[000:00:00;00] well, every day there are three, four, maybe even more, well, 10 to 10, up to 20 there, it can only fly over, over the positions here, well, even to our rear, until lunchtime, they fly in quite often and a lot, well mainly what they are looking for there, our artillery, well, accordingly, logistics. i believe that this, first of all, is when we go to the borders of our state, and the second is when we kill that muscovite of ours, because it will be a victory, and the third is,

accordingly, when well, let's rebuild ukraine and it will become even better than it was before the war. congratulations, the voice of america in ukrainian and ours are on the air. program time, my name is ostap yarysh. president joe biden and chinese leader xi jinping are meeting today near san francisco. this is the first visit by a chinese leader to the united states in six years. the main topic of the meeting is the restoration of communication channels between the armed forces of the two largest economies in the world. it is expected that biden and xi jinping will also talk about ukraine. should we expect breakthrough solutions from this meeting, we will ask yuli yarmolenko, who is now

joins ours. yuli, i congratulate you, i congratulate you, dear. yulia, what is it like in the white house, and what are the expectations of this meeting in the white house now and what place is given to the issue of ukraine? you know, sapa, in reality there are not so many expectations, but in the white house it is already considered an achievement that two leaders actually meet. we know that it is past their meeting and the last conversation was a year ago on the sidelines of the group of 20 summit and since then the relationship between the two countries has actually only worsened and therefore the fact that the leaders are meeting face to face in order to to discuss a number of important topics, this is already a great achievement, as for the topics, of course they will talk about the economy, about the issue of artificial intelligence, foreign policy, and as for ukraine, then in the white house, as they said, they expect that the issue of ukraine will oppose, and and that the united states will continue to help ukraine counter russian aggression is one of the issues

in their negotiations, and as john kirby , the representative of the us national security council, said, president biden will reiterate that the united states will stand with ukraine as long as it will be necessary, as far as china is concerned, we know that american officials have repeatedly insisted that china should take a more active role in pressuring russia to end its war, but china looks like it will continue to sit back, so to speak on two chairs or try to do it, on the one hand condemning, or supporting the idea of ​​preserving sovereignty, territorial integrity. country, but on the other hand, not condemning russia at all, but as for what it might end up with, no matter what the results of these negotiations may be, the white house first of all expects the two countries, the united states and china, to restore military communication channels, which china interrupted in 2022 after the visit of the then speaker of the house of representatives, nenzi polosi, to taiwan. as john kirby, our pettzisvari colleagues said, it is extremely

important that military channels. communication continued in order to avoid any misunderstandings and avoid potential conflicts, let's hear what he said, it's important if you look at some of the interceptions that have occurred in the asia-pacific region, these situations can become dangerous very, very quickly. if you think about the miscalculations that can occur when china aggressively pushes its claims in a sea that is not land... the ability of two armies to communicate at different levels is useful in reducing miscalculations and misunderstandings, it makes conflict less likely, so we want to see that restored as soon as possible julie joe biden has repeatedly mentioned that she prefers personal diplomacy, however, if this meeting is unlikely will bring any significant results, why then negotiate with the leader

of the communist party of china? you know. that's a good question, ostap, but in the white house, again, they believe that the best communication is personal communication, and it's also worth noting that right now, in the midst of the presidential campaign of the united states, president biden is acting as a person who has extremely extensive experience in foreign policy, diplomats, and therefore he wants to show once again that he is a leader who is not afraid of difficult topics, and this is a leader who advocates dialogue and communication, it is also worth noting that according to polls, 73% of americans believe that the united states should maintain a dialogue with china, but americans also want the american president to be with a very powerful and strong position on china, particularly republicans, republican leaders, mitch mccone, as well as jim risch, who wrote a letter and with this caveat to president biden, he said that president biden in this meeting, first of all, should not go to any

concessions, firstly, secondly, to show that the united states is coming from a position of strength, and mitch mcconnell, also speaking today, said that the united states absolutely has to not only show and demonstrate strength, but in particular ... also invest more in its military might to confront china, let's hear what he had to say. leader xi has done his best to work closely with opponents of the west, stepping up joint military exercises with putin's army and helping moscow and tehran win the west. china made military competition with event as the main priority. we cannot afford to ignore this challenge. yuli, why was san francisco in california chosen for this meeting, and not the capital washington? you know, dude, it's actually very interesting, because the very meeting that's happening right now, it's not even happening in san francisco itself, but about 40 km away in

