you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time. i am natalia leonova. congratulations. the united states announced a new arms package for ukraine worth 150 million dollars. it includes additional means for air defense, ammunition for artillery and highmers systems. anti-tank weapons, including javelins. night vision devices and more. the pentagon allocates this package from its own warehouses, so the equipment will be in ukraine in the near future. at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the united states announced the transfer of weapons to ukraine already by almost 44 billion dollars. the newly announced package of military aid will help ukraine resist russia's new attempts to go on the offensive in several directions at once. the strategic communications coordinator of the us national security council stated at the briefing. john kirby

emphasized that the ukrainian army successfully uses the provided equipment on the battlefield. russia has renewed its offensive in the east of ukraine in several directions, in particular in the avdiyivka, lyman and kupianske regions. this attack was not a surprise. we saw that they were preparing we warned that president putin still wanted to conquer ukraine, and we worked to ensure that ukraine had the equipment it needed to defend itself. today we announced another security aid package that includes air defenses, anti-tank missiles, more artillery ammunition and more ammunition for hymars. currently, using all these means, the ukrainians managed to hold the defense against this offensive, successfully repelling the russian tank columns that were advancing on avdiivka. from 11 on 10 october, russia suffered heavy losses during the attempted offensive, including at least 125 armored vehicles around avdiiv.

mike johnson's confirmation as speaker of the house of representatives of the us congress unblocked the work of the congress and opened the way for consideration of bills, in particular, on additional aid to ukraine and israel. speaker mike johnson, who previously expressed skepticism about aid to ukraine, after being elected to the position assured that he supports aid, but noted that it is necessary to ensure the fulfillment of the conditions of such support kyiv. about the latest developments in congress. we will talk about expectations from the new speaker, in particular regarding aid to ukraine, with our correspondent oleksiy kovalenko. congratulations oleksiy. congratulations. oleksii , so michael johnson, whose election ended three weeks of the so-called speaker race, spoke yesterday in congress with a speech on the occasion of his election. what are the main theses we heard from the newly appointed speaker, what are his political views, what is worth knowing about politician mike johnson. first

, it is worth remembering why the position of speaker is so important critical in the us legislative process. first, the speaker is a person who defines the political agenda. that is, the speaker determines which bills will be proposed, which bills will be voted on, and in what order, which bills will be rejected. and we saw that immediately after the appointment of mike johnson as speaker yesterday in the house of representatives, and this was handed over by a very long three-week process, the election. and mike johnson was already the fourth candidate from the republican party, the majority party in the house of representatives, and after he was voted in, as well as elected speaker of the house of representatives, he said that he will promote conservative ideas, oppose the policies of the administration of us president joe biden and support us partners abroad. he did not immediately indicate which partners he was talking about, in his speech he mentioned

israel, the importance of supporting israel, but it is also worth noting that mike johnson also stated the importance of us foreign policy aimed at the middle east and eastern europe, and actually, if we have mike's comment johnson, we can listen to him right now. this is the creed that has inspired our nation since it was founded, and it has made us the great nation that we are... and we are now in a time of extreme crisis, and the world needs us to be strong, to remember our creed and instructions, the middle east and eastern europe were shaken by stormy events and violence. we all know the intentions that continue to build in the indo-pacific region. the country requires strong leadership from this body, and we must not waver. oleksia speaker johnson mentioned the stormy events and violence in eastern europe. obviously, having referring to

russia's war against ukraine. previously, congressman johnson expressed skepticism about supporting ukraine, except for leland's bills for ukraine, he voted against all supporting bills. of ukraine. however , after his appointment, he assured that he supports assistance to kyiv. what exactly should we expect from speaker johnson now? that's right, natalia. in fact, mike johnson's position as a legislator has been quite controversial for a long time. we know that february 24, 22 year, during the beginning of russia's full-scale aggression against ukraine, mike johnson made a statement. he posted a tweet on the social network about what actually. we need to support ukraine, and we need to hold russia accountable for its aggressions and actions , and we need to impose the strongest possible sanctions and cut off economic ties with russia, but for a long time we

