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us officials condemned the hamas attack on israel and expressed unwavering support for the israelis. they said additional aid was already on its way to israel. the us congress also called for decisive action. about the reaction in washington to the events in israel and whether they are compared to russia's attack on ukraine? let's talk with our correspondent kateryna lisunova, who is now joining the broadcast. katya, i congratulate you. congratulations ostap. israel is a strategic partner of the united states. what an answer now the administration is on the attack. we saw the mass. in general, the response to washington was prompt and decisive. therefore, on saturday, when the attack just happened, the president of the united states of america, joseph biden , held talks with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, during which joe biden confirmed the unwavering support of the united states of america for israel, and also assured that help is on the way. i would like to note that amelika ar, the leader, also

assured that the support will continue as long as it is needed, and noted that he also made a separate address on the same day, to communicate in particular with the american media, and in this address he also noted in particular that all parties who are hostile to israel, he warned them not to take advantage of this opportunity and warned them not to interfere in the discussion that has already taken place, i suggest listening to a fragment of his speech right now. today, the people of israel are under attack by the terrorist organization hamas. at this tragic moment, i want to tell them, the whole world and the terrorists believe that the us supports israel. we will never waver in their support. we will make sure that they have the help that their citizens need and that they can continue to defend themselves, in turn

, the head of the united states department of state , anthony blinken, noted that there will be enough aid for israel even if congress, so speech is now blocked, as anthony blinkin emphasized, back in obama's time a pact was made to support and aid israel, which guarantees that the united states america will provide $3.8 billion in aid to israel each year, effectively guaranteeing that aid to israel will continue to flow even though congress is currently out of business and that aid will come from previously allocated money. also, in an interview for cbs, anthony blinken rejected and denied allegations that hamas was now able to become more active against israel because the measure is focused on helping ukraine. blinky said he couldn't see it. the pentagon also reacted, in particular the secretary of defense of the united states of america, lloyd austinin.

yesterday during an official statement noted that all the necessary equipment and additional assistance to israel will be provided promptly, that it went to israel yesterday, and this assistance, in particular , also takes into account the ammunition that israel previously requested. i will also note that the pentagon has noted that it will move us warships, including an aircraft carrier and additional aircraft, closer to the eastern mediterranean. katya, what about the american congress. how american legislators react to these events in israel and are they now drawing parallels with ukraine? in general, both the senate and the house of representatives reacted and already at both levels created resolutions and bills that should not only approve the support of the united states of america, israel, but also ensure constant aid that would find and additional aid that would go to israel. i would like to note that some legislators also draw parallels regarding the situation in ukraine, in particular, the democrat. marcy

captor has observed that, and i quote her statement, similar traces of iranian strategies and technologies are present both in attacks on israel and in attacks on ukraine. and senate republican leader mitch makonew noted that the terrorists responsible for the war against israel were trained and equipped by iran , the same terrorist state that provides russia with deadly drones to attack ukraine. failure to support friends under attack in kyiv and telva only serves to make the world's largest sponsor of terrorism and his fellow autocrats want to, mitch mcconnell observed. but parallels with ukraine are drawn not only in terms of support, but also in other ways, in particular, far-right republican marjar terylar already noted in her former twitter account on her ex social network that it was necessary to check all the weapons codes used by hamas against israel and to check whether they were not the same weapons that the west

provided to ukraine and the weapons that were in afghanistan , which they say illegally got to hamas. i would like to note that the general directorate of intelligence has already commented on this information, in particular in an interview for our colleague maria ulyanovska, i suggest you listen to it right now, there is information that part captured trophy weapons, which have already been handed over to terrorists, representatives of hamas, and with the further deployment of this ipso information and psychological special operation, well, the conclusion, they say, seems to be that ukraine was selling something to someone. of course, this is a fake and a provocation, and therefore publicly, and the main intelligence agency , and the center for countering disinformation, other institutions publicly talk about this discredit campaign, we see how actively top russian speakers, including official

