on friday at 20:00, repeat at 12:10. you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. i am natalya leonova. congratulations. i want to assure the people of ukraine that they can. for our support. this was announced by president joe biden during a press conference at the white house yesterday. late on saturday night, he signed into law a bill to temporarily fund the government to avoid a shutdown. the law, which will be valid for 45 days, does not include new aid for ukraine. president biden expressed hope that republicans in congress will keep their word regarding support of ukraine and noted that the issue of assistance to kyiv is urgent. white's decision. during a briefing on monday, she said

that soon the united states will have a new aid package for ukraine. we will talk more about this with yulia yarmolenko, who joins the studio from the white house, and kateryna lisunova, who works in congress. greetings colleagues. congratulations. katya, how did it happen that the shutdown was averted, how did the legislators manage to agree, and why was new aid for ukraine not actually included. first, about how the shutdown was avoided. speaker. representatives kevin mccarthy, originally wanted to introduce his own republican resolution on short-term funding for the government, but it did not find support in his own party, it was blocked by representatives of the far right wing, after which kevin mccarthy went to work with the democrats and agreed to a single joint bipartisan resolution that has to fund the government for the next 45 days. why the actual document does not have any additional help for ukraine. many journalists asked this question, and in particular, speaker kevin macarthur after

voting stated that first it is necessary to agree on internal funding for the united states of america, and then deal with the issue of ukraine. in his turn, his democratic opponent , house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, said the next 45 days will be a test for republicans to decide whether they will agree to more aid to ukraine or continue to play along with putin. quote. what the senate tried to do was put ukraine before america. i understand our responsibility, but i put america first. if at some point we come to discuss this issue, then we will focus on it completely. but i believe that the biden administration should first clarify what exactly will be a victory for us. i have already asked the administration to come and talk to the legislators about this. what russia has done is terrible. i'm really worried about what will happen in the long run, but i don't want to. spend money,

this question will be asked as long ago, a year and a half ago, about aid to ukraine, i said then there won't be an unlimited check, and that's my position on all issues, i want to make sure that everything that i vote for really goes where it needs to go and has accountability, it's with accountability that we have problems here that need to be solved. as i said earlier, we have to tackle this issue, and we have to do it as soon as possible, in order to guarantee the provision of ukraine. necessary to continue the courageous struggle and to defeat vladimir putin and russia. in the next few days, when we get back to work. house republicans will have choice, either they are going to stand up for freedom, democracy, truth and the ukrainian people, or they are going to continue to kneel before the pro-putin group of republicans in the house of representatives. far-right republican. said

the far-right would try to oust kevin mccarthy as speaker this week after he worked with democrats to pass a short-term resolution. yuliu, president biden immediately after the approval of the bill by the senate signed it, but yesterday during the conference he called on the speaker mccarthy to fulfill his promise and ensure continued support for ukraine. what leverage does the president have over congress in this matter? you know, natalya, the white house and president biden immediately made it clear that the short-term resolution that congress passed is not absolutely ideal, president biden signed this resolution, signed this bill, because he is the american president, it is extremely important to him that the government continued to work, people continued to receive salaries, including military personnel, but he immediately said that aid to ukraine and the approval of additional funding for ukraine should remain a priority, from the press conference or from the speech he gave yesterday at the white house,

it was clear that there is an agreement, and president biden said that he has an agreement with the republicans that this aid, additional funding for ukraine will not be brought to the bar for a vote, and as he said, he heard an assurance from the republican leader that this aid will be approved, today she also insisted on this karin jeanpierre, white house spokeswoman, and as far as the important ones that the president has , natalia, you know, at this point, it's probably just taking kevin mccarthy's words and the republicans as well, and as president biden said, he's got those assurances, now he is waiting for action, let's listen to his direct speech. i hope that my friends from the other party keep their word about supporting ukraine. they said that they support ukraine in a separate vote. we cannot under any circumstances allow, american support to ukraine was interrupted. i fully expect the speaker to follow through on his

commitment to ensure approval of the support ukraine needs to protect itself from aggression and brutality. mr. president, what would you say to the allies, especially zelski, regarding the continuation. of ukraine, how can you assure them? i can assure them, look at me, we will do it, i do not believe that anyone who voted to support ukraine, the vast majority in the house of representatives and the senate, democrats and republicans, for any purely political reasons will allow even more people died in ukraine. you know, natalie, president biden also said that he had an agreement with kevin mccarthy that the aid to ukraine would be extended and additional would be approved. when karinjenper was asked today what kind of deal this is, or if it's something new, she only said that the white house sees that aid to ukraine has bipartisan support in congress, now lawmakers just have to act to confirm it. katya, what will happen with the provision of aid

