legislation to avoid a shutdown, i.e. a partial government shutdown. instead , they intend to consider additional funding for ukraine and other budgetary issues at a later date - said speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson. we will talk more about this with our correspondent at the congress, kateryna risunova. katya, i congratulate you. congratulations ostap. katy, let's get down to it, yeah, so what's the current situation with the yes vote on these resolutions, will congressmen from both parties be able to come to an agreement and avoid a deadlock. we know that affairs it will surface already three days after katya. that's right, ostap, during the validity of the previous resolution, which was approved by the previous speaker kevin mccarthy, the legislators did not manage to agree on the budgetary financing of the government for the next year, as well as additional aid to ukraine, israel, taiwan and other needs. and so today, the new speaker mike johnson put his own draft resolution on new short-term financing of the government to the vote of the house of representatives. he calls it a two-stage resolution, that is, in fact. this document will finance the government in two

phases first until january 19 and then for other government needs until february 2. during this period, lawmakers are expected to have a second chance to approve all spending bills, as well as additional aid to ukraine, israel, taiwan and other needs. i would like to hear mike johnson's statement on this resolution right now. a two-step short-term resolution is an innovation. now questions will not be accepted, as it was before. we have untied this knot. we are not going to vote for the huge ones anymore bills in a package, just before christmas. we have come together to draft our spending bills for two periods: the first package by january 19th and everything else by february 2nd. in the meantime, this will allow us to go through the process of discussing other expenses in good faith. in particular, to discuss real changes to our border policy so that. close our

southern border, take it under control , also discuss verification, and this is necessary additional aid to ukraine, close the issue of aid to israel, if the senate does not do this, despite our pleas, in a word agree to all questions about additional appropriations. the new short-term resolution of the already new speaker johnson is to be considered and voted on in the house of representatives in literally a few hours, but here it is worth noting that in any case, if it is agreed to in the house of representatives, then it... anyway later have to agree in the senate and have to do it by the end of this week, that is , by november 17, when the deadline for the previous short-term resolution, which was actually agreed by the previous speaker kevin mccarthy, actually expires, which, however paid for his speakership, because due to the agreed resolution, in the subsequent election , the republicans dismissed him from his position. katya, how can the approval of such a temporary budget affect the consideration of additional support for ukraine in and when, in principle,

katya, can we expect this consideration? in general, the approval of a new short-term resolution and the impossibility of providing additional aid to ukraine before the previous , current deadline of november 17 means that aid to ukraine is being postponed again. along with other spending bills previously requested by the white house. this means that aid to ukraine may be delayed during this period of the short-term resolution proposed by mike johnson, that is, until january 19 or until the second. february, in particular, some legislators with whom i spoke, both from the republican party and the democratic party, both in the senate and in the house of representatives, claim that the most likely additional aid to ukraine will be agreed upon in december and possibly before christmas. i would like to note that today's statement corresponds to this the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer, who noted that after november 23 , i.e., after thanksgiving in the united states of america, the senate plans to and the ukrainian delegation in

washington is headed by first vice prime minister and minister of economy yulia sveredenko. she says that her main task on this trip is to attract investments to the ukrainian defense complex. the minister hopes that private investors will come quickly and allow to support the ukrainian economy, even if international support will decrease. she told in more detail oksani medratenko. thank you for agreeing to this. you were in france, germany, now you are in the usa, what do you hear from ukrainian partners? it is very important for us next year to find an opportunity to close the budget deficit, which is 42 billion us dollars, but next to that , it is very important for us to do so to unblock

the arrival of private investments in ukraine, even during the war, without expecting our victory, because we, we understand that the level of assistance can and will decrease, and we want to be really financially independent, independent, i think it's very important to tell our partners about that, because that's really our big desire, that's why we're here today in washington, working with our partners to find a more effective way to insure investments today in ukraine, we've been meeting with miga, we 've been meeting with the dfc, to see how we can improve the insurance mechanism so that companies could apply during the war and have the possibility of coverage, get coverage, insurance, from just such institutions. the second aspect is that we really want to be independent, not only in the financial sphere

