occupation orders, he is the owner of the eurocenter advertising agency, so he became very useful in the system of agitation and propaganda, making and pasting propaganda slogans, russian advertising on billboards and installing signs on the russian theme. due to the fact that the entrepreneurs of the kherson region do not have annual reports for the past 2 years, a special package of documents was developed, in which the ministry of agriculture acts as a guarantor. you will complete the task well, you have a position. shevchenko took the position of chief specialist of the department of interaction with the media in the occupying ministry of agriculture of the kherson region. he actively distributes interviews to russian scumbags, helps the occupiers loot our lands, and forces agrarians to re-register their businesses under rashka's laws. the potential of the fishery of the kherson region is great. aquaculture. in

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you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america service, i am natalya leonova, congratulations. the united states has secretly provided a small number of missiles to attacks from ukraine over the past few days. a pentagon official told voice of america about it. president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy confirmed. ukraine's use of long-range attack missiles. our agreements with president biden are being implemented, they are being implemented very accurately, and tekams has shown itself, he said in his video message. we will talk more about this with our pentagon correspondent ostap yarishem, who just returned from the ministry of defense briefing. congratulations ostap. congratulations. ostape, what is currently known about the supply of ataxes, the quantity, terms of use, what details can you share with us on. for this minute

natalya, at the moment, the pentagon does not disclose how many of these missiles were transferred to ukraine, it is a small number, they talk about the details for security reasons, however, we know that attack missiles, they can be launched from hamers installations, which ukraine is already using on the battlefield long. what we know in the comments of voice of america, a pentagon official stated that currently the range of such missiles is not 300 km, but 170, this is a slightly different version of such weapons, however , earlier ukraine had the ability to reach from kha mars at a distance of up to 90 km, so experts are now saying , that even such missiles will strengthen the capabilities of the zsu to conduct long-range combat, today we also saw the effective use of such missiles at airfields in temporarily occupied russia, luhansk and berdyansk, according to the armed forces of ukraine, it was a successful use of such missiles, we have not yet heard about the conditions of whether there was any connection to the use of such capabilities, although remember that earlier

the united states emphasized and asked ukraine not to use the provided american weapons deep into russian territory. natalya, such information is not available at this moment. ostape, why right now, because ukraine has been asking for atikams for a long time, what is the reason for the decision to provide kyiv with these systems at this very moment. indeed, they waited for this announcement for a very long time, calls from natalya and ukraine were heard for a very long time the ukrainian side to transfer such capabilities, these conversations intensified in recent months, however, there was no positive response from either the pentagon or the white house. we did not hear all the questions answered that they have nothing to announce at the moment, now it seems that this was done on purpose in the united states decided to transfer a small number of such missiles to ukraine secretly to catch russia off guard, so that russia could not move its equipment away from range of such missiles, apparently such a tactic worked today, we know that it is unusual approach, because previously all major announcements here were made publicly, or when it came

to patriu systems or, again, the same hymars, such announcements were usually made by joe biden, this time they decided not to do it publicly, to wait for the first successful use of such by ukraine. we also heard the reaction from the congress. michael mccaul, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the house of representatives, welcomed such a decision, but said that it should have been made a long time ago, that it was overdue, and it was also necessary, in his opinion, to transfer missiles from with a range of up to 300 km by 170. according to him, the congress, the house of representatives, the republican party, which he represents, will continue to put pressure on the biden administration so that ukraine also gets such capabilities. ostape, let the pentagon know as well. voice of america that all the 31 american-made abrams tanks promised to the kyiv administration of biden have arrived in ukraine. what do you know about this delivery and where are the ukrainian military personnel who were training in abrensy now? yes, the us defense department also confirmed this, they said that along with the tanks

