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our chas time program are on the air. my name is ostap yarysh. former us president donald trump won the republican primary in iowa by a wide margin. this was the first such vote in ukraine. on them , republicans in different states will determine a single candidate, who will eventually and running for the presidency. vaio trump won 51% of the vote. in second and third place with a margin of more than 30 percent, the governor of florida rondesantis and the former representative of the united states to the united nations. nick haley. yuliya yarmolenko, who currently works in aev, knows more about how the first party elections of the republicans took place and what significance they have for the subsequent campaign. yulia, i congratulate you. so what does donald trump's victory in iowa mean for the rest of the us campaign and how does it affect the chances of other candidates in the rest of the states? why became donald trump won a lot a significant victory in the state of iowa, the kind of victory that actually.

his presidential campaign was on and planned, he actually not only won over 50% of the vote, but he also won 98 of the 99 counties in the state of iowa, and when he gave a speech late last night, he emphasized that he believes the country now has to unite, but what he meant, he meant that the other candidates should probably end their presidential campaign and unite around a single candidate. actually donald trump. let's hear what message he has turned to i really think it's time for everyone, for our country, to unite. we want to be united. whether you're a republican or a democrat or a liberal or a conservative, it would be so nice if we could work together to fix things in the world and fix the problems and fix all the death and destruction in the world.

south carolina, in which they still have a chance to narrow the gap and demonstrate that they can be an effective alternative to donald trump, and today nikki haley is already in new hampshire, and just her message of her campaign and it's that very few people in the united states want a repeat of the 2020 race that pitted donald trump against joe biden, and the polls back that up, too. yulia, yesterday, by the way, if we are talking about foreign policy like this, then donald trump is for... and about ukraine and once again

repeated that he can solve the war with russia in one day, did he announce any concrete plan? ostape, he did not announce any specific plan, and it is also worth noting that when he was the president, the war was already going on, but during this time he did not stop to do something to end this war, yet we know that the american voters, they did not see, let's say so vividly, the war that began in 2014, but in ... they remember that during the time of donald trump, the war of russia against ukraine was supposedly not, and that is why these messages, they will reach the american voter, i spoke to many people, and they really say that they believe that if donald trump was president, then there would be no war, let's actually listen to what that's exactly what he said yesterday at the rally. russia would never attack israel would never suffer. attack, the situation

in ukraine is so terrible, the situation in israel is terrible, what happened, we will solve them, we will solve them very quickly. "i know president putin very well, i know zelenskyi very well, i will bring them together, we will solve it very quickly. yuli, in general, what are your impressions of the election process in iowa, you spoke with many people, you were at the polling stations, can you share here? you know ostap, it was interesting to really watch the caucus process here in iowa, it was really different from the previous election 2020 season." and they were different in particular because there's so much fear right now and so little enthusiasm about the prospect of, again, a donald trump-joe biden matchup. i was at one of the precincts in urban daily, it's on the outskirts of des moines, and there were actually some very interesting results in that precinct that are not

representative of this state, but it was very interesting to watch. viewers have been asking us a lot what the caucuses are, let's see. we're in an urban city. yes. but the extreme cold and snowdrifts are not scared these voters, who are in a hurry to vote for their candidate in the republican party caucuses. registration of participants and the entire process is supervised by dave curt, he is the location captain at the new hope church. the most important task is to make sure that the elections are fair for all candidates, and also to organize volunteers, and we have about 14 of them, to register voters and distribute ballots to them. volunteers include captains who represent

each candidate and campaign for him throughout the evening. kim borchers convinces voters to vote for nicky haley. for this reason, she came from another state - kansas. i drove through a snowstorm to be here. i will be honest with you. i didn't immediately support nicky haley. i had another candidate, but i firmly believe that a politician should earn my vote. i've watched her for the past few months and she's earned it. now kim hopes to convince others. they say that a lot of times people come here and they're... not sure who they're going to vote for, so these little two or three or five minute conversations can sway the voter towards your candidate. michael barth, captain of ron desantis' support, says this is the first candidate he is not shy about publicly supporting. i

