president joe biden said during a press conference on wednesday. the day before, for the first time in us history, the speaker of the house of representatives was fired. on tuesday evening, 216 congressmen voted for the removal of kevin mccarthy, against - 210. mccarthy's dismissal was initiated and supported by eight representatives of the extreme right wing of the republican party and all the democrats present in the hall. our congress correspondent kateryna lisunova is closely following the events on the capitoline hill. congratulations katya. katya, what exactly happened yesterday at the capitalist tomb, how a small group of republicans managed to dismiss their fellow party member from office with the help of the votes of the democrats. how did this become possible? this became possible primarily due to the procedural mechanism, which was a condition for the acceptance of speaker mccarthy to the position of speaker, which was put forward as a condition by far-right republicans at the beginning of the year, when kevin mccarthy was appointed speaker of the house of representatives. it would also be impossible.

without democratic votes because, as you correctly pointed out, the votes were split 216 for and 210 against. 210 is a majority of republicans, except for eight far-right republicans, who were actually supported by the votes of all the democrats present in the house of representatives. the democrats themselves, directly the leader of the democrats, hakeem jeffries, before the vote, voiced their position that, they say, the republicans should deal with their own internal wars, and if they want to remove the republican ... speaker, they will not oppose it, that was the position democrats actually, kevin mccarthy himself after voting, had a short pause, and then a fairly long press conference with journalists, where he spoke quite frankly and for quite a long time, and among the questions he was asked was also the question of ukraine, to which he said that he supported the provision of aid ukraine, but believes that there is no need to provide unlimited cash for kyiv, and also

noted that he compares the current events with the events that preceded the second world war. i suggest listening just now. i am very concerned about the long term. what is happening is very reminiscent of the 1930s. many of the steps that putin is taking are very similar to those of hitler. before hitler went on the offensive, he created a partnership, the axis. evil with italy, japan, countries that wanted to expand their spheres of influence, which putin did before attacking ukraine. it has also forged partnerships with china, north korea and iran, countries that want to expand their spheres of influence. so what we are doing now is very important. we can't just walk out like we did in afghanistan. katya, is it related to the dismissal?

with his position in support of ukraine, far-right republican matt gates actually put to a vote the dismissal of mccarthy's nod, and among the reasons for mccarthy's dismissal , he noted in particular that mccarthy began to cooperate with the democrats to agree on a short-term resolution on temporary funding of the government until november 17. also, among the reasons, he mentioned that mccarthy did not agree to allocate enough funds to protect his own american border with mexico, and one of the reasons that met gayes repeatedly repeated, there was a reason, this, this is the provision of aid to ukraine, and that, as they say, kevin mccarthy had some agreements with the white house regarding the continuation of aid to ukraine, which all far-right republicans oppose. i was disturbed by the report of a secret agreement on funding ukraine, which would have provided more money for ukraine, along with funding our own. border in

the south of the country, how offensive it must be for our customs, border guards and people who suffer because of insecurity border, that some of my colleagues are ready to fight for their own border only on the condition that they can send billions of dollars to ukraine so that they can well finance the border of their state, i have had enough, and that is why i put the speaker's resignation to the vote. but mccarthy himself said that the reason for his dismissal was matt gates' personal dislike of kevin mccarthy and the scout. now interim speaker patrick henry has been appointed, what will happen next according to the procedure, who is applying for this position, various candidates are named in the assembly, including former president donald trump, can the speaker not be a member of congress and does it have to be a republican, since the house currently has a republican majority, regarding what the procedure should be, it should be noted that there is no procedure as such, because this is the first time in the history

of the united states of america, the speaker of the house of representatives has been fired, the procedure is essentially being created right now, regarding what is written in the constitution, the constitution does not clearly prohibit putting to a vote for the position of speaker, a person who is not a member or the majority among the house of representatives, or is not in the house of representatives at all, and as you rightly noted, some republicans of the country have already even named the position of donald trump as an option for the candidacy of the speaker of the house of representatives, donald himself trump does not reject such a possibility, he already commented on it to journalists today and said that he will do everything possible for the republican party and for the american people, but now he prefers to concentrate on the presidential race. as for what is not procedures, it is worth emphasizing that now the house of representatives has gone on a small break, so to speak, and will return to work next week, and then we can expect that some proper procedure will appear and they will start voting for one of the candidates. katya

