[000:00:00;00] the russians are advancing, liberating territories, that is, those who are bombarding, occupying the ukrainian military, who want to separate from ukraine, i asked if they believe at all that they can win, objectively, they have no faith in victory, they understand that nothing they won't be able to here, and besides, they don't understand that this has already become a special military operation , this is a full-scale war with ukraine, that russia is the aggressor in this war, it is bombing peaceful territories, liberating, as they say,

the donetsk and luhansk regions, bombing . kyiv lviv region, where peaceful residents are not guilty of anything at all. the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas taay program is broadcast from washington. i am yulia yarmolenko. congratulations. the white house is calling on congress to stop playing political games and approve the request for additional funding for israel, ukraine and other national security priorities, together and in full. this was stated by the representative of the us national security council, john kirby. we are talking about a request for the total amount of 106 billion dollars. earlier, the newly elected speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson said that this

week will present an alternative. a bill providing emergency funding only for israel. john kirby emphasized that both countries need immediate support, and also commented on the possibility of the president using the veto right on any proposal that does not include aid to ukraine. the issues of ukraine and israel are intertwined. putin and hamas may be different threats, but as the president said in a speech about a week ago, both putin and hamas are out to destroy their neighboring democracy. history has taught us what when terrorists don't pay a price, when dictators don't pay a price, they only cause more chaos, death and destruction, they keep doing it, and the cost and threats to the united states keep growing with it. to paraphrase winston churchill, given that i grew up in florida, it's like feeding an alligator and hoping it eats you last. will president biden veto any proposal that

includes funding for israel but not in the. includes for ukraine. i cannot provide any specific reaction to that today , i think we spoke very clearly on the topic of aid to ukraine yesterday and stated how deeply concerned we are with the republican proposal in the house of representatives and how inconsistent it is with our national security. as commander-in-chief, the president will never do anything unless it meets the key needs of our national security. leaders of both democrats and republicans in the senate agree to the request for additional funding. it is necessary for ukraine and israel approve in bulk. majority leader democrat chuck schumer emphasized that the united states must support both its allies in israel and help ukraine. republican minority leader mitch mccone emphasizes that russia, iran and china do not share an ideology, but have a common interest. they see themselves in conflict with the west, especially america. that is why it is so important for the united states to demonstrate its unity and steadfast support for both friends in ukraine and israel. it is important to approve

the white house request in its entirety. convinced senators on tuesday, secretary of state anthony blinken and secretary of defense loy dostin. whether it was successful, we will ask my colleague maria ulyanovska, who followed the hearing in the senate and is now in direct contact with the congress. hello maria. congratulations yuli. what arguments did blinkiny ost use today at these hearings in the senate in order to convince the legislators that it is not worth dividing the aid to israel and ukraine. well, first of all, it is worth noting that both austin and blinkin, they were not wrongly convinced of the importance of keeping... this aid package whole for ukraine and for israel, how they just tried to explain why this is important and why, and what exactly the presidential administration is asking for in this package, yes, anthony blinkin emphasized that in addition to the fact that they are asking for $61 billion in aid to ukraine, and they are asking for 14 billion dollars to help israel, he also emphasized what exactly is needed for ukraine and why exactly it is needed now, first of all, he talked about the fact that there is aid provided for economic recovery, he talked about

which is very important for ukraine, in particular, it is and financing of infrastructure , and financing of everything that russia destroyed with its massive shelling, and also financing of the future of ukraine, in particular , anti-corruption bodies and the creation and establishment of ukraine in ukraine as a democratic nation in the center of europe. he also spoke about the importance of meeting the humanitarian needs of ukraine, which are provided for in this joint draft law. and in addition, he talked about the fact that the funding that the allies provided to ukraine already helped ukraine restrain russian offensive, and showed that ukraine has greatly weakened russia, which also plays into the hands of the united states. he paid a lot of attention to the defense of ukraine and the financing of the defense sector so that ukraine could win this war. in particular, he said that russia is not going to stop and that is why it needs to be stopped in ukraine, and for this we need to provide funding, because

