yes, the generator on the street is humming ukrainian veteran background money helps veteran enterprises i wonder what is needed for this but only fop and ubd this is for example how my husband and i have a family business up to uah 20,000 they give it i understand great thank you for the bouquet support of ukrainian veteran business already now details find out on the website or by phone number. i am iryna koval, mother, wife, presenter of the espresso tv channel. and 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 - this is help to the armed forces of ukraine and i am very grateful to my colleagues that they support me in

this, of course, for a tv host, the main job is to inform people as quickly as possible as truthfully as possible. now this is the most important information about the war. we will donate with all our might, we will buy walkie-talkies, copters, pickups , bros and fairy tales. also, my paid network is a special help, it is something you do with your own hands and it will go to the front line and save the lives of our soldiers, everyone from you can help even a small contribution to the support of the army saves the lives of our soldiers and brings our victory closer,

congratulations on the broadcast of the program of the ukrainian voice of america service, time, and i, its host, ostap yarysh, in the us congress for the second day, they cannot elect the speaker of the house of representatives this is the third most important position in the united states after the president and vice president. republicans who won the majority in the house of representatives cannot agree on the candidacy of their leader. ekaterina lisonova, who is closely following the topic on capitol hill and is joining our broadcast now. congratulations to katya. congratulations to becoming the speaker. the election of the speaker is being delayed essentially because of a small group of republican congressmen. party members today 45 former president article in america donald trump published on his social network a coward sewed an appeal to vote for kevin mccarthy such an appeal should convince conservatives and

right-wing republicans, who are very often loyalists of donald trump, support kevin mccarthy, but even after enlisting the help of donald trump, kevin mccarthy could not get the necessary 218 votes that guaranteed him the position of speaker of the house of representatives from the republican party. today, conservative right-wing republicans nominated a new alternative candidate for the republican congressman from the state florida byron donald's votes as of now are divided as follows democratic candidate hakeem jeffries 212 votes that is these are all the votes of the democrats, they vote fairly harmoniously and all the votes of the democrats present in the hall are given to their candidate, instead, the republican kevin mccarthy received 201 votes, and the conservative republican from the extreme right side, byron donalds, 20, and another republican , victoria sparks, abstained, and this was the only

san- for now, such a vote was received and did not vote for any candidate regarding the question why exactly the extreme right refuses to vote for kevin mccurdy, as they themselves declare that kevin mccurdy represents the status quo and they want to fight this status quo directly fighting kevin mccardy in addition another republican or prod from texas stated that such issues as providing additional aid to ukraine should be discussed much longer and debated much more than it was during the leadership kevin mccarthy as the republican party during the previous congress we should be here and have the same conversation with the same number of people in the hall but about ukraine we should discuss the advantages pluses and minuses of our participation we we need to discuss this $45 billion in

aid to ukraine we need to discuss whether this amount should be more or less we need to discuss whether we should pay for it at all we need to discuss what outcome we should demand the only way to achieve this is to change the rules and get appropriate leadership that will promote these rules, what in principle should we wait for, how long can the process of electing a speaker last, the last time there was such a long debate on the appointment of a speaker in the house of representatives 100 years ago, back in 1923. in order to agree on the final candidate for cooperation , the representatives had to vote 9 rounds , that is, nine times at the same time. experts explain that in fact, in contrast to the united states

of america, despite the fact that it looks unplanned and not strategic, there is no mechanism that would stop such continuous voting, and in fact such non-elections of the speaker can continue indefinitely, noting that as they also explain other analysts from the cnn publication that if , for example, there will not be enough people in the hall to submit representatives or many of them will vote in essence for someone, the number of the required minimum will change from 2018 will change will decrease, for example , according to nancy pilos in 2021 voted for the necessary minimum of 216 votes, and therefore some experts claim that the abstention vote from pairs with may also be an alternative attempt to change the procedure so that the number of necessary votes for kevin mccarthy decreases, but noted that so far both of them are created as extreme right-wing republicans, those who are

supporters of kevin mccarthy do not give in , offer to listen to their comments just now, who will not vote for kevin mccarthy today, are not happy about this situation that has developed, but if you want to drain this swamp, you can not entrust the biggest alligator to run things they even went so far as med gate told him he doesn't care if the vote comes down to a simple majority and we elect democrat hatim jeffries such statements not about america and i will always fight to put the american people first and not a few people who bargain for something for themselves, we can fight the battle in the iron of the meetings, but as long as it is a battle for the consensus and for our country, it suits me katya as the absence of this one the position of the republicans may affect the work of the congress and the support of ukraine for the