, how can this whole situation affect the support of ukraine, can it slow down the decision-making, because we remember that kevin makararni was approved for the position only on the 15th attempt. that's right, natalya, in fact, the main problem for ukraine is procedural issues and delaying time, because if ukraine used to be the second issue after the approval of the spending bills, now it is actually at least the third issue after the approval of the speaker, then the approval of the spending bills, avoiding the shutdown and further, possibly the approval of aid for ukraine. thank you, katya, kateryna lisunova was in direct contact with us from the congress, she is closely following the events surrounding the dismissal of the speaker mr. mccarthy, and we are moving on. the white house's proposal to fire kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house representatives and the reactions of experts, we will talk with our correspondent in the white house, yulia yarmolenko, she is in direct contact with us. congratulations yulia. congratulations natalya. how

did the white house react to what happened yesterday at the capitol? you know, natalya, today the president of the united states, joe biden, was asked a lot about this. he directly said he was concerned about what was happening. on the capitalist hill, but in the white house he hopes that this way the republicans within their own party and the republicans from democrats, and congress will resume its work again, find its new speaker and begin to fulfill its duties and to approve those important bills, including additional funding for ukraine. the day before, when john kerby, a representative of the us national security council, was asked whether ukrainian aid depends on will kevin mcarthy remain speaker of the house of representatives, he said that regardless of who will be the leader, who will be the speaker of the house of representatives, the white house is convinced that bipartisan support for ukraine will remain, at least they see it from public statements announced by both republicans and democrats, and

today joe biden was also asked if he is worried that he will not be able to fulfill his obligations to provide ukraine with additional financial support. and this is what he answered. this worries me, but i know that most of the members of the house of representatives and the senate, cross-party, have said that they support funding for ukraine. very soon i will give a big speech on this issue and why it is critically important for of the united states and our allies that we honor our commitments. i know, you had an opportunity with experts, how do they comment on this situation, how will the resignation of the speaker affect the support of the usa, ukraine? you know, natalya, experts basically agree with the opinion of the white house that, for the moment, in general, ukraine has enough support among republicans and democrats, both in

the house of representatives and in the senate, so that when already congress will begin its work in full, these legislators approved additional funding for of ukraine. everything will be. depend on, as kateryna already said, when this new speaker will actually be approved, because it can take a lot of votes, it was evident from the approval of kevin mccarthy, actually for the post, it took 15 votes, and it will also depend on who will become that next speaker, but experts say there is little cause for concern now , because they say even though some key republicans are publicly opposed to supporting ukraine, that doesn't mean. that they will vote against this one support, experts ask to consider also the difficult domestic situation in the united states and say that some legislators can say publicly things that they need for the domestic consumer, but still believe that ukraine will have enough support, this is what i heard from experts

today . i think it's going to be delayed, but ultimately, unless there's some... additional nasty surprise, i think congress will vote to support aid to ukraine, a lot depends on who the next speaker is when his will be elected, remember mccarthy took a few days and 15 to become speaker, so i think there will be a delay, but i hope not for long, but it's definitely a concern and not only in ukraine, it's a concern among our european allies because it raises questions about our commitment and steadfastness to support ukraine, it is not an ideal situation , but in fact strong bipartisan support helps ukraine security, so for the moment

we should not worry too much about the prospects, because we do not know what will happen, from the republican side, there is a little less enthusiasm for increasing aid funding to ukraine than there was at the beginning of the war, but it should not be forgotten that this is the 20th month of the conflict and the us has many internal problems, but in the end, it has enough support from both sides to approve additional funding. yes, we hear different expressions, both in public and in private communication. there are influential congressmen who very publicly question the need to continue aid to ukraine because they have to say certain things to a domestic audience, but privately they understand the importance and are most likely to vote accordingly. and you know, natalya, a lot of experts apply. attention to the fact that at a time when there are skeptical voices