, in the sphere of defense, and that is why we are now paying a lot of attention, precisely to the issue of creating joint enterprises in the military and defense complex, even our calculations show that localization of production for half of the products that we buy and import today will give an opportunity for gdp growth, plus 5-6%, this is essential, essential growth, therefore it is very important for us that we now work with our partners in all financial and insurance opportunities in order to first of all implement projects in the field of the military and defense complex, and then the next area, which gives the most... influence of gdp is energy, it is the benchmark for the state in terms of budget revenues and in terms of its development prospects, so today we will also discuss very specific energy projects that are among the priorities for our government, and of course

military aid, so which is more pmore antidrons system provide an opportunity to securitize activity. from enterprises in ukraine and create a basis for returning ukrainians home, you said about the possibility of defense projects, localization of production in ukraine, are there already interested investors who would like to invest now? eh, there are a lot of interested cinematographers in defense of the industry, ukraine today is a great field for testing new technologies, unfortunately, and there are a lot of companies interested in producing products precisely in ukraine, so we expect that in the coming weeks we will hold appropriate events, conferences, where specific memoranda on the creation of joint enterprises will be signed, for us this is the number one task, well, the congress still has not approved

economic aid to ukraine, even if it does not approve it, it will be somewhat less package than this year, do you worry about this dynamic , does it make the issue of attracting private investment even more urgent, or maybe you expect europe to be more involved, i think one thing is not excluded another, and we must develop the private inflow of private investments, we must focus on the development of the private sector, private business, this is what can provide additional income to the state budget, we are reviewing expenses, we are looking at where we can optimize our expenses. and we are looking for new opportunities for income , of course we are concerned about closing the budget deficit next year, but we are working with both our american partners and the european union, if you know, we are currently working together with our european colleagues over the plan, which is called the uk facility,

it foresees the possibility of financing 50 billion euros for the next four years and includes both direct budget support and the development of the private sector. everyone understands that it is an emergency. it is important that ukrainian business works and develops, even in such difficult conditions. the economy is on a war footing, the second year of the war, but business in ukraine historically does not trust the state very much, how to make it so that business works in the white and does not shy away from participating in state tenders, i think that first of all, all our very restrictions, but nevertheless , the business support program, they are humbled by a single idea, we will help and support... who works in beila, who pays taxes in beila. if you look at our programs that we have in the budget for next year , it's the support program that gives access to 579 lending, or the start-up grant program, or the grant program to support the manufacturing industry, because we believe that this is

our new economic philosophy, which demanded by the times, all of them, all companies must meet the criterion, they must pay taxes, they must have employees, there must be arrears for the payment of salary taxes, so it seems to me that this criterion is very important, of course, the ukrainian economy is already working on military rails, a large number of enterprises carry out government orders , a large number of enterprises carry out mobilization tasks, we have even more potential, that is why we are now focused on the military industry so that even more enterprises have ability to produce this was a fragment of oksana bedratenko's interview with yulia sverdenko, first vice prime minister and minister of economy of ukraine. watch the full version of this conversation on the voice of america ukrainian youtube channel. meanwhile

, tens of thousands of people gathered today in washington in support of israel. people from different parts of the united states gathered for the march to the american capital, mostly representatives of jewish communities. andriy borys will tell from the scene what exactly the demonstrators are demanding. a mass meeting called the march for israel gathered in downtown washington today. according to the organizers, representatives of the jewish communities of north america, more than 60,000 people gathered in washington. in the capital of america, the highest level of security measures has been announced, the local police are assisted by the national guard, and traffic in the center of washington is partially blocked. the rally takes place against the background of the war that has been going on for more than a month in the middle east between israel and the hamas movement. the hamas movement, according to the israelis, receives about 240 hostages. you are the participants of the rally

