[000:00:00;00] on a direct call from the white house congratulations to yulia congratulations to natalya yulia therefore betrayed by day to fight for the second term of the president we the president appealed to the voters natalya yes i know this video was published by the company of president biden called on the americans to give him four more years so that, as he put it, he would finish his work and that he wants to finish it is not only about his policy of creating jobs, strengthening the economy, which he believes his administration has done a lot of, but first of all, as you really said, he wants to finish the job of defense of democracy and his pre-election video, which we saw this morning, begins with footage that we all remember with footage

of the storming of the capitol in 2021 by supporters of donald trump, who can actually be an incredible opponent of joe biden, and in this video he also speaks and shows footage from protests in defense of reproductive rights women, and he also talks about the fact that in fact a lot is at stake, and in fact the most at stake is the protection of freedom. let's listen. what words did he use? president biden to his voters before us are we going to have more freedom or less freedom more or less rights i know the answer i want to hear now is not the time to be complacent that's why i'm running for re-election i know america i know we are good and decent people, i know that we are still a country that

believes in honesty and respect and decent treatment of each other, and today in joe biden gave a speech, he addressed the trade unions to the representatives of the trade unions in the production industries, of course, he did not speak directly it wasn't some pre-election rally but he used this opportunity to talk about the achievements of his administration in particular job creation record creation of 12 million jobs for this during his time in office he also talked about why it is important to invest in american and he really addressed a lot attention to the fact that he is a defender of workers. he was born in such a simple family. and that's why he understands the needs of ordinary people, and today, too, which is indicative today, is kamela harris, the vice president of the united states, who is also running for re-election

with joe biden will later speak at another rally at another meeting, it will be a political meeting that will relate to reproductive rights and as the midterm elections that took place before the congress showed that in fact this is the topic that strengthens and causes a certain zeal in the democratic base to go to the elections and vote and we remember that the biggest problem is actually both the democratic and the republican parties, how to call on the actual voters to come to the polling station and vote for yuri and how did they react to joe biden's announcement within his party and in the republican camp, you know natalya, the reactions are completely opposite to what was expected, again, if we are talking about, say, the democratic party, then probably the biggest supporter, supporter with the largest base is the former president, the 44th president of the united states, barack obama, he congratulated jobiden's re-election campaign and

said that he is proud what joe biden did for the country, for the americans and his administration, and he said that when joe biden turns around for a second term, he will continue this work in a completely different way, of course took the reaction of the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, who is already running for re-election in 2024, and he said that in fact, if you put the five worst presidents of the united states together , then joe biden will be even worse than all of them in a heap taken together and if we're talking about republican and democratic strategists both actually both of these parties are satisfied republicans for their part republican strategists consider joe biden an easy target for criticism and they believe that criticism of joe biden is what can unite the republican party , which is having problems now due to the unity of the democratic party, democratic strategies believe that joe biden

is actually, in their opinion, the only candidate from the democratic party who can defeat the republican candidate, especially if he is donald trump, because joe according to their logic, biden has already done it once, if we are talking about american voters, then as shown by the nbc survey that they published on sunday, in fact, all american voters voters most american voters would not like to see either donald trump or joe biden again in 2024 another contest 70% of american voters said they did not want joe biden to run for re-election and 60% said they did not want donald trump to run for re-election and people, nevertheless former president donald trump announced his intention to run for office in the 2024 race back in november of last year, is it possible to predict that

joe biden and donald trump will compete for the presidential seat natalya, you know that because, once again, there is nowhere for re-election and it is unlikely that someone with a democratic party will compete with him. this is the president who is running for re-election, and again, the democrats wanted to see some other candidate. if he was, but as the polls show, if joe bayde is not running for re-election, but he is running, then the party will unite behind him. 88% of domokardia said that they will definitely vote for the democratic candidate. and if we are talking about donald trump, about the republican party, then donald trump is leading now, he is the most popular, let's say, the likely candidate , but five more candidates have already been nominated and started their campaigns, and probably the most famous of them is nicky haley she is the former permanent representative of the united states to the united nations, she has already started

her campaign, but they believe that the one who has not yet announced his candidacy is the governor of florida, he can make analysts think donald trump 's greatest competition, although again , according to poll data, so far donald trump is considered the most likely candidate from the republicans. ukraine was presented today in the congress, the co-authors of the document were the legislators of the house of representatives, republican joe wilson and democrat steven. the document says that

