namely, it can delay the language course. despite the fact that the deadline for approving budget funding is approaching this saturday, the divisions between democrats and republicans, the senate and the house of representatives, it seems, are only deepening. what is happening now on the capitalist hill, what will happen with the help of ukraine, we will talk about it with our correspondent at the congress, kateryna lisynova. hello katya. congratulations yuli. katya, have the senators and congressmen made progress in agreeing the budget, or at least a temporary resolution to avoid it. no shift there is no, both in the house of representatives and in the senate, and this is actually the main threat to the government, which is approaching, a possible shutdown. the house of representatives is currently debating 12 necessary spending bills, but none of them have yet been agreed upon and are actually drowning in amendments, washington's main hope to avoid an almost-inevitable shutdown is

a potential short-term government funding resolution. the house of representatives and the senate have already presented their own versions, their own drafts of such resolutions, but in both they differ in the chambers, therefore, even if both chambers agree on their own versions of short-term financing of the government, they will still have to go to the conference, agree on a common single option and put it to a vote again, and this again is additional time and they still did not come to the consideration of these resolutions despite the fact that the deadline has already passed, i'm sorry, not tomorrow, saturday at midnight. katya, that situation does not look very optimistic, but while the legislators are trying to avoid a shutdown, or does this mean that the issue of approving additional funding for ukraine for more than 20 billion dollars, which the white house has requested, is actually hanging in the air? in fact, in the congress, the situation with additional funding for ukraine can be described in one phrase, not at the time, in addition to the fact that in the senate and the house of representatives, there are also different

views on the funding of ukraine, the issue itself is now, in principle, delayed, so, for example, in the senate in their version of short-term financing of the government, there is a clause about 6 billion additional dollars financing for ukraine. senators believe that despite the internal disagreement and the approach of a possible shutdown, aid to ukraine must be agreed in any form, because the senators are trying to avoid a possible stoppage of aid to ukraine or an interruption, in this aid, in turn in the house of representatives, their version of short-term funding for the government , aid to ukraine is not mentioned at all. speaker of the house of representatives kevin mccarthy, in particular, says that the domestic issue must be resolved first financing, and then deal with ukraine. now in the house of representatives there is only one item on financing aid to ukraine in the amount of 300 million dollars, it was part of the defense budget, but yesterday the regulatory committee of the house of representatives decided to put it to

a vote separately, they will consider it today, according to the head of this committee, this item about aid to ukraine in the package of the defense budget of the united states of america would not be supported, because it would meet with a strong position, i suggest you listen. in this issue we disagree with, i actually think it will create an opportunity because my democratic colleagues are going to vote against the bill as a whole, and i understand that you have other objections to this bill, and it's certainly not money for ukraine, but i think this move will allow the house to speak with one voice and it will be a bipartisan vote and i will vote with you, we voted against a particular amendment, but tomorrow you will vote against the bill as a whole, does that mean you are against aid to ukraine already no, this move will simply remove the redundant questions and allow individuals to...vote for

the defense of the united states. hatyu, time is running out and the number of amendments being proposed by a small group of republican congressmen is only increasing. we are talking about such amendments to the budget as, for example, reducing the salary of the secretary of defense of the united states, lloyd austin, to one dollar a year. does this mean that some congressmen want the shutdown to happen and could it benefit anyone? in general, far-right republicans already put forward amendments that demand a reduction in salaries. up to one dollar a year to almost all white house administration officials. in general , such an amendment actually requires the dismissal of the relevant official. as for the amendment that you mentioned, regarding the reduction of the salary for the secretary of defense of the united states of america, to the amount of one dollar, it has already passed the vote in the house of representatives and was supported. it was part of the defense budget of the united states of america and was proposed by congresswoman, far-right republican marjorie grien. but

such a step was in fact... a political step on her part and the congresswoman herself stated that she did not even plan to vote for the defense budget of the united states of america and in fact such a step for her was actually a statement according to the former speaker of the house of representatives, former republican paul ryan, some the legislators, actually, knowing this fact, are bringing the shutdown closer, because they believe that in this way they can get some political preferences, i suggest you listen. so if you provoke a government shutdown over and over again, it does not lead to any conclusions. the problem is that more than half of our legislators have never opposed a shutdown . government, they're leaning towards it, there's a bunch of people who think it's in their best interest for some reason, so i'm afraid it's going to happen eventually. thank you, katya, we will follow the development of this situation, hopefully there will be more optimistic news tomorrow. thank you very much, kateryna lisynova was in touch with the congress.