encourage you to look beyond the chaos, beyond the craziness, the caucuses and the campaigns and look at the ... fications, think about who we want to see as our leader for the next four or eight years. ron desantis is experienced, his actions match his words. i grew up with the idea that these are the things we want to see in our politicians. despite the expectation of a small turnout due to bad weather, the church building is filling up fast. chairs have to be delivered to the hall, and people stand in queues to register as new voters or to change their party affiliation. in wyoming, it can be done on caucus day, and democrat casey o'connell is taking advantage of that opportunity. i'm voting for nikki haley this time so trump can't even run. at 7:00 p.m., the doors of the church

are closed and a gathering of fellow party neighbors begins, after a prayer and an oath of allegiance to the us flag. they move on to official business. first, a speech in support of my own candidates are announced by the captains. there is no speaker from donald trump, so a supporter from the hall takes it upon himself to speak in his support, ending the speech with a political prayer. in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit, please, in the name of god, make donald trump the leader of our country again. amen. after that , captain david announces the vote. voters write the names of the candidates on the ballots and put them in a basket. the volunteer counting committee and observers leave the hall. after a brief but thorough count, capt of this district announces the results. these

results surprised many. i'll start at the end. 21 votes. i was surprised, very pleasantly surprised, i voted for desantis. i think the results are good for our county, but i'm not sure about the overall. the results at the precinct in urbandale were not indicative. donald trump won iowa with more than 50% support. i asked the republicans in urbandale who are not for him... absolutely, i'm a republican first and

anything is better than a democratic administration. i don't know, we'll see. i'd like to vote for trump, but i don't think the press will leave him alone long enough for him to campaign. i will decide when the time comes. he is not my favorite candidate. as long as there is a choice, i have many reasons not to vote for trump. i do not like the prospect of four more years of the current administration. it can't happen, but i have concerns and a lot of things will happen before november. who will he choose as vice president, what will happen to the court cases? i voted for niki heli. i absolutely against trump. i think he is a very bad person. if trump is the republican candidate, will you vote for him? no, but for biden? probably so. and add, yuliya

yarmolenko, kostyantyn golubchyk, voice of america. it is extremely interesting to see how this voting took place, to hear first-hand, so to speak, the words of the voters. what do we expect next, huh? what will happen after iowa, in which states there will be votes, and what are the prospects of other candidates now after a very confident reality. trump's victories in iowa and on now all eyes are on new hampshire, an active campaign is already starting there, we know that donald trump is not there now, but nikki haley, rondesan are actively canvassing their voters. now the number one question is, can nikki haley, who has a narrower gap with donald trump in new hampshire, still make a push for her campaign? and now there are a lot of critics who are saying that nikki haley should ... start criticizing, criticizing donald trump, because right now she 's pretty moderate and she's pretty

moderate in commenting on his campaign, so to speak in other words, it sounds like she's running for vice president on his campaign. also with the democrats, the republicans that i talked to the other day, they're talking about the fact that they think that somebody, either rondesantis or nikki haley, should be competing against donald trump, real competition and...they're saying that it has to be one candidate, but again ostaps, for now both of them remain in the campaign, redouble with double strength go to the next states, but already at the end of february, when there will be party elections in south carolina, we we will know whether donald trump still has the best chance of becoming the sole republican candidate, or whether someone has been able to overcome this huge advantage. of course, yulia, we will keep a close watch, thank you for your work, our op'. to kostyantyn golubchuk, who works with you in these extreme conditions. we follow the development of the presidential campaign,

further. meanwhile, tomorrow joe biden will meet with leaders of the senate and house of representatives, as well as other us lawmakers, to discuss the critical importance of passing additional funding for national security, white house spokeswoman karin janr said. the funding request includes substantial aid for ukraine, israel and other us partners. however, there are already several. for months , republicans and democrats in congress have been unable to agree on the issue, arguing over the united states' immigration policy. we will follow the results of the meeting at the white house and will definitely inform you about the news from there. and in the fact that the usa is determined to continue supporting ukraine further, volodymyr zelenskyi was assured by us secretary of state antony blinken during the global of the economic forum, which these days continues in the swiss navos. we will talk more about the results of the forum with

radio liberty correspondent zoriana stepanenko, who is now joining the broadcast. zuryano, congratulations, before we move on to the topic, yes, the response of the united states, i still want to hear what volodymyr zelensky came to davos with and what message he tried to convey to his partners today. congratulations, ostap, this forum generally passes and... with ukraine, europe, the united states, china, but without russia, such a geographical composition of the participants of this year's davos is traditionally a great event for political and business elites, if not from all over the world, an opportunity to reach them... amid delays volodymyr zelensky tried to take advantage of ukraine's help, both from brussels and washington, in davos, and from the podium of the forum he called on the world to put more pressure on russia, as he noted that this is the only way to stop the war. he called vladimir putin's ambitions doomed the death in which the ukrainian president believes, they do not believe, by the way, neither in iran nor in north korea, they simply say that they are taking advantage

