it cost the judge's mother 75,000 dollars, a little more than 75, although in fact, the apartments in this residential complex are much more expensive, and with the same area they are almost twice as expensive, for example, there and from 120,000 dollars for what we managed to find, nataliya panchenko is also a member and founder of the association for the development of judicial self-government, which opposed judicial reform. the judge applied for the competition to the preliminary composition of the higher qualification commission of judges, but did not pass. and this is another candidate for the position of to the constitutional court, oleksandr korovayko, chairman of the kherson court of appeal. he has held this position since 2012. ya

. korovayko, a candidate for judges, also the head of the kherson court of appeal since the 12th year, although this is prohibited by the law from serving more than two terms in a row, that is, here you can, you can understand, the attitude of this person to the law and to changes in the judicial system. korovayko has a bad memory and forgets to pay for the car or the real price of the apartment almost 150 km away. this apartment. purchased and presented to the judge's wife, allegedly his 68-year-old mother for $22,000. obviously , the specified amount is underestimated several times. before that, in 2000, the mother also bought 65 km in simferopol. they were registered to the judge's daughter. the judge's son is also provided with real estate, although he allegedly saved up and bought 95 square meters in odesa at the age of 26. i had problems with declarations, which was pointed out. public

integrity council in its negative conclusion about him. judge oleksandr korovayko is also known for making a number of decisions that allowed drunk drivers to avoid liability. he is famous also by the fact that he himself violated the rules of the road, but did not admit it in the declaration of integrity, that is , he actually lied that it did not happen, smeared drunk drivers, that is, er, himself, the decisions... the decision on the actual deprivation of punishment for those who the one who was caught drunk driving. we hope that the appropriate group with the participation of international experts will thoroughly evaluate the candidates for the constitutional court of ukraine for integrity and suitability for the position, since it is the constitutional court after the war that will consider extremely complex state issues issues, from determining when exactly presidential and parliamentary elections should be held after the lifting of martial law to protection... in the constitution from attempts at usurpation,

and people from arbitrary decisions by officials. for today, i have everything, it was the judicial control program and i am tetyana shustrova. if you are aware of corruption in the courts, or if you have encountered an improper judicial process, let us know. message me on facebook or by email. you can now see her address on the screen. it's all good, we'll meet in exactly one week. the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas tym program is broadcast from washington. i am maria prus. congratulations. the administration of president joe biden has called on congress urgently. approve

additional funding to help ukraine, white house budget director shalanda young stressed in a letter to lawmakers that the us is running out of available funding to support ukraine in its defense against russian aggression. this is not next year's problem. the time has come for the congress to act - the official urged. we will ask the ukrainian correspondent for details yulia yarmolenko of voice of america in the white house. yuli, hello, please tell me. the details of the letter and why the white house decided to release this letter now? congratulations maria, it is true that sholanda sent this letter and then the white house published this letter publicly. in it, she sent this letter to all congressional leaders, both republicans and democrats, in both the house of representatives and the senate. this is quite a frank letter, in which its main essence is reduced to one paragraph in which shlan dayang says that without actions of congress are already over... this year

the administration will run out of resources both for the purchase of weapons for ukraine and for the allocation of weapons from the united states' own military stockpiles. she emphasized that the administration does not have any. has some magic box of funding that you can pull funding from to help ukraine, she said that the money is running out and time is almost up and you know, maria, she painted such a pretty bleak picture of what this could lead to, she said that without additional funding from the united states, it will weaken the ukrainians on the front lines, it can not only jeopardize ukrainian military gains, but it can also increase the likelihood of russian... the fact that other countries, allies have started to provide more aid to ukraine, still the aid of the united states, it is not irreplaceable. jake sullivan, the

