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service of the voice of america, time, i am yuliya yarmolenko, congratulations, the united states announced a new package of military aid to ukraine in the amount of 325 million dollars, it includes, among other things additional ammunition for pump air defense systems and himers high-mobility missile and artillery systems, in addition, 15 bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 10 stryker armored personnel carriers, which are supposed to replace american armored vehicles that were lost or damaged during ukrainian offensive operations, this aid package is allocated under the program of presidential powers and they are taken from the pentagon's own stocks, which means that the equipment should be put into service with the ukrainians in the coming days, the package also contains additional ammunition for air defense of ukraine to help protect the ukrainian people this is the 40th tranche of us department of defense equipment and supplies to ukraine under the president's authorization program and we appreciate

the bipartisan support of congress that made this assistance possible the united states will continue to support the people of the country who courageously defend their sovereignty democracy from russia's aggression , the secretary general of nato and jens stoltenberg, who is currently visiting washington, welcomed the next tranche of military aid for of ukraine after a meeting with secretary of state anthony blinkin, he emphasized that the support provided by nato countries just now helps the ukrainian military to win back territories and thus strengthens kyiv's position at the future negotiating table. nato support to ukraine makes a difference on the battlefield. beginning but what we know is that the more territories the ukrainians can liberate, the stronger the position at the negotiating table will be

and the more likely it will be that the president putin will understand that he will not win this battle and this war of aggression, the question of long-term support for ukraine on the eve of the nato summit in vilnius is one of the key topics of jens stoltenberg's meeting with us president joe biden before the start of negotiations in the white house . both leaders emphasized the joint efforts of the alliance members to support ukraine and joe biden separately thanked jans stoltenberg for his powerful leadership , the secretary general emphasized the assistance to ukraine in the interests of the security of all alliance countries and expressed the hope that, based on the results, exactly that in in vilnius, nato will only strengthen its support for kyiv, russia's brutal invasion of ukraine was not only an attack on ukraine, but also on our main values ​​and on free people everywhere, and that is why putin will not win this war if it happened. it would be a tragedy not only for ukrainians but made the world more dangerous and sent signals to authoritarian leaders

around the world, as well as to china, that when they use military force, they get what they want, and then we would become more vulnerable, so ukraine's support is in interests of our security, and when we meet with all nato leaders at the summit in vilnius next month , we will agree on our support for ukraine and continue to strengthen our deterrence and defense. in the senate, mitch makonov, an influential legislator , also emphasized that the threat posed by russia has awakened many europeans and forced them to invest in their own and collective security of the lethal equipment of the western front line production is a direct investment in our own american security firstly arming our friends so they can

defend themselves it's much cheaper and it's not just about dollars but american lives so it's a cheaper way to reduce russia's ability to threaten the united states secondly ukraine's effective defense of its territory teaches us how to improve the defense of partners threatened by china. it is not surprising that officials and ivaniv wholeheartedly support helping ukraine to defeat russia. thirdly, most of the money allocated for security assistance to ukraine do not actually go to ukraine , they are invested in american defense production, it finances new weapons and ammunition for the armed forces to replace old materials that we provide to ukraine , in other words, this aid means more jobs for american workers and newer weapons for american of military personnel agrees with republican makonov, and congressman democrat mike quigley also says that if ukraine had not defended itself, the current border of the war would have passed

would already be in moldova, the baltic countries and even poland. therefore, these investments are not only for ukrainians, but also for democracy in the whole world . he stated this in a comment to my colleague kateryna lisunova blah blah, i rarely agree with senator makonov, but here he is right, this is an investment in democracy. national security not only of the united states, let 's ask ourselves what would happen if this war really ended in four days, then the current border of the conflict would be on the territory of moldova, the baltic countries, and even possible to poland, we must remember why we fought in the second world war, why our ancestors restrained the autocrats of the world with all their might, he is watching the encroachment on the democratic territory today by beijing, having its own interests in relation to taiwan , and other autocrats are also watching. therefore , the current investments are intended not only for our friends in ukraine, but for democrats around the world in his last inaugural

speech franklin rudnyk quoted the poet alf emers to have a friend we must become a friend our interdependence is evident under the main on an american topic, today ex-president of the usa donald trump arrived in court in miami, where he will be officially charged with mishandling classified documents after he left the white house in a 37-count indictment . my colleague ostap yarysh kaki will help us understand the nuances of this case now in direct contact with ostap's studio, hello, what is happening at the moment in the court of miami, what are the charges against the former president and how serious are these accusations before our air donald trump arrived at the court in miami and now all the minutes he and his team of lawyers are reading their own indictment , what he is accused of, as you correctly said, 37