to ukraine in these 45 days, while the law on temporary funding, and when we can expect new aid to ukraine to be agreed upon, in particular, the fate of the 24x requested by the biden administration in august. as of now, no additional aid to ukraine has been put up for a vote in congress. and all 45 days are given to lawmakers to pass spending laws and other financial issues during that period, and ultimately fund next year's government for next year. but i would like to note that theoretically , during this time, legislators can discuss and agree on additional assistance ukraine. whether it will be the $24 billion that biden previously asked for, a different amount, or any amount at all, is currently unknown, but both senate republican and democratic leaders said after agreeing to the short-term resolution that these are only temporary solutions, and during this time

lawmakers must agree to additional aid to ukraine. the bipartisanship that has always distinguished the senate is finally... and now the american people may experience some relief, but it is only a temporary fix. leader mcconnell and i agree that it is necessary to continue the struggle and allocate more economic and defense aid to ukraine. we support ukraine's efforts to protect its sovereignty from putin's aggression. as i said, for several weeks, the best solution was to adopt a simple short-term finance. which will give us time to continue discussing important priorities. in particular, regarding the provision of even more lethal weapons to ukraine, necessary to repel the russian invasion. on this

particular issue, senate republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines and investing more in american power that strengthens our allies and deters our main... china, i'm sure the senate will vote for further emergency aid to ukraine later this year. yulik, while the legislators are solving the issue with the budget, how much money is left for ukraine, which has already been agreed as of now, outside the budget, what other sources of assistance to ukraine are available to the administration. natalie, how much money is left? this is a very good question, today's put white house spokeswoman karin genpierre. she said that at the moment the white house still has little money to provide for the urgent needs of the ukrainian military, the urgent needs of the ukrainian military on

the front lines. she said that this money will be enough for a short time, but she did not name the exact date when there is a deadline, so to speak, she only said that it is about the short-term perspective, what is going on, what if we talk about long-term needs , then at this stage we need more resources, of course, water, but she assured that for the time being... the united states, the white house will continue to provide assistance under the presidential authorization program and has said that a new package from the united states can be expected soon. we are now trying to find out both in the white house and in the pentagon, specifically, what amounts may be involved, and also, we know that, in fact, it is now very important to pay attention to how much money remains until these 45 days. as the journalists of the publication reported , "it may be about what the white house has at this stage

up to $5 billion previously approved by congress to provide aid from the united states' own reserves , but the white house also emphasizes that now, in the pentagon, they have a little more than billions of dollars left to replenish their own stockpiles from which aid is provided to ukraine, so the timing is right, and at this stage, as they say in the white house, it is very necessary, and congress has indeed approved the next funding for ukraine, and in terms of what programs it is provided, 24 billion about which is going now language, they are allocated outside the budget, they were invited by the white house to the congress in addition to the amounts prescribed in the budget. natalia thank you, colleagues, for your work, julia yarmolenko from the white house and kateryna lisunova from the congress were in direct contact with us. on sunday , an opposition march

of millions of hearts was held in the polish capital, designed to mobilize those voters who have not yet decided on a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, which will take place in two weeks. the rally was attended by poles from all over the country, leaders of the races for parliamentary seats, the ruling law and justice party and the civic platform. our colleague myroslava gongaze was on the march, she came to our ether right now, congratulations myroslava, congratulations, myroslava, you are at the scene of events, what is happening in poland now, what is the situation and what are the moods on the eve of the elections, before talking about the situation in poland , i still want to return to your discussion just now with our colleagues, what is happening in washington, because in fact, there is a change in the political course in all countries, both in europe and in the united states, there is without many people forget.

danger and i must say that poland, this specifically concerns, because poland has become a base for supporting ukraine during all this, this entire period of war, and today in kyiv, the leaders of the european union assured of support for ukraine and declared that, in fact, they are, for them, a matter of survival or a matter of existence, and so they will support, so it feels that the european union... will look at this, expecting the united states to be slower in providing aid, in the european the union assumes this responsibility, because we already know that financially the european union helps ukraine more, that is, with regard to poland, poland is actually in the elections, and yesterday the first such huge, actions, support actions, voter activation actions took place, as with

- the two political forces of poland, which are actually arguing for the leadership, the law and justice party, which today , governs poland, has been governing poland since 2015, and the other party, the opposition party, which today, in which today the leadership is taken by tusk, so on these parties are practically, very close to each other, now the law and justice party is gaining 38% of the votes according to the polls, the civic platform is gaining 30% of the votes, so the elections are intensifying, and the next two weeks will be decisive for shaping the future in general, possibly of poland, and maybe the european union. myroslav, how did russia's war against ukraine affect the candidates' rhetoric, and what place does the issue of ukraine actually occupy? that's exactly why poland and ukraine and russia's war in ukraine are key issues,