president biden's administration is working with congress to help ukraine continued, us secretary of state anthony blinkin said at the atlantic festival. according to him, he saw. various polls, but many of these studies indicate that there is strong and stable support for ukraine in america. the white house also sees bipartisan support in congress, which is especially important during the ukrainian counteroffensive, when, according to blinkin , the ukrainians are making progress. as for congress, yes, there are some loud voices that follow a different tactic, but if you look at a majority in both parties, then support... and it persists. i had the opportunity to spend some time with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. this support is obvious. the chairman of the committee on foreign affairs of the house of representatives, republican michael mccaul , is also a very strong supporter of ukraine. so i believe the support is still there. surely

we should constantly try to focus the attention of our fellow citizens on why this is important? and our correspondents in the pentagon report on what has already begun. language courses for ukrainian pilots have started, for several ukrainian pilots , after these language courses, as you know, there will be a general training program for ukrainian pilots, as well as technicians, for the maintenance and use of f16 fighter planes. we will monitor the development of this situation, we will provide a little more details later. lithuanian foreign minister gabrielius lansbergis urged allies to focus on ukraine's victory and provide it with everything necessary for this. he took part in the forum center for the analysis of european politics, where did he voice such an opinion? we need to change the narrative when we say that we will be with ukraine as long as it takes, but if we don't say how long exactly

it takes, how long this help will be needed, it doesn't say much, we have to admit that we ukrainian victory is needed, otherwise we will give victory to putin, which in turn is a nightmare not only for ukraine, but also for the entire region, for us, for latvia, for lithuania, for other countries of our neighbors, the whole the world will feel the consequences of this, so first of all, we need to go back to the urgency of the issue, and then send everything we can , this is what is needed today, what is needed tomorrow, the ukrainians have been asking for long-range missiles that could to reach and stop russian military supplies to the occupied regions, they had to be sent, they had to be sent now. we see a lack of sense of urgency or a slowing of urgency when it comes to supporting ukraine from the capitals of the countries west, there is not so much good news that would signal that additional shipments of weapons are coming to ukraine, on the other hand, we see, for example,

reports of possible shipments to atakam from the united states, and this would be really encouraging news, we we hope that it is not too late, that the decision will not be made too late. under. support for ukraine became one of the hotly debated topics at the second debate of the republicans, who are competing for their party's nomination in the 2024 presidential election. in the debate in california seven politicians participated, but again without the leader of the party race, former us president donald trump. let's talk about this in more detail with my colleague tetyana vorozhko, who followed the event. tanya, hello. congratulations. the discussion about ukraine was short, but definitely very intense, businessman vive kromeswami was especially notable, as he defended his position against supporting ukraine. what are his arguments and how did his opponents react? and so in the evening he started talking about the fact that, of course, putin is evil, but ukraine is also bad. he made it to say that 11 political parties have been persecuted in ukraine

, after which he was interrupted by nikki haley, the governor, former governor of south carolina, who said that a victory for putin in ukraine would be a victory for china. actually, we know. what he wanted to say to vekram aslami, because he repeats this thesis during a meeting with voters, he accuses ukraine of persecuting religious minorities and restricting the community, and he could not develop this... this opinion, he, let's say, did not could say more, say participants, other participants, spoke their theses more in support of ukraine, and nicky geli and mike penz rang out, they managed to say it, because the discussion is so chaotic, they spoke at the same time, and niki geli and mike penz managed to say that this really is a victory china, china can invade taiwan and that putin will stop and move on, unlike the previous debate, and the governor no, not the governor, the senator. south carolina, that tim scott, who was a little tight-lipped on the subject last time, was able to publicize his