representatives of the regime, have joined this campaign a campaign aimed at discrediting ukraine, openly manipulating and mixing concepts and dropping everything together and aid to afghanistan and to ukraine, these statements are important, katya, thank you for your analysis, we will monitor how this situation will develop, we are also waiting for the most official comments from washington. kateryna lisunova was in direct contact with us. in the meantime, in the village of gruza in kharkiv oblast, people who were killed by a russian missile continue to be buried. today, the un security council gathered for a meeting to discuss this tragedy. the vast majority of member states, including the united states, categorically condemned russia's attack. in his speech, ukrainian ambassador serhiy keslytsev drew parallels between the actions of the russians and the nazis, who also tried to erase the entire settlement from the map. at the same time, the russian ambassador has traditionally rejected the accusations once again, calling them a provocation. robert wood, deputy us representative to

the un, emphasized that all this is happening against the background of russia's efforts to return to the un human rights council. council colleagues. human rights is the main body of the un, which deals with the respect and protection of human rights all over the world. the appeal to this body of russia, which continues to openly commit war crimes and other atrocities, would be an ugly stain that would undermine the credibility of the institution and organization of the united nations. after russia's suspension last april , russia could have stopped its flagrant disregard for human rights, but instead doubled down on it, despite russia's attempts to deny it and shift the blame. let me explain, precisely the actions of russia make her unfit for work in the human rights council. we will remind you that the un general assembly suspended russia's membership in the human rights council after its full-scale invasion of ukraine. now russia is trying to return to this structure, the vote will take place

tomorrow in geneva. we continue with the following stories about american veterans. refusals in employment, misunderstanding of others and protests under the congress for the sake of proper medical care. aid, these are the challenges faced by american veterans after return from war to share their experience with ukrainians, a group of us veterans founded the american-ukrainian veteran bridge organization. how the military from the usa returned to peaceful life and what problems stood on the way. participants of the wars in iraq and afghanistan told iryna shankarenko and vyacheslav filyushkin. 10 years ago, george chuning was the deputy commander of a company in afghanistan, he served in the us forces for five years, when he returned to civilian life, he could not find a job for a long time. it was the most difficult for me build a civilian career. i was lucky, i had an education and i explained that although i had never worked in a position like this before

, i had served in the military and had important skills, but it was difficult to find the right person at the right company who was willing to listen and not just hire someone else , who has been working in this field for the past five years. finding a decent job was even more difficult for william atig, who joined the ranks of the american army right after school. he fought in iraq, and when he was discharged in 2010 in a knapsack...' life had to actually start from zero. like many veterans, i suffered from drinking and did not take good care of myself. it was very difficult during the year, i did not feel the dignity, the respect that i deserved as a veteran. a lot of people wanted to support me when it came to things like putting a sticker on my car or saying thank you for my service, but when i needed a job or a service i felt like i was being denied a job that i could easily do because ... skills in the army, when i commanded, led people into battle, and i was refused minor low-

level managerial positions. george chuning was lucky, he got a decent job, in particular, he managed to work at facebook, where he and his colleagues developed an application for veterans, which allows you to explain military skills to employers. veterans can provide information about their military service and are offered job opportunities at facebook or other companies for which they would be a good... fit. so service, i was in the land forces, my military rank is an infantry officer, and then in the field of interest, i will choose data analysis and search, and there are jobs that actually employ infantry officers or people with similar skills, and that becomes a conversation starter. this is a way of saying: i know my experience is problematic to explain, but can we discuss this position? thanks to the support of other veterans to william. atigo managed to overcome drunkenness, get an education and a job.