the victory of ukraine should be considered complete the return to the control of kyiv of all territories within the internationally recognized borders as of 1991, the document was presented today in front of the congress building, together with the legislators, activists who are currently in washington within the ukrainian on the capitol hill i congratulate katya i want to congratulate natalya katya this is not the first resolution of the us congress in support of ukraine . of this resolution ended literally a few minutes ago with a speech when , in particular, congressman wilson, the author of the code of women, marsik, ukrainian activists were also present, but unexpectedly , in particular, the third president of ukraine, viktor yushchenko, also gave a separate speech. he was present together with his wife, kateryna , and in particular noted that the situation in ukraine is quite simple. russia wants to destroy ukraine

as a state and rewrite the modern borders of european states . the victory of ukraine should be considered the return of the territory of ukraine under the control of kyiv in accordance with its internationally recognized borders from the year 1991, also in the resolution it is said that in order to consolidate the ukrainian victory, it is necessary to promote ukraine's entry into nato, in addition , it is called that russia pay all reparations to ukraine and also to ukraine as well as all those who committed crimes during this war must be punished, i would like to note that you can read more about this resolution on the website of the voice of america kateryna, you managed to communicate exclusively with one of the authors of this of the resolution by the head of the helsinki commission, congressman jovison, how he explains the impact of this document and why the resolution was introduced right now regarding the timing of the introduction

. wilson claims that the legislators decided to introduce this resolution now in order to have more time during the session and the sessional meetings of the congress in order to have more opportunities. so that the resolution was actually adopted regarding the practical meaning of the practical impact of this resolution, according to wilson , this is the first document i outline the point which can be called a victory for which washington should strive and what exactly can be called a victory for ukraine in this war. in this way, they outlined the question that is often asked by both journalists and opponents of aid to ukraine regarding how long the war can last and when it can be considered finished . we offer more details listen to his comments right now. we need this resolution to explain the importance of preserving territorial integrity. i believe that this is important, in particular, for the american people

, who must understand that the entire territory of ukraine must be returned to the jurisdiction of kyiv, for this, the war criminal putin must withdraw his troops , if there are any negotiations, they must discuss the timetable for the withdrawal of troops in the foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives, we will have strong bipartisan support, this is exactly what putin did not want to do, but he did united republicans and democrats on this issue like never before today at the press conference members of the ukrainian seven were also present then this is another event that you followed kateryna tell more about her and also what role did ukrainian advocacy groups play in the creation of the resolution presented today? you know, with contrast, the resolution has a high chance of being adopted in congress , in particular, of passing through the foreign relations committee of the house

of representatives , as he claims. if they are in washington, they are there for three days, they directly claim that one of the things that led to involvement in this resolution was the fact that they contributed and promote cooperation and conversations with senators and congressmen so that they support this document, and in particular, such advocacy work by ukrainian or pro-ukrainian activists , among whom there are many americans, can also influence their opinion of this document, that is , they will listen to more details in the comments of one of the activists, the organization's advocacy team together we are very proud of our cooperation with the authors of this resolution to ensure that we can help by all possible means

, in particular with regard to attracting additional signatories of this resolution, as well as simply explaining to people that the ukrainian victory is in the national interests of the usa and is necessary for the protection of democracy and the legal order in the world. it is also known that the ukrainian actions themselves , when activists and advocates of ukrainian interests come from different states , are taking place for the second time in the first. it began in in september of last year, they started such and such a format called the ukrainian summit of actions after the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine, and as the organizers say at this second, you yourself joined a lot more participants, in particular, more than 350 not only ukrainians, but also americans decided to come from 34 states of the united states of america to speak as their representatives both in the house of representatives and in the senate and to advocate - to advocate for aid to ukraine itself. here it is worth noting again that among these there are many people, not only ethnic ukrainians or people related to ukraine

, but also ordinary americans who believe that helping ukraine is a common cause for everyone in the world, now my congressmen have a speaker house of representatives kevin mccarthy, i don't know if i will have the opportunity to meet him personally or if it will be his deputy, but we will try to meet with everyone we can to convey to them this is not only about funding and not about politics, this is about the existence of life on this to the planet, my slogan is we are ukraine of course we came from different parts of the world and different parts of america but this is our moral war we are all involved in this it is not about republicans or democrats liberals or conservatives it is about life we ​​have invasion of a sovereign state

this has happened many times before, but now a modern genocide is taking place and this war must be ended. therefore, we are all ukrainians and we must fight against all three days of the ukrainian summit in washington . and i will note that literally tomorrow on the streets of america you can see a more detailed plot however, with whom a-a ukrainian advocacy activist was it possible to communicate what the legislators told them and what are their plans for the next the same type in general regarding legislative assistance to ukraine thank you for this information with us in direct contact with the capitol was catherine tysanova, will hand over to ukraine all the stinger air defense systems that are in the country's arsenal , the minister of defense of the country said at the meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine at the rammstein base last friday, and nara-mornietse also said that riga continues the implementation of the

ukrainian training program according to plans , latvia will train almost 3,000 military personnel by the end of the year. in addition, the country is strengthening its own security and training its national guard forces to counter the type of war that russia is currently waging in ukraine. how is this happening? see further in the story of maria pros volunteers of the national guard of latvia practice how to set up an ambush against a convoy of equipment of an imaginary enemy to similar methods against the first wave of russian paratroopers had to resort to the ukrainian defense at the beginning of the full-scale invasion last year. now the latvian national guard has up to 10 thousand volunteers who train on weekends to be prepared for a possible attack from russia after the start of a full-scale war