position on ukraine, it is pro-ukrainian, he repeated, he spoke about the fact that it is in the interests of the united states, that supporting ukraine is an investment in the security of the united states, that we must stop putin in ukraine, because in this way we weaken the russian army, and this benefits the security of europe and the security of the united states, and the governor of the state of florida, rondesan , he practically repeated the theses that he said earlier, that war is bad, peace is needed, but he did not explain how to reach a peace agreement and said again about the fact that europe should pay more, that this is actually a european problem, that china is our biggest opponent, and chris christie, one of the two candidates who visited ukraine, was asked whether he believes that we attract too much attention to russia, meanwhile, when china is our main opponent, he explained that all this is connected by china, the war in ukraine, and iran helps with weapons, north korea also joined here,

you see, this is such an axis of evil , it's not a direct quote, and he's back to donald again he reminded trump, who was not present on this stage, that he called putin a brilliant politician for his actions in ukraine, said, and we know that putin first killed people in russia, and then, when he ran out of blood, he left to ukraine, where he killed civilians, peace kills peaceful civilians and ukraine, the russians stole more than 20,000 ukrainian children and said that if we do not stop putin, do not stop russia in ukraine, then he will go to poland, he actually even named the country, and, of course, such positions are also very important, tanya, you mentioned the incumbent, donald trump, who didn't attend the debate but held a rally in michigan almost at the same time as the debate, why he continues to ignore the debate, and whether the criminal charges brought against him in several states and yes, he was not at the debate, he was in michigan. where he spoke to the workers, well, he addressed, let's say, to the workers of the automobile industry, in general

he appealed to ordinary workers, those who in the united states are called blue-collar workers, and he didn't even specifically talk about the debate, he didn't even answer the criticisms that were thrown at him, he only said that, well, what is this debate for, again, this is not a direct quote, but these people are competing for , to be some kind of minister in my government, does someone not want to be the vice president, did you see the vice president there, i did not see him. that is, he no longer pays attention to the election campaign, which is actually being conducted among the republicans, he mainly focused on criticizing and criticizing joe biden, that is, he already appeals as the only republican nominee, although of course that decision won't be made until next summer, we see that there were four indictments, k four criminal indictments that were brought against donald trump, they flooded the news, it was such a huge deal, but they saw that it somehow it will affect his support, currently he is according to these results, let's summarize the general results, i just looked at 580, he

gets more than half 54%, and the second rondesans only 12%, the rest of the candidates are even lower, on the other hand we see let's say, several such factors, among the states in which the elections will be held first, and new hampshire, iowa, south carolina, the support there... is somewhat less, that is , it can be affected later in this race, when they will actually start the primaries , and another factor that has not yet been taken into account, we do not know what the consequences will be, this is actually another court case, this is already a civil court case in the state of new york, and against donald trump, his adult sons and, executives his organization, the trump organization, the judge has already written his decision, that is, the case is still ongoing, it is not closed, but the judge has already written his decision. where he accused the trump campaign of fraud in that they overstated

the appraised value of real estate for years, even decades, and they didn't do it by 10-15%, it was in bits and pieces, but according to the judge's calculation, it's possible that they exceeded the total property of donald trump for up to 2.5 billion dollars, and due to this they received loans and conducted their business activities, and this may affect his support among voters, because actually, on that's why he appealed to the voters that i'm a successful businessman, i'm very rich, and in fact , these skills i can bring to the benefit of ordinary, ordinary americans, maybe that's what he's talking about... analysts, maybe we'll see this impact, but at the moment we don't see it yet. thank you very much tanya, we will follow how the presidential campaign in the united states develops, it was tatiana vroshko with the details of the presidential race in the united states. and the day before , another colleague of mine, khrystyna shevchenko, visited sisimi, where the republican debate was held. ukrainian activists gathered there for a demonstration to draw the attention of the candidates to

the issue of war. but, says khrystyna, it was not without arguments and even quarrels. who support donald trump. what would reagan do if he supported ukraine? the usa supports ukraine, the republicans support ukraine. as for the arrival of the official debate participants , donald trump supporters gathered on one side of the road, democrats on the other, and local ukrainians and people who support them are nearby. on the left, the stand with ukraine organization. opposite us, the republicans who support trump, still claim that he is the president. ukrainian activists, including democrats and republicans, tried to tell both sides the facts about the war. today, during the republican presidential debate, it is very important