us national security adviser, just went further in a briefing at the white house, he said that every the congressman's vote against additional aid to ukraine is a vote for strengthening putin's strategic capabilities. let's listen to his words. resources previously provided by congress and other security needs have stopped russian attacks in ukraine, helped ukraine achieve significant military victories, including the recapture of over 50% of territory previously occupied by russia. helped to revive our own industrial base, quickly launched and expanded production lines, supported high wages. jobs across the country. now congress must decide whether to continue supporting the fight for freedom in ukraine as part of the 50-nation coalition president biden created, or will congress ignore the lessons of history and let putin win? yulia, please tell me, what arguments does the white house give in its efforts to persuade

the legislators to pass this bill? you know, maria, a number of arguments, but it's also interesting, once jake sullivan confirmed that information, that president biden himself is talking to congressional leaders to convince them of the urgency of the endorsement aid for ukraine. as for the other arguments , in this letter, actually, shlann dayan makes a very good argument that us military manufacturers benefit primarily from aid to ukraine, and she specifically gives an example, she says that 35 states benefit from additional funding, they explain that every time congress approves additional funding for ukraine, this money does not immediately go to ukraine, with this money, the united states, the biden administration buys its own weapons from american manufacturers from these several states, in order to replenish their own stocks, from which weapons are provided to ukraine, so, as sholanda says, as they say in the white

house, when congress approves additional funding for ukraine, 50 billion from this package for 105 billions, they will go back to american states, and this is a very strong argument, these are states such as pennsylvania. arizona, arkansas, alabama are states where weapons and equipment are produced for ukraine and to replenish the united states' own reserves. and one more argument about which white dim constantly says that if we help ukraine win now, if we help ukraine resist russian aggression now, then the american military and other nato countries will not have to fight when it leads to a bigger conflict. yuli, does the administration have a plan b, a backup option in case congress does not... approve this funding in the near future. you know, maria, this is an extremely important question. in the white house, they don't say yes or no, they say that plan a is a plan number one, it's still for congress to approve this funding for ukraine. jack sullivan once again emphasized that if only the speaker of the house of representatives will bring this bill, this

additional funding for ukraine to a vote, he is convinced that the majority of legislators and republicans and democrats will vote in favor, so they are working now on plan a, but definitely marie. we will ask what might happen if congress does not approve this funding. thank you yuliya, from the white house about the latest news regarding the financing of aid to ukraine, yuliya yarmolenko told. on tuesday, diplomatic representatives of 27 eu countries will consider a possible proposal for ukraine to officially start negotiations on joining the european union. this meeting marks the beginning of preparations for the summit of eu leaders on december 14-15. it is at the summit that the decision on the possible invitation to the eu of ukraine, moldova, georgia and several other countries is expected. tomorrow, diplomats will begin drafting the final statement of the eu leaders.

the draft, which could change during the discussion, now says brussels is ready start negotiations with ukraine and moldova. at the same time, the other day, hungary openly stated that it opposes it. membership of ukraine in the eu. we will talk more about this with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. hello bohdan. therefore, the hungarian authorities do not hide their close attitude towards the kremlin, but as hungarian prime minister viktor orban explains his objections to ukraine's accession to the eu. the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán , actually launched a huge campaign. he writes letters to brussels demanding to remove the issue of ukraine from the agenda of the next meeting leaders of the european union countries in brussels. he, using social networks such as twitter, spreads statements, mostly in english, by the way, with videos, in which

he actually repeats his main thesis that ukraine, as he claims, is not ready and cannot be now to be considered as a real candidate for membership in the european union, and the european union claims that he is not ready to accept ukraine, and it is actually interesting to note that in his arguments and speeches he constantly combines the issue of ukraine with sharp criticism, how he claims brussels bureaucrats, immigration issues, etc., here listen to one of his statements. we will oppose the crazy ideas of brussels bureaucrats, we will oppose the invasion of migrants, we will oppose gender... propaganda, we will oppose illusions about war and about ukraine's unprepared membership in the eu.