a private estate, in which, in particular , the 80's soap opera dynasty was filmed, it's private location, which appears to have been insisted on by the chinese side, and officials have spoken to us media that in fact, every time chinese leaders come to the united states, they want to be greeted with pomp and show, so to speak, but it is clear that this could not happen in washington, because the relationship between the two countries is not at not in a state to host the leader of china, the asia-pacific partnership summit appeared to be such a good location where, first, the leaders can meet, can continue to keep the communication channels from but on the other hand, on the other hand, it still does not show that what the united states somehow wants to move toward rapprochement with china, and what we expect in general from this meeting, the best outcome, analysts say, will be that everyone stays in place, but the leaders

keep the channels of communication open. yuliya, it's interesting, thank you for these details, yuliya yarmolenko was in touch with us from the white house. and we continue with news from washington. the house of representatives passed a temporary budget to avoid a government shutdown. next, the senate should have its say until then the document will be signed by the president. the deadline is midnight on friday , november 17 for funding for ukraine and other needs. this issue will be considered separately. kateryna lisunova knows the details, we will talk more about it with her. katya, i congratulate you. congratulations step. katya, so what is this, this is temporary funding. which the house of representatives agreed to yesterday, and what does it entail? in general, this is a two-step resolution on short-term funding for the government, which will fund the most important needs the government, actually, in two stages: one stage, until

january 19, and in the second stage, until february 2. again, like the previous resolution , it will give lawmakers time to hammer out additional spending bills to fund the government for the rest of next year, as well as possibly provide aid to ukraine, israel, taiwan and other needs. overall, this resolution passed the vote very easily, with a margin of 336 for and 95 against. among those who voted against were fellow party members of the speaker of the house of representatives of the leading republican crane republicans, who have criticized the fact that the document does not have the big spending cuts they are actually pushing for. interestingly, when a previous short-term resolution was similarly approved with strong democratic support , republicans in the administration said that mccarthy, the local speaker, allegedly went to work with democrats and was fired because of it, but it appears that the current speaker will not suffer the same fate. and this resolution will actually be approved, perhaps even in the senate. katya, actually, we are next

know that the senate has to support this, is there enough support among us senators to support this resolution after all, what are they saying? that's a great question, ostap, because the senate actually has a majority of democrats. unlike the house of representatives, where the majority is republican and where it would seem that there should be more support for the resolution proposed by the speaker, that is , the top republican in the house of representatives, but noted that both republicans and democrats already have, or republicans, mich. senate majority leader chuck schumer, along with senate majority leader chuck schumer, have already said they support the resolution and are urging fellow members to vote for it, with senate majority leader chuck schumer saying he welcomes the fact that the house speaker did not add big cuts . of the budget, which the far-right republicans insist is one of the reasons why the democrats support this resolution, i suggest... listen to the statement to the side just

now. today, my fellow democrats and i will work together with the republicans. i will work with leader mcconol to reach an agreement to quickly pass this bill. if both parties cooperate, there's no reason we can't vote on this bill today, but in the meantime, we'll keep working. overall, the short-term house resolution is far from ideal , but we are ... moving this process forward because we believe it will do two things that i and other democrats are pushing for: first, it will avoid a shutdown, and second, this will be done without severe funding cuts and without the poison pills enshrined in legislation that the extreme right insisted on. as i've said before, a government shutdown doesn't help, congress needs to have time for a thorough review and thorough amendments. i am glad that speaker john. has drafted a short-term resolution

that follows these very principles: there is still much work to be done, beyond passing the rest of the spending bills for the full year, pressing national security priorities continue to demand our attention, from israel to ukraine to india's the pacific region, and of course to our southern border. house republicans have crafted a responsible bill that will avoid holes in state funding and provide the time and space to complete this important work. colleagues to do the same. i want to emphasize that the leader of the democrats in the senate , chakshum, even said that there are not so many differences that can agree on this resolution even today. i wonder, katya, what our viewers are interested in is why this temporary resolution and funding for ukraine will be considered separately, and when will they actually be able to consider assistance for kyiv katya? both the republicans and the democrats with whom i spoke, both in the house of representatives and in the senate, emphasize that the united states government must first be financed, ensure the ability of the government to work properly

even in the short term, and only then consider aid to ukraine, israel , taiwan and other needs. in general, this short-term resolution takes more than 40 days, 45 days to be considered in the law bills on spending and, in fact, may have also considered aid to ukraine. some legislators with whom i spoke claim that the democrats in the senate chuck shumr , who already said this week that a week after the thanksgiving weekend, the senate will return to work and begin its work on considering aid to ukraine, israel, can agree to its aid to ukraine , taiwan, and other needs that the white house previously requested, i suggest listening. of course, this short-term resolution doesn't achieve everything we want. first of all, we must complete the additional funding requested by president biden. this will allow providing

