bridges from the russian mainland to the occupied crimea, and in order to somehow block the possibility of building these roads between the russian mainland and crimea, this draft law was created, it will be considered today, also in this draft law there are some exceptions that can be used to avoid these sanctions, in particular, it refers to when it is provided, in particular, it refers to the provision of humanitarian aid or the fulfillment of international obligations. the president can also in principle refuse to impose these sanctions. this bill is bipartisan, its primary author is democrat gregory meeks. he is the co-chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, but a number of republicans have also signed under him. and yes, it should be expected that he will probably receive bipartisan support, but we will see how the voting ends today, and we will actually inform our viewers. we absolutely keep an eye on winter, too. katya, another question is whether the congress plans to address it in the near future. concerns

of ukrainians about the american technologies that russia uses in its weapons, you know something about it? this is an important issue directly in ukraine, in particular due to the strengthening of russian attacks on the infrastructure of ukraine and on the entire territory of ukraine in general, and tomorrow there will be a hearing in the senate under the name of the technology of american companies that are fueling the russian military machine, that is, the hearing will take place in general in... . of united states homeland security and state affairs, they are dedicated to actually revising the technologies that the russians manage to get to use in their weapons that they use. actually in his war against ukraine. during these hearings, various representatives will testify, in particular, as government representatives, representatives of various companies responsible for international trade will also be present. to discuss, in particular

, the issue of how american microchips can get into russian hands, and this is one of those important hearings that will be devoted to the question of how american technologies actually get into russian hands, into their in their military sector, and for we will also monitor these hearings and inform our viewers about what the main conclusions will be. of these hearings, they will take place tomorrow in the afternoon, so during the week we should expect that there will be more information, how the technology actually gets to the russians, how this process can be stopped, an important topic, katya, thank you for this conversation, kateryna lisynova was from by us in connection with the american congress. bloomberg reports that turkey has applied to join brics, an association of countries which was created russia, india and china.

turkey itself has not officially commented on this, but a spokesman for president erdogan's party hinted at a desire to join the organization. does this mean that ankara is retreating from the western vector of development in favor of relations with moscow? maria ulyanovska asked yevgenia gebar, a researcher of modern turkish and an expert of the atlantic council, about this. the publication bloomberg, citing its own sources, writes that turkey has submitted an application to join brics, an association of developing countries. which one created by india, russia, china and brazil, what are ankara's own economic interests to join this alliance? to a large extent, what turkey wants to achieve is to be simultaneously a member of the alliances of western countries, western democracies and the non-western world, and this seems to me to be an even greater argument, an even greater driver behind all these ideas and initiatives than its own economic one. interests, because economically, in

the sense of investments, in the sense of trade, the european union and the united states are important to turkey, well, turkey itself has been trying to join the eu since 2005, it has not yet succeeded, and turkey is the only nato member country that has applied to join the brics, how in practice can participation in these such opposite worldview alliances coexist, for turkey strategic membership in... that is absolutely a priority, it is a question of domestic policy, it is not a question of foreign policy, but the main idea of ​​the current leadership of turkey is that it is not a question of either or, not a question of nato, or the sco, or the european union, or brics, that what turkey is trying to do is to be present, to be present at all tables on all chessboards, with the global south, with the west, with the east. now the practical question is how... is this possible, this is exactly what

political scientists and experts are thinking about a lot, how is it possible to combine all this, in the case of the brits, so far it is not about any integration projects, it is not about... some economic unions like a customs union, because turkey, despite the fact that it is not a member of the european union, but it has customs union with the eu, and right now we are talking about the modernization of this customs union, which turkey really wants, so it is not considered as a transition from the european direction to the eastern one, the bottom line is that as long as we have no progress and no success with the european union, we at the same time... strengthening our presence as a regional leader on other platforms. this is not the first time that turkey has flirted with this eastern direction. earlier , turkey bought s-400 air defense systems from russia, which are directed against nato aircraft, and after that the united states imposed

sanctions on turkey and even removed it from the f-35 jet training programs and also suspended the export of f16 fighters to turkey. in general, what are the consequences for turkey of joining the brics? unlike the purchase, for example, of russian s-400s, potential entry into brics, i think, will not cause any direct consequences in the form of sanctions against turkey from western countries. politically yes, it can have consequences, but from the legal point of view of such a legal assessment, it does not mean that turachyna cannot... to develop a multi-vector foreign policy, and this is seen in turkey rather as, you know, a mechanism for a certain diplomatic bargain with western countries, that if we do not have progress with you, we, the world has not converged on you, we can also