bohdan, what do the representatives of other european countries say, and in general, can such a decision be approved without unanimity, without the consent of hungary? maria, without unanimity it will be very difficult, almost impossible, to approve such a decision. the european union is based on consensus, agreement, unanimity. and what's more, just a few hours ago i was here in london at a meeting with a member of the european parliament, viola von kramen, she is an experienced, very legislator, has been working with ukraine issues for a long time, and she sounded very worried in london today, she said, that in addition to hungary with open objections from the mouth of viktor orbán, it is also worth paying attention to austria in the european union, which, according to her,

somewhat more covertly, such things can actually slow down the process of ukraine's rapprochement with the european union, in particular, slovak prime minister robert fitso recently said that only if the countries of the western balkans are also on the path to membership in the european union. union, then they are not against considering the issue of ukraine. in her opinion, such a connection is enough, enough harms ukraine itself, ukraine, but meanwhile in brussels, in particular, representatives of the european commission, which recommends starting negotiations on ukraine's membership in the eu, are insisting on their own, and the spokeswoman of the european commission stated this again today. as you can probably imagine, we stick to our suggestions and

our recommendations. no, we do not consider them unreasonable. on the contrary, i think ukraine has done an impressive job when it comes to both speed and substance. and our president has emphasized this more than once. obviously, the decisions will now be approved by the member states, based on our proposed enlargement package. well, one more question about hungary, the ministry of foreign affairs of the country reported that a meeting between orban and the ex-president was planned there petro poroshenko, but he was not released from ukraine, what is known about this? well, it is known that such a meeting was planned, there are statements by mr. poroshenko that he planned to meet, in particular, with those european leaders who are skeptical about ukraine, in order to protect them. instead, we do not know how exactly with the statements of the security service of ukraine, it

could be used in the interests of ukraine, say, a meeting, a meeting between pokashenko and borban is possible, but there is one thing, the fact that this scandal broke out is already being used against interests of ukraine, in particular from budapest , stated that it is about internal matters. struggle in ukraine, and they also stated that this is another evidence of what is constantly being said in budapest, that ukraine is not ready for membership in the european union. thank you bohdan, it was the correspondent of the european bureau, voice of america, bohdan tsyupin. does the ukrainian government have a back-up plan in case the us congress does not vote to continue supporting kyiv in the near future.

deputy prime minister iryna told about this in an interview with voice of america journalist ostap yarysh. she also answered questions about how the authorities are working to return illegally deported ukrainian children from russia, and are there differences between the political and military leadership of ukraine? ms. irina, thank you for taking the time to join this conversation. thank you. one of the issues you care about is the return of children abducted by russia to ukraine. so. officially, the official numbers are around 20,000, but i know it's much higher. as. the united states , for its part, what can it do to help ukraine return these children? actually, we discussed the mechanisms of return in the state department, yes, we discussed international instruments, for example, the work of the international committee of the red cross, er, the work of the un, yes, organizations such as cef, for example, or other governments, how could it be strengthened,

yes, such a job, and what exactly i was asked in the usa, our colleagues, our partners. what ukraine actually offers as a mechanism, we discussed it all, i understand that this matter is extremely sensitive, i would not like to now to discuss the details, yes, but what i heard and what i felt, in the usa they clearly understand the depth of the tragedy, the scale of the tragedy, yes, because in the 21st century, a permanent member of the un security council, and russia is a permanent member of the un security council, in front of our eyes the entire world community. abducts tens, and maybe even hundreds of thousands of our children, and the world watches helplessly, this cannot be so, and therefore this mechanism of responsibility must definitely work, and putin and all the rest, i said, starting from putin and ending with the bus driver who took our children,

have to answer, i want to talk about the support of partners as well, and now in the united states there is such an uncertain period, when congress is still trying to overcome the disputes about the future funding for ukraine, the republicans, the democrats, they have their own vision, yes, in what form it should be considered, and individual legislators are even suggesting that military aid should be left, but economic and humanitarian aid should be cut, or in that case, if the united states were to take such a step, the government would be able to continue funding non-military needs, and in particular, if we are talking about assistance for displaced persons. in this case, i will say that this is the main purpose of my visit. if we are talking about the formation of resilience, then we are talking about the resilience of the whole people, however, this is resilience. when we talk about the resilience of a people, we cannot help a soldier or an officer who is in the trenches with a weapon, but his mother or