of what russia pays, so he should have told it to deprive it of money, and in this light he criticized western sanctions, he emphasized. that they do not block russia's missile production in particular. the signal to partners from zelensky was that the reduction of support adds years to the war, the world's efforts to avoid escalation have cost lives, noted many experienced soldiers. emphasized zelensky, speaking accordingly from the podium and called resolutely put an end to vladimir putin's military strategy. now. listen. any frozen conflict. it will eventually flare up again. after 2014, there were attempts to freeze the war in donbas. there were very influential guarantors of this process. but putin is a predator who doesn't settle for frozen food, and we need to protect ourselves, our children, our homes, our lives, and we can do it. zoryan, did

international partners hear the call of the ukrainian president, and what did they say in response today? ostapa, you know, this has become a subject of a series negotiations behind closed doors and about further western aid, its prospects , zelenskyi did speak separately with officials of both the european union and nato, nato countries, i mean the secretary of state of the united states and the security adviser of the american president, said that ukraine is counting on the united states in this plan, and anthony blinken in response assured zeleny that the state department is closely cooperating in this direction with congress, where the money is actually being delayed. discussed the current situation on the battlefield, as well as the plans of the armed forces of ukraine for 2024, which officials in the united states wanted to hear about, as the leading american media wrote, and they talked about the tools needed to implement these plans, and separately zelensky also met with the president of the european commission, they discussed ukraine's path to the european union, in

this context agreed on the next steps, namely the beginning of the screening of ukrainian legislation for its compliance. according to peyskyi, this is one of the stages that are needed in view of the opening of accession negotiations, and they also talked about unlocking 50 billion macrofinance in ukraine from the european union, you remember, viktor orban promised them, and on february 1, the leaders of the bloc will try here in brussels to lift this blockade and allocate funds to ukraine accordingly. at the end of this conversation, ursula funderlajen reported that the european commission provides means for the recovery, reconstruction and reform of ukraine through the relevant fund and... she called on everyone to continue supplying ukraine with weapons and help her financially, what exactly did ukraine's partners say about these intentions, specifically, i please listen to direct speech now. we are determined to ensure our support for ukraine, we 're working very closely with congress to do

that, i know our european colleagues are doing the same, so achieving military success...against this russian attack, you sensei. russia is failing , which can stand firmly on its own feet in the military, economic and democratic , as well as building ukraine for the future, such, achieving strategic goals, this is first of all a military failure. russia's failure is also economic. sanctions cut off its economy from modern technology and innovation. now russia depends on china, and all this tells us that ukraine can win. in this war, but we must continue to strengthen their resistance. according to the results of the negotiations , volodymyr zelenskyi noted that he had received positive signals that help would be provided, but the intrigue still surrounds china, davos has not yet brought clarity, so to speak, regarding his role and intentions in russia's war against ukraine, and discussions, in particular

the ukrainian plan to end the war, took place without representatives on the sidelines of this forum beijing, as you know, although the invitation. the ukrainian side was, in china it was ignored and noted in the chinese foreign ministry , then that they remain in contact with the parties to the conflict, and why their representative did not participate in the meeting in davos, this was not explained. in switzerland, the delegation from china is headed by prime minister litsian, and whether he will meet there separately with volodymyr zelenskyi or anthony blinken, there is currently no information about this. zuryana, thank you for the inclusion, for the last details, zoriana stepanenko was in touch with us, the correspondent of the radio freedom, we talked about... summary of meetings in davos at the world economic forum. and we continue with other topics. bulgarian defense minister todor tagarev believes in ukraine's victory in the war. provided constant military, political and

financial support from partners. and the largest role in achieving this goal, says the minister, can be played by the provision of combat aircraft to ukraine. more in the exclusive interview of tetyana voroshko. see further. the supply of bulgarian weapons to ukraine, even the last package was approved by the parliament. something classified, it is clear, to what extent can we talk about it, that it is bulgaria that supplies the armed forces of ukraine? bulgaria supplies ukraine with several types of materials, among them old soviet-era systems and ammunition, which, however, are in good working order. perhaps, it is more important that the ukrainian military knows these systems and can quickly start using them without additional training. so the focus was on