, ammunition and spare parts also arrived in ukraine. let me remind you that earlier the united states allocated more powerful shells for such tanks, shells with depleted uranium. teams that trained in germany on such tanks as well. arrived in ukraine, and this was reported by the spokesman of the united states forces in europe and africa, martin, at the moment we do not know when ukraine will use these tanks, the pentagon says that this decision will depend on the general staff, but they are sure that ukraine will effectively use these capabilities on the battlefield natalya. thank you ustape for yours clarification, our pentagon correspondent ustapysh was in direct contact with us. president biden is leaving for israel on tuesday evening. biden will visit israel to confirm the solidarity of the united states with the people of the country and to demonstrate unwavering commitment to israel's security, us secretary of state anthony blinken said the day before. our

white house correspondent, yulia yarmolenko, is following president biden's visit. congratulations yulia. congratulations natalya. the visit of the president was preceded by a tour of state secretary blinken to six countries of the region, including israel. he assured israelis of support and called on regional leaders to support jerusalem as well. what is the agenda of president biden's visit, what to expect from his trip? certainly, this visit, the visit of the president of the united states, will be much shorter. we expect president biden to fly to israel in the next few hours. this visit is expected to last one day, but will be extremely busy. of course, president biden will meet with representatives of the israeli authorities in tel aviva, but he also plans meetings in amman, in jordan, where he should meet , in particular, with the president of egypt, also the president of the palestinian authority and directly with the king of jordan, but now, as

reported by the francepress agency, that mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, allegedly refused to meet with president biden, and after new ... about the explosions in the hospital in the gas sector, which according to press reports took the lives of hundreds of people, and according to the palestinian authority, what was behind it the explosion could be a direct attack by israel in israel, in israel they say that they did not hit the hospital, this situation is actively developing, what about the messages that president biden is taking to israel, of course, it is a message of solidarity, and the message that the united states would stand with israel, but also he plans to discuss the humanitarian situation in the gaza strip , as well as the situation with the prisoners, how to release them and directly, how to ensure that civilians who want to leave the gaza strip can do so, among these civilians are, americans in particular, and anthony blinken

described the main purpose of the president's visit the day before. president. will make clear again, as he did after hamas killed more than 1,400 people, including 30 americans, that israel has a right and a real duty to protect its people from hamas and other terrorists, and to prevent future attacks. the president will listen to israel and what it needs to protect its people while we continue to work with congress to meet those needs. second, president biden will underline our crystal clear message to any player, state or non-state, who tries to use this crisis to attack israel, don't you dare, because of this he has deployed two aircraft carrier groups and other military assets to the region. third, the president will continue to work closely with our israeli partners to secure the release of hostages taken by hamas, including men, women, young children,

holocaust survivors, and american citizens. this is an urgent humanitarian effort. fourth, president biden gets comprehensive information on israel's military goals and strategies. fifth, the president will hear how israel will conduct its operations in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and provides humanitarian aid to civilians in gaza in a way that does not help hamas. natalya, and journalists drew attention to an interesting detail , usually the details of the president's visit to the war zone are not announced, as was the case in ukraine, for example, when president biden went to kyiv, no one knew about this trip until the moment when he arrived in kyiv, this time it was announced within a day, and the day before the white house official was asked why they decided to announce such plans, and the white house official said that the situation in kyiv was much more unpredictable, and kyiv, and ukrainian the capital was under constant russian attacks,

they say that they do not want to downplay the threat in israel, but still believe that this is a slightly different situation. yuliya, against the background of the conflict in the middle east, the question of further us aid to ukraine obviously arises. on the eve of the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, in an interview with the cbs channel in the face of the donation, said that the administration will actively discuss a new aid package with congress this week, in particular for ukraine and israel. what kind of assistance are we talking about and what is the fate of the administration's previous request to congress for additional funding for ukraine in the amount of $24 billion. natalya, in the white house they say that they will actively work with congress not only this week, but they already worked last week as well. in particular, as john kirby, a representative of the us national security council, said. last week was also quite busy with white house representatives meeting with key officials on capitol hill, for one thing. explain why we need to support ukraine now, why there is a lack of resources and why we need to approve

a new package of additional funding, if it is about amounts, we do not know what amounts the white house will ask for, the previous one is exactly the package that the white house requested, the biden administration, that's right were these 24 billion dollars, now, given the situation in israel, it looks like they can combine the request for additional funding for ukraine and israel, as experts say, this can speed up the approval of this package of additional funding and it is beneficial enough for ukraine, but so far we do not know for what specific amount, what we have heard from republican representatives in the senate, that they are not even waiting the approval of the new speaker in the house of representatives, they will just put forward their package or their proposal, which they see as appropriate, the size of the funding for these two important countries, ukraine and israel. thank you julia for your work, she was in direct contact with us from the white house. yulia yarmolenko, yulia will tell more about president biden's visit tomorrow in our morning briefing at 18:00 kyiv time.

