that no ukrainian child loses their parents we went to ukraine nina vyshneva from ulyanovsk - voice of america we will goodbye , join our daily briefings at 6 p.m. kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live. thank you for staying with us. peaceful sleep and

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