humanitarian aid to israel. going forward, we plan to move on to this additional funding package that the president is requesting in the coming weeks. the biggest obstacle now is the conditions of the republicans, to approve aid to ukraine only in exchange for immigration changes in the legislation, we already had a space for opening, and according to the plan, we had this space to renovate it within a few months, bring it up to american standards spaces all over the world, because it is also a global network, and has already opened fully as a space with all the possibilities of this space. in december 2021, they managed to hold a christmas concert for visitors, and in three months a full-scale war began. we were closed for six months, that is, the team was not in the city, because odesa was under... a great threat of occupation

for a certain time, so we all left and there was a humanitarian headquarters in the space. in september 2022 , marina returned to odessa to resume the work of the american house. constant shelling cities still do not provide an opportunity to realize all ideas, for example, english language lessons are still available only online. one of the teachers is 27-year-old charlies. pierre from massachusetts. in 2019 , he taught at a school in albania as a peace corps volunteer. and at the age of 21 , he came to kyiv for the first time to teach at a local private school. by. a full-scale invasion returned to his native boston, but in september of this year he returned to the ukrainian capital and began working at the american house in kyiv and, among other things, teaches english online. i lived here six months before invasion, i felt a special connection with ukraine and ukrainians.

i felt that i really have a strong sense of community here, it is important for me to return to a country that has given me so much, i was drawn to this garden in an american home because ukraine means so much to me and my home country means a lot too , the fact that i can be a bridge between the sad, since the beginning of the great war , the forced migrants have united around the american house in odessa. 18-year-old elizaveta pylschik still cannot return to her native kherson, due to constant shelling of her city. she says that thanks to the american house, she found not only friends in odessa, but also opportunities for self-development, i had almost no acquaintances and friends here, and i decided that it would be interesting to meet like-minded people, because it was a leadership program, i understood that the plus -minus will be people of my age and with my values, for me the main value is still development, i.e. never standing still, developing, looking for

new ways and opportunities for myself, and this is exactly what he gave me american house, ee, in terms of the program , they gave me a lot... soft skills, which are actually very important in the world now. in the plans of america, house odesa for indoor events, premises have been specially prepared for them. therefore, i am sure that after our official full-fledged opening, we will have a noticeable veteran audience, because we already have partner organizations that work with veteran communities, part of the space went under the ramp. and so on, that is, we, it was important for us, to ensure that all sections of the population could have physical access to space, more obviously, this is what i understand will definitely happen, as soon as we, yes, say it,

say it out loud that here we are, and we offer such and such opportunities, yes, in addition to english lessons and cultural events, american centers in odesa, kyiv, and lviv offer training in the school of podcasts, teach how to fill out documents for universities, watch american movies, and organize ukrainian conversation clubs. anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolskyi for voice of america from odesa. and our last story for today is about 16-year-old yulia from the kherson region, who was adopted by an american family from the state of wyoming a few days before the full-scale invasion of russia, but they did not have time to take her from ukraine. over the past two years, the girl survived the occupation and the russian camp, until she and other children were returned from russian captivity. iryna matviychuk knows the details of this almost detective story. when bethany and nick white of wyoming

decided to adopt two teenage girls from ukraine a few years ago, they were warned. the adoption process for americans takes about a year and a half. the family chose two girls from different boarding schools, lerugli to adopt and bring, mother only came to poland. yulia got stuck in the war and could not return, for her the whole adoption lasted almost three years, we drew up the same documents for both girls, and as if at the same time, but since they are not relatives from different regions, we had to conduct two different adoption processes already in ukraine, they had different dates for the interview for children with intellectual disabilities in novopetrivka , mykolaiv region, came under occupation february 25, the second day of the great war. nick and bethenny are desperate for a way to get their daughter out. in the course of the search, they met two american volunteers, former military personnel, who

helped evacuate people from the first days of the war in ukraine. the reason we knew these children existed was because of one thing. americans adopted from this orphanage, and this mother, bethany white from gillette, wyoming, started looking for help, called the international red cross, they never help, i 'll tell you straight, she called everyone, about anyone you could think of, no one could help, then she remembered that there was a lady in their church who went to ukraine six years ago and she called her, it was my partner ashley, so we started looking for these children, the principal boarding school from... petrivka says that she did not have time to take the children out when the invasion began, and for six months they lived in the basement, the director herself, her husband, the driver of the boarding school and 15 children with special needs, from eight to... 17 years old, we we lived without electricity and water for five months, we collected rainwater, they

they say, natalya, we will now teach everyone how to bathe and wash in a handful of water, or , period, their voice trembles, when asked if it was difficult in the basement, yulia remembers only one case, when three of her friends who came out died to go for a walk outside, three, three, three of us were killed by the russians, the head hit the head and that head and you saw it, the head sounds, no, katie tells us that the russians knew about the children in the basement of the boarding school, and when the ssu began to attack, the children were forcibly taken out of the city, we jointly with the ministry of defense a children's home was evacuated from the settlement of novopetrovka, mykolaiv region. the principal and her husband jumped into the bus with the children. the children were forcibly removed from the old house, they were transported to kherson at gunpoint, for us this meant that they were still under