european union heads of state held an emergency video conference on tuesday to discuss the conflict between israeli forces and palestinian militants in gaza, following a hamas attack on israel. the attack claimed the lives of at least 1,400 israelis, and about 2,750 palestinian civilians were killed and counting. is growing, as it affects views on support for israel's actions in european countries in the story of dmytro kolchinsky and henry ridgeval. fears are growing in europe that the conflict between israel and palestinian militants in gaza will be felt beyond the middle east. this can increase tensions between communities and fuel extremism. ultimately there is a high risk of migration and movement of large numbers. people to neighboring countries. european countries supported israel in the days after

the hamas attacks. however, the unanimity of the statements is changing after the increase of israeli attacks on gaza. after visiting kibbutz kfar aza on friday south of israel, where hamas killed dozens of civilians, commission president ursula fondern expressed unquestioning support for israel. israel has the right to defend itself. he has a duty to protect his people. after this speech, the head of the european parliament's subcommittee on security and defense, nathalie luaza , wrote that fonden had forgotten an important message, that israel must respect international humanitarian law. at the same time , the supreme representative of the ic foreign policy , josel borel, said last week that israel's blockade of gaza contradicts international the right more and more nuances are appearing in political narratives, says middle eastern expert andreas krieg. i think we're already seeing some western politicians go back and try to put things in context, saying, well, we... support israel, but we also have to make sure that the lives of palestinian civilians have to be protected. this point of view

is widespread in european public opinion as well - notes analyst andrejas bom. they are in solidarity with israel, i think because of the nature of the attack. but if you look at the long-term perspective, if we see these pictures of thousands or tens of thousands of people gassed, it could change the situation. it is unlikely that israel will change its course - believes krykh. i think the israelis will be more resilient in enduring criticism and maintaining influence over western politicians because they say this is our war, look at these atrocities, we will do whatever it takes to make the meanwhile , the european union's executive commission announced a tripling of humanitarian aid to gaza up to 79 million us dollars. since israel has begun a full siege of the area, no it is clear how and when help can reach those who need it. oleksiy kovalenko, henry ridgewell, voice of america. the house

of representatives could not. in the first round of voting, republican nominee jim jordan, who now represents the majority in the house of representatives , fell short of the votes of his fellow party members to accept the speaker. let me remind you that the house of representatives has been without a speaker for two weeks, after the dismissal of kevin mccarthy, which became the first such precedent in the history of the united states. currently, due to the absence of a speaker, congress cannot fulfill its legislative duties. in particular, approve the government's budget for the next year and allocate an additional one. aid to ukraine and israel. we will talk about the latest news from the congress with our congress correspondent kateryna lisunova. she joins us from capitol hill. congratulations katsya. congratulations natalya. the first round of voting for the speaker failed. what is the current mood in the house of representatives. why couldn't they agree on a candidate from the first round and in the end, what will happen next? kachuv in this game so would

two can play, not only far-right republicans can block any legislative projects of their fellow party members, but moderate conservatives can actually do the same, and today's first round of voting for the speaker was different, the votes were divided as follows: 212 for the democratic candidate in speakers hakeem jeffries and 200, for republican representative jim jordan. thus , the latter failed to get the support of 20 of his fellow party members. i will note that now chamber. the house of representatives has gone into recess and it is expected that there will likely be a second round of voting today for speaker, but during that recess jim jordan will actually be talking to these 20 republicans who did not support him for the position and trying to get their votes to actually support him it during the next vote in the house of representatives. as for the mood in the house

of representatives in general, during the nomination of both candidates, the republicans directly stated that jim jordan said. will be an ideal candidate for this position in these difficult times, in particular to help israel in the first place and to agree to additional aid to israel, as well as to approve a resolution in support of israel. in turn , the democrats criticized their republican opponent, called him the executor of all donald trump's whims, so to speak, due to his partnership with the former president, and criticized jim jordan's reluctance to approve aid to ukraine. i suggest listening to the statement of both. on behalf of the republican party in the chamber representatives, i stand before you today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, for speaker of the house of representatives of the american people.