about the continuation of aid to ukraine, it is very important that the president of the united states, joe biden, make a speech and explain to americans why it is in the interests of the united states to support ukraine, and today the president of the united states, joe biden said that he will give such a speech soon, so we will keep an eye on it. this was actually confirmed by white house spokeswoman karin jeanpierre. thank you yulia according to your story, julia yarmolenko was in direct contact with us. 27 schools out of 34 were damaged by the russians in the city of chernihiv at the beginning of the full-scale invasion due to shelling from artillery and aircraft. two schools were destroyed to the ground, but others are gradually returning to work. on september 1, school number 20 opened for children after a year and a half break. this became possible thanks to the efforts of the save ukrainian charitable fund. supported by american donors. with the funds of caring americans, it was possible to restore

almost all the damaged classrooms. school anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolsky visited. they saw how ukrainian children study during the war. 13-year-old stepan poklad goes to his native school in chernihiv for the first time in a year and a half. on march 6 last year, the russians shelled the same school with artillery and the children had no place to study. i miss it very much, it is very sad, because all i had was a swimming pool, i was constantly planning, i wanted to achieve something, and everything was closed , changed a lot. what was, what was wanted, but it

cannot be returned, stepan used to want to be a professional swimmer, but the war changed his dreams, to serve in the army as a tanker driver, and maybe, if the war doesn't end, he can go on contract. school 20, i don't know what day it is today, was heavily damaged by shelling. the roof of the classrooms, says director nataliya malets, who has been running this school for over four years. the walls were there, so you know, i exhaled, but still there was a lot of damage , more than 50% of the windows were broken, there was damage to the building in the wing where colleagues said it was on fire, it was a sports hall, it was the roof was completely breached, and then according to the fact that the roof was completely breached , it flew on... and these fragments flew and very badly damaged the roof over the main building, well, i

'm not talking about the fact that there were practically no frames on the inner perimeter, not just glass, there were no frames, they just flew out, a lot of doors were damaged , that is, all this, well, it all hung like that, you know, as if it was crying, the school has no windows, these doors are slamming, and there are direct huge tears in the territory of the yard. the first attempts to restore the school began in the summer last year, about 10 million hryvnias were allocated from the city budget for the repair of damages. however, this money was only enough to restore the roof from the mine heating system and some windows, but the classrooms remained unsuitable for teaching, says the director, because many walls were damaged by the shock wave. then volunteers from the saave ukrainian charitable foundation came to help the chernihiv school. von seid became for us, as, you know, godfathers, because they also made

computer science rooms for us, and then, you know, i am alone office, i am so happy, you know, and windows were installed in this office in the first one, and on september 1, 22, the children do not go to school, accordingly, because we have nowhere to take them, and the parents ask how i take photos of these three windows of that office, well, of course, we have that all, we have a school facebook group , we are exhibiting, the first ones are already there, since september 1 , school education has resumed for students from the first to the sixth grades, 11-year-old maria starodub is glad to return to school and friends. now i study at school, but in the fifth grade i studied remotely, i like to study, i like it very much, especially when you study very much, because nothing is clear remotely, there sometimes the internet disappears, well , the teacher is hard to hear, but the school is much better, much, partly the renovation is still in progress,

so for the restoration of the sports hall the hall still lacks more than 5 million hryvnias. however, most classes have already opened for classes. the school was able to make money for the children this year thanks to the support of the save ad ukrainian fund, which attracts money from foreign, in particular, american donors for support education system of ukraine. that is, directly , at our expense, we as a foundation did not always receive funds, we cooperated with several different american organizations that helped us collect certain funds in america and accumulate and transfer them to us. among others, 18,000 dollars for the restoration of the school was provided by the international non-profit educational organization irex, when representatives of the foundation visited washington in march of this year. just in the states we were in their office and they announced to us that they would give us a certain amount of funds for this, for these classes, that's how it happened

you know, with such a spark that ignited completely all... various processes. currently , about 800 children study in this chernihiv school, approximately the same number as before the war. but since the school shelter can accommodate no more than 300 people, the children were divided into two shifts in order to reduce the number of people present in the building, says the school principal, because air raid sirens continue to sound almost every day in the city. so save ed is also working on a project to create bomb shelters for ukrainian schools. we emphasize creation. cretans are now abroad and for partners, and for the american community and for the european one, because now our only way not to lose everything, not to lose what we have done in the context of education, is to make this education underground, underground, yes, that is, we have to understand that now