vice president's father's day, therefore, until there is an appointed speaker of the house of representatives, the congress cannot begin its work, and directly even those consumers who are present now in the hall and are voting. they still haven't taken the oath, the newly elected congressmen haven't taken the oath yet and haven't officially started their work. thus, now the congress and the house of representatives directly are paralyzed and, in addition to all other bills, also any initiatives on ukraine cannot be raised, voted on, or considered, we will watch how this situation is resolved, katya. thank you for your work, for your inclusion, i will remind you that kateryna lisova was on the call from the capitol hill, but about the reaction of the white house on events in the congress and expectations from the us support of ukraine in 2023, let's talk with yulia yarmolenko, who is joining our

broadcast . definitely, ostap is an extraordinary event and definitely a lot of attention is drawn to these events here in the white house, and today us president joe biden was asked how he can comment on what is happening on the capitalist hill and he said that first of all, it's not his problem, but secondly, it looks like he said it's a little shameful that this process is taking so long and how they behave with each other, he said that the whole world should follow this because of the legislative executive branch, and they work in a coordinated manner and it is necessary in order for the government to function, you need both branches of government to work, however, the administration prefers not to comment much on this event, but the words of president biden were quite eloquent to yuri today joe biden also went to kentucky where he spoke by the way together

with the leader of the republicans in the senate , myachem makonov, who is usually an opponent of the current president, what did this event have in common yuriy, does it have anything to do with what is happening in the congress now, this is a very interesting question ostap, and the day before karin jeanpierre, the spokeswoman of the white house, was even asked whether the president biden specially arranged and planned this event for the day after the house of representatives was supposed to elect a new speaker, and today indeed the president of the united states joe biden went to kentucky and to the city coviton is his first trip inside the country in 2023, it concerns the beginning of the big project of the bridge reconstruction project that connects two states - these are kentucky and ohio, and this is a big project worth 2 billion dollars within the framework of the implementation of the big bipartisan infrastructure law, which was signed on the 21st year but today it was extremely

important you will see really rare footage when the president of the united states democrat joe biden together with the leader of the republicans in the senate mitch mcconnell thank each other for the fact that such a project became possible and sends a very powerful signal of unity and bipartisanship because in fact this project that is happening now will bring a lot of jobs and investments to these two states and it became possible precisely because of the bipartisan work of two senators in particular and one democrat the other republican is sherod brown and rob portman also two governors from kentucky yoga one democrat skinny andy bashir and from ohio it 's mike devine and he's a republican so while on capitol hill the group republicans, representatives of the right-wing radical circle, the republic of parties that support the active and supported former

president donald trump, block the appointment of their party member kevin mccarthy, the president of the united states, democrat joe biden, together with the leader of the senate republicans, michima konel, are sending a national signal of bipartisanship and pragmatism. in fact, on the border of two american states, therefore, quite eloquently, this is also a really political development in fact, yuriy is interesting, here is another question, different but no less important, the day before and in the white house, the spokeswoman, in addition to the woman, talked about the goals of the us foreign policy for 2023, what vision did she voice for ukraine, so ostape was asked the day before , the spokeswoman of the white house told about the goals of the foreign policy of the united states for 2023. the house sees its strategic goals from the point of view of foreign policy, and karen zhemperia said that first of all, of course, it is the strengthening of the united states ' role on the global stage, but the second point is the support of ukraine.

in countering russian aggression and in support of sovereignty and territorial integrity , she also said that the united states would together build a coalition that would actually promote such values ​​as the fight against global climate change , the fight against aggression in the world, that is, many goals, but supporting ukraine is one of the key points and today also the representative of the us national security council - this is john kerby had his small briefing from the point of view of foreign policy and he emphasized that the support ukraine as much as needed is extremely important in the foreign policy of the united states for 2023. he said that the ukrainian military continues to demonstrate how effectively they are used in american weapons and he also said that this aid will continue and he said we will hear about it in the following days and weeks,

he also emphasized that the united states continues to believe that ukrainians can defend their territory and use american weapons as they believe as necessary, and he also emphasized that the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, and in particular crimea, which has been occupied by russia since 2014 , are legitimate goals of the ukrainian military, and karinjinpierre was also asked the day before whether president biden sees peace for ukraine in 2023, and she emphasized on the fact that by all means everyone prefers to see peace oleg at this stage, he does not see that russia is ready for this, so the task of the united states remains unchanged. let's listen to what karin jeanpierre said, we all support just peace, you heard how the president said these words at a joint press conference with president zelensky when he made his first trip in 300 days after the start of the war of russian aggression, but when we talk about a

just peace, it must include the principles of the un regarding sovereignty and territorial integrity . relate to the idea that russia can be ready for honest diplomacy when it only redoubles its efforts to annex ukrainian territories and insists that they should keep them for themselves, this is what they are doing and this is not a basis for diplomacy at all, so our job is to continue to support ukraine on the battlefield so that they are in the best position at the negotiating table. the information about this does not specifically mention the date of ostap, however, as we know, aid for ukrainians-packages is approved approximately every two weeks, and as john kerby said today, we should expect new announcements in the following days in the following weeks, in particular, he was asked about whether we should expect help in air defense, tanks are also possible,