, civilians began to join the national guard en masse. i made the decision more than a year ago to at the beginning of the war i decided to do something to get new skills it's a lexicon-speaking skeles regular latvian army has about 16,000 soldiers less than half of them are on active duty so volunteers can become an important component of the country's security jobs where his rebies these people often have very good jobs busy have families, it is not just giving their own time to military training, but the russian invasion of ukraine last year forced many of them to make this decision. the soldiers of the regular latvian army say that the russian war in ukraine significantly influenced the determination of many citizens to serve their country, more people became patriotic, more people prepared to take up arms and fight if necessary , so many join the national guard or join the army. in addition, riga returned the canceled mandatory conscription, which starts

here this year. after the lessons land in we understood from the lessons learned and from the war in ukraine that we are obliged to protect our country from the first minutes of the armed conflict and every centimeter of the land of latvia is the land of payment kucheriga is free, but italians have relatively small armies and state budgets compared to other european countries, they regularly transfer military equipment to ukraine and call on their allies to do more, in particular , latvia transferred to the armed forces of ukraine all of the stinger anti-aircraft missile systems available to ukraine, and estonia allocates to ukraine the largest aid in conversion to the country's gdp maria prus ricardo markina voice of america ukrainian refugees in poland are not only looking for a reliable shelter alley enriches the economy ukrainian businessmen for example

are actively developing the polish market over the past year, they paid more than $2 billion in taxes to the polish budget, how to understand the western consumer and successfully develop your business in europe, they spoke at the forum for the ukrainian business of lucky ukraine bibles in warsaw, the event was a charity event for all, the collected funds will go to the purchase of generators for the driver visited ukrainian hospitals lesya bakalets in the first day and months, in general, an enterprise with foreign capital here in poland is ukrainian, they say in the polish institute economy, how not only to enter the polish market , but also to successfully gain a foothold in it, was discussed on the bb raid like ukraine boot business form, as brave as ukraine in warsaw , we invited speakers from ukrainians who have lived here for 10-15 years, who have been running their business in poland for years, who are at the top of the lists

of polish forbes to share their life hacks and experience with newcomers, one of the participants of the forum and on yarov, together with her husband, they moved to poland 7 years ago and opened the smallest coffee shop in the city in warsaw, for which they even got into the local book of records guinness, now the couple has a network of 23 establishments in poland and the czech republic. inna's main advice is to study the polish audience well. it seems to us that we are very different because of social protection . europeans are also more stable , calmer, etc. to survive from whom we do not know what will happen tomorrow but often it is precisely these qualities that allow ukrainians to quickly achieve success on the polish market in the country more and more restaurants are appearing in ukrainian chains in stores in ukrainian designers and even ukrainian transportation services, for example, the nova poshta company has been operating in poland since october of last year. they have already managed to open branches in all

regions of the country, a total of 31 representative offices. of poland with a ukrainian business or a buyer in ukraine with a business in poland, the organizers of the forum for ukrainians who opened an enterprise in poland have a business and are now going to expand in ukraine because the ukrainian economy roughly speaking, it is necessary to pump in money and it is very easy to do and pump up this economy with money from europe. since there are also thirsty buyers here who can buy the goods and services of people who started their first business in poland, then it will not only motivate them to return to ukraine, yarova is sure and not even after the end of the war, return these entrepreneurs, give some kind of preferential treatment to additional investments for business, so if not

, then part of the small entrepreneurs of medium business will remain more stable in poland europe and we will begin to develop here, and this is a huge problem for ukraine and the challenges were discussed separately at the forum, and business diplomacy and assistance to ukrainian business, wherever it is, to the armed forces of ukraine with donations to support and support in the field of business diplomacy, advocate whether it is among europeans businesses that need to leave russia because they stimulate the russian economy, which is turning into russian missiles, which we already know even flew to poland, the bebe reef like ukraine forum organized the euromaidan volunteer movement warsaw is a charitable event, all profits go to the purchase of large industrial generators for ukrainian hospitals in the front-line areas, in the hospitals of kharkiv, zaporozhye, mykolaiv, and kherson regions, precisely in those regions that are constantly under fire and where generators in hospitals are