although i must point out that if the party, the ruling party, today talks a lot about the danger for poland, about the fact that they will provide and guarantee security, strengthen their army, they accuse the opposition of the fact that the opposition goes to, to agreements, whether with russia, whether with others, with germany or... with other countries, with but, the opposition party, the opposition platform, the civic platform, they actually pay little attention to ukraine, they... in general, what is it big risks for for security and for freedom, but the issue of ukraine is not so actively raised, they focus more on internal issues, freedoms, internal freedoms in poland. moroslav, you already mentioned this, poland has been resolutely supporting ukraine since the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, both with weapons and financially, it provides

humanitarian aid, now there are about a million ukrainian refugees living there, can the election results affect the aid, in fact they can, they can because now the rhetoric coming from, from the ruling party, it's a bit like that, well, dubious, let's say this, because they are now starting to accuse ukraine of being ungrateful and so on, and this is actually a problem, and ukrainians here in poland are a little wary, they, they are very afraid that ukraine and poland can, can do something. quarrel, although on the other hand, in fact, everyone understands that the situation of ukraine's survival and victory of ukraine is key for all these countries, europeans. myroslav, the pro-russian party of robert fitz just won the elections in slovakia. in general, can we talk about some dangerous trend in europe? is, is

a dangerous trend in europe, there are risks for the european union, if the ruling... coalition wins here, again, joins the trends that are happening now in hungary, that may be happening in slovakia, then this can put into doubt or risk at all decision in the european union itself, so we are very closely following the election process today. thank you myroslaw, for your story, myroslawa gongadze was in direct contact with us from warsaw, who is monitoring the situation in poland on the eve of the parliamentary elections, and we are moving on. the us forestry service has equipped the first volunteers to fight forest fires in khmelnytskyi. global warming and russian shelling are causing more forest fires. the all-ukrainian environmental league

, with the support of the americans, implements the project of a public system of fire protection for the forests of ukraine. the idea is that trained locals reinforce professional rescuers and have the opportunity to arrive at the scene of the disaster first. the us forest service provided equipment not only to volunteers, but also to emergency responders rosshosan community. what exactly they received from the americans and how they plan to use it, tetiana kukurika and serhii rebchinskyi will tell. received, olesya viktorivna. fighting games, fairy tales, mittens. those from the rososhan community try on their first firefighting equipment provided by the americans. thanks to the help of the us forest service, we were able to provide certain equipment, this is a motor pump, a chainsaw, walkie-talkies, this is a set of individual equipment, a suit, protective

boots, gloves and a protective helmet, for the members of the community... out of five in the country and the only one in the khmelnytskyi region, where the all-ukrainian environmental league, with the support of the international program of the united states forest service, is implementing a project to create a public fire protection system for the forests of ukraine. we are very grateful to the us forest service, which conducts and supports this project at a time when we have a war , during the russian era, it helps communities to raise their level of awareness, petrovsky, your gloves, seven residents of the community underwent special training and received certificates volunteers, we have to keep our community safe, it's fire safety, any emergencies, natural disasters, it could

be anything, but we have to help, if god forbid something happens, we have to come to the aid of people and them help. the voluntary movement in the community was born even before the full-scale invasion. before the war , we started to organize and gather people into such voluntary teams. there are, or rather were, now almost all the boys went to war, but in each village we recruited five, seven, eight men who agreed that they would help us, just a person, to restore the volunteer movement in the midst of the war, the community was helped by the all-ukrainian environmental league and the forest service. united states of america. the americans gave the volunteers protective clothing. local rescuers also received the necessary equipment from the service. this ladder is 9 meters long. they gave it to me, i begged them for it, and they listened to us and bought us such a thing, it is for me, i really need

it, american friends, they gave it to us, it is a motor pump, it is a saw, sleeves, barrel, etc. walkie-talkies, wonderful walkie-talkies, you can say no ... for example, if i am with her in rossosha, i communicate freely with the guys from rossosha, on this walkie-talkie, i keep in touch with them from rossosha herself, and that is on springs , it is 5 km away. fire call, higher vokivtsi. the rososhan community is large, with 26 settlements in which more than 11,000 people live, a volunteer fire brigade in the village, a local fire station. the guards are our first assistants who arrive very quickly to the fire and by the time

the fire engine from the state fire station reaches the village security forces, they can already localize and eliminate the fire at an early stage , every year we have more than 50 such natural... fires, some accidents, especially now the war, shelling is going on, our people must arrive first at 10 in the morning, volunteer movement, the head is shared, they plan to develop, they want to attract more people to the hands of volunteers, and to arrange safety classes in community schools, they dream most of all about a new fire truck and hope that with the help of the all-ukrainian environmental league and the united states forest service america, it will be possible to acquire it, it is my swallow. this car, tetiana kukuriyka, serhiy repchynskyi, for the voice of america, from malynychi in khmelnytskyi, american volunteers