his wife and daughters who have become idps, who have moved as internally displaced persons. from the same mariupol and cannot help them, then it is not about sustainability, no, you can’t separate military aid and humanitarian aid , or direct budgeting, yes, our budget, because it’s not about a teacher’s salary, and it’s not about a pension, it’s about building resilience, you can’t separate it, and you can’t either to stop the aid, the people couldn't cope , we didn't start the economy fully and we can't... we can say that the economy is working, there are many jobs, the shelling, you saw, the shelling continues, it sometimes became even more intense , and as in this one case, we can deny people help , this is very wrong, and i actually saw that the congressmen hear me, there are certain voices in the congress that have concerns, they

express them publicly, they say that this money, economic, humanitarian support, they can not reaching the final recipients, how do you... talk to congressmen like that, how do you address those concerns? come to us, we will show you everything, international organizations operate here on the territory of ukraine, they never misuse this money, because you know, who knows the budget process, there is a targeted item of spending, and if it goes to internally displaced persons, then it cannot be used, for example, for something else, and right here, there are enough arguments for continuing such assistance, because it is always targeted and very well controlled, we are for transparency and for transparency to come, see, we will show everything, tell everything, there is nothing to worry about. does the government have any plan b in case the united states says that economic, humanitarian support, well, we do not continue it, are you preparing for such scenarios?

i am sure that the united states will not say that, here is what i saw, what i felt, i know, and i believe that the aid will be voted, because the united states, like no one, understands what russia is like, and what a threat russia is to the world, and the united states is therefore number one in the world, yes , a superpower, to clearly monitor and make such processes impossible, yes, for example, what russia is doing now in the world order, i am not saying only from ukraine, because you know that russia is the instigator of many conflicts, and we know it very well, they really want to set the world on fire, they really need chaos, and just the united states, as i tell them. is the beacon that should continue to be, that should stand, the world is very chaotic and now we are entering a huge turbulence, the 24th

year is going to be very difficult, we understand that very well, but if we are predictable, if we clearly understand, you know , shoulder to shoulder, yes, when we, i even tell them there that we heard you well when you told us, keep fighting, i have got your back, i.e. we will cover, we know for sure, then everything will be successful, i.e. we are sure that this support will be in the 24th year also, yes, there were publications in some western media that said, maybe the united the states, including germany , are trying to somehow prepare the ground and gently nudge ukraine, to hint at possible negotiations with russia in the future, are there any such efforts or any hints from western partners in this direction? i am not engaged in foreign policy, we are engaged in: humanitarian response, and in principle we cannot discuss such issues, but i heard the minister of foreign affairs, i heard andriy yermak, i heard the president of ukraine, volodymyr

oleksandrovych, that there are no such leaks, even if there were, well, you understand very well, everyone , anyone who understands the situation in ukraine knows that we have 1,300 km of front line, an active front line, this is the largest front line in the world, how can we talk about negotiations, so talking about any negotiations does not make any sense, i know how people suffer in temporarily occupied territories, start talking about negotiations means betraying these people, it means saying that we are leaving you there, who can take such responsibility, i don't know such people in ukraine, i want to ask you, you know, lately we hear a lot about that there seem to be some: misunderstandings between the military and political leadership of the country, and lately these and such statements have also been fueled, and we have heard

these words from certain deputies, or are there any disagreements between the government and the military command regarding how wage war and return temporarily occupied territories? i don't see any disagreements and i don't understand at all where such talk comes from, i understand by the way where it comes from , the russians are very good at using anything, any political subtext, context, hint, accent, letter, even, yes, which you can was used to throw a bone of contention, but i can assure you, i see some issues internally, and i also see mr. valery fedorovych in the president's office, and even at an informal level of communication, because we all living people, yes, i understand it perfectly, i don't know if it's right, because i didn't receive a mandate, but i'll say it, it was andriy borysovich yermak's birthday recently, and in working order, yes, after a few days i