my two best friends are now hostage one of them she is here in the picture unbar she is 27 she was at that infamous festival i have been praying for her for 38 days now since she is in captivity so please support israel god with us, the organizers of the rally are afraid of provocations, so they warn the participants of the rally to notify the police as soon as they notice something suspicious. also, the participants of the rally complain about the high level of anti-semitism, which, in their opinion , has developed in the united states today. on the campuses of various colleges in in the united states, these photos of child victims of terror were simply torn to pieces. they don't want us to show what's really going on in the middle east because they want to get out of the middle east into europe and then into the united states. these are brainwashed people, or those who... don't want to see jews alive. since the beginning of the war, according to the anti-deformation league

, more than 800 cases of aggression against local jews have been recorded in the united states. instead, representatives of islamic communities report that the level has also increased of islamophobia, more than doubled compared to last year. andriy borys vyacheslav filyushkin, in the voice of america. here is a report from downtown washington. and after the attack of hamas on october 7 from the israeli ones. thousands of people have already been evacuated from the surrounding area. today , the israeli authorities are considering plans to rebuild the communities. for many people, the pain is too fresh to decide whether they should return, yurii mamon will report with a report from israel. a month after the hamas attack on israel, kibbutz faraza, about 5 km east of gaza, stands empty and in some houses cannot ignore the smell of death. at least 52 residents of this kibbutz, including infants, were killed in their homes, the burned bullet-riddled buildings were marked with techal as they cleared the area

of ​​terrorists, and the zak volunteer group collected the bodies of the dead, and they left inscriptions in hebrew, like this one, for example, a warning about human remains on a sofa, a man covering a girl with his body from a grenade thrown by hamas terrorists. and now we come to the microwound, which is called dortsair, a young district, where mostly young people. lived, from this neighborhood one or two people survived, almost everyone in this block, from these 20 or 30 houses, where mostly young couples lived, were killed, many of them were also taken hostage, many were killed. for the past month, these streets have been mostly occupied by soldiers and journalists who have come to witness the aftermath of the terrorists' brutality, while zak's volunteers try to collect every fragment of the bodies for burial. volunteer simcha greineman says that no one was prepared to see such cruelty before

civilian population. you come and see how children, adults, sick people are lying in bed, they couldn't escape, and they were killed in a different way, a harsh way. people ask me, have you seen decapitated children, or have you seen decapitated adults? i collected bodies without heads, i collected heads without bodies, i collected children with stab wounds. now the territory is a closed military zone, local residents who have been evacuated to safer cities need special permission to enter here. sounds cannon volleys are reminiscent of the israeli military operation in the gas sector, which takes place only a few kilometers away. meanwhile, the families of the 17 hostages of the entire community taken by hamas are still waiting for news about the fate of their loved ones. it is also not clear what will happen to this territory further. survivors are being asked whether they want to return, under what conditions, and what needs to be done to regain a sense of security.

the scale and ferocity of the hamas attack caught the israel defense forces off guard, and the details that were released forced them to reconsider the country's attitude to gaza, they had a plan, i saw maps, i saw what they were going to do, they knew exactly where to go, the wallman says he knows that if he goes back to kfar azo, things will be different. the fact that they came and killed us all here, they should have known what would happen to them in return, they just did n't care, and it's clear to us now that gaza city... and the hamas regime is just that must be destroyed at all costs, it is not something we can live with. the canaan family was lucky on october 7, their house on the outskirts of the kibbutz remained intact and was saved by the israeli army them about 20 hours after the hamas attack. however, like many others from kfarasa , he is not yet ready to say whether he wants to return, for the world, he says, it may

just be another war in the middle east, for him it is friends and neighbors who have been killed. this place is full of blood, i am not sure if i want to come back, live here, this question is very difficult for all of us. the seasonal harvest near the kibbutz has almost been harvested. animals on farms are supported by volunteers who come to feed and milk the cows. even residents who are eager to return to their animals and fields, say that first they want to make sure that hamas will not threaten them again. yuri mamon, natasha mozgova, voice of america. and we finish the issue about the story about the ukrainian demonstration in washington. this weekend , an action was held near the white house in support of the defenders of azovstal, who are still in russian captivity. activists say the united states and the world need to make every effort to free all ukrainian prisoners. yuriy solonets visited the demonstration. release