points in the case, the case is called united states against donald trump, also his assistant, and according to the prosecutors, he is an illegal and the improper storage of classified documents , let me remind you that the prosecutors are talking about the fact that trump allegedly stored classified documents in his private residence in maralevo in florida , which documents he had and which were secret related to the national defense of the national security of the united states, including e nuclear programs, including e intelligence plans and data on allies and adversaries of the united states, and also accuse the prosecutor donald trump of obstructing the investigation and lying and providing access to these documents and also shared these secret plans with his interlocutors in private conversations, these are federal yuli charges and the first time a former president of the united states

has been indicted specifically under federal uh-uh for general articles. that is, this is a state case, not at the state level, as was the case in the previous case in the state of new york, and this case is quite serious. donald trump has already admitted that he is innocent in court and says that the case is fabricated . politically motivated, especially considering the fact that the election races are going on and trump is currently the main candidate according to the polls from the republicans in the primaries of this party, yury ostap. actually, speaking of the presidential campaign, ex-president trump says that he does not will leave the presidential campaign even if he is found guilty, how can this case in general affect the presidential race that has already begun, ilya first needs to understand that it will not be a problem for donald trump to run for office. there are no requirements in the constitution of the united states that could stand in the way of this, there are only three requirements to of the presidential candidates, the candidate must be a citizen of the united states, he must be at least 35 years old and at least the last 14

years have lived on the territory of the united states, that is, donald trump, even if he is opened against him criminal proceedings even if at the federal level you are even more so if trump is found guilty and still he ends up behind bars anyway according to the constitution of the united states he will still be able to run for president other issues yuli how is this case and in the end other cases that are ongoing against donal trump as can they affect the support among his voters or in the primaries that if he becomes the only candidate in the end and in the further uh in the further stages of this presidential race some say that it can mobilize his electorate and we saw supporters of donald trump today in miami who gathered and say that this is the persecution of the former president, some say that on the contrary it can screen out part of the voters who will consider trump toxic, in the end we also heard a reaction from former officials of the trump administration , for example, john bolton of national security or nikki haley and the former representative of the un, and under the trump administration, which, by the way, is now also

competing for the republican prime ministership, they say that if they will prove that trump is guilty, this will have serious consequences, although some of the congressmen, for example, the incumbent republicans say again that this is a declaration of war by trump's republicans and that this is absolutely a political motor business, so it will be very interesting to see what will happen have consequences for the following hearings and other cases, including for the pre-election campaign of yulia ostap , talking about what to expect next and how quickly they plan to consider this case , taking into account the very great public interest and you know well, if we are talking about what to expect today, then obviously, or at least according to expectations, trump will be released from personal commitment and he has already announced and tonight's performance at his golf club in the state of new jersey, so we expect to hear from him the reaction of the personal there also in front of supporters

in front of representatives of the press further and this is also an interesting question, how long can this case last? a month until it actually starts to be considered, a jury needs to be chosen, a juror needs to be approved, both sides need to deal with other procedures , and most people say that in fact this case can drag on much longer than the beginning of the 24th presidential election, and we should not expect that this case is the previous case against donald trump superfluous? are there any decisions before the presidential elections of the 24th year, which are scheduled for november? the case is quite long. we also know that with in previous experience, donald trump and his team tried to drag out these processes, tried to file appeals, tried to file various motions to challenge the decision, so for sure, it will last yulia for months , if not even longer, the house needs to be patient and watch how it will develop, but we will watch and we will

expect that in fact, a large part of the consideration of these cases belongs to yulia in the presidential company of the 24th year. let 's definitely appeal the development of this very important case. yarish and we continue the release at once on six continents showed a documentary film about ukraine the superpower of the famous american actor sean pena screenings took place within the framework of the 72 hours of freedom initiative that's how much putin wanted to capture kyiv the premiere of the film took place at the berlinale in february since then pena and his co-director aron kaufman organized small screenings of the superpower around the world . are planning to show for the first time in kyiv