have seen his track record, what, as you said, in fact, mike johnson did not support most of the bills in favor of ukraine, the only bill, the law that he supported was the lelenlis law, all other bills he voted against, and he also voted for the bill, for the amendment that did not pass the vote on the termination of military aid to ukraine, that is, we see his rather ambiguous position, but already yesterday, after the election of mike johnson as the speaker of the house of representatives, we saw his much softened statements, in fact, in the statement he made, we heard that he immediately spoke about the region in eastern europe, about the events in reggae of eastern europe, and also, when journalists asked him yesterday, already after being elected speaker, whether he and his party would support ukraine, he said that everyone supports ukraine, but there are certain demands from the republicans, and about the demands, it was about clear goals , which the white house should set

before itself for aid to ukraine, as well as greater and stronger accountability mechanisms for monitoring us aid to ukraine. natalia oleksiy, after three weeks of uncertainty, the republicans managed to elect a speaker. does that mean that republicans were still able to reach agreements on issues that divided them, in particular on the issue of financial aid to ukraine and israel. yes, actually, unity is an important characteristic of yesterday, because what we saw in the house of representatives was an attempt by the republican party. yet to show unity, to show that everyone literally voted for a single candidate, and it was 220 legislators, we 've never seen this happen before, and as we mentioned, because mike johnson is the fourth, the fourth candidate in 20, two days

to this position, and actually many experts spoke about the fact that it was possible behind the scenes to achieve unity on the issue of... israel and ukraine on the issue of providing additional financial assistance to israel and ukraine. we do not know for sure, and here the main question that arises is whether this aid to israel in ukraine will be voted together in one package, as proposed by the administration of the us president, or whether it will be voted separately, separately with the help of israel and separately with the help of ukraine. and we know that the republicans in the the senate met yesterday, and there the head of the republican minority , mitch macon, emphasized the need for this support, this package to be voted together for israel and for ukraine, because in this way it will be possible to get more votes. thank you, oleksiy, for your work, we will keep a close eye on whether the newly elected speaker will soon bring to a vote in the house of representatives

the bill proposed by president biden, which you talked about, which provides for more than $61 billion in funding for ukraine and more than 14 billions for israel. oleksiy kovalenko followed the development of events, and we are moving on. meanwhile, a bipartisan group of u.s. senators and congressmen urged their colleagues to pass critical funding for ukraine that the white house is requesting. a meeting with legislators took place earlier this week. they emphasized: democrats and republicans should unite to continue supporting ukraine. after all, it is in the national interests of the usa. washrooms to support ours. allies around the world and provide them with tools necessary for victory. it is imperative for congress to come together and pass legislation that will help deter our adversaries and strengthen our defense manufacturing capabilities for the future. ukraine successfully returned more than half of the territory

occupied by russia after its illegal invasion. american aid proved indispensable in ukraine's ongoing struggle against tyranny. together with our allies and partners, it is our responsibility to ensure that ukraine has the resources it needs to achieve ultimate victory. reuters reported on thursday about ukraine's alleged suspension of the use of the new black sea grain corridor due to a threat from russian military aircraft. barva-invest consulting company was cited with reference to the administration of sea ports of ukraine. in the afternoon, the ministry of development of communities, territories and infrastructure of ukraine, for its part, stated that the information regarding the cancellation or unscheduled stoppage of its corridor for the movement of civilian vessels from and to the ports of greater odessa is not

true. head of the ukrainian grain association mykola gorbachev in an interview with voice of america stated that the movement of ships is currently stopped, but ukraine hopes to restore the corridor in a day or two after the inspection, he says. according to him , the ukrainian military together with intelligence forces are checking potential threats from russia in the black sea. for today. the moment of intelligence gives data that there is a certain risk, and in order not to take risks, our military checks these routes along which the ships will leave, nothing of the kind happens, this ukraine is at war with russia, so you have to be careful, it is clear that they cannot leave without the agreement of the military, well , i hope that it will be over in a day or two, this is the first time that the ships have stopped like this, but if there are potential risks, it is better to wait a day or two for the military