otherwise the next country that russia will invade could be any nato country, and then we will have to implement article n yatu of the north atlantic treaty and american soldiers will have to be on european soil even then, which cannot be allowed, and besides, he emphasized that this also creates threats to the indo-pacific region, he said that china is watching, and if there is no response, then the next there will also be taiwan, and lloyd austin said that we should not forget that there is a war in ukraine, people are dying, and russia continues to commit war crimes. maria, the opponents of the aid pool say that the aid to israel, which needs it immediately support, should not depend on aid to ukraine, what different countries say, different situations, do representatives of the administration have an answer to this, so today it was also talked about not only by representatives of the administration of president biden, but also by the heads of the appropriations committee of the us senate, where hearings were held, they talked about how the whole world was now watching what the united states' response would be to both of these wars, and they talked about

how the enemies of the united states were trying to divide america and instead called for congress, and the senate, and the house of representatives to unite in their decisions in order to give this answer, and also, democratic senator patimira stressed. that now is a decisive moment in history and we need to be very decisive in our support. also, antony blinkin emphasized that the war in syria, the war in ukraine, the war in israel , they have the same footprint, that is, russia and iran, and that both countries must be repelled, and he also emphasized that russia could stop what is happening but instead they invite a hamas delegation for an official visit, and this only confirms that the terrorist regime and the terrorist organization are cooperating. i suggest you listen, military conflicts in ukraine and in the middle east have a clear connection. as we have cut off russia's traditional means of supplying its military, it is turning more and more to iran

for help. in response, moscow supplies iran with increasingly advanced military technologies that pose a threat to israel's security. if russia is allowed to achieve success with the support of iran, it will encourage both moscow and tehran. maria, what are the chances that the senate will approve the pooled funding and the house will not, and what is the procedure then? well, the situation is very interesting now, because in the american media, it is already being called the last congressional battle for assistance to ukraine before the presidential elections. now the situation is such that the republican party is divided and in the senate the leaders of the republican party, in particular mitch makon , are very supportive of ukraine, they are exclusively in favor of this united aid package, including. ukraine and he even said that he will stand very firmly to the last and block any other decisions. instead, in the house of representatives, new speaker mike johnson is advocating splitting the aid , an initiative of his that has the support of some republicans in the house, but they will need

to come to an agreement because even though the gop currently controls the majority in the house of representatives , however, in order for the law to come into effect, it must be voted on in the senate. the senate is currently controlled by democrats. at the same time, they also need additional votes from republicans to pass any initiative, so they will have to negotiate, and this is an even more difficult time for the congress, because november 17th, if the budget for next year has to be passed by november 17th, because if this does not happen, there will be a shutdown of the government and all government organizations, which cannot be allowed, and they are now talking about the fact that there is such a crisis of uncertainty in the republican party, between where to go next, if we talk about the senators and their reaction, then after they came out, after those hearings, we talked to them, and the senators, and the democrats, and the republicans said that they have a lot of hope that the combined aid package will still be voted on.

the situation in congress is very interesting now, we will keep an eye on how the situation develops, we expect that they can actually start voting on this aid package for israel on thursday, we will see how it ends, maria, thank you very much for your work, on my colleague was the liaison from the congress maria olyanovka. more than 40% of the population of ukraine needs humanitarian aid. this was during a meeting of the un security council, the director of the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs said. member countries, in particular ukraine's partners, focused on discussing humanitarian issues and preparing ukraine for winter. special attention was paid at this meeting to the energy infrastructure, which is still recovering from the russian attacks last winter. the representative of the united states reported that since july, when russia withdrew from the black sea grain initiative, its shelling destroyed 3,000 metric tons of ukrainian grain. and also added that ukrainians have demonstrated extraordinary