ammunition, but we also supplied other types of material from the military stockpile, but more importantly the production of ammunition, small arms and light weapons of bulgaria, an area of ​​production in which bulgaria has specialized since soviet times, and this specialization has been maintained for years. so, the defense industry works practically 24/7, and the main part of this production goes to ukraine, either directly or through third parties. as the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine kuleba admitted some time ago, the support of the bulgarian defense industry was crucial for the survival of ukraine in the first months of the war. you have had several meetings here as in... do you plan to start joint production or expand the production of equipment according to nato standards in bulgaria, especially in the conditions of shortage

of 155mm shells. ammunition, both soviet-style and western- style ammunition, is in great demand in the armed forces of ukraine. transition to the production of ammunition according to nato standards, 155 and 105 mm. here , the european union has a special policy, it has a regulation, known as yaksab, according to which several bulgarian companies have submitted proposals with the aim of expanding production capacities ammunition these new investments are already directed almost exclusively to the production of munitions 155. which are a priority, but also to other types which are in demand. according to the decision of our parliament, we also provided, for example, more than 800 armored personnel carriers. we

train sailors under the nato defense training program, conduct language training. before christmas, more than 30 ukrainian officers underwent a two-month language training in sofia and varna, and i was told it was very successful. at the request of the ukrainian side, we took it upon ourselves commitment to teach. an infantry company, but that could mean a few companies a year, which we're quite capable of doing, so we have that potential. for example, we offered ukraine to train combat medics. bulgaria has also announced our desire to join the f-16 coalition, providing language training for pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers, training for engineers and technical personnel, basic training for maintenance personnel on... training for f- 16, but with the exception of training on a certain platform, which we do not have and which ukraine expects. in addition to military aid, bulgaria provides ukraine with political, diplomatic, humanitarian

support and the provision of non-lethal equipment, which is also important, for example, politically bulgaria supports ukraine's right to self-defense and sovereignty. we recognize that russia's actions are aggression, contrary to international norms. we recognize the right of ukraine to fully restore its sovereignty and that. national integrity within the borders of 1991. bulgaria joined the declaration of the big seven, which opens the possibility for assistance in future cases of aggression against ukraine. bulgaria supports zelensky's peace formula. we are very active in the so-called crimean platform and are even co-leaders of one group of the crimean platform on environmental security. there are several tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees on our territory, and in my opinion, we take good care of them all. bulgaria is a very good friend of ukraine. you have visited ukraine several times, besides, you are familiar with the situation as the minister of defense. as you can see situation on the front line, can ukraine

win? i believe that ukraine can win, it can restore its territorial integrity under the condition of constant support from democratic countries, including political, financial and, last but not least , military support. what ukraine really needs badly is an air force to eliminate russia's superiority in the skies, as well as to support the troops when ukraine is ready again...

this is the message i generally convey: upholding international norms and supporting ukraine order, only when ukraine wins will we be able to restore, at least to some extent , the international security architecture that was built after the second world war. supporting ukraine is our strategic interest. if we allow russia to win or even benefit from its aggression, it will only increase putin's appetites, and we don't know for sure which country will be next. of course, if putin wants to... so, it is in our strategic interests for ukraine to resist russian aggression. bulgaria buys f-16 and fighters armored vehicles strikers. to what extent does your understanding of what is happening in ukraine determine bulgaria's security needs,

what are the main lessons? these projects for f-16 strikers and patrol ships were planned, and some started, even before full-scale russian aggression, including the acquisition of combat vehicles. we just finished a project for strikkers late last year. war teaches us, first of all, what role a person plays. without soldiers, motivated, dedicated men and women on the battlefield, technology is not would help achieve this is the most important, there are other lessons from a military-technical point of view, in particular, the role of using uavs and maritime remote-controlled vessels, the role of cyber security. so, bulgaria really helps ukraine, despite the fact that this support is not as popular among the population as, say, in the baltic or scandinavian countries. does

this argument work, as in... it makes it easier for the public to understand and accept, but that's not the point for us. it was an interview with the minister of defense of bulgaria, todor tagarev. see the full version of this conversation be sure to watch it on the voice of america ukrainian youtube channel and also read it on our website. and on this we will say goodbye to you. see also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18.

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