[000:00:00;00] from the usa is currently on the way to help ukraine liberate more territory from the russian occupation, well, actually, we are waiting for dmytro kuleba. he should come to the journalists to tell more details and also soon it will be possible to talk with the secretary general of nato to find out exactly what managed to agree during the ukraine nato commission, we will follow up on everything, this one from brusser was in direct contact with us and to celebrate where finland joined nato today, thank you, in fact, as zorya mentioned, the way to ukraine from the united states today, the ministry of defense confirmed that the united states allocated a new package of military aid in the amount of 2.6 billion dollars. well, once again, russia has already reacted to the chair of finland . russian defense minister serhii shaigu said that the expansion of nato increases the risks of the expansion

of the conflict, citing that russia transferred to belarus the iskander-m missile complex, which can use nuclear warheads in the near future, members of finland understand all this, it creates risks of a significant expansion of the conflict, but it is a special outcome the operation will not be affected in these conditions, we accept the response to the measures, we will defend the security of the union state, part of the belarusian attack aircraft have received the ability to strike enemy objects with nuclear weapons , to our airwaves how membership in finland will generally affect the defense capability

of the alliance itself, well, it will significantly affect the modern country. the country has experience of war with the soviet union and modern russia, and it is close to of the arctic zone, it is close, together with norway, to the main base of the russian northern fleet, where naval nuclear forces are actually concentrated, and finland has a modern air force, including the latest f-35s, and including those agreements that are already being concluded with other northern european countries with denmark , norway and sweden are forming an air fleet of approximately 250 military aircraft that can simply destroy the russian group on the polish peninsula

within a very short period of time even without nuclear weapons, of course, this is a radical change, which in russia they prefer not to talk about and not to shout about, because it is difficult to do what can be done here. well, i asked about the fact that the ratification procedure was record-breakingly fast for finland, and will it be the same for ukraine, because that we talk a lot about the fact that ukraine also has something to strengthen the alliance or that military actions on the territory of ukraine are now the only reason that does not allow us to become a member of the alliance, well, you can say that a person is, but you can also say that it is not. in principle, membership in nato is a political decision, there is a nato member that has no armed forces at all - this is iceland, there is only a police force. but nevertheless, due to a number of other circumstances, iceland has been a member of nato from the beginning, so i would say yes, it prevents us from becoming a nato member

. to compose these are the circumstances when all nato members, now 31 of them , will gather and say that it is probably not so, even someone there, let's say the republic of poland, will say that we propose to accept ukraine into nato and if within, say, a day, no one says against in a year or even less, ukraine will become a member of nato, but now a completely different situation is happening, everyone knows that several countries will say no, because it is also voting as such , there is a default procedure, each country can raise a certain proposal and if it is not there within a certain period objections, it passes and is carried out. well, now they got together and said a year ago , someone, i don't know who, said that we offer finland and sweden to become nato members . well, everyone

was silent about finland. here the procedure is actually fast, there they sign a one-page accession protocol where it is written that it is in the common interests, they ratify and then there is simply an invitation letter sent to the government of the country that is invited, we have the honor to invite you and that country responds with pleasure, we accept your invitation, but it's not about the procedure , it's really very simple. which countries take one day before and for them to take these commitments, a window of opportunity is necessary that existed before eastern europe after the collapse of the soviet union, when everyone

understood that the acceptance of this country strengthens common security, now there are countries that believe that ukraine's acceptance into nato will not strengthen common security according to certain parameters , there will be a deterioration, there will be an escalation, a war, instability of migration and all that. when the window opens, it may be unexpected, everything was ready according to the technical parameters according to all the other parameters that are required well, today the ukraine nato commission is working and if you have understood correctly a , you should not wait for positive news in this vein in the context of the membership of ukraine's nearest membership in nato a what should we expect from today's work of the commission? well, i would say that it is not quite. yes, there is a very important thing that

we need to wait for. well, first of all, of course , there will be certain technical solutions that will technically bring the ukrainian an important aspect that will not be said, but it will manifest itself, it will manifest itself in the fact that nato's relations with ukraine will be considered separately from georgia and moldova, well, from georgia , as it was before, this is already a separate issue, this is already a separate ukrainian issue. is worth special attention and it will mean that everything can happen much faster. well, that's how it happened. what about georgia? there are certain domestic political problems and, uh, and now this is an understanding. if there is such an understanding that ukraine is separate, now it means that the window opportunities is approaching and it will be the main