resilience in the face of the kremlin's efforts to destroy ukraine's energy grid and use winter as a weapon. since february 2022, the united states has provided almost $2.8 billion in humanitarian aid both to ukraine and the region. our assistance will continue to focus on preparing for winter, but as ukraine's humanitarian needs continue to grow, including the need for additional housing, repairs, isolation, we call on international community to meet un appeals for funding, as president biden said, the united states' commitment to ukraine will remain strong. putin may believe that he will be able to hold out longer than ukraine, but he is wrong, ukraine will not be conquered by russia, the will of the people of ukraine will never be broken. ukrainian grain warehouses turn into burning grounds after the attacks of russian drones - say the agrarians. in october , not only hangars near ports, but also grain facilities in

central ukraine were attacked by enemy drones. ukrainian farmers convinced that these attacks are not random attacks, russia's intentions to weaken the ukrainian economy. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sohodolskyi visited one of the grain warehouses that was subjected to massive attacks. 44-year-old entrepreneur and chairman of the all-ukrainian agrarian council andriy dekun walks around the fire that turned into grain hangars in uman cherkasy. it happened on october 1 during an attack by russian drones, the man says. he himself was in the city at that time and witnessed the events. historically , it coincided that the headquarters itself of the all-ukrainian agrarian council is located in the city of uman, and i was also in the city of uman at that time, we heard a huge amount of the sound of the shaheds, it is such a specific sound, as if someone is mowing the grass in the middle of the night. uman was attacked by 11 drones that night. seven of them were kissed.

directly into the hangars, none of the people were hurt, but the harvested crop was completely burned, andriy says and adds , he is sure that the attack on the granary was carried out on purpose, it landed in almost the same place, here where we are with you now, this is the elevator enterprise, of the state food grain corporation of ukraine, the closest here, well, i don't know, here in kilometers, there are no military facilities, no hostilities are taking place here, but... to send as many as seven shaheds, or rather 11 of which seven were hit exactly, at that's why they hit exactly, if you look at the destroyed premises, you see that the premises were completely destroyed, they hit right in the center of the premises, that is, it cannot be said about coincidence, in the odesa region, farmers are in constant expectation of russian attacks from the air, says local entrepreneur boris yureskul, he has been in the agricultural business for more than 30 years, on his 15 thousand hectares he grows wheat, barley, rapeseed and corn in the winter.

the previous harvest was harvested, it was all finished, the corn was recently finished, it was sown, everything was planned for winter crops, rapeseed 90% of the plan received such seedlings, thanks to the saving of moisture, the harvest for the south of this year, what was, then, well, for us it was very a good harvest, but the result of our work, so to speak, depends not only on the harvest, it it also depends on the price of the harvest. russian attacks on black sea ports practically nullify the final profit of agrarians, says yureskul. this year, the price has taken away all our chances to earn something, so we are going in such and such a way, so to speak, closer to zero, that is, but for such and such during the war, i think it is still good. after the first shelling, in izmailani, the prices immediately

fell by 20. by 10%, well already by 20, immediately by 10, then by another 10%, so even today, when the grain corridor is starting to work there in a new format, prices does not affect, in addition, grain traders also place their risks in the price for farmers, risks at sea increase, insurance increases, which means the importer reduces the purchase price, the export of agricultural products during the war provided about 50% of the country's profits, andrii dekun believes. he says that hostile attacks on local grain warehouses are russia's attempts to worsen the state of the ukrainian economy and take advantage of this in the competition for grain sales markets. our western partners help us a lot with weapons, ammunition, and money, but still a significant part of the money we have to earn by ourselves. therefore, i think that this is just such a blow to the economy of our country, and also the issue

of world hunger, many people are talking about this, if russia is trying to play on this very much, then ukraine is not needed, we are , is our grain. here and now, from what i know, they stole millions of tons of grain from us there, plus their own production, and they are now trying to show the world that they can fill this niche there, although i don't think they have it will work, because ukraine is there legenko, we can produce about 100 million tons, of which 70 can be exported, yes, protect agricultural products from russian drones, andriy dekun calls for creating mobile groups across the country, like those that are already working on the circle of big cities. in the luggage compartments of such pickups, small radars and searchlights are installed to detect shaheds at night, and they can be shot down with a machine gun or a machine gun. hitting shahid with high-precision weapons given to us by partners is such an expensive pleasure, so we understand that it is necessary to arm ourselves, that is what