to check than to leave and have some additional problems. on combat duty in the black sea, russia has five ships and one submarine equipped with four caliber cruise missiles. the defense forces announced this in the official telegram channel southern ukraine. earlier, the russians fired cruise missiles at ukraine more than once from the sea. security in the black sea became a key topic of hearings in the senate subcommittee on europe and regional security. senators and a representative of the state department spoke about the importance of providing ukraine with air defense equipment and facilitating the liberation of crimea. ultimately, the future of the black sea depends on the complete defeat of russia in ukraine. and as ukraine continues its long-term plan to push russia out of crimea, it must happen. for steadfast

of american support, the recent decision of the biden administration to send ethikams was a long-awaited change, after 18 months of pointlessly depriving ukraine of these weapons, an additional $25 billion could be earned by ukraine if it could unblock maritime trade, according to us assistant secretary of state james o'brien. whose report the senators listened to at the meeting on the black sea. instead , according to him, russia additionally... earns by creating a shadow fleet, with its help the russian federation manages to export oil on its conditions to circumvent sanction restrictions. it is not excluded - he added, that ships can also transport ammunition. to comply with the oil price cap for russia, we apply sanctions, regulate the movement of goods through service providers, insurance companies, maritime registries, and so on. what russia is trying to do with iran is to create what they call. navies with an excuse, so they bought up old ships and try to operate them without access to the places where we

impose sanctions, so you have an unregulated naval fleet, about 500 ships that we know of, and it is dangerous, dangerous to shipping, dangerous to all counterparties and dangerous to the ports where these ships call. as a first step to regulate these ships, we created some guidelines a couple of weeks ago, we need to convey to the people who do business with these ships what they are putting at stake in their access to dollars and euros and to commercial transactions in the west. we have already identified some port facilities and operators that provided services to such ships, or in the case of transport ammunition or other things. in silicon valley, ukrainian volunteers, documentarians, journalists and startups gathered at the autumn ukrainian war festival. which collected money for ukraine. the event was attended by speakers from the usa, ukraine and europe. the organizers

held an exhibition of ukrainian art, a master class on painting and traditional crafts, as well as a charity auction. funds collected from the sale of tickets and donations will be used to support medics on the battlefield in ukraine and for innovative professional education for ukrainian veterans. khrystyna shevchenko visited the festival. final preparations for the festival are underway at the midway concert venue in san francisco. art, spaces, a lecture hall and a music hall are created here. the goal is to show what ukrainians are like. cool, this is a multi-event, where there is ukrainian art, master classes, sale of ukrainian goods, ukrainian vendors, music is extraordinary, as well as lectures, and in the lecture hall we have 15 speakers who speak on various topics, the lectures take place in the format of ted talks , the audience

representatives of the ukrainian diaspora and residents of the city, that is, the format is not such an official presentation, but... when a person tells from his experience, and it actually resonates more, and gives people emotions and some details through their own, through the perception of the speaker. one of the speakers is the ukrainian journalist and photographer who documented the capture of mariupol, winner of the politsar award, yevgeny maleletka. having injured his leg, yevgeny temporarily postponed his work as a photojournalist at the front and devotes his time then... to tell the americans about what he saw in the war. people are worried, yeah, when they see all these pictures, and when they hear from people who've been through it, and it really, you know, affects them, and we just have to appreciate life, yeah, we have to support life, and

because our children have live in a normal country, yes, and people understand it, we see it , they come, support ukraine, and this is very important, also among the speakers are co-founders of innovative startups, such as aspichy, which develops education and psychotherapy technology thanks to technologies of virtual reality, as well as representatives of public organizations, one of them is the protest fund, which provided prosthetics to more than a hundred victims of the ukrainian war. we are very happy to be at warmain today in san f. this is a city where we return every time for new ideas, for new connections, friends, and today is also an extraordinary day, because people who care for ukraine have gathered here , who want to help ukrainians, the protest fund also brought ukrainian military personnel who are in the usa for prosthetics to the festival. volodymyr andriy and vitaly they say, at such events in america, they feel