to show the whole world that it is in the best interests of the united states to fully support ukraine. some supporters of trump are convinced that they support ukraine, but they do not the scale of aid that the us provides to kyiv. i fully support ukraine in its fight against russia, but i do not support the scale of american aid that is coming. but in general, members of the republican camp are against supporting ukraine. sometimes the disputes became radical. they are not going to fight in ukraine, but are walking with flags here. here in america. must walk exclusively with an american flag. several american volunteers who fought in ukraine came to the demonstration. they wanted to share their experience with the participants of the republic camp one of them is paul smith, who recently returned from ukraine. we had a good discussion about their views on the war, on

america's place on the world stage, and i shared with them my first-person views about being in ukraine. especially regarding the support of the us and other nato members. paul is a republican, in general, among the group supporting ukraine there were many americans who consider themselves republicans all their lives, and they say that the issue of ukraine will determine who they will vote for? i believe in the words of martin luther king, he who accepts evil, without protesting, cooperates with him, and the russians bombed maternity homes. they steal children, and i know no greater evil. in the democratic camp , there were people who believe that their political opponents have a weak position in relation to russia. it looks like they support russia, which is the same as supporting a dictatorship. we are worried that trump will come back and become a dictator. however, although

the debate on the street was heated, there were no fights. khrystyna shevchenko, semiy valei. california for voa. the united states agency for international development usaid is directing the group with a humanitarian mission to the south caucasus. this was stated by the head of the agency semanta power. according to her, the military operation in nagorno-karabakh last week worsened the already difficult humanitarian situation in the region. the armed forces of azerbaijan took control of the territory. which was under the control of local armenians for tens of years. according to media reports, the president of the unrecognized country, samval shaharaman, announced that the nagorno-karat republic has ceased to exist, as reported by local media. as a result, more than 70,000 people became refugees local armenians fear reprisals from azerbaijanis. a week ago, here in

washington on a visit. the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi visited with the first lady. in just four days in the united states , olena zelska changed eight images. such exits have long been considered fashionable diplomacy and a non-verbal way of communicating with the world. what signals did olena zelska want to send. my colleague ivanna pidborska explained this in detail. in just four days in the united states, olena zelska has changed eight images. such exits have long been considered fashionable diplomacy and non-verbal. a way of communicating with the world. what signals did olena zelska want to send and what outfits did she choose for this? we analyze the main images together with the diplomatic protocol expert natalia adam. a low-key pair with patch pockets in shades of khaki, the color of her husband's first large-scale aggression. in this image, the first lady of ukraine

flew to the usa, and the first symbolism is already hidden in this outfit. this style, you they said correctly, military, casual military, ms. zelska chose, and she really said that she had just come from a country where the war was going on. and she will talk about what is happening, demonstrated to the public that she is ukrainian, and when she received an award for civic leadership from the clinton family. zelska was wearing black palace trousers and a silk blouse with bishop's sleeves. coffee, which you mentioned are episcopal, they remind me of our vysylanka, and this also indicates that mrs. zelska never forgets that she is ukrainian,

so let's give them back that trust. at the summit of the un general assembly, the first lady appeared in an even more restrained image, a black jacket with a white border, four children. on the network , there is an opinion that this is the hope for that. that good times will soon come for ukraine, this is like a ray of hope that yes , the black streak ends in life , the white streak begins, but the hope is on you, that you will give us the opportunity to feel this white color in our lives, solid black a suit without jewelry, a woman... chose for a visit to the pentagon such an election is like a memorial to those who died in the disaster of september 11 , 2001 in the usa, - says expert on diplomatic protocol

nataliya adamenko. by the way, zelska will later wear the same image for a visit with canadian prime minister justin trudeau, but thanks to her loose hair, the image has a completely different mood - says the expert. glory to ukraine. trudeau is trudeau, you know that he can wear some red socks with all the classic suit, he 's a bit of a rebel, that's why loose hair is fine, it's not the pentagon, it's justin trudeau instead, for a visit to the bidens in the white house, zelska wore a light suit, which was decorated with a brooch. with the contours of the map of ukraine, the visit to the bidens, it no longer had such an official flavor, you see, it was already such an almost