mobile groups should do there, which should be in every region of ukraine. i think that this has already become for us, as it should be our norm of our life, we should just all get used to it, that we should all be ready for mobilization on one day, and everyone should defend themselves not only at the front or at southern ukraine, but this should be the task of every locality. under the condition of such cooperation of the military and farmers, the danger from russian drone attacks can be minimized - andriy dekun is confident. however, according to his data, in order to establish high-quality patrolling only for the town of uman with a population of about 80 thousand people, 50 such mobile fire groups are needed. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolsky for voice of america from cherkasy and odesa regions. approximately 300 billion dollars of confiscated russian assets, this amount can be counted on by kyiv to fill

the compensation fund for the reconstruction of ukraine. iryna mudra, deputy minister of justice of ukraine, told about this in an interview with voice of america. work on the implementation of international the mechanism continues, however, when the loss register is finally working for... what is needed for the so-called compensation commission to be created, and when we can expect the first payments, iryna mudra told iryna solomko about it in new york. iryna, almost a year has passed since the moment when the general assembly adopted such a landmark resolution for ukraine, regarding reparations and reparations for aggression against ukraine. that's how much it was possible to change the situation this year. resolution of the un general assembly on reparations. ukraine from the aggression of the russian federation is actually very symbolic and very important in terms of the legitimacy of further steps. the concept of a comprehensive compensation mechanism consists of the following three main components, which actually formed

the basis of the resolution. er, the first component is the fixation of all the information, together with the evidence. basis, regarding damages, losses, damages, damage caused to private persons, natural persons, business, state, private business and the state itself. the second component should be an administrative body, which based on the information provided to register, will be able to make, make a decision regarding awarding a certain ... amount of compensation, based on the information provided and based on the evidence that will be provided, but of course, the threshold of proof will be much simpler and lower than it is in court cases procedures the third component is

actually where to get the funds to implement these decisions, because it will not be a judicial body, but an administrative one. it and go to perform it in the process of enforcement, how can it be done by a court decision maybe that's why there should be, there should be a source, which will be filled with money in order to be able to monetize the solution , we have today an international loss registry, which is located in the netherlands, we have a process of setting up: the infrastructure of the registry and we expect that the registry will be able to accept applications at the end of the first quarter of the 24th year, there were several applications, so when. when it will start working, yes, it was somewhere in the summer , then it was august, that is, we are now saying that now it is already the first quarter of next

year, but this is actually the reception of applications and their consideration and fixation, we had a vision and a desire, of course, to launch it as soon as possible, but when we realized that the register should not work with paper documents, because it was drowned in the volume. these documents, uh, we need to make a digital platform of this registry, and of course, the it-platform, it requires more development time, although there is a rough understanding of the number of these, applications, considering, you said, it's a huge field, actually , and how much time it takes to enter and process all this, we say about the registry being created during war, war going on, ugh.

the damage is ongoing, so how long will the registry be, shall we say, live and receive this information, again depends on how long the war lasts, in terms of the number of such claims, we expect it to be in the millions, why, because if you take even the registry damaged property of ukrainians, today we have about 5,000 applications already, this is only damaged property , but still the formation of the commission, how it should take place, and probably with the register there are certain technical difficulties, here what are possible you see the difficulties, if the register was created by joining a partial extended agreement under the auspices of the council of europe, then , unfortunately, we cannot create a commission on the basis of such an agreement, because it will not

be...' there must be a source of international law that can create such a body, an administrative body, and it should not be two or three countries, it should be the number of countries sufficient for such an agreement to be legitimate and valid, we are at the approval stage. here we are so advanced that we are already discussing the details of this concept, but we have not yet reached the stage of drafting the agreement. we hope that it will be done, there within a few months, we will reach this stage, and then, depending on the procedures in the countries, from six months to a year for ratification. such an agreement and then the creation of the mechanism itself, we were not very resourceful, we took the examples that

exist, we took the commission, the compensation commission, which was created under the un, as a result of the iraq, kuwait conflict, but here it should be noted that it was created at the un, i.e. this secretariat, the secretary of the un secretariat performed the function, we will have to create it, but this is how we have an understanding, we offer it to a partner, but it is at the discretion of the partners, because we want this mechanism to be international, returning to this experience, yes, to which we have already mentioned, if we talk there, when the first payments began, i will say how long this process lasted, well, the conflict was in the 90th year, the compensation commission was created, in the 91st year, the payments ended in february 2022