defenders of mariupol, make russia pay and return our heroes. home, such calls rang out in front of the white house in washington on the 626th day of the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine. several dozen participants of the action gathered in front of the residence of the us president, to remind, of the 2,500 captured defenders of mariupol, only one in five returned to ukraine. most are still in russian captivity. this is important not only for prisoners, but also for their families, who live every day as if in hell, not knowing where their loved ones americans are practically unaware of the fate of ukrainian prisoners, - says anna pikula, a public activist who initiated the protest and called on local ukrainian organizations to join the action.

my personal impression and opinion is that americans know very little in general. about what happens next, after any person, of any age, crosses the border with the russian federation, not willingly, but forcibly, ae our prisoners, that they are kept in the conditions in which they are kept , so with torture, with absence of any medical care, the fact that they are hardly fed, or fed simply with what normal people cannot eat. almost 2,000 ukrainian defenders are still in captivity in russia. prisoners have taped lips and shackles on their hands. the goal was to visually show the state of ukrainian prisoners of war in russia, who cannot do anything on their own to be heard, - explains the co-organizer of the action, nadiya shaporynska. our main

message today is a call for the release of captured defenders. azovstali now we we ask the united states for help to release them as soon as possible. it is very important to stand together and stay strong during the war and talk about what is happening to the prisoners so that their exchange can happen as quickly as possible. roman kashpur, a veteran of the armed forces of ukraine, an athlete who recently ran two consecutive marathons in the usa with a prosthesis, joined the action under the walls of the white house. everything that is connected with the support of ukraine, the ukrainian military, ukrainian prisoners, this is all extremely important and motivates the guys on leader, i can say this as a military man, because you know when a full-scale invasion has begun. and while we were here in northern saltivka, i returned to the front and before our internet was cut off , yes, we watched all this, when the whole world rose up, yes , the whole world began to go to rallies en masse,

to collect aid en masse, this helped tremendously and motivated us to stand here and protect the entire civilized world, that is why everything, everything that ukrainian diasporas, representative offices, and politicians around the world do, which is related to the support of ukraine, is extremely important and motivates the boys. the organizers promise to continue the action in washington in order to help free the captured defenders of maripol. yuriy solynets, vyacheslav filyushkin, voice of america washington. and that's all we'll say goodbye, watch also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live. thank you for trusting. to us, i wish you a peaceful night and a peaceful morning, see you soon, see you soon,

we are looking for 16-year-old daryna zhurravel from kherson region, imagine a girl: she disappeared on the first day of the war, and until now there was no news about her. i know that when the full-scale invasion began, daryna was in the town of nova kakhovka, which is still under occupation. perhaps this is why the girl does not get in touch, so i am asking everyone, especially the residents of the left bank of the kherson region, who may be watching this program on social networks. look carefully at the photo of darina zhurravel and try to remember her face. if someone suddenly sees. year-old girl, or you will find out about her possible whereabouts , do not delay and immediately call us on the hotline of the magnolia children's search service at

the short number 1163. calls from any ukrainian mobile operator are free. if it is not possible to get in touch by phone, write to the chatbot of the child tracing service in telegram. any information is important. i also want to remind you that we are continuing the search for karina kanivets, also from the kherson region, whose mother told us about the girl's disappearance. imagine, a woman has not known anything about her fate for more than five months daughters i turned everywhere i could, i'm already screaming as much as i can, that's how they tied my hands and said "swim", here i am at the moment in such a situation. it so happened that karina's parents separated long before the start of the war and lived separately. the girl lived with her mother on a permanent basis, but in advance. full-scale invasion was with my father when the russians came in,