came to congratulate and saw valery fedorovich zaluzhny there together with the commanders, they communicated perfectly normally, greeted each other, i saw volodymyr oleksandrovich, i saw everyone in one group of people who respect each other, i heard their words, i have no reason not to trust their words.. valery fedorovycha, who spoke them absolutely openly, sincerely, as he is, and therefore, i consider it unnecessary to even discuss, but nevertheless, i consider it necessary to testify, i saw it myself and will insist again and again, there are no conflicts, it's all artificially created, it's the background, because it's easier, divide and rule, we 've been through it 100 years ago, we've been through it 200 years ago, we have a huge chance, for the first time, by the way, i believe... that we have a chance save yourself, because we have a state, we have our own army, yes, we have a people who are ready to fight, this is the first thing, that everything came together, and we don't have

, we simply don't have, not even a chance, we don't even have a single right, neither moral nor legal, to betray the ukrainian people today and what they did, and what a feat our heroes did, paying with his life full video and text versions of the interview with iryna vereshchuk, search on the voice of america ukrainian website and on our youtube page. 1 million dollars for prostheses for ukrainian defenders. for the second time, during the great war , american doctors from the center arrived in ukraine prosthetics in maryland. its specialists have been working with american veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan for many years. their work in ukraine is financed by a ukrainian it company - omylyano shudlyak and yuriy dankevych say. a three-year-old boy. holding

his dad's hand for the first time in months. such scenes usually take place behind closed doors, but on this special day of the first test of unassembled prostheses, the petchenko family is ready to share the joy with the whole world. we told him that dad already had old, bad pens, and he would get new ones, too i was waiting when he would have these new pens , so i waited today. theses, saw how they work, that you can bend your arms and bones like that, it all works, and they said about theses that up to the age of 22, you can lift a little one in your arms, when i was years old, we used to play, i there he was tossing and turning, and then it was gone, and he missed it, and when he saw that wow, hands, i think the first thing he thought of was that i was spinning him, so you always want to survive with ... for

the sake of seeing his son. in the corridors of the superhumans rehabilitation center in lviv, they are already used to little nazar. he is with his father everywhere, even during the exercises in the pool. he was able to dance with his son and is beginning to realize the functionality of his hands. his son was in the event that his father held his hands and danced with him. it is hard to overestimate the importance of this bond between his father and sergey. it will take some time for him to learn to use the prostheses on a daily basis and to control them well, but already i can see that he sees hope in them. at first , there will be some difficulties with use prostheses when things don't go the way you want them to. for example, when trying to turn the wrist, the fingers may unexpectedly unbend. sometimes it is difficult, but i am sure that he will be very motivated when

james vandersee, who made prosthetic hands for serhiy, one of the group of american specialists who came to lviv again with a special medical mission, will master these prostheses. james works, in particular, for the walter reed medical center, one of the leading us military medical centers. number of people with amputations in ukraine is very large, it is almost ten times more than we observed during the military conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. to meet the demand, it would take 10 centers like walter's, 10 or more rehabs across the country to help the people who come back from this war with amputees. for serhii petchenko , the war began in 2015 with ato. in civilian life, oblenergo, an engineer , received his first serious wound just then, defending a height in the vicinity of marinka. and i got it

injuries, somewhere. in the morning and only at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and after breakfast he took me away, the corridors were already dark, and there was light at the end, but he survived. a full-scale invasion was met by serhiy with his wife and then one-year-old son in a vine-covered, 50,000-strong place in the kharkiv region, already at the beginning of march he joined the army again, an engineer of lasa perla. yes, since i was a child i was afraid of these firecrackers and everything else, because when i was a child a firecracker exploded in my hands, and here i come, the war for me begins with the fact that i go somewhere for whole days i carry these explosive devices in the infantry, and they were preparing places, well, no matter how it was, you become such a believing person during combat, all the time.