thing that will be accepted now or it will become clear is not that it will be accepted but what will become clear after this ministerial session, mr. oleksiyu returns to the reaction from moscow in the form of a statement that he is about the placement of aviation in the republic of belarus, what date will carry nuclear warheads, do they respond to similar statements and actions in the alliance? well , did stoltenberg call this rhetoric dangerous, will there be any actions on the part of nato, respond to the rhetoric when they say that it is dangerous and based on this rhetoric, they accept it in particular certain decisions are quite concrete, but what nato will do, they will follow and if there are really signs that this storage base is really being built there. because 10 years ago, russia said that such a storage base would appear in the ukraine of zakarpattia oblast, but there are no signs that she appeared if she really appears, and

even more so if a transport goes, which is very easy to establish that it goes to this base and transports nuclear weapons, i think a special prosthetic operation will happen that will allow this to happen, i think that's it for now while there is no report of the appearance of such an object. and until a train from the depths of siberian ores with nuclear weapons goes into circulation in belarus, there will be surveillance without any tantrums. with finland, because finland is now nato, the kremlin , and do you think they are trying to finally use belarus as an ally so that there are no political maneuvers, so to speak , closer to finland there or the polish

peninsula, there are many facilities there, in particular nuclear and er for nuclear for aviation with the use of nuclear weapons all this is there that's why there in another question the russians very there for 10 years built and strengthened this arctic group which is there er including in the nuclear nuclear component and now it turned out that they have reached their limits, and nato has begun to strengthen itself, and this strengthening can no longer be compensated for, well , they are all exhausted by russian resources, so russia has already done what it wanted 10 years ago, maybe five years ago and thought that it will not be possible there will be no reaction, but the reaction has already happened and there is no escalating move on the part of russia, what is happening in belarus - this is a slightly

different story - it is an attempt to draw attention to well, to russia through a nuclear escalation of a different kind. if earlier, let's say a year ago , and russia threatened so it did not scare what can i use the weapon for a long time, it was not clear where and how, but maybe they said something like that, now they are saying something else, now they are saying that they can spread nuclear weapons , they can do something so that it will end up in in the hands of alexander lukashenko, and it is not known what will happen to it. and it does not even escape that its arsenal in north korea can grow twice.

gives a consultation that allows, if necessary, to make nuclear weapons much faster than it could be, that is why russia is now frightening because it can spread nuclear weapons. and this is the destruction of the foundations of the world order that is still preserved because the treaty non-proliferation is one of these bases and now russia is trying to scribble putin's name on it with a rusty nail. it doesn't destroy it, but it makes you worry a little and start monitoring this situation. oleksiy, thank you for joining to the air oleksiy ezhik, an expert of the national institute of strategic studies, was in direct contact with us , thank you. well, next, we bring to your attention the opinions of ordinary russians regarding what they think about joining

the north atlantic alliance in finland without any doubts because we used to consider it a fraternal country of the optimistic world, mine is closer to us in spirit in terms of mutual economic relations. and now we will consider it as an unfriendly state to us. i have caught a cold after this , we have to live in the world, the guys are developing, i think nothing will change, the only thing is that the finances will become worse because we don’t go there and they don’t go there because of this

, only losses, i think that this event is not it is very nice after all the changes in the relationship were tied now, and here i am joining nato, in general, it would not justify anything, but i hope that all the same , together, there will be no sad military lectures from you. well, this is how finland itself reacts to the country's membership in nato, we waited a long time for it and finally we are at the finish line, it's great that turkey has ratified our accession, i'm worried about the length of the eastern border, that's why accession to nato strengthens my sense of security is the greatest a change since independence and the beginning of a new era and of course it will bring stability and i have no great fear even though the border with russia is long it feels safer i always felt safe in finland before that but

