available funds, should we expect any major announcements in the near future? tastap, again, going back to the topic of what to expect, i asked mike carpenter today, we heard clearly from president zelensky that for the victory plan to work, quick decisions are needed in the coming months, and i asked if to wait for these quick and decisive steps actually, to which michael carpenter said that yes, he said that certain steps will already be worth it, it will already be seen in the next week and... weeks and he also said that in the coming months, the united states will do everything possible to ensure that ukraine receives the capabilities it needs as soon as possible. i specifically asked about the almost 6 billion and under the program of presidential powers, which looks like this, could be exhausted by the end of this year. he said that there are no specific announcements about aid packages, but he said that they are working to get the capabilities as soon as possible and ... as much as possible to

ukraine, so ostap, i think it's worth to wait for the announcement, but when they will come, we do not know at the moment, we will wait for yulia, we are also waiting for a full interview with michael carpentor, i think you will be able to watch it soon on the voice of america platform, yulia, thank you for your work, yuliya yarmolenko was from by us in connection with the white house, the european union will provide ukraine with... this was announced by the president of the european commission , ursula fonderlein, during her visit to kyiv. the head of the european commission also said that now one of the main directions of aid ukraine is preparing for winter. while russia is trying to destroy the ukrainian energy system. we will talk about this and more with oksana betratenko, who is now joining the program. oksana, i congratulate you. congratulations ostap. oksana, to begin with, tell us what kind of funds, 35 billion euros, we are talking about now, and when to expect? their arrival in

ukraine? yes, 35 billion euros is a big help for the financial stability of ukraine. according to the estimates of the ukrainian government, next year ukraine will need 38 billion dollars financing from outside. it is worth noting that according to the plan, the european commission will provide this loan to ukraine, however, the loan will be paid from the income accumulated on frozen russian assets, that is, from the point of view of ukraine , it is more likely. will be a grant, not a loan. we remember that the sema group in june announced a plan to provide ukraine with $50 billion in aid, but that plan was stalled due to technical issues, since the bulk of these russian frozen assets are in europe, so they need to be frozen all the time loans, and for this the europeans must renew this arrest every six months. europe has not

been able to extend this period of authorization, and therefore from the point of view of the white house, this loan is considered very risky, and this has encouraged the europeans not to wait for the united states, but to act on their own. oksana, ursola funderlajen also announced new aid for ukraine on the eve of winter. how effective will this plan be, given the fact that due to russian shelling, ukraine has already lost almost 2/3 of its energy generation. and... so it remains, this winter has will be the biggest test for the ukrainian energy industry, the director of the international energy agency fatih birol said the day before, he noted that it is not only about social and economic consequences, the consequences can also be political, he hinted that europe can expect a new wave of ukrainian refugees , and the european commission understands the urgency of these challenges. ursula fonerlein said that the europeans are adding names. efforts to ensure

that ukraine has warmth and light this winter. let's listen. the commission's plan is built around three priorities. first, we repair. we help you restore damage caused by russian strikes. for the winter, we will aim to restore 2.5 gigawatts of capacity, which is approximately 15% of your country's needs for this winter. then we connect the second element. next, we will connect ukraine to the european power grid, so we can export 2 gvv of electricity to ukraine, which will cover approximately 12% of the country's winter needs. so with these two components, repair and connection, we can cover more than 25% of ukraine's needs for this winter, and this is in addition to ukraine's own production. therefore, the third pillar of our plan is stabilization. we are working to ensure a stable flow of energy across ukraine. despite russia's attack on infrastructure,

we are now shipping mobile gas turbines and solar panels. ukrainian experts, meanwhile, call for more attention to be paid to the left. let's listen to what sviatoslav pavlyuk said this week at an event in washington. the general situation in the country is as follows: section on the dnieper: we are entering this heating season, when all generation on the left bank is actually destroyed, stopped or damaged. she doesn't work. thus, the left bank is very dependent on the power transmission system. the operation of power transmission systems is critically important for... therefore, there will be a big difference in supplies to cities in the western part of the country, where there is a large generation, and eastern cities, where there is none, which depend on the transmission system. oksano,

already during the full-scale war, ukraine joined the european energy network and receives more and more current from europe, will european energy help ukraine on this earth? indeed, this is one of the elements of the plan that ursula fondeyan announced today in kyiv, however, for example, oleksandr kharchenko, speaking at the wilson center in washington, explained what are the physical limitations to the expansion of electricity imports from europe. physical interconnectors allow capacity to be scaled up to 2.2 gigawatts, but the problem is... on the european side between bulgaria and romania and inside hungary, there are several bottlenecks that our neighbors have solve, if they don't solve this problem, it will not be possible to increase the capacity, it will take time, as far as i know, this process is ongoing, it is not progressing

as fast as ukraine wants, but it is progressing, and it will be an additional 400 mw . it is useful, but not too much, it will help us, but not save us from limitations. in order to further expand the capacity, it is necessary to build new high-voltage lines, this is planned, work is underway on the construction of two such lines, one with poland, the other with romania, but it will take 3-5 years. oksana, more and more nuclear power plays a role in the ukrainian energy system, but russia continues to target ukrainian nuclear plants. what do experts say about how big the threat of a potential disaster is? experts believe that... that russia will most likely target nuclear facilities in the future, but as harvard university researcher mariana boujeren suggests, russia may use deceptive tactics to say that it, for example, survived into some other object and just