at the premiere in new york, my colleague iryna solomko spoke with the director arn kaufman, her story continues good morning, mr. president , the story of the successful ukrainian comedian volodymyr zelensky, who shot the series, but how to become the president and then became one according to the director arnakaufmon from the very beginning, for him and for a famous actor , shonapena looked very american and attractive to ukraine. it was too interesting and dramatic not to engage with her, then we got to ukraine and really understood that ukraine is special. there was a feeling that not only the place and the people are special, but if something important was happening at that moment, something that was based on the last three revolutions and it all pushed further and further to the western ideals of democracy and freedom, and it was very tangible at that time and it made the invasion was even more devastating because it was felt that ukraine had its own problems and challenges, but it

was moving in the right direction. frida 's stay in ukraine, work on the picture and, most importantly, a better understanding of ukrainians and their modern history forced the directors to expand the focus is simply the phenomenon of zelenskyi on the phenomenon of the ukrainian people who are fighting for their independence, that is why the tape contains footage with the families of the heroes of the euromaidan and the orange revolution, as well as a reflection on the topic of ukraine's renunciation of nuclear weapons, i think nothing, i really did not have a full understanding of ukraine. where it is located geographically, but politics, history and the historical moment that we saw struck us as a turning point for a deeper understanding and personality of volodymyr zelensky became for kafman and pe on full scale russian invasion in the first met on the 23rd and he decided he would meet us the next day

and we would take our little camera and then we went back to the hotel and that night the first rockets flew the next day when we saw him he was in camouflage his country was in a state of war and there was a feeling and this is felt in the film that he could not have predicted this that he was born for this moment we had the opportunity to see him we understood that this moment in history is one of those things when the right person is around to enter struggle and it was very similar to the story of david and goliath it was heroic and incredible and the film changed radically at that moment because we liked zelensky but we did not see it he was an actor he had no military experience so why should people believe or think that this man will have such courage inside however, the most impressive discoveries for him and for the foam was the understanding of how much ukrainians are united in

the struggle for their country, according to the director, americans can also learn from this through the politics of the last four or five or six years the united states was broken and it's hard not to be negative here everyone is very divided yes ukraine had its own problems but everyone was for ukraine they could disagree with each other on certain things but the only thing they seemed united in was that they cared about ukraine saw the future of ukraine and light and worked on it in their own way, it was attractive and it was a real surprise for us, a refreshing surprise, despite the fact that the invasion of penta, his film crew were in kyiv, and the next day even had the opportunity to see zelenskyi, the most painful were the shootings in the summer on the front line. sean was quite categorical, it was obvious that he needed to get to the front line, he wanted

to show that he wanted to be not just a tourist, but to be there with the military. and we had such a good experience communicating with the guys we met. had such a beautiful spirit later when i got home and we looked more at the footage i thought so it was a lot more dangerous than i thought while working on the porting picture the efforts to help ukraine are continuing and now, according to the director, in particular, he is bringing representatives of influential financial institutions and businesses to ukraine so that they invest in ukraine now and not wait for the end of the war from new york iryna solomko pavlo terekhov voice of america most americans consider the struggle ukrainians against

russian aggression with a battle for justice and support them about this in an interview with the voice of america, said a professor at harvard university, the director of the ukrainian of the research institute at harvard serhiy plakhii the day before, his new book russian-ukrainian war was published in the usa . my colleague iryna matviychuk asked serhiy plakhii how putin played the language card in the war against ukraine. is kyiv doing enough to support ukrainian books, and how appropriate was it to write a historical book about the war that is still going on the russian-ukrainian war tell me about this book is it now er the war is not over yet a-a why do you think that it is now on time it is on time because sometimes there are moments in history when the phenomenon of the so-called thick time actually appears, that is, a lot of things are packed into a few days, a

few weeks, how much happens in a few months, there is a flow of news and you have to navigate in them, that is, it is extremely important to have an idea of ​​what where did this war start, how is it going, what are the goals, what changes are already taking place, and many of these questions can already be answered today, and it is precisely because of this that i undertook to write this book, because it seems to me that what i am doing is what i am trying to do to tell first to understand for yourself then to tell the world about what led to this war to show the reasons for the ukrainian resistance to be very effective and to indicate whether the changes that this war brought have already brought all of them today and where do the americans get

information about ukraine in your opinion, are there enough ukrainians authors who deserve to be on the western market , are they translated enough, do americans get information exactly where the information is kept by ukrainians and the majority of people in the free world. that is, it is social networks, these are newspapers, this is radio, this is television, and so on . books help to do this because of this, because of this actually i thought that this book, my book about the russian -ukrainian war, should be today, immediately, not when, let's say, false or maybe not very false ideas about the war have formed regarding