a group of people banded together to create veterans training programs. i was able to complete a training program and became a builder, a highly skilled builder, able to earn a lot of money and it allowed me to live the american dream that i fought for, and i hope that ukrainian civil society and the government will start creating these programs now, not later. william atig is now in charge. deals with the employment problems of american veterans, and he and georgung say that many of the problems of the participants of the wars in iraq and afghanistan have been solved at the state level. there is a bill that provides state benefits to pay for veterans' university education. then many universities made a concerted effort to to accept more student veterans. there are things, veterans, like if you're trying to get a state job or go into public service, veterans always

have an advantage in getting that position, especially if it's a wounded veteran, so america's number one employer for veterans, who were injured war victims are the government. william and george, along with a group of other american veterans, recently visited ukraine in partnership with the ukrainian veterans fund and the ministry of veterans affairs of ukraine. founded the american-ukrainian... veteran bridge, an organization to support the ukrainian military, to share with them the experience of solving problems after returning from the front. this is the largest war since world war ii, which will result in the largest number of veterans, and it's not something you think about months or years from now. we must think about veterans now, and begin planning and building a framework to support veterans for years to come. the americans predict that ukrainian problems... are and will be similar to theirs, in particular, in the matter of finding a job, in this regard,

ukraine has its own peculiarities. the main difference is the huge diversity of ukrainian veterans. it's not like everyone signed up for war at 18. the war has come to you, especially after a full scale invasion. therefore, the ukrainian army has veterans of various ages and origins. this will make it a little more difficult to support veterans, because it will be necessary to support specialists, young people, and some elderly people who will fight for the defense of their country, but the americans are convinced, the ukrainians are more ready to the challenges, and the veteran community in ukraine is already actively developing, but they emphasize that this issue should be addressed by everyone. if you are a business owner, think about how to hire veterans, if you are an ngo, think about how to attract veterans to your ngo, it 's a small thing, but if you do them right now, ukraine will take a step forward and meet this generation of veterans. who took the step to risk their lives for their country.

american veterans emphasize that in the usa , state aid is essential, but there are problems, and ex-servicemen organize to lobby their interests among politicians. in particular, a year ago, they had to set up a tent camp in front of the congress of the country, so that the congressmen would support an important bill on medical benefits for them. we have the ability to engage with our officials when they do something wrong , there was a bill that was supposed to provide health care to hundreds of thousands of veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan, several members of the senate decided they didn't...need this bill, we united, decided speak up and make our voices heard, and within a week we got the law passed. veterans do have a strong voice in society and in government, and i think that's in large part due to veterans' organizations constantly raising the issue of veterans. i believe that this is a real strength, and i see that in ukraine veterans

are trying to create such organizations, big and strong enough to have the right to vote. they plan to come to ukraine more than once for the watches of the veteran bridge, they say, one of the strengths of the military service, the fact that even many years after its completion, the desire to act and be useful does not disappear. iryna shenkarenko, vyacheslav filyushkin, oleksii osyka, voice of america. this is the story of cooperation between american and ukrainian veterans. next, we talk about how ukraine, together with its western partners, is building a professional chaplaincy service in the midst of hostilities. most of the ukrainian chaplains are trained at american bases in europe, and some were trained by the british military. voice of america spoke about the role of chaplains on the battlefield oleksiy tereshchuk, head of the military chaplaincy service of the armed forces of ukraine. natalka churikova spoke with him. you spoke in april about the fact that ukrainian military chaplains will be trained by the united states, great britain, and south

korea, have these trainings already taken place, what can you tell us about them. yes, in addition to the fact that military chaplains are being trained in ukraine on the basis of the military institute of taras shevchenko kyiv national university, our partners help us. we have already held two trainings, one in cooperation with by our american military partners, it was, the course was held in germany , at the base of the training army of the united states of america, there was a training course for 20... five military chaplains, together with me, we looked at the program, looked at the methods, specifics, and in addition, there were 10 military chaplains, in britain as well in the chaplain training school, we uh, we take the best that is in the world, given our experience, our experience actually in 10