develop relations there with russia, china, brics countries, countries, there economies that are developing and so on, an important point that is needed. it is that brics has essentially become part of the post-western world or the narrative of the post-western world. and no matter how it sounds, but turkey's application for brics membership is largely a response to russian aggression in ukraine, and to the reaction of western countries, including the united states, germany, and nato, to what is currently happening in ukraine, because it is interesting to read the comments of turkish experts who say that... after gaza and after ukraine, it is obvious that the united states is no longer the only center of power in the world that can and wants to take responsibility for what is happening in various regions, and the main thing is that the world order is based on rules and the world order, in which there is a western-centric

approach, can be forgotten: iran, russia, china, india, the countries of the global south, these are the countries for which the future lies, because the usa will now be absorbed by elections, domestic political problems, economic problems, and the reaction of turkey it is very pragmatic, like the entire foreign policy of turkey, there, let's say, the old europe, or the united states is in the past, the future of the world order is precisely behind these new centers of power, so turkey needs to be with those with whom the future, where investment, where the development of the economy, the future potential, and... it is necessary to negotiate with everyone, that is why this very application for membership demonstrates turkey's desire not to leave nato, but at the same time to be among these new alliances that are now emerging, including as a reaction to the reformation of the world . and how

can turkey's accession to brics affect the country's attitude to russia's war against ukraine, and will it strengthen cooperation between turkey and moscow? i think that... turkey's position on ukraine will not fundamentally change, and this one too position is that it is important for ukraine not to lose to russia, for ukraine to exist as an independent state, but at the same time to avoid the defeat of russia, the inferior defeat of russia, because for turkey this automatically means the strengthening of the united states, the strengthening of other countries with which in turkey is not the best... relations now, that is why this policy of balancing, it will be maintained in any case, will turkey be a member of brics, will it not be a member of brics, this is a fundamental principle that this balance, this balance must be maintained between ukraine and russia, will it strengthen

cooperation with russia, well, actually with russia , economic cooperation is developing in turkey, there is trade, there are energy interests within the framework. regional possible projects that will be, of course, turkey is ready to work with china, and with russia, and with others, but if we are talking about some kind of conditional military assistance there. this is turkey - this is not iran, this is not china, this is not north korea, this is a completely different story. turkey is interested in a strong ukraine, because in the black sea region turkey needs to be strong itself and it is necessary to have a counterbalance to russian power, including naval and other. this is what ukraine can provide. therefore, the strengthening of military cooperation between turkey and russia, i do not foresee in any way, i do not think that... this is possible, because it is against the interests of turkey itself, everything related to economic projects, energy,

transport, logistics, that's all corridors and so on, and so on, turkey will be where it will be profitable. it was an interview of maria ulyanovska with evgenia gabdar, a researcher of modern turkish and an expert of the atlantic council. in full, see it also on the voice of america youtube channel, in ukrainian. and our next story is about the ukrainian community of philadelphia, which since 2014 has been helping to take care of wounded ukrainian soldiers who come to the united states for complex operations or prosthetics. with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, when much more military personnel began to turn to american doctors for help, the volunteers realized that they needed to intensify their efforts, continued iryna solomko. the first wounded ukrainian servicemen began arriving in philadelphia in 2015. the

city is home to a number of powerful medical centers that have volunteered to treat wounded defenders. iryna vashchuk disipio is the founder and head of the revive soldiers ukraine charity fund. he remembers that the first military men were settled in acquaintances. and it's stressful for people, and it's stressful for the military itself. well, maybe a month there is okay, but if a person has to live somewhere for six months, that's enough. so we began to think about the fact that we need to have something one where the military will be comfortable, where they will feel good, comfortable. money for the purchase of a house was collected all over the country, and in the late fall of 2022, volunteers bought a small building in the suburbs of philadelphia, where the ukrainian community is concentrated, for $450,000. we bought things that we had enough money for, but ah... charity collections, they are not so healthy in our country, and we had to completely redo everything, we had to

make doors, bathrooms , availability of trolleys, exits-entrances, that's how to say, where the military could go from house to house without hindrance. oleg stupen volunteered to help with the repair. oleg has been engaged in repairs for more than a decade. it was he who gathered a team of guys who, after the main work, drove by to repair the house. and all the guys volunteered, because everyone understood that it was really going to the military, and some, as they asked, could we be there, some for one day, some for two days, some for two hours in the evening, and we did, by joint forces it done if most of the building materials for repairs were provided ukrainian entrepreneurs, owners of local construction shops and companies. i approached the owners and asked them if they could help with anything, and we got a lot. volunteered and gave a lot of material for this house, and they fully provided it:

the floor, the kitchen, well, everything, everything that could be collected from them there, and then oleg came and collected it, and they gave it as a gift, and this is very yes, i'm saying, we didn't have anything like this anywhere in other states. oleg still continues to take care of the house, if something needs to be repaired, he and the boys are there. one of the most dedicated volunteers of the foundation are two local spouses, the slobodians and the deschuks. oleksandr and halyna slobodian have been helping the foundation since 2015. it was they who took in the first wounded. even when the house was open, we recently had a tanker driver, pasha and his wife, they left in january, then even the house was open, so much so that iro takes a lot of soldiers who need to be helped, that there was not enough space and we lived there. after the opening of the house, volunteers continued to take care of the military. olga dischuk answers. for logistics and translation, when the boys need to go to the doctor or for an operation, and we split up between the girls

, victoria is more responsible for stores and groceries, i am more responsible for coordinating appointments, i am responsible for checking who has an appointment with a doctor on which date. the slobodian family are protestants, they are very active members of the parish and constantly collect funds for the needs of the ukrainian military. i used to just... dream, but our church agreed to support the fund every month, and they do, although it is already in the second church also want to support. we are very grateful to them, both to pastors and priests and parishes. the dischak family is orthodox, they communicate and collect financial assistance for obtaining a house and military operations in orthodox and greek-catholic churches. well, the collection takes place when, most often, it is when some festivals take place, then we collect funds there, and sometimes we are invited

to the church for sunday service, then we go there. local businesses also continue to support the boys. one of the supermarkets, for example, partially supplies the house with food. volunteers take care of the leisure time of the wounded, rada dubashynski is responsible for this. she became a volunteer after the beginning of the great war. i try to take the boys to different cities, show them america, tell them american history, go to washington, new york, just introduce them to americans. the council adds, involves its sons, who were already born in the usa, in volunteering, and also organizes meetings of the ukrainian military with american schoolchildren. we try to introduce as many american children as possible to the military, so that when the war will end, attention to ukraine has not faded into the background, because one of these

children can become a senator or president, and he will remember that he personally met a ukrainian. a soldier who went through the war and will do good for ukraine. more and more wounded people in ukraine need complex operations in the usa, so the foundation, with the support of local churches and a credit union, bought a second house for the wounded. oleg stupen together with his boys have almost finished the renovation there. all volunteers in philadelphia have a permanent job, they admit to combining it with volunteering is not easy. everyone is tired, but no one is going to give up. oleksandr dischuk, for example, remembers all the guys by name, and they still call him. their energy is charged after you see the result, how they were in wheelchairs, and when they stood on their feet, and you see their eyes, their, their impressions, their emotions, that's probably the charge that gives you inspiration work, work on. yes,

andriyko was the same, he had problems with his eyes, he could not see when he, i drove him to the operation, and i... drove him the first day, when they have already removed the bandage, and when they remove the bandage, he turns around, i say to the nurse: "oh, you have such a beautiful hairstyle!" just emotions, emotions definitely motivate us to do it further, looking at our boys, what they went through, and how they hold on, gives us inspiration to work further, as ukrainians, we must help and support, not forget that we ukrainians, wherever you are. i know that andriy was here with us, and he is now on the front line, he lost two hands, lost an eye, lost a leg, a leg, and with prosthesis, and he is at the forefront now, so for me, how can i say, it is an honor to help them. philadelphia, iryna solomka, pavlo terekhov,

voice of america. this is the story of how a local community in philadelphia. helps ukrainian wounded soldiers. let's move on, talk about other stories. drones and unmanned aerial vehicles have become the leading weapon in russia's war against ukraine. technology continues to develop in the civilian dimension as well. in california, one startup is already testing a human-controlled drone-based aerial vehicle, while another is conducting state safety tests air taxi about the development of small aircraft based on drone technology. yurii mamon will tell. the town of south elito in the suburbs of san francisco. local residents gathered on the site to watch the unusual flight. this is helix, a product of local silicon valley company pivotal. aircraft that can take off vertically without a runway and then fly like an airplane have been awaited for decades. the biggest

driving force is the energy storage medium. batteries keep getting better and better every couple of years, thanks to mass introduction. however, this model is limited by the battery to 20 minutes of flight. the helix is ​​designed for flying enthusiasts who can afford a $200,000 private jet. prototypes of air electric taxis from the archer company are also being actively developed for mass use. one pilot, four passengers charge at 160. speed 240 km/h, it is quieter than a rotorcraft, has 12 propellers, if one of the propellers fails, it has technology that will still be able to make a safe landing. currently the aircraft passes government safety tests. if everything goes according to plan, the company says it will start transporting passengers at the end of next year. what you see