or whether the united states generally approves and allows other countries to transfer tanks. he said that for president zelensky, this was the number one priority when he voiced it in a conversation with president biden. however with regard to specific announcements, he ordered not to name any specific weapons that the united states prefers to provide to ukraine in 2023, but he emphasized that this support will continue, we will affirm yulia. thank you for your analysis, let me remind you, yuliya yarmolenko was in touch with us, the recent joint russian-belarusian military exercises raised fears of a repeated invasion of ukraine from the north, at a time when ukrainians see belarus as an aggressor, some belarusians decided to prove their commitment to ukraine by joining the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine yaroslava gongadze met with by the soldiers of the belarusian volunteer regiment and the kalinovsky regiment during training before going to the

front, the promise of the belarusian people to one of the most prominent continents of foreign fighters in in ukraine, belarusian volunteers who oppose the regime of oleksandr lukashenko have been defending ukraine since 2014, when russia invaded ukraine on february 24, hundreds of belarusians decided to join the struggle and form a group that later grew into a regiment from usyak linovsky, named after the belarusian writer and revolutionary who initiated the uprising against the russian of the empire in 1863 , a volunteer corps was formed from several hundred soldiers, its leaders consider it their task to help ukraine, which is now belarusians who believe that ukraine is in trouble come here and take up arms, they show by their actions that ukraine needs to be helped here and now, the guys who join our unit are conscious belarusians who believe that ukraine should be free from putin's

aggression and belarus should be free from aggression putin and lukashenka, that is why i believe that this is the basis of the future army of the republic of belarus . ukraine and they are fighting for the freedom of their own country. belarus is occupied, the culture is destroyed , the language is destroyed, with our unit we are trying to revive the belarusian nation , the belarusian language and culture, and most importantly, we are trying to show that there are real belarusians, there are many of them here and they help, and there are still many such belarusians in belarus, but it's a pity, they are trapped by the regime, all military personnel understand their role, they took away our statehood. it was taken away by the russian federation in the person of putin and his lackey, lukashenko , a military man speaking from his own experience he served in the forces of the ministry of internal affairs of belarus until the protest

movement in 2020, after the bloody crackdown on protests, he realized that he could no longer serve the lukashenka regime. now he and the kalinovsky regiment are preparing to go to the front. field to ensure they are ready for a real fight he says he is here to avenge the suffering of his family during the russian occupation grandmothers were occupied by russia and exiled to gulags in siberia today in i have a chance to pay back for this so this is my war for my family for my neighbors because this war can come to our door if not now then maybe later now we have a chance to stop it here for now many soldiers of the regiment believe that ukrainian victory will eventually lead to that belarus will be freed from russian influence, the secretary of the nsdc, oleksiy danylo, told voice of america that the ukrainian

government recognizes and supports the participation of foreign fighters. russian federation citizens consciously help us with their own struggle and they are aware that they are fighting not only our freedom , they also cheer for their freedom, as soon as the war is over, he adds, all these countries will be completely freed from russian influence and will finally become part of europe, where they belong, myroslav gongadze voices of america ukraine active hostilities are currently ongoing in the east and south of ukraine, but in the west for roden military tragedy he and russia feel just as acutely mars the field in lviv for honorable military burials grows every week, this means that every week new families experience the loss of relatives on the eve of christmas, hundreds of american

users of the amazon service took part in the action of support for the families of the fallen ukrainian defenders, his baby is told by shodlyak and yury dankevich iryna dudak and del lvivska the street was recently named after the russian poet nekrasova, now there are new plaques on the houses in honor of her husband, i just feel proud i am proud that he was my husband and i wish him viber i congratulate everyone today is a very big holiday and a holiday important for every ukrainian, it is the day of the ukrainian language and writing yuriy dadak literary pseudonym yuriy ruf volunteered for the army on the first day of the russian invasion on february 24 glory to ukraine, don't panic please this is a great historical chance for us only a month later on april 1. he died from mortar shelling

in the luhansk region, leaving behind a whole series of projects that we were engaged in during peacetime, one of them being a trademark of patriotic clothing in the style urbanilitaris that yuriy founded it 6 years ago he wanted to make ukrainian popular convey the idea you bought it someone is looking at you reading and wondering if it is so probably she is holding this what are you trying to do next what he didn't finish iryna is raising two daughters seven-year-old kateryna and 12-year-old roksolyana, together with other families of fallen defenders, they came to a children's holiday organized by volunteers. our task every day is to show people who have suffered as a result of the war so that everyone's life goes on. every day, not from holiday to holiday, we want to do something every day that would benefit, that would give support, that would make people understand that they are not left behind, that they are important to us, that we are socially responsible, and noises and society are grateful liberty ukraine fund