years of war, military chaplains have a lot, and he also... ours are interested friends, partners, that is why our training , which is taking place abroad, seems to me to be like this, i just looked at what was happening, it is more about and consists in combining our insane combat experience of chaplains with their theories, doctrines, that is, so that chaplains ours understood that the fact that they do everything practically, in fact, has a basis in the doctrine. theoretically, in other countries, in other armies, yes, countries, and then it all comes together, and the picture is clear, because the vast majority of priests and chaplains have not had a relationship with the army in general, and the question of being a priest and a pastor, and the question of being a chaplain, well, in civilian life, and being

a military chaplain, there are peculiarities here, and that’s enough, chaplain, he has our slogan... military chaplains to be nearby and usually he is not on the frontline, that is, directly where the fighting is going on, but he is very close, that is, the danger, the threat is always there, and we as the armed forces must teach and give a minimum of that knowledge, taking into account the time constraints that are now we have, we have war, we don't have, we don't have the ability to teach for six months to a year, but in six weeks we give the knowledge of tactical medicine and mine safety. from communications and other issues, so that a priest who became a military chaplain, uh, at a minimum, understood where he was, what he could do, what he couldn't do, how to act, that is, such minimal military knowledge, and as an officer, he first of all, a chaplain, therefore, on

these courses, both in our country and abroad, we give certain features of chaplaincy, well, we also heard that some churches. very concerned about the problems of proselytism, they fear that the priest who will be closest to the military, that he can convert him to his faith, how to avoid this? the question, yes, was voiced by bishop ian, in fact, it is more a matter of relations between religious organizations, and it should be discussed at the all-ukrainian council of churches, in my opinion, because the army is not a place to clarify any relations between religious organizations, on it is my deep conviction, and i am sure and always tell the representatives of religious organizations that we are in one vokopi is now at war with the russian zgarnik, and a muslim, a jew, a christian, and a person in general, maybe even a non-believer , to introduce such questions of interreligious

relations in the army is wrong, chaplain, he must serve everyone, you already mentioned the metropolitan ionn of cherkassy, ​​he recently made a statement that , in his opinion, the military chaplaincy service is in crisis, and the largest denomination is not represented in the administration. office of the commander-in-chief, what is the problem here, please explain, in fact there is no crisis, we are in the process of absolutely such a rapid development, because we have existed literally for a year and during this year a lot has actually been done, in the best times there were 112 military chaplains in the armed forces, now we have 178, this is as of the day before yesterday, 178 officers, chaplains who have their military parts who signed the contract, who, 90 of them, who have already been trained by us, at the military institute

, including another 40 people abroad, we wrote, created the governing documents, because, so that you understand, when the service was created, there was only the law of ukraine, as well as the resolution of the cabinet of ministers, regarding the issuance of the mandate, there was nothing else , absolutely nothing, therefore there is no... crisis , i think that this is a process of development, it is impossible to develop without having different opinions, they have their own view on development , in the armed forces, his view on the development, the issues that he raised, that the military chaplaincy service should be led by chaplains, i completely agree, at the same time, this is the initial period, it was decided that the service will be headed by an ordinary office, i am not a priest, i am not shepherd, i speak in the role of a manager who will build a system of military chaplaincy at all levels of military management, and over time , as it was also discussed, all positions, as soon as

the military chaplains who will be in the army will acquire competencies, including the military, will be the decision of the commander in chief and accordingly, everyone, the entire structure will move to the appropriate standards , the law stipulated that there will be about 700 chaplains in ukraine's chaplaincy service, now you said that this is less than a third of what was recruited, what is the problem with recruiting people? actually now the need for almost 800 military chaplains, the problem, problems that everywhere in the world and especially here in ukraine, this is a personnel vote , let’s say so, uh, the most in our country, according to the distribution of quotas, then there are places among military chaplains according to religious affiliation, the orthodox