. according to your calculations, after all, about what amounts and what we are now saying that ukraine can expect in this context. first of all, it must be said that we currently do not have a clear amount of damages, the latest that was announced on march 23rd, about the damages in the amount of 411 billion dollars, this is very, very approximate and it does not take into account the damages due to the explosion of the kakhovka hydroelectric plant, if we talk about the amounts that ukraine can receive in this fund, if we are talking about russian money, it is also certain, no one knows what the specific amount is frozen, at least in our friendly jurisdictions. in general, if you take into account all jurisdictions friendly to ukraine, we are talking

about about 300 billion dollars. that is, 250-300, you can talk about such an amount, of course, it will not be enough. it was an interview with iryna mudra, deputy minister of justice of ukraine. the russian war activated ukrainian communities all over the world. 1,200 km from ukraine, a small group of residents of the island state of hawaii does not remain aloof from events in ukraine, where many have family and friends. svetlana prystynska visited the island of oahu, where she met the co-founder. group of hawaii with ukraine. her story continues. olena rud and her family immigrated to the united states 30 years ago, from dnipro. they settled in the middle of the pacific ocean, on the hawaiian island of oago. olena is a real estate agent, and in her free time she is engaged in petrikovsky painting and weaves ukrainian and hawaiian wreaths. with the help of his creative skills, he collects funds

to help ukraine, sells wreaths and teaches others to draw in when the war began, my the hobby became more important, i thought that if i advertise my products and display more wreaths, i will be able to earn money to help ukraine with the help of my favorite business. we organized a group of hawaii with ukraine and started thinking about how and whom we are going to help, so we decided to do it in several ways. sometimes we send money to non-profit organizations, but it is more satisfying when we give money to someone we know personally, among other things, olena weaves wreaths for brides from flowers in your garden, it has everything from marigolds to hawaiian leis. the woman transfers 100% of the proceeds from the sale to help ukraine. i was especially

encouraged when, through my advertisement for vinochki on facebook, i was approached for help. military families who didn't even know me, they were inspired that i was helping others. the woman did not expect such support for ukraine from the residents of the island, she, together with other volunteers, organizes ukrainian meetings, where she tells the people of the island about ukrainian culture, conducts master classes on the petrykiv painting, and also invites others community on the island to get to know. when the war started, we were among the number of people who joined our rallies, koreans, japanese, they told stories about their countries and said that they felt pain for ukraine, how unfair it was. also, we received huge support from the lithuanian community. hawaiians come to our meetings, dance, their folk dances and pray with us.

the capital of hawaii is located on the island of oahu, where about a million people live. 70% of the entire population of this island state. over the years of working as an agent with real estate, olena has gathered a large client base, many of them help ukraine through her. for 20 years, i have a large client base. 80% of my clients are american, they feel my pain and are inspired by my mission. they also order from me. i had the opportunity to enjoy life in hawaii for 30 years, but now that my friends, classmates, and relatives are in dnipro and ukraine, i cannot sit idly by. even when the war ends, olena says, she is not going to stop helping ukraine, says that she and her friends will continue to help the motherland and hope that victory is near, the war

will end, but people will still have stress and ukraine needs. funds for many more years , so i will continue to do my hobby and organize various events, talk about ukrainian culture to inspire people, and olena will do this 12,000 km from her native dnipro. svitlana prystynska for voa, from honolulu, hawaii. and that 's it, thank you for watching voice of america in ukrainian. see you tomorrow, all the best, pas-. we are looking for 12-year-old sviatoslav volchasty from genichevsky district, kherson region. this territory was occupied almost in