published a list of 80 positions on the online shopping platform amazon so that any american who wants to can buy a christmas present for the child of a fallen defender in ukraine is one of the mini-projects of the foundation, but for these families even an ordinary children's holiday is a step towards socialization after bereavement experts who provide social support for families say society in peaceful cities. we will have to learn to communicate with those who have personally experienced the war. i will meet with them after a certain period of time for me, which means that it should be 1.5-2 months, and we are involving in various of positive situations let's say that there really is a psychological threshold, a barrier, neighbors, people are no less familiar, they are afraid to approach this person, sympathize and well, somewhere it is possible to simply ask if help is needed at the grave of yuriy beetroot, the last photo the family received

from him from the front in july, when he went to bed, he kept putting his hand like that and it remained like that, that he is alive, that he is alive and he will always be alive for me in my heart, he was always positive and that positivity he gave us in maria p there are four girls, the two youngest from a marriage jury who do not realize the loss of their father. why did dad leave the phone? well, congratulations. why did he leave the phone? we could call him. she can't understand that dad is no longer there. i ca n't explain to a child why and that i just i explain our dad is an angel, our dad is a star, but dad is always with us for 10 months of full-scale war in lviv alone, one of the military parents lost more than 180 citizen children, what is for yurydynkiewicz for america's vote, and our next story is about how a couple of ukrainians from california helps ukrainian orphans from combat zones master information technologies they founded the khabron it-academy in lviv oblast, which

has been helping children acquire the necessary education and skills for six years after the russian invasion of students at the school became significantly khrystyna shevchenko talked more with them . maksym sarokuru is a 20-year-old boy from the city of starobilsk, luhansk region, where he grew up without parents. his grandmother was not a nurse when the war began. maksym worked as a cook in kherson and found himself under russian occupation. he had to leave because , well, in principle, i had nowhere to go as a person, that is, in fact i lived. i came from north donets to kherson, that is, to north donets, to return, well , in general, that is, and well, somewhere else in western ukraine, i had nowhere to go there the first news about what will soon

begin there has already begun. well, why don't you forcefully go to the houses? go to the apartments and go to the apartments. we'll take it there and so on, that is. well, that 's what i think. no, it's definitely not for me. from here i found a carrier and actually left with him through vasilivka on the way maxim called an acquaintance and he told him about hebron and the academy for orphans in the lviv region, which in addition to education also offers accommodation, did they call? well, i didn't really have any options where to go he tells me if you want, you can come, that is, i will talk for you there, you will try to pass the exams, if everything goes well, you will get as well as housing, as well as education, the academy was opened in 2016 to support the raw areas of the

ato who have turned 18 and who do not have access to education here, teenagers who often have no support from family or society are taught programming and offered the possibility of future employment. the founders of the project are a couple from lviv who work in the tech industry and live in california, liliya valikhon and igor was when they turn 18 they drop out and then almost 80-90% of them fall into bad circles in college they abuse alcohol drugs beg and so on they remain as if broken without any support we can already see having more than 6 years academy they come to us extremely smart children. when you give them some kind of push , this help, you see how they flourish and then they become good engineers , workers, yes, maksym, who had no home or family, began to study programming at the academy, in addition to housing, he also

provide food, medical and psychological support, previously only orphans could enter the academy, and after the full-scale russian invasion on february 24, certain categories of forced migrants began to be recruited here, such as young people from low- income families or semi-orphans, one of them was petro mov myga from the town of vasylivka, zaporizhia region, he was deprived parental care, but lived in a foster home with a large family with seven brothers and sisters, and because of the war, the family lost their house, and this was in the very first month of the war this is the situation right now, many people are left without homes and it's good that there are people who help and we are very grateful to the people who help us, the whole family became displaced, the guys offered to learn programming at the academy and thus solved the issue of housing for ourselves,

at seven 45 we are already we stand for physical education, we have such a sport, er, morning warm-up, so that later we sit at the computers so that nothing hurts , until somewhere around 7:55, like that. then we get ready , er, and go to breakfast. breakfast begins and somewhere at 8:30 it already ends and we go to study at 8:30 we study somewhere well, somewhere to us, in general, the general time is until six in the evening, he, like other students, is taught programming, english language, design and even world history. also here, students are taught the ability to communicate effectively with other people, says the co-founder of the ihor project , the task was not so much to help them become it

people as even to help them become normal people , because a person who will not be social has no social skills, that is, he will not be in demand due to the full-scale russian invasion of the academy, there were twice as many students as employees, now there are 44 of them, so the school premises are promised to be expanded to accommodate all the students , most of the students believe that the school will open doors to the future for them and help them find a job in the lviv region of san diego, california yurii dankevich khrystyna ta bohdan shevchenko 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 video