is a vertiport layout. the company plans to launch an air taxi service in several us cities, including the san francisco bay area, where the air taxis will fly between existing airports and a new airport in the bay area. passengers promise manufacturers will pay approximately the same amount as for the train. in a car taxi, a trip from the city center to the airport by taxi costs 150 $, it can cost the same with our drone, but instead of two hours in a car in traffic jams, fly by air in 20 minutes. in fact, there are cases when time is much more important than money, and over time such flights will become cheaper and cheaper, so eventually it will become available to ordinary people. these companies are not the only ones, there are hundreds of other manufacturers around the world. are creating their own versions of electric aircraft, the main criterion is zero emissions into the atmosphere and a reduction in operating costs, experts say, our airspace will change very soon. when

we will make this leap from tens to thousands, a new type of air traffic control will be needed, so the future operation of electric aircraft will take into account many safety measures. yuri mamon, maddible, voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. and on this we will say goodbye. see also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18:00 kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live, and we will try to answer them.

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be informed. economic news, time to talk about money during the war oleksandr morchyvka field with me and sports news, i invite yevhen pastukhov to a conversation, two hours in the company of favorite presenters about cultural news, alena chekchenina, our art viewer is ready to tell good evening, presenters, who have become like family to many, are already next to me, ready to talk about the weather for this weekend, as well as distinguished guests of the studio, mustafa dzhemilov, leader of the crimean tatar people, in touch with us, mr. mustafa, greetings, good day, events of the day in two hours, vasyl winter's big broadcast, a project for intelligent and those who care, in the evening for espresso. the new week starts at espresso, monday evening, which means that for the next two hours, i, khrystyna yatskiv and andriy smoliy will be with you. greetings, colleague. good evening, friends, good evening, khrystyna, we start traditionally, monday, analytics, thoughts, conversation. discussions,

communication, of course with you, surveys, all this will take place during the next two hours, in the first hour there are traditionally guests, and then in the second hour our joint conversation with khrystyna yatskiv, so we do not delay, we start, well, we probably already start with announced by christina's topic, this is how we take our survey and traditionally ask you... do you sometimes listen to russian music, why do we ask you in general, because we will talk about it in the second part of our program, and because there are certain statistical data that, unfortunately, russian music is still present in the charts, in various platforms, and unfortunately, despite the terrible war going on in ukraine, our citizens listen to it, so do you sometimes listen to russian music today ?

we ask you if you think so, then please take your smartphones or phones and dial 0800-211-381, if not, then 0800-211-382, all your calls are absolutely free, at the end of this hour we will tally up the interim results, at the end of the next hour there will be general , the final results after our discussion with you, and we, khrystyna, probably start with... our guests, right? yes, while we are waiting for oleksiy hetman, a military analyst, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, to contact us. it is probably worth briefly describing what we will be talking about speak. first of all, even our youtube broadcast today is called, if i'm not mistaken, nato reaction. that is, we will talk about what is happening more often on the territory of the countries that are members of the north atlantic alliance, in the sky, or on the ground. there are

russian drones, as it turned out, in latvia, and you remember the last information, it was in this country that a russian drone visited, in latvia the drone was with explosives on board, that is, not at all, i am already silent about romania, moldova and poland, almost on a regular basis, not just drones, and missiles, i don’t know who’s next, it’s definitely worth talking about it, but... first of all , about the situation at and we will of course talk about it right away with our first guest, we already have traditionally oleksiy hetman, military analyst, reserve major of the national guard of ukraine, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, mr. oleksiy, well, a little bit, a little bit, but we are glad to see you, good evening, glory to ukraine, just a minute, glory to the heroes, one more minute, we are now and... yes , i would

still like to emphasize at the beginning of ours conversations on the situation on the front line since the last time we talked with you, mr. oleksiy, and our colleagues talked with you, these conversations were full, well , in fact, of great anxiety for pokrovsk, for turetsk, new york, we talked a lot about what the russians are resorting to in the kupyan direction, for example, and now, now it appears. more and more, well, i would say, encouraging information about a possible movement in the direction of stabilization on the part of the defense forces, almost from all directions. how do you see the situation this time, this day, please. well, what says commander sirskyi, he should be trusted in an interview with cnn, that there was not a single centimeter of progress in the pokrovsky direction, as he said in recent days, in another direction.