to force putin to defend not only kusk, but also bryansk and belgorod, it means that the ukrainian army will have a better chance, a better balance of power, to hold or liberate territory in ukraine, and this is a recipe for success, so if it comes to that, it will very, very good operation, it's still too early to judge. ukraine seized as much, or even more , russian territory than the russians seized ukrainian territories last time. year, the russians have already lost more people than the united states lost in world war ii, and they there is nothing to justify it. the united states and our allies can boast of the liberation of europe and the destruction of the nazi regime and japanese expansionism. russia has nothing to show for it. so, it was a success, but at the same time there are difficulties in ukraine. one of the problems that i want to constantly talk to ukrainian leaders is that they should work better on mobilization. in the united states, we

draft people as needed, but everyone over 18 has to register for the draft, basically, when you turn 26 or 28, you're considered too old for that. unfortunately, the minimum conscription age in ukraine is now 25 . ukraine needs to improve mobilization a little bit because that's an area that i think needs to be strengthened and we in the west should give ukraine permission to... use weapons on russian territory, look if they occupied part of russia and russia still has not launched a nuclear strike, then russia is not going to do so, this fear of escalation is paralyzing us and must stop. and for other news from europe: the german party alternative for germany could become the first far-right party to win regional elections in germany since world war ii. in addition to the far-right party, there have been notable successes.

a new far-left party also won the september 1 elections in the east german states. in foreign policy, the german far-right and far-left converge, questioning military aid to ukraine. german chancellor rolf scholz called on the country's leading political forces not to cooperate with extremist forces. voting in two of the 16 federal states does not directly affect the federal government, but is a cause for concern among other parties and analysts. details can be obtained from our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin. congratulations, bohdan. greeting. bohdan, can you tell us in more detail what these far-left and far-right parties are, and what their actual positions are? we are talking now about two parties that are relatively not old, if you can say so, primarily about afd or alternative for germany. that party was created around 2003 on the basis of groups

opposed to germany renounced its national currency, the german mark, and opposed the introduction of the euro, the single european currency. as for the sari vandehnech union, it is a very, very new party, it was actually created at the 2024 congress in january, that is , not even a year old, and that's why so much attention is paid to it achievements, and a characteristic feature of these two parties is that, despite the fact that they are put on opposite ends of the political spectrum, the alternative for germany is the far right, and sarah's union vandert is on the extreme left side, they are so extreme in several points on... only

extremist that they converge, for example, in what they call de facto pro-russian, they repeat some things, in fact, as they hear from the kremlin, in particular regarding the war, and opposing helping ukraine defend itself against russia with arms, another point where these two seemingly opposite forces converge is the issue of immigration. and it is this question or this topic that actually worries german society a lot now, and such analysts as guntram wolf say that the leading parties, the so-called traditional parties, will also have to pay attention to this, the fact that the far-right alternative for germany party took first and second place in these two countries. is

a huge shock given that the party is actually under the scrutiny of the security agencies and at least partly has distinctly russian views. yes, i think it's a german concern. society as a whole, it causes concern about the political system in berlin, answers are needed, and i think that will be a key question in the coming weeks, how to respond to the discontent about migration, maybe the theme of inflation and the rise in prices in recent years also plays a role, but i think the theme of migration is really at the heart of the discontent. bohdano, we actually heard about the views of these parties, which may be... the consequences of these elections, and how risky is the course of the far-left and far-right in general to support ukraine? now they say that no one will want to go with the alternative for germany, even at the regional level equal to go to power, and it is unlikely that they

will form the government, although they won about a third of the votes, but of course their pro-russianness or anti- ukrainianism is a very loud question, and in particular in hungary, where, as we know, the government party of prime minister viktor orbán speaks under such, in fact, pro-russian slogans against aid to ukraine, and of course, the fact that such voices are heard in germany, they were heard during this election campaign, and will certainly continue to be heard, because the leaders alternatives for germany. are now preparing for further elections and, in particular, federal elections. we see that the current government coalition is working very badly, this vote was to get rid of this government coalition, the voters also want new elections for the federal government. we