deeper occupation, then in october they were taken to the crimea, then through the crimea to russia to krasnodar. the director talks with the children about their actions for all possible developments. they had to know, even if there was shelling, to whom they would go from among the workers, where they could hide, then, if they separate us, also what should they do, and already... then, when we were driving on this road, we were going to crimea first, the very first thing i said, children, remember, crimea is ukraine , we are in ukraine. when they realized that they were being taken from crimea to russia, natalia tells how she and her husband burst into tears. and only later, when we knew where we were going , i said, children, remember, we will never leave you, we are going to russia, but we will leave, i will do everything to leave. and remember, you are adults, you will have it four years old, you are two years old, you will be of age and you will have the right even

with a russian passport to leave this country, for me it was nazar and kolya, i say nazar, you are 10 years old, kolya, you wait 8 years and you will be taken away, this in case we were separated, they were brought to krasnodar, where they were placed in a camp where about half a thousand children were already, she says, their life in russia was similar to being in a soviet children's camp. there were counselors, they held sports games, children's discos, they did not understand why the children were there they didn't dance at the discos, a woman came to me and said: why aren't your children dancing, they didn't understand that there is no joy in us, yulia recalls that in the camp the children were not beaten or taken to interrogations, however, she says, everyone was scared , yes, my god, it’s scary, not our people, my children carried me a yellow and a blue heart on different floors, ran and connected these two hearts only in my room so that no one would see, imagine, they ran to me

like that , because it was not possible, you understand, it is not possible. natalia remembers how she allowed children in russia to do things that were never allowed in the boarding school, i'm sorry to say so, but i let them when we were there, when it was delicious, they licked the plates, when the bread appeared, we kissed it, we cried, and today no child will leave a piece of bread, she will pick up crumbs from the table with her fingers. meanwhile, katie and ashley continued to search for the children. it took them several weeks, and local residents in russia helped them in their liberation. the local russians helped us get information and get these kids out, and i don't care why they did they did it. if they did it to whitewash themselves in the case of war crimes investigation, so be it, but they helped us. many of them are very... the children of the volunteer are not told, they say that

there are still many people in captivity , whose release they are working on, but 15 children and their teacher were able to leave russia, katty tashli met them at the georgian border. the day we took them out of russia, it was the middle of november, out of 15 children, none of them had normal shoes on their feet, they... had no coats and were very thin, no i will say that they were starving, they were just very pale. in georgia, female volunteers rented a house for a group of children, money for housing, clothes and food were collected from donations, the children started a new life. cool, here, there is light, water , all amenities, i like it in georgia, it's cool here, mountains, we only saw them in pictures, woe, it's so beautiful here, and there's still snow. in georgia, they are beginning to be restored. the documents are already adopted , yulia will live here for a few more months until she can go abroad to the usa.

i left for georgia before the new year in december and i had to stay there for 5.5 weeks, waiting for all the necessary documents. at the beginning of 2023, more than three years after the adoption began, yuliya got to her new home, where her four brothers, biological children bethany and nika, and an adopted sister from ukraine, who had been living in the usa for almost a year at that time, were waiting for her. now julia is learning english and already goes to a local school, communicates with her parents, brothers and classmates through an electronic translator. yes, heavy. come on, we have a computer, and we write, we are given tasks, we do it together, with my sister from in ukraine, yulia's relationship did not work out, the girls say that they have different personalities, if not my mother will say things like don't drink, don't smoke, i'll be there again, but i like it, i don't want to be here, i'm planning to go in another state, like in new york or los angeles, there

are more russian-speaking people there, you know, well, i can do more. warmer relations with american brothers, they go for walks together, play board games, sing songs together with their musician dad, yulia even taught them a few ukrainian words. at first i was a little jealous parents to girls, but now i realize that i have nothing to worry about, i was worried that i will no longer be the oldest child in the family, but it does not matter, because i am still the oldest boy in the family. parents admit that life with adopted children is a test, but at the same time they assure that the girls have brought more joy to their home. there are challenges associated with adolescence, but it's actually better than i expected. i thought it would be chaos. these challenges and how we go through them together, i think,

make me a better person, this one in the evening they glorify god, with music, and thank fate, joyful chaos and a large family from the town of gillette, wyoming iryna matviychuk vyacheslav filyushkin oleksiy osyka, the voice of america, and on this we will say goodbye, thank you for trusting the voice of america ukrainian, i wish you a peaceful good night and good morning,