included in a common cause. it cheers us up when we see that. civilian people very much in america, ukrainians help the military and the ukrainian army, in ukraine it is less, they just say thank you for your service, in general they just look like that and move on. an auction was held at the festival, one of the lots was a ukrainian flag signed by valery zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine. the auction was led by andriy bidnyakov, a ukrainian presenter and volunteer. no longer on the front pages, probably ukraine. we know that the conflict between israel and palestine has started, so now they are starting to talk more about them, we need to be reminded that this is very important, and that ukraine will continue to fight against this evil that has come to our land. at the festival, it was also possible to buy

ukrainian beds, tableware, paintings and souvenirs, the event was organized by non-profit organizations. and the leleka foundation. all proceeds will go towards medical needs and education for veterans. san francisco california khrystyna and bohdan shevchenko for voice of america their business is life in america, but their family is in ukraine. this strederun opened a ukrainian cafe in washington a few weeks before the full-scale war. in the first months, queues of people willing to support ukrainian business and donate funds for ukraine were drawn to the institution. they told maria ulyanovska how the sisters built a ukrainian business in america and how they support their relatives in the armed forces. in this kitchen in washington , sisters darun, anastasia and vira prepare ukrainian dishes with an american flavor. oh my god, it's just incredible.

we were opening a european establishment, but we really wanted to add ukrainian, ukraine tsevropa, ukrainian dishes that were like us so that americans would like them, we have everyone who tried the cheeses, they are so damn, they are so delicious, we really wanted people to , saw and already learned more about ukraine, cheesecakes, borscht, pancakes, such things that you taste, and france is somewhere on the sidelines. their cafe deel in the adams morgan neighborhood is known to washingtonians as the perfect brunch spot. and in the morning, a queue of those who want to enjoy breakfast, which plan flows into lunch, we are here for the first time, we are celebrating my sister's birthday, it's her birthday today and we really liked it here, very very cozy, delicious and as if we were

at home. the owners, sister darun, come from a white church. in 2018, nastya came to washington, and a few years later, vera agreed to her sister's persuasion. the girls decided to open their cafe, and in january 2022 the doors were open to visitors, although the path to this was not easy. for seven months, the sisters looked for a place, and then they put it in order on ones own. 20 and 29 years old, when we were sending out requests for buildings to take down a building, everyone was looking at us, i think they were pointing fingers at us, because we had a normal business plan, we had minimal start-up capital, really i now remember how we opened up and i want to cry and i want to both from happiness and from pain, because it was so difficult, there were such emotions when you go, you get up at 5-5 in the morning, and

you come home there at 11-12 , we had everything in turn, because when i was covered, faith is like this, everything will be fine, don't worry, we 're good guys, we'll make it, because look, everything seems to be according to plan with us, nothing, everything, everything is great. then i got my faith and i was like this: yes brother , we need to end it, the sooner the better, don't worry, everything will work out for us , it seems to me that we are like this because we were hardened by childhood itself. they got up from the post office at 4 in the morning, sat down and went to work, just two weeks after the opening of udilight there was a fire, street decorations were set on fire. on january 28, we arrive, everything has burned down, everything is up in smoke here, well, it's impossible is without a mask, and well, i’m like that, well, that’s it, we’re closing, but part

of the repair was covered by insurance, and the rest was helped to collect by caring residents of the district, we were a beast in three days, they threw 1010 at us there, it’s just that we have a story after a story, a story after a story , support, everyone comes, all the restaurants, they say, if you need, use our kitchen. payday is coming to us and i am so nastya, we, we live, after a two-week break, dilatsi reopened and the cafe became a ukrainian cell, a full-scale war began at home. she had been standing here since 7 in the morning a line of caring washingtonians who came to support ukraine and donate money in exchange for symbolic cookies with the flag. people come not only to mourn, but also to cry with us, and to provide emotional support, and it just kept us going... we were on such a stage, we came at six, because we all had a queue, because we were all open to each other, in our place like that, we closed at two, because we didn't have anything to sell, because everything was already, well, we just gave