are preparing for this, and accordingly, chancellor olaf scholz must draw conclusions and together with his coalition partners pack their bags and vacate the seats. less than one minute, why is there such high support for extreme forces in east germany? yes, these two lands thuringia and saxony, which we are now talking about, were once part of the so-called german democratic republic, the so -called communist east germany, and it is this heritage that is said to be the reason why political preferences in those... lands in that part of germany, special , they are considered very atypical for the rest of the country, whether it is the consequences of the ideological, so to speak, distribution of forces in that country, or actual industrialization,

which is also talked about as a consequence of the occupation by the soviet union and the actual export industrial opportunities of that region. i think that the debate about this among political scientists continues. bohdan, thank you very much, we will say goodbye, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan was in touch with us. russian shelling does not deter, on the contrary, it mobilizes investors. companies are actively looking for generators and means of protecting their assets in ukraine, - former minister of finance in ukraine nataliya yaresko is convinced. my colleague oksana bedratenko. the economist was asked about where ukraine gets money during the war, what the business dreams of in ukraine and how entrepreneurs feel about the government's plans to raise taxes and whether we should expect the us to approve a new aid package to ukraine soon. despite

the war, despite constant shelling, the ukrainian economy shows stability. what is the strength and stability of the ukrainian economy based on? i think the main thing is ukrainian. the people, the ukrainian people, who are fighting for life, are fighting for the best, for a better country and have been fighting for centuries, i think that the people are very creative, they find opportunities, and is it new technologies or is it new brands, are these new markets to which they now sell their goods or services, now i think that... the dream is coming true regarding eu membership, and ukrainian business understands this opening, understands its competitiveness, and what it means , that you have to be ready and not only ready to compete, ready to increase yourself, your

imagination, your dream, your business, eh, because the market will be much bigger, and we will be part of this market, and it's like... the reality now, there is a process, it will not happen in a day, but we all already believe that it is real, an invitation was, negotiations have started, even now... despite the war, we hear that some private companies are investing in ukraine, what exactly attracts them here and how do they contain this risk of war? for example, a french billionaire who invested a large sum in telecom together with horizon capital, i think that for such a person, he sees the possibilities of this market, and he sees progress in ee... in the fact that ukraine is going to the eu, that it membership in the eu

will be a very big plus for ukraine and for ukraine to increase its market, and they simply believe, without without without belief, that impossible, do you think it is realistic to expect congress to approve another aid package for ukraine? i believe that there will be a supplement before the end of the year, i'm sure. the majority is for military aid, only financial aid, i would like it to be there, because it is needed, and it is clear that ukraine needs it, but here it will be possible to understand what the possibilities are after the elections here in november, and i think that there will be different situations and different opportunities, but we will fight for that money, it is a drop in the ocean for us. that's it. most lenders now agreed to the restructuring of the ukrainian debt. how important is this step?

a very important step. first of all, they did it in time before the need, until the end, the freezing of these deals, 97%, gave the go-ahead, it is very good that our creditors understand us, it would be necessary to fulfill the conditions of the imf. but let's hope that the creditors in the future, if necessary, will understand the ukrainian situation and ukrainian opportunities realistically. the ministry of finance of ukraine said that along with the restructuring, there is also the issuance of conditional bonds papers, does that mean they're actually going down the path that you uh did with those steps and issuing something like gdp warrants. these are the second editions. as i haven't seen the details, but i think that today the lenders demand this from almost every

sovereign player, because when you have these negotiations, you tell them that you have to reduce forever, because we are not able to pay back, there will be no perhaps the international monetary fund is now insisting that ukraine collect domestic resources, and it is about increasing taxes in particular, as you do you think this is the right strategy during the war? first of all, i want to say that not only the increase in taxes, they also talk about customs reform and closing the gray areas, the so-called gray areas, there are gray areas both in taxation and in customs, and if they are closed first, and this is the point of view of ukrainian business , that's the same, everyone would understand if the last part needs to be obtained from tax increases, when only increases. taxes are demanded more from business, when there are still gray areas, well, it already hurts