why there are few ukrainian books, i can to say that there are definitely not enough good books, they create demand, demand creates, actually creates an appetite from the euro , meal time, demand actually creates circulation, one problem is that there are not enough of them. the second problem is that , well, now the topic of ukraine has become a fashionable topic and people who very often they don't have even with the best intentions with the best wishes but who well, they actually don't have professional training and anything else and this is also a problem now ukrainians are collecting petitions and signatures for the petition to the president to sign the law on the ban on the import of russian books, anti-ukrainian books or books by russian authors, this bill has been on the president's desk for a year, he does not sign it because he does not understand until the end of the president's administration

. i do not know the specific reasons why this project has not been signed. to imagine any rational reasons why this should not be done, the topic is that it is not just a ban on russian books there or some others, but the topic is that there should be an active policy to support the ukrainian cultural product and books in including, it is simply about a certain potentialism and protection of one's culture, even outside the boundaries of the war, even outside the boundaries of what happened in the last year and a half or in the last 9 years, this is this, like, again , i did not read the project, but some form of this project should have been in ukraine a long time ago, and in your previous speeches you told how putin uses language as a component of war , they say we protect russian-speakers, but ukrainians do the same thing, demanding

to speak ukrainian, is there a language for ukraine a component of war is definitely language definitely okay, that is, there is such a play of words here, there is a certain paradox, there is such friction, which today is productive and non-destructive, but it means friction, that is, ukraine was formed and became independent in 1991 as a bilingual , bilingual country. ukraine became independent due to the fact that it was published, it was possible to build bridges between mainly russian-speaking ukraine and mainly ukrainian-speaking ukraine, and it existed like this with problems and articles and so on , it existed like this more or less until 2014 when russian aggression came precisely from languages ​​under language flags, when people who spoke russian or mostly russian

found themselves also an object for the influence of russian propaganda, the hopes of russians in the 14th and 22nd years were that if you speak russian, you there is a defect in the russians, you must support russia, you must support the russian army, and at the same time, when the war begins in order to liberate , it seems that the russian-speaking people are also happening. it started in 2014. in the 22nd year, a very powerful wave of identification re-identification of the same ukrainians means not only what their ethnic or cultural affiliation is, but also what their linguistic affiliation is and what their cultural practices are, and clearly at the beginning of this war these processes intensified, and what is extremely important here is that those processes

continue precisely in the perspective in which they began when it was a fight for the will of the people with the support of ukrainian culture, but without, let's say conditionally speaking, bans because bans are borscht, that union is the unity that exists today it is absolutely not only is it necessary because of what it means, well, it is human rights, it is necessary to stand in line, it is necessary in order to receive the support of the west, eh, but the main leader is this freedom - this is this is the basis of things, for which today ukrainians are fighting for a large-scale invasion, ukrainians continued to argue on the topic of who are whose heroes, we did not have common heroes of the country. do you think this war will put the dots over and in this matter the dots in such questions

will never be put in. that is, this is this this is a new process that continues, but already after the 14th year, after the heroes of the maidan and so on, the question of whose heroes are right and whose heroes are wrong began to move a little to the side due to the fact that a new example of heroism appeared and i think that these processes these processes continue continue not only in understanding means reformatting reorientation er in public space in cities in villages monuments then and some galleries or do you mean heroes but also in the ukrainian consciousness more broadly eh i think i

think that the last 9 years especially the last a year and a half gave birth to so many true heroism and true heroes, where where where are you, where everyone agrees and i think that this is a positive, this is a positive movement. this war and why there is so much violence in this war. i think that the reasons for this war are fully understood not only by americans, that is, these things are discussed, that is, there are different, there are different views , but what i can say is relatively relatively americans at one time published such a book in america called gulvor's good war. it was about the second world war, which later in

the memory of americans just acquired the features of a good war. and whose side should the americans be on, and it seems to me that in fact this russian-ukrainian war is taking on similar characteristics in the perception of americans as a whole, it is a war with a very clear moral imperative with very clearly defined parameters in this sense, unlike many other conflicts in which america has been involved, either directly or indirectly, or directly download the voice of america mobile application, the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service, read the news, watch informational programs and videos, and also listen to ukrainian voice service podcasts america is ending thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian see you tomorrow good luck take care

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