we live in a time of great crisis across america, in a time of historic challenge in this very chamber, and when horrific acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally israel, and now that this house is assembled for the sacred duty of electing the next speaker to represent american people, i recall the words from the book of esther in the old testament, for such are the times, it says, jim jordan will the perfect american speaker for just such times. if we... is to continue to follow the orders of a former president who has been impeached twice, who has over 90 felony charges pending, then yes, that's your candidate, the world is watching, our allies in ukraine and israelis are watching and waiting, so let 's vote, but let's be clear, a vote for the gentleman from ohio, jim

jordan, is a vote against our national security, so that israel can defeat hamas. and ukraine to defeat putin so that the american people can be sure that their legislators are protecting them, it's very simple and we can do it together today, let 's elect a speaker who will reach out to both parties and stand up for the american people, that's why mr. speaker pro tempore, i proud to nominate hakeem jeffries. katya, as you already noted, jim jordan, a favorite of the far-right, is known as a critic of aid to ukraine, is kiev worth it. to worry if the latter will take this position. what is jordan's position in ukraine as of now? in general, jim jordan is a public partner and supporter of the former president of the united states of america, donald trump. he has repeatedly stated this publicly and repeatedly had the support of donald trump directly, the last, that is, the former president of the united states of america from the republican party donald trump almost

immediately supported jim jordan as a candidate for this position, he said that jim jordan would be an excellent speaker of the house of representatives. also, as you rightly noted, he noted, he is a favorite of right-wing republicans who are known to oppose aid to ukraine, while jim jordan himself voted against almost all bills in support of ukraine, except for providing ukraine with a lend-lease. i note that aksios nevertheless stated that at least four republicans told them that they had conversations with jim jordan and that he promised not to block aid to ukraine if it was bundled with aid to israel, and that it was this move that convinced them to support jom jordon in this position, but actually jim jordon's press service did not ask and confirm this information. natalya, katya, the democrats nominated their own candidate and call for a bipartisan way to solve the crisis, but nevertheless, it was thanks to their

votes that the previous speaker, kevin mccarthy, was fired. what is the actual strategy of democracy in this speakeriad? democrat, former congressman of the house of representatives of the previous convocation of congress 117 convocation, then malinovsky, melinovsky, with whom. i was able to speak last week, said that the democrats do not expect that they will be able to get their own democratic speaker now under a republican majority in the house of representatives, but they hope that the republicans will not be able to get their own speaker and so they will have to come to the rescue, go to the democrats for help, and then the democrats will be able to set their own terms, to give the necessary number of votes for the appointment of the speaker and one of the following requirements: conditions may include aid to ukraine and other bipartisan initiatives. i suggest listen to the commentary of tom malinowski , a former democrat congressman, right now. they need a total of 217

republican votes to elect the speaker. i don't know if they have those 217 republican votes for any of their candidates right now. so there's a chance that a republican who gets maybe 200 or... 205 votes of his fellow party members will turn to the democrats for help, and that would be good, because then the democrats would obviously set the conditions, put the aid to ukraine up for a vote and support other bipartisan initiatives. so in a sense , the best case scenario would be if they, the republicans, couldn't agree on a nomination for the speaker, because then the house would have to do it in a bipartisan way. thank you, katerina, for your work, for electing a new speaker. the house of representatives was monitored by our congress correspondent kateryna lisunova, and we are moving on.

last week, the us treasury supported the transfer to ukraine of the proceeds from russia's frozen assets. in europe, meanwhile, proposals are being put forward to transfer taxes to ukraine, which are collected on income from frozen russian assets. discussion of the mechanism of using these assets for the benefit of the economy of ukraine is one of the key topics of the international community. during a discussion in washington, experts of the initiative, the restoration of democracy and other experts spoke about the legal ways and political reasons to transfer frozen russian assets for the benefit of the restoration of ukraine. with details, my colleague, oleksiy kovalenko. how to restore ukraine at the expense of russian money frozen in the west? this is what experts at the museum of victims say. communism in washington. according to various estimates, it is about 300 billion dollars of russian assets, about 38 billion of sovereign assets of the russian federation are located in the usa. at the heart of