business, or vice versa, tax increases can push businesses to go into the shadows, it could, if only taxes are increased, now i think that most of the businesses understand that it is their patriotic duty to pay their taxes, and we know about a lot of ukrainian enterprises , who donate. very much, because they understand that their existence is based on the possibility of defending the country with the armed forces. ukraine is now balancing between the need to ensure the labor market and to ensure mobilization for the army. now the government has announced the principle of work or fight. to what extent is this the right approach? war is the first priority. and i don't know. how will the government implement it, but we see that people are giving their

lives for the country, so we have to find a way so that more go to defend their country, but the economy also works together to pay their expenses, this balance is very complicated, very difficult, but... we have to find some answer, i'm not sure about the details again, does he work or fight, it seemed to me that when they said that a person who earns x... does not have to serve, less has to serve, it seemed wrong to me that the poor, let's say, should serve, and those who earn, well, don't have to, that is, there must be some other approach. traditionally, the first monday of september in the united states is celebrated as labor day, a national holiday

celebrating the achievements of american workers. on this occasion, the voice of america spoke with... americans of ukrainian origin who have achieved success in the usa. among them, in particular, a native of ternopil region, who started working as a cleaner, and is now a consultant for technological giants in silicon valley. iryna shinkarenko learned about the attitude to work in america, the peculiarities of corporate ethics and what it takes to climb the career ladder in american companies. iryna kulchytska, originally from the village of zavodske in the ternopil region, lives in the town of morgangil in... california and works for the world's largest technological giants, such as meta, google and apple. i mainly describe my role as a product development expert in silicon valley, and my job is to evaluate its product development process in various technology companies, for example, google, paypal, apple, sometimes the team does not work in them, the team

is not activated, or the production process itself is not adjusted, that is, my role is to pass, evaluate. there are problems in making proposals and implementing these proposals. iryna moved to the usa 20 years ago with a master's degree in sociology , got a job as a cleaner, and studied english at night. i had five or six jobs a week, slept 4-5 hours a day, and it was, for example, one of my jobs was cleaning super stores of the supermarket chain, which was open daily from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., without days off. and no, there was one day off once a year for christmas and of course without insurance, i.e. sick, not sick, you have to be at work and work all night, you are not always considered as a person, that is, what do you need , don't work hard, you work better than others, of course there were very good migrant employers, but in my case it

was like that under such a sauce, what about work and work, learning english and knowing polish? helped her get a job in a translation agency, then in a start-up that developed a language learning service, the attitude of employers and working conditions immediately changed. when i started working more in such a professional field and in an american company, i first of all felt legally protected, i already had health insurance for the first time in 5 years, for example, another such flashback when i worked in expatriate companies, and there is not even a maternity leave for... a child, so when i had my first child, i returned to work after four weeks after giving birth, because money was needed and it was necessary to move forward, and when you already started working for the american team, you already have much more of these simple benefits, plus you are listened to from the first day, as a person , which is qualified, regardless

of your age, whether you are younger or older, and you are even a part of... a team, probably even a family, in which, if you grow and develop, then the team develops. step by step, iryna worked as a manager in product development and became a consultant for large companies. in silicon valley, she says, they work 60-70 hours a week, or even more. iryna takes no more than two weeks of vacation per year and works 15 hours a day. she says that she is used to such a pace, as well as to work in companies where the majority are men with an it education. what i like in the work with american teams, there are people trying to maintain this equality between men and women, it does not always work, but since this is equality, it is imprinted in the rules of companies, it is also very strongly protected by law, everyone tries, at least from

a legal point of view, to be correct, correct, politically correct. despite the rules of corporate ethics, in large corporations. walkie-talkies of silicon valley, sometimes they can shout, the situations are very different, i even have such an example when i worked with the apple company, and this was a person, a leader who was there, the third person under tim cook, under the ceo, and when we told there what problems there are in their team or what problems there are in production there are problems, he got angry, but not at me, because i highlighted these problems, because i did all this research, at my team, and it was necessary at this moment. to keep such a poker face, as they say, and to simply give him a platform to express himself. it can be if there is a very close team, everyone knows each other, everyone is there from... they very often work together, rest together. here, and i must be ready that at this moment someone may shout. voli nevinska,