by chance, let's say, was interrupted or supplying current to the as, or withdrawing current from the power plant, is an extremely dangerous tactic, experts say. bezumov, oksana, and we have also seen this before from the russian side, oksana bedrytenko was on the phone, we talked about the energy situation in ukraine and expectations before winter. opponents of the free world, combining their efforts, chose a common propaganda narrative. china, russia, iran, as well as hamas and hezbollah, spread disinformation, the common theme of which is countermeasures. united states. this was discussed throughout talks with congressmen from the republican and democratic parties at the center of the new american security in washington. our adversaries began to cooperate in an unprecedented way. i think

this is a defining challenge to our national security that we must confront. it should be remembered that there are differences between china and russia, iran and north korea. violent extremist groups, they don't agree on everything of course, but they are united in one thing, their mission is to reduce our power and push us out of many different positions, in the end, this is what allowed them to come together in a way that they were not united before, and importantly, they developed a very clear message that goes from chinese propaganda to the message of russian arti, iranian propaganda, propaganda that will be spread by... ideological groups such as hamas, the houthis and others, and it is this: the us is an evil imperialist power trying to impose itself on the rest of the world. the achievements of russia and china in the field of hypersonic technology threaten the security of the united states and partners, on

this is emphasized by experts at the hutzon institute. according to them, moscow and beijing are replenishing the arsenals of other dictatorial regimes, such as iran and north korea, with modern weapons. republican congressman lembourne notes that russia and china are already ahead of the us in developing, manufacturing and testing hypersonic missiles. china is building a huge number of hypersonic missiles, they plan to have a large stockpile by the end of the decade, even though they already have a lot. russia also has a certain the potential of hypersonic missiles, we saw their use in ukraine. unfortunately, this has resulted in the loss of many lives. the russians are lagging behind china, but still far ahead of us. russia has been researching hypersonic technology for the past 40 years. in particular , there were also hypersonic dagger missiles. used in ukraine. the chinese have shown a high rate of flight testing, this has led to rapid progress

in their technology for conventional and even nuclear and hypersonic missiles. both countries, as i said, have operational capabilities. the chinese communist party will stop at nothing to show its dominance. iran's threatening behavior toward the u.s. and israel is one of the many foreign policy issues kamalagai's presidential candidates are considering. and donald trump. mike lipin and yurii mamon found out how the approaches of the candidates differ in matters of the near east. democratic presidential candidate vice president kamela harris focused her relatively brief remarks on iran on one concept - defense. i would not hesitate to use any measures necessary to protect our forces, our interests from iran and iran-backed terrorists. during a debate with republican former president

donald trump, she vowed to extend that defensive approach to israel, saying : "i will always give israel the ability to defend itself, particularly with regard to iran and any threat that iran and its proxy forces pose. for israel". president biden's administration, with kamela harris as vice president, helped israel defend itself against unprecedented air attack by iran in april. the white house also sent us warships to the region last month to deter iran from striking again. emphasizing the success achieved in these operations could boost kamela garis' ratings among americans, experts say. i think she knows that americans are tired of war, and of course she doesn't want to be perceived as wanting another war, but at the same time , no one is against a defensive position, right? true, at the same time for the administration. in the region, striking us bases in iraq and syria

and gassing an american hostage. the united states has not responded with attack after attack, remaining on the defensive, although i am concerned that iran sees this as an opportunity to further provoke and escalate its escalation, knowing that all the united states will do is a non-initiative response. trump highlights his sanctions policy against iran when he was president. i told china and other countries, if you buy from iran, we don't allow you to do business in the united states, and we will impose tariffs on every one of your exports of 100 percent or more. during the debate, he accused the biden-harris administration of enriching iran and its proxy forces by easing pressure. trump also promised to solve the iranian problem, but did not specify how. quote. look at what's happening in the middle east. i will fix it quickly. during his term former president trump launched a two-year campaign of maximum pressure on iran. ex-president

avoids re-committing to that strategy, so it has the ability to introduce a new iran policy if it wins the election. the issue of tehran's possible creation of nuclear weapons, which iranian officials have hinted at more than once, remains acute. and what to do with it? both politicians, donald trump and kamela harris, have so far refrained from making statements. oleksiy kovalenko, yuri mamon, michael lipin, voos of america. on the fire of his own house without water and electricity. viktor kaliberda, a 63-year-old resident of the village of solegivka in kharkiv region, lives in such conditions. the village of russians completely destroyed in 2022. not a single surviving house remained there. and everything around is mined. despite this, viktor and several other people decided together with him. to return to their home, how they live, anna kostyuchenko and pavel sukhodolsky learned, they don't

nail anything. 63-year-old viktor kaliberda is visiting kluny, which currently replaces his home, i am preparing firewood for the house. the man was born and grew up in soligivka , kharkiv region. during the russian offensive in the spring of 2022, the village was