bring cats from ukraine that were rescued from bombed-out ukrainian cities. some animals were left behind when their families evacuated to safe places. now in the united states they are looking for new families, about how ukrainian animals got a chance to realize the american dream. maria ulyanovska and oleksia usyka. shanna affenkamp is a manager of a non-governmental organization. she is already 17 years old helps volunteers from homward trails animal rescue. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion , she came to ukraine three times to transfer cats who had lost their homes due to the war to the united states. during this time, the volunteer rescued 50 animals from berdyansk, izyum and kherson. and adopted two ukrainian cats herself. there were also people who went to ukraine during the war to help animals. and i wanted to join

this as a person who has experience working in the region, speaks a little russian and just loves cats. i wanted to help with something. honor turned to the british organization breaking the chains, a group of veterans who rescue animals from war zones. we saw dogs with firearms. there were also animals with very serious burns from phosphorus bombs, broken bones from the debris of buildings falling on them, many different problematic cases. all animals are brought by volunteers to a shelter in central ukraine, which was specially built for this purpose, where they are given medical care and then sent for adoption in the eu and great britain. shana offered volunteers to translate a few animals and to the usa. all of the woman's expenses for animal rescue are covered by donations from caring americans. this is all due to people sending us $20, $50, $100. it costs about

$600 to transport one cat. this covers ground travel costs from the ukraine-romania border to bucharest, export veterinary documents, air pellet costs and us customs clearance upon arrival. however, for shana, a saved life is priceless. yes, bring these animals here. it is expensive to find them a new home here, but otherwise they will just sit there in these shelters in ukraine. animal adoptions are not currently taking place. people don't know what tomorrow will bring, let alone bringing home an animal that they may have to leave soon. you know, i like to joke that we're giving these animals a new life, a real american dream. for example, for nika, who was in kherson under shelling, bombs, etc. and then survived the flooding of gas stations . look at her now. she is calm, playful and will be going to her new home in a few days, so it's worth it to me. in the cat's room. in

cafe in washington now has three cats that shana brought from ukraine, they are pushinka, jessica and princess, all of them are already in the process of adoption. this is pushinka, she was found on the streets of kherson and taken to a shelter. she was one of the first people i saw there and immediately climbed on my shoulder. she is going home today. yes, today is an important day for her - moving to a new house. she is like that. cute, so gentle , comes right up, sits on laps, plays with toys, loves to be held, i think they just decided they couldn't have a cat like that can be missed, such fluff does not happen every day, so they left the application and now she is on her way home. i think that the cats we rescued from ukraine used to be pets, they were socialized before, because when they come to us, they show a lot of love and want

you... at first they can be scared and overwhelmed, but watching behind them here, you can see how they are blooming, this is exactly what happened to stasi, the cat that shona brought from ukraine last october. this is stasi, she a little camera shy. nina cardilo has ukrainian roots, she heard that you can shelter a cat in washington. from ukraine and turned to volunteers from the organization homeward trails animal rescue, that's how she met stasi, short for anastasia. in ukraine, the cat ended up in a shelter because her family was evacuated and could not take the animal with them. her story is just one of thousands. it breaks my heart that people in ukraine are forced not only to leave their homes, but also to lose them, their lives and the lives of their loved ones. at the same time, they are forced to refuse

their pets, or leaving them behind because they just can't take them with them, so this is just my small way of reaching out and doing what i can. in the usa, stasi made friends with a dog and three teenage children and quickly won the love of the whole family, which gives her security, stability and comfort. she was someone's pet and we want to give her the best home, so i feel happy. that we can take care of her and really make the american dream come true for her. maria ul'yanovska, oleksii osyka, voice of america. download the voice of america mobile app. the application 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. with that, we will say goodbye, you watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america: time. also join our daily briefings, from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can put your questions to our presenters, yulia yarmolenko and ostap yarysh. i'm natalya leonova, all is well. we are looking for 17-year-old nadia shishkina. the girl disappeared on the first day of the full-scale war and for more than a year and a half there was no news about her. i know that when it all started, the child was in the kherson region , in the city of nova kakhovka, which is still occupied. maybe that's why the girl

doesn't get in touch. therefore, i very much ask everyone who sees me to look carefully at nadiya's photo, remember this face if has anyone suddenly seen the girl or knows where she might be now, do not delay and call us on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at the short number 11630, calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free, or write to the chatbot of the children's search service at telegram. and i ask for a few minutes of your attention, i want to remind you that we are continuing the search for the missing boy and i really hope that thanks to the publicity and your concern, we will be able to find the teenager, his name is aurelio gonza. here in this photo he is together with by their mother, here they are happy and smiling. the family lived in the city of voznesensk, mykolaiv region. when this photo was taken, the boy was still studying