who moved to the usa 13 years ago, a different experience, she immediately got a job in one of the three largest american banks with a ternopil diploma. he says that in all the years of working in the banking sector, he has never heard a raised tone. he says that a feature of american companies is the ability to complain if you feel justice. you, as an employee, have the right to file a complaint against your manager or your co-worker if you have been treated wrongly, incorrectly, or disrespectfully at the workplace, that is, the employee here has such multiple layers of protection that he can speak to hr in person to resolve these issues, then hr is already working directly with that person. every six months, oli received a raise from the bank's call center employee. she became a transaction analyst in money laundering cases, and from her experience, she, iryna, says that in addition to dedication to work, in order to move up the career ladder in the usa , you need to take the initiative, constantly

learn and work in a team. the approach here is that you just need to be a professional, to carry professional ethics in my place of work, and also to support my employees, if i see that someone is not coping with something, i will be happy. help share your experience and teach that person, and likewise, that person can also pass that knowledge on to someone else. there are usually guards in teams, because it seems to me that this is such a natural feature of people, regardless of nationality, and it is probably very important to have the right leader in the team, because a leader who knows how to feel and understand it correctly can correctly work with these people. mostly people who are, for example, they are such single stars, i mean, i'm the wisest or the wisest, you all don't know, these people, they don't work in american companies for a long time from my experience because they, they are a problem for

the company in long-term development. the owner of a chain of dental clinics in the usa, volodymyr samerey, a native of the lviv region, emphasizes the importance of teamwork. he, as an employer, names other important requirements for employees. the most important thing is their skills, their ability to... their skills, and their past careers and what they're able to do, we value so, people who come to work on time, of course, that's a very, very big problem, our time management. representatives of various nationalities, ukrainians, people from venezuela, mexico, palestine, greece work in volodymyr's clinics, but volodymyr jokes, in the usa, they all have the mentality of workaholics. america... is a very hard working country, if you don't work here it's very hard to live, who wants to make more money by working more hours, of course there are people who just come, we call them,

collect their check and go home, just sit back, sit on their phone and go home, in dentistry in my office there is no such thing, in large companies it is, such jobs do not last very long, because over time hr in america is... extremely strong, when they already see that a person is not at all, does not meet the characteristics of the job that they are supposed to do, they then take measures. in order to stimulate employees, volodymyr says, he raises their salaries every year, and according to inflation, and depending on the assessment of their work. every month, everyone in the team receives bonuses, depending on the results of teamwork. iryna shynkarenko, maxim shulga, voice of america. at the same time, we will say goodbye, also watch our daily briefings at 6 p.m. on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live, thank you for staying with us,

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the usa. ceremonial acceptance of the criminal. in mongolia , putin was greeted with a red carpet, although he was supposed to be arrested, according to the warrant of the international criminal court. what will be the consequences for ulaanbaatar and the international legal system. glory to ukraine. this is the verdict program. my name is erudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, about war and about our victory. let's talk today about the unfortunately tragic events in poltava, where more than 50 people died as a result of a ballistic attack by russian missiles, this morning, let's turn to our military and political experts so that they can predict. and

comment on the message about the possibility of allowing ukraine to kill with their weapons on the territory of the russian federation, and of course, we will not overlook the personnel appointments of the future personnel appointments in shmyhal's government. this is all in the following for two hours, in the first part of our program , a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war yevhen dyky, a political scientist. and yevhen magda, director of the institute of world politics. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest watching a video of how ukrainian fighters repelled another russian assault in the kurakhiv direction, aerial reconnaissance of the 79th separate airborne assault brigade of tauriy discovered an enemy column still far away on the approaches, so gunners and

shock operators friend. welcomed.