friendly visit, so being in something like this , you know, one hundred percent divisive, or emphatically restrained, did not make sense, she emphasized that that i am the wife of the president of ukraine, with this brooch... with the real contours of our country. and for a meeting with representatives of the ukrainian and american communities politicians, and before that with students of georgetown university, zelska came in an embroidered jacket and black trousers. but you have one main thing in common, it's caring. adamenko says, this image is beyond any criticism. students are such a people, you know, why not come to them. they will probably always criticize you, that's why olena zelska simply chose black trousers, which everyone wears

, no matter what they are, whatever style they are, and the vyshyvanka is, it's me, i'm ukrainian, i'm ukrainian, it's very difficult to criticize national clothes, traditionally, every image of the first lady from ukrainian designers, and minimalism, pastel colors and a minimum of decorations , as it were... symbolize the importance of the soft power of the institute of first ladies - says the specialist. using clothes as a non-verbal method of communication, olena told a lot about herself and our country and really did everything to achieve her goal. and you know what the sole purpose of the rules of conduct is to get people to agree with you, and mrs. elena correctly did everything with her clothes in order to get the un to agree with her, to get students to agree with her, the bidens, hilary clinton, everyone, she

well done, she knows the way. real to any audience. us secretary of state anthony blinken showed himself the day before in a new guise as a talented blues performer. at the event dedicated to the launch of the initiative of musical diplomacy, blinkin not only played the guitar, but also sang a classic move of the 50s by hucha kuchimen, madi waters. see for yourself. woman told my mother before i was born going to be a manchild coming gonna be a son of the gun well i'm a hooji man everybody knows i'm here. download

the voice of america mobile app. addition allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, and also listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. and finally, i will just repeat the latest news from our correspondents in the pentagon. it is now known that they have already started in texas. english language courses for several ukrainian pilots. the duration of these courses will depend on the qualification and level of knowledge of the ukrainian pilots, deputy spokesperson of the pentagon spokesperson sabrina sinh said. after at the end of these courses, the pilots will continue specialized training on the f-16 in arizona, but also, as sabrina singh said, if there is a shutdown, that is, a partial shutdown of the american government, this may also affect the language courses for

ukrainian pilots, we will train for development of this situation, more details already in the next broadcasts, in particular in the briefing broadcast, tomorrow at 18:00 kyiv time, and also often, as always, at 22:00. i thank you for your attention, thank you for watching voice of america, ukrainian, see you tomorrow, on everything is fine, take care, papa. we are looking for nine-year-old artem kholodny, who disappeared in kharkiv oblast in september 2022, help find the boy, his mother asked.

imagine, a woman has not seen or heard from her son for more than a year, i am appealing to everyone who can see or know any information about my child, my son, the cold one, artem andriyovych, if anyone has seen or heard any information, can to provide, i am asking you very much, to do this, because the mother's heart is breaking and the fact is that artem kholodny's parents are divorced and live separately, it so happened that when the war started, the boy was with his father in the city of kupyansk in the kharkiv region. on the third day of the full-scale invasion, the city was completely occupied, and later communication was lost there. for almost six months, mrs. elena did not have any news about her son and only in september 2022, she received a short message from him in viber. it was september, around september 10-13 last year, the 22nd. let me remind you that in september of last

year, fighters from the ssu liberated kharkiv oblast from the occupiers, and it was during this period that the son of mrs. olena got in touch. of course, the woman tried to call artyom, wrote him more than one message in response, but all attempts turned out to be useless. the connection with the child mysteriously broke off again, and it is still unknown where artem kholodny is now. therefore, your help is very important. look at the photo again and remember the boy's face. artem is 10 years old. september 28, he is a very active boy, fair-haired, with such a slender build, he is now in the 50th grade, light-eyed, gray-blue eyes, active, kind, good boy. if suddenly someone has seen artem the cold, or knows where he might be now, do not delay and immediately call us on hotline.