the church of ukraine and the ukrainian greek-catholic church, and in fact there is a problem with the number of priests who are in general and who have expressed a desire to become a military chaplain, because you cannot appoint all priests, you all go to the chaplaincy, chaplaincy is a vocation, and therefore uh, love that word, unfortunately, but unfortunately, that's the situation, do you have any personal experience with a chaplain on that personal spiritual level? yes, i have, let's say, my spiritual mentor, that priest with whom i can consult, talk , in a friendly way, sometimes i also need to talk to someone, because in reality it is very difficult, sometimes there are certain situations. like everybody now but i think this is a very very very very very important aspect very important aspect and i

divide it into two points working with the warrior and working with the commander, because all soldiers, a soldier, a soldier, we sometimes forget about commanders who make very difficult decisions, especially difficult ones. morally, when commanders decide with their decisions, yes, they put their lives at risk, that is, when you send people on a combat mission, he understands, and it is difficult for him, that not everyone may return, he carries everything in himself, and here near each commander should have his chaplain who is a spiritual mentor and work with the commander. er work, pray with him, so that again, no to turn into a beast, but to be a man,

despite the fact that you have great epaulettes, great positions, but humanity must be, always remain with the commander. it was natalka churikova's interview with the head of the military chaplaincy service from the ssu. watch the full version of this conversation soon on the voice of america youtube channel in ukrainian. and the last story for today is about the performance from california ghost land, which tells about the russian invasion of ukraine. the production was created by american actors and directors was triggered and how it happens. khrystyna shevchenko learned. ghostland is a play consisting of three short stories. in the first, the main characters are the ukrainian military, in the second, a family of civilians who meet the invaders in the occupied territory, and the third takes us to a torture chamber. are you in hell the premiere of the play

took place in the city garage, a theater in the city of santa monica, near los angeles. the theater took part in an international project in which readings of ukrainian plays take place all over the world. yes, the theater got acquainted with ukrainian theater playwright andrii bondarenko. made several readings, including my two small, mini-plays. and then they decided that something more should be done, even for ukraine. and they decided to do it. such a full-fledged production and asked me to write a play for their theater purely for them on their order. the play explores themes of war and ptsd and intertwines elements of realism with fantasy. all the stories told in this play are related to ghosts in one way or another. it conveys now our stay of all ukrainians on the border between life and death. the theater invited bondarenko to the premiere of the play

to... the producer of ghostland charles ducombe says: the play tried to evoke empathy in americans. what we've learned from our american audience is that there's a certain emotional understanding that you get from these kinds of stories, not just from the news. and when you see people going through something, it's easier to understand than just news reports, and so the response from the audience was actually very strong, the audience was very moved, horrified, i think that so far we are getting from the project what we hoped for, the director of the project is a french woman who has lived in california for several decades, frederic michel. he says the biggest challenge was to show the fantastic elements in the play. for me, this play is a kind of love letter to the ukrainian people. we know what is happening in ukraine. charles and i watch the news, study and

read. about what's going on, this play confirms what i've always known that war terrible, and the russians are enemies of a weightless cause, and i think someone should pluck up the courage to go and kill putin, that's what i think. all the actors of ghostland are americans, the language of the performance is english, translated from ukrainian by american theater artist john friedman, from the translation. hetmanenko, the show will continue in the theater until october 15. santa monica khrystyna shevchenko, voice of america. and with that, we say goodbye, have a peaceful night and a peaceful morning, see you soon. before meeting.

congratulations, we are looking for this boy, his his name is maksym pokalov, he is 16 years old, maksym disappeared on the first day of the full-scale invasion of russia, at least since february 24, 2022, there is no connection with the boy, and nothing is known about his fate at all, before the war, maksym lived in the city of svatov, luhansk region, that's where he was last seen, however , after the russian occupation, the boy disappeared without a trace and until now there is no information about his whereabouts. so, if you know anything about maksym pokalov or where he might be now, please let me know magnolia children's tracing service. and i ask the residents of the luhansk region and the city of svatove to look especially carefully into the boy's face. perhaps you will see this video on youtube or social networks and recognize maxim.

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