donations, the sisters managed to collect about 50,000 dollars for the needs of the armed forces, girls they send first aid kits, turnstiles, plate carriers to ukraine, buy drones and cars, all this for friends and relatives who defend the homeland, all the children with whom we talked even from kindergarten, a lot of them are also fighting, and they see there , that i am doing some kind of help, because we publish all this, and they write there, nastya, can we, well, how, what right do i have to refuse, well, well, what kind of person to say no , to raise funds , the sisters arrange buffet dinners, and also sell ukrainian and local works artists, if there is not enough money for some... purchase, they contribute from their own pockets, we have all relatives, parents, a classmate went there, we and i knew him, it’s just that he studied at another school, and he died, you know, his

mother , it seems to me that she did everything possible, because in order for my son to be alive, and my parents to live, because he died, in addition to donations to the armed forces and humanitarian needs, the derun sisters help ukrainian immigrants with work, such as lilia, who came to visit her daughter in washington 10 days before the start full-scale invasion and remained. i came as a visitor, i really liked one dish here, i would think, oh , it would be great to work here, i would eat something like that, i approached, asked if they need employees, they said, yes, they do, and so i got here delight became a second family for lilia. i don't have enough family ties, but here i felt this kind of family help, the girls helped me and

very, very... calm, they never say no, more ukrainian cooks, a greater variety of dishes, sisters durun kindly agreed to prepare real cheese cakes for us, previously cheese for them was brought from ukraine, but now they import it from latvia, but how did you come up with the name dailait? that's a good idea , we wanted to tie something to our surname, dad's so-called name, since we wanted to make the design all light, so... we tied the very name of the restaurant to light, i as the translation will be light, and since we really wanted to leave something behind our name, we took our first letter d. and it turned out to be d light. as we talk, we finish the preparations, and honestly, i'm not here for that to master the recipe, so you have to wait, it is incredibly tasty, and the cheesecakes are real.

dima's cameraman also can't hold back and breaks all the laws of cinematography. thank you very much for just 5 minutes to be with mom in mom's kitchen. say, very unusual. this is very unusual. even difficult visitors to the capital had the chance to try these dishes. american congressmen come to the ukrainian cafe. he ate such beautiful meals with us , very nice, drank tea, drank tea, and we are like this, well, cool, come again, bye, i say, and he after some time staver-minister, i am like that, i am, in short, we don’t have photos with him, but my mother knows that we have it in our

piggy bank, but the greatest... pride, the girls say, when the ukrainian military comes to them, everyone must bow a day on their knees kissing the ground because it is priceless. udilight is cozy and tasty, and the darun sisters give you the opportunity to return home with feelings during lunch. we represent the culture, we represent the hospitality, we represent the language, the shelter and at least some part of the income to the targets in ukraine. ago. therefore all who seek refuge come, those who want to taste cheese cake, borscht with meat, come too. maria ul'yanovska, dmytro savchuk, dmytro mylnyk, voice of america. with that, we will say goodbye, you watched the program of the ukrainian voice of america, chas taey. join our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook. you will be able to live there.

ask your questions to our presenters yulia yarmolenko and ostap myarysh. thank you for trusting the voice of america ukrainian service, i'm natalia leonova, have a good night and good morning congratulations. today i will tell a very unusual story that cannot leave anyone indifferent. this time, we are looking for a child who has not disappeared, as opposed to his parents, the parents of this 12-year-old boy, whose name is roma kyriak. the methodologist of the children's shelter in the village of rozhishche , volyn region, contacted our hotline 1163. she said that the boy was admitted to their institution on september 29, and since then,

unfortunately, none of his relatives have taken care of the child. is not looking, maybe someone will recognize roman, someone will provide some information, someone, well, somehow bring him together as a family, closer, we rely only on you, now with your help we must do everything possible to find the relatives of 12-year-old roma as soon as possible, or anyone who may know information about them. first of all, i talked to the boy himself and at the same time did not ask him about...' questions about his family, mother and did not ask about details that could psychologically traumatize the child. hello, please tell me a little about yourself, where you study, what is your real name and how old are you, my name is roma, i am 12 years old, i am from chernivtsi, well, from a small village with chernivtsi region, well, i'm from...