now it will be even safer new york in a few hours the trial of the ex-president of the united states, donald trump, is to begin. this is the first time in history that the former leader of the united states has been charged with a criminal case , although the details are currently being kept secret and may become known already directly during the presentation of the indictment, in general, officials are familiar with the indictment and say that the grand jury last week indicted the 76-year-old trump on more than 30 counts of criminal offenses. now , trump's allies in the republican party have already announced increased security measures near the courthouse the peaceful rally during the meetings is also following the events of my colleague with the voice of america ostap, he is on direct contact with us ostap i congratulate you e-e please tell me

in more detail what will happen today in court on mangatin, how procedurally does the delivery of the indictment actually look and what will happen after that really as you have already called an unprecedented event, many here in the united states call it historic , for the first time the former president will be officially charged with criminal charges today, and this has never happened before and in fact, the attention of all the american media is drawn to this, if you look at all the major tv networks now have broadcasts and are watching this event, especially today , as donald trump is scheduled to appear in court in new york, what will actually happen today, we really expect that in about an hour and a half, and when the american president will appear in court, before that , he will have to take his fingerprints, as is usual, and they do not plan to take photos. the american mass media also informs us that we will most likely not see the american president

in handcuffs, this will also be an exception today in this procedure, after which the american former american president will appear in the courtroom where he has already they will officially read what the grand jury actually accuses him of, and it says as you correctly asked about how the american mass media reports about a list of approximately 30 different accusations, beforehand we can judge that most likely the case concerns payments to porn star stormy daniels this is a case of 2016, as if in exchange for her silence, although the very fact of the payments is not illegal, but yes, the prosecutors claim that it could be a violation when it comes to how exactly these payments were made and what they could be done with of the election fund to trump and this may actually be a violation of the law. and this is the fact that we have this information that we have now in the mass media. and what will happen after

donald trump actually hears specific points of accusation against the king for everything , the american media also report that he will be released and it is expected that he will go to florida to his mar-alago estate, where he plans to make a speech in the evening, so i think we will also be able to hear from the ex-president himself there, although at this time his lawyers and his team claim that donald trump will not plead guilty, he denies all the accusations, they say that this is a witch hunt and also against american democracy, and as for the supporters, let's really go now, there are protests and rallies in new york, a large part of the supporters of the former president is also a rally of his opponents they were separated and so that there would be no clashes , there is a huge presence of the police, as well as the secret service, it monitors the order, the security of the court itself, therefore, very, very serious security measures are in place in new york today

but literally i think in an hour and a half we will be able to get the details and know in more detail what exactly the grand jury of the american former american president is accused of, but it is also very important to emphasize - to emphasize that this is not a verdict, it is rather the beginning of a trial and there will still be a long process ahead consideration of this case and that's why we will monitor how it will develop and if we have a comment now, i don't know if we had time to prepare it, if we have time we can show the law professor of the university george washington, however, what is the importance in principle of this case, a very important point in our constitutional system - this is that presidents are not kings, the law is the king of the idf , because the president must obey the law, and in this case we have a criminal prosecution, an indictment, which was handed down by a grand jury and this is a jury. these are just ordinary citizens who came to the conclusion that there is enough evidence that the former president

really broke the law and if we believe that the president is not above the law, you are exactly what should happen on the other side. concern that the new presidential administration that will gain power will persecute the previous administration and why there will be no end to the country and this can destabilize the country . the case and the grand jury are ordinary citizens and not the prosecutor who decides to take the case to court, it is also possible to add that this case, which we are talking about today, is not the only case in which the investigation against donald trump is ongoing of donald trump is that the case is related to the incitement to storm the capitol, the case is also related to the interference in the elections of the state of george that it seems that donald trump tried to somehow influence local

officials or they, in turn, influenced the counting of the election results, and the investigation is ongoing regarding a-and the potential storage of secret documents by donald trump, therefore, there are different cases , it is also an important question. to influence the potential pre-election race and donald trump's company, we know that he has already announced that he will run for president in 2024. there is no clear answer to this, because the constitution of the united states does not clearly state what, uh, about not running for those people who have a criminal charge , there are other things, in particular, it is about age or citizenship, and this matter remains a gray area, so to speak, and again, we will see how this case will turn out