, if we make approximately functional spaces in the shelters and fill them not just with benches where you can walk, but with some digital educational centers of this format, they can be done safely underground, we have such a practice, we also did this in chernihiv in one of the schools, and in the region as well, and now we are doing a similar practice in the mykolayiv region. in total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, at the time of filming, russian aircraft and artillery fire damaged 27 schools in chernihiv. two of them cannot be restored. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for voice of america from chernihiv region. the musicians of the antibody band, as part of their tour of north america, decided to collect half a million dollars, which will allow the purchase of 100,000 personal first-aid kits for the soldiers of the defense forces of ukraine. even before the start of the full-scale invasion, the musicians volunteered and joined the territorial defense forces. however, why does this

war ignore the people's experience on the front lines, helping the children of their dead comrades, in that from the war. for victory, faith in victory, taras topolya, the leader of the group of fighters of the 130th teroborona, told iryna solomko. taras, you were one of the first ukrainian artists to go to the front, when the full-scale invasion began, and how this experience at the front changed you, and as a person and how is the artist in principle? i will make a remark here, antibodies even before the start of a large-scale invasion, in fact, signed a contract with the territorial defense forces, moreover, we even did a promotional campaign with the ministry of defense, which they talked about in the video and showed by their example how easy it is, well, it is easy without it. .. from the barriers to become a fighter of the territorial defense forces and a large-scale war began , accordingly, all we did was on the first day we sent our wives and children in

cars to the west of ukraine, which is safer place, and we ourselves came to the place of assembly of our battalion, the 130th territorial defense battalion and began to serve, different things happened, it happened that we met our colleagues, musicians, and eh, embarrassed them, helped them, i remember that once a colleague, a sound engineer, uh, we evacuated him from scratch and he, uh, got into our hands with such a piece, an artillery shell in his back, but we didn’t touch him like that, we just wrapped him up, and he was taken to the stabilization point, and such the dialogue then was that where else would we meet? musicians with musicians, that's why i, that this is a people's war, and everyone left, everyone who felt, understood at that moment that it was his duty, left, that's how the band antibodies did it and

we don't regret anything, we were needed there at that place at that moment and we fulfilled our function, i think, i think it's good, artem cheh, a ukrainian writer who also went to the front, and he very actively wrote about his experiences on social networks, well, he continues to write, now of course it is to a lesser extent. because he is no longer ahead, but when he was there, that is, he wrote a lot about it. and in principle, he wrote such a phrase that flew around the american media, he said that i have already died, yes, he says, that is, people, a person, when he goes there to war, he must be ready to die, if to talk about you, but yours, that is, in what state did you go there, and really, when you feel it yourself, that's how you begin to calmly, balanced, effectively do... your work, when you have already psychologically prepared yourself for the fact that you can die, but in fact, every person who signs a contract with the armed forces,

goes as a volunteer, here she signs a contract with the state and gives it her most valuable life, guilt about it is about death, blood, dirt , mud, screams, pain, despair, panic, this is what war is about, and after all, war is about victory, the price what is the life of people, ukrainian people. you know, here's a person who wasn't in the war, here he sees, probably because of some , i don't know, movies, some documentaries, some news, that's what you saw there, what impressed you the most, i guess the most powerful emotions, impressions i received in the first days of the war, when i saw these huge queues of ukrainian boys, men, grandfathers who were standing with the desire to join the territorial defense forces, that was so inspiring , gave me so much confidence that we will endure, a very important thing, as you said,