the discussion are reports from the restoring democracy initiative, or rdi. the organization was founded in 2017 by russian dissident garry kasparov to promote and defend liberal democracy in the united states and abroad. the rda has published a report that lays the legal groundwork. for the confiscation of sovereign russian assets, and we are talking about more than 30 billion russian dollars money that is gathering dust in american banks, and the truth is that we are not doing anything with this money, so we wanted to establish how we can take this money and give it to the greatest victim of russian aggression without violating any american laws. the conclusion of the analysis of the relevant legislation is that there are no legal obstacles to transfer billions of russian money frozen in western banks to ukraine. aftars believe that this money should be used to restore the economy of ukraine, which is suffering from russian aggression. the united states and its allies have the necessary legal authority and moral

obligation. to punish russia for its brutality and illegal actions by transferring russian sovereign assets to ukraine, as this report shows, no legal obstacles or practical considerations stand in the way of this bold and necessary action. the ukrainian people and the international community have waited too long to make putin pay for his atrocities. in the united states , the repoject, a bill on the restoration of economic prosperity, has been registered, but not yet adopted opportunities for ukrainians. it provides for the provision of additional assistance to ukraine, using the confiscated sovereign assets of the russian federation. raymond tolentina, one of the authors of the rdi report, emphasizes that the administration of the us president has all the authority to transfer frozen russian assets to ukraine, even before the adoption of this bill. we believe that president biden has the authority under the current statute, called the emergency economic powers act, passed back in 10.

but of course, we would welcome any clarify existing authority and fully support a congressional initiative to clarify that the president has such authority. us secretary of state anthony blinken recently spoke in support of the idea of ​​using russian frozen assets. in my opinion, if you hacked something, you pay, if the russians hacked, they have to pay for it, and one of the sps is going to do it precisely because of these assets, we need to make sure that there is a legal basis for it, as i said, because most of these assets are in europe, the europeans must also be convinced that for this there is a legal basis. compared to european countries, the united states hosts a smaller portion of russia's frozen or immobilized assets. brussels has been considering various proposals to transfer frozen russian assets to ukraine for a long time.

experts believe. if washington begins to transfer russian assets for the reconstruction of ukraine, other countries of the west will follow the example of the united states. speaking at the imf meeting of the tavit bank, the us treasury secretary janet yellen supported the transfer of revenues from the frozen assets of the russian federation to ukraine. full the transfer of assets is not discussed yet. i also support the consolidation of excess proceeds from russian frozen assets in special clearinghouses and the use of these funds for support. thus, the us supported the proposal, which is being considered by the european union. it provides for the transfer of interest received from frozen russian assets to ukraine. experts note that although this is a step in the right direction, it is not enough. you need to send the assets themselves. there is the same legal basis as in order to to transfer the interest, and to transfer all 300 billion dollars of frozen

sovereign assets. political. the argument in favor of the transfer of frozen russian assets to ukraine is made by former congressman tom malinovsky. in his opinion , lawmakers will be more motivated to support the recovery of ukraine at the expense of russia than from the us budget. in part, because few lawmakers and apparently in congress also want the us to pay $300 to $500 billion for the reconstruction of ukraine. and why should americans pay to fix it what russia did. why should ukrainians pay... for the destruction caused by russia, russia should pay for it. the loss of sovereign assets will also demonstrate the unacceptability of aggression for other countries in the future - says political scientist bill christel. it will be good for ukraine, of course, but it is also good for other countries to see that aggression against a neighbor will have to pay for all the death and destruction. it is also good for the us to show that we are not just helping the russians and keeping their money locked away.

i think it will happen. experts are convinced the u.s. is taking the right steps toward handing over frozen russian assets to ukraine, but the main job ahead is to make sure russia pays in full for the damage caused by its war. oleksiy kovalenko, dmytro melnyk, vyacheslav filyushkin, voice of america, washington. download the voice of america mobile app. the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to. vpn service, read news, watch informative programs and videos, and also listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. we will be on this goodbye, you watched the program of the ukrainian service of the voice america time. also join our daily briefings, from monday to friday.