develop and what the verdict will be in the end and whether it will be like this or whether trump will be acquitted or in the end he will be finally accused of committing one or another crime , so there is a very interesting time ahead. it seems to me that we will definitely monitor how this case will develop. it has already officially become known that the ministry of defense has confirmed the provision of a new package of military assistance from the united states, which amounts to more than two and six billion dollars. what exactly is in this package is currently unknown, but i think that in the future we will find out all the details. well, right now, yuriy shcherbak, the extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the united states in 1994 and 1998, joins our broadcast. yurii . my greetings. good evening. i congratulate you. well , actually, we are talking about the fact that donald trump became the first president

in the history of the united states, in which, after completing the position , charges were brought in a criminal case . can the ex-head of the white house sit behind bars at all? a gloomy and not good day for ex-president trump and a very big day for american democracy and for the united states because uh this great grand democratic country shows that uh no one can evade the law and everyone must uh abide by the law uh, i think that today, well, everyone knows that today will be a short procedure, but the arrest procedure, well, this is a shameful procedure for him, and

he uh, yesterday uh, he showed how he is flying from florida on a huge plane uh, he demonstrated his greatness with his mines but i i think that of course he has a very bad feeling in his heart. today he will be photographed, not in a judicial manner, full-face profile will be taken today, fingerprints will be taken, and even today the judge of merchanda will bring charges against him, we do not know what other charges there will be, we only know that one of them is criminal food that is, it is money, the so-called silence, well, it is already known to whom he paid and for what , and he will be charged, but this is not just the beginning of the process, and this is not

the ukrainian court of the times of yanukovych he convicted an innocent person there in 5 minutes, it will be a long process, there will be uh, 7 highly paid lawyers who will defend with a wall, they will stand for trump, they already know today that they will demand that this process not continue and that the charges be dropped but i think that uh here sounded from the voice of america, the presenter said that a very serious charge is still pending against trump - it is incitement to riot to the raet to that uh-uh in the shameful uh-huh riot that we saw in the 1900s when trump lost the election and the crowd attacked the capitol.

in fact, it is a charge of treason, and that is why it is a very serious charge . it is very interesting. would it be found out at court whether he is guilty or not so that there are no affected persons in the united states, it is very interesting that 94% of democrats are very supportive of this trial, and on the other hand, 79% of republicans are against it, this is understandable, but the main thing is that trump will not be able to play on feelings

such as his political persecution, that the government is not against him, biden, the white house, and so on, because it is an absolutely tough american judicial system, and it has its laws, its rules, and it was not for nothing that trump was recommended to calm down and not really use his rhetoric of accusations to be used during this process because the judge has an impeccable reputation and the prosecutor has such a typical name for americans, jack smith . there are a lot of serious materials against trump and his lawyers trump is recommended to remain silent and not to annoy the court with his remarks. we will see what will happen. to say that this will have a negative impact on

the elections is very difficult to say today, although there are already several people preparing for the nomination from the republican party, and of course in in their interests. well, i mean, first of all, the landing forces. it is not in the interests of trump to be, if not sentenced to some kind of suspended sentence, then at least removed from the process of nominating him for the presidency of the united states, because this is a shameful phenomenon. but we will see how it will be, you know. i was surprised and somehow laughed at the fact that in one day, in one day, his headquarters collected 4 million dollars by selling those shorts with the slogans of trump, and people bought

this t-shirt for 47 dollars, although this t-shirt is worth 10 or 15 dollars well, these are already such funny details, and we will see how this unique process, the first in the history of the united states, will unfold . they mentioned several cases in which charges can be brought. for the full payment to the actress, allegedly for her training, why are other details and other accusations kept secret . what does this have to do with your opinion? well, you know. it depends on the judge, we know the american practice, and the judge keeps it so that it is possible for there to be some moment suddenness, so that the lawyers did not have time, did not have time to prepare, or what accusations are not yet fully ready in order to become serious such accusations, and

that is why i think that there is a certain strategy of the judge and the prosecutor here so as not to immediately open all cards well, you mentioned a little about the fact that trump's opponents, including his opponents within the republican party, can take advantage of this situation. actually, this will definitely have an impact on the domestic political situation, and if trump's political reputation is what we mentioned today as an exception, handcuffs will not be worn , fingerprints will be taken, but there will not be this so-called behavior of a criminal when photographed and in handcuffs, will this have consequences for the political reputation of donald trump? you know, if the case had happened 40 years ago, i would have to completely destroy his reputation , unfortunately, we live today in such absurd times