that at the beginning there was not such a huge wave of patriotism, but you can still see it, yes , because in a year and a half, in principle, the situation has changed a little, probably some disappointments, there is a word that dominates everything now, it is the word fatigue, fatigue in everything, fatigue at the front, fatigue in civilian life, no matter where a ukrainian is, whether abroad or in ukraine, whether on the front lines or in the rear, this war imposes a big niche, such a big burden, and this is not a sprint, this is a marathon, and there is fatigue here, and we need to somehow learn to be with it , work through it, and get out of this state of fatigue to some other level, and understand that... it will not go anywhere, that we now have to live with it and with this condition tiredness, we need to look somewhere for this second, third, fourth, fifth breath and gnaw it out, and rake it forward, no

there are so many such powerful songs, except for yours, but they appeared now during the war, and for example, when i talked with other performers, performers who came here, they say that it is very difficult to create, they also did not write, did not it was written, not sung, and everything we did during the war was forced, forced, collaboration with ed sheeran, because he suggested, his team suggested to do this song, and the same with bahamud fortress, it had to be written, and so out of a feeling that we have to do it, this song was written, that's probably why it resonated so much among people, that's why it probably has such affection, among adults and children, and among those who are on the front lines. those who are in the rear, because it is honest, if we talk about this collaboration of yours, and with international stars, that is, edsheran, and of course the song with

bono, which was performed, it was all their ini. and, that is, it is not that you were looking for them, why they support ukraine, but you talked with them, why do they need it, despite the fact that we have a different history, there, we have a common value framework, we have common principles, we have a common future for which we must fight, we maintain close contact with bono, he recently wrote to me, i am reading his book now, and so answering the question of why he is with ukraine, well this maybe it sounds, well, it would be strange, in principle, he could not be with ukraine , that is, if bono did not stand, well, did not support ukraine, for me personally, as for a boy who grew up on his music, on his interviews, the world would turn upside down, so i would really think about whether bono is not with us are we really on the right side of the war? bono with us, bono with ukraine, continues to support, you are now in the united states , this is your first tour in five years, yes, so

you have not been here for five years, what are your... expectations and you already said that actually there is an ambitious goal, there is an ambitious goal to collect half a million dollars for first-aid kits for the armed forces and for the national guard, well, in short for medicine for the defense forces, i am sure that we will collect and i am sure that we will even collect more, we will do everything for this, we have more 10 concerts in this run, and i think that's all it will be good, you collect 10,000 first-aid kits, but what is the need, unfortunately, unfortunately, the 10,000 first-aid kits we collect is a drop in the ocean, we need hundreds of thousands, because there is a rotation to the advanced during this period, millions have already visited, millions more will come there, they all need protective equipment, they all need medical equipment, that's why the needs of hundreds and hundreds of thousands give you the strength not to stop, to go on and believe in me

, my plans for ukraine give me strength, i have a lot of plans for ukraine, so many different ideas that i want to implement in my own country, and in the public sector, and in the creative sector, i have a lot of plans for my children in ukraine, first i need to fight back this my native state, my grandmother from the horde, this is inspiring, this was an interview: with taras topolya, the leader of the band antibodies, who is on a charity tour in the united states, see the full interview with taras on the voice of america ukrainian youtube channel. you watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time, i'm natalya leonova, i'm fine.

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. that's why i really ask everyone who sees me to look carefully at nadiya's photo. by. remember this face. if anyone has seen the girl or knows where she might be now, don't hesitate to call us at the magnolia children's tracing hotline at the short number 1163. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free, or write to the chatbot of the child tracking service in telegram. and i would like to 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, whose name is aurelio gonza. here in this photo he is with his 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 at school, talked and went out with friends, in short, lived the usual carefree life of a teenager, but in the summer of 2019, everything changed, the life of this family was divided into before and after. on august 17 , aurelio disappeared without a trace. that day he left the house for a walk and did not return. neither calls, nor messages, neither to relatives, nor to friends. the guy just disappeared. at first , relatives assumed that he had decided to leave home and what could have pushed him to such a step, but to this day there is no report from the boy.