actually a question to be or not to be is a question you live the wounded will be brought to the hospital or will they die simply because the hospital does not have electricity, thanks to donations, the foundation has already been able to buy 53 large generators now the goal is to raise another $200,000 for 47 new devices lesia mykolai voice of america from warsaw, the first ukrainian restaurant with a wide menu of traditional cuisine in a modern style has opened in colorado, the owner of which is an american of ukrainian origin, in his establishment molotov , meetings of the ukrainian community have been held since the first weeks of opening svitlana pristynska met with the owner of the restaurant in detail in her plot, which i mix up , is called pysanka, that is, a ukrainian easter egg, samedova vodka, orange

liqueur, lemon juice and egg white cocktail molotova is my favorite, it's a burning cocktail made of vodka and fruit syrup, oat milk and cinnamon, these two are my favorites , i don't think anywhere in denver they mix anything like this linzimar, manager of a ukrainian restaurant in denver, i have several of these embroidery designs of different colors and designs, this is one one of my favorite places in the wine industry where i worked, this place is unique, bohdan is just a great guy , he came up with everything wonderful. my favorite dishes are stewed duck and borscht with cherry. for me, this experience is very instructive. i learn about cuisine and culture is really cool, i never thought that i would have a chance to learn so much, the owner of the restaurant, bohdan, is a grandson of ukrainian emigrants, born and raised in new jersey, moved to colorado a few years ago, and me and bohdan, this is my restaurant in denver and

the first place where he cooks according to his family's recipes after i opened two restaurants in denver , i was nostalgic to cook again using my grandmother's recipes. after success with other restaurants i finally took the plunge and opened the restaurant i always wanted my grandparents came to shai after world war ii and taught me to be ukrainian and proud of it and even though i grew up in the united states i feel ukrainian bohdan cooks traditional ukrainian dishes and also uses author's recipes on molotov's menu, there is borscht and stewed duck, herring under a fur coat, krill, sour cream, buckwheat , stuffed peppers and cocktails with ukrainian names, the most popular

molotov cocktail, and the establishment has the same name bohdana, because this cocktail was a weapon of the revolutionaries, explains the owner, we wanted it to be traditional, but at the same time add a little punk rock. that's why we have, for example, a cocktail molotov cocktail, fire dumplings with asparagus , goat cheese, we serve lard dumplings , we always have stuffed cabbage rolls, bread and butter as part of our serving. sausage and lard with a kobesa teapot trevismur has long wanted to visit a ukrainian restaurant today he tried borscht for the first time - this place is amazing, small but cozy and attractive, there is a lot ukrainian art and i like it very much borscht i tried it for the first time i don't know if stewed duck is a popular ukrainian dish but i know that duck is difficult to cook this duck is very tasty among

the restaurant visitors there are many local ukrainians it's nice to see that the ukrainian community here sticks together and supports the interest to ukraine i also constantly take an active part in supporting ukraine, we have a wonderful organization ukrainians of colorado together with them i conducted a culinary master class, collected funds, met with state senator and talked about ukraine right here in the restaurant bohdan who was born in america says how does it feel to be a ukrainian i will continue to do my best for ukrainians because i am one of them my heart hurts when i read the news i want ukraine to know that they are remembered here in the center of denora, ukrainian flags are everywhere, it is very difficult, but hold on, because everything you do is important , the whole world is with you, pristina, volodymyr petruniv, denver - colorado, download

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this is katya, a 17-year-old girl. after a week of searching, the girl was found, and fortunately, everything is fine. and the acacia tree disappeared under , without exaggeration, very mysterious circumstances. she mostly lived with her older sister in the city of marganets in the dnipropetrovsk region. and in april, she came to visit her mother in the village of velyki everything was fine in mezhirychi in the rivne region. nothing seemed to portend trouble, but on april 9, katya told her mother that she was going to rivne for a walk. however, she never returned home. katya's mother and sister sounded the alarm until suddenly she received a message to the family chat, i saw that a farewell message came from katya, we have a family chat group in net, not in viber, in telegram, and here in telegram, a message came that she is going on a trip, as if she is leaving to travel, new acquaintances are being made, she did not leave because we didn't worry about her that she would return in an hour, i was scared, she started calling, but we realized that she has us on this black list because the line was busy

, the line was busy, the line was busy, and the very next day there was a ray of hope that to quickly find katya on april 10 thanks to geolocation in the girl's phone, it was possible to determine her location, it was the city of lviv, katya was also recorded by surveillance cameras at one of the stations, it was visible that the girl was carrying large bags, in which she probably gathered clothes and food in preparation for her escape, and also for a few days after the disappearance, katya did get in touch and reported that everything is fine with her, at the same time , she is gaining ice. ok, i'm with people now, and in general , she took a change of clothes with her. she explained to us and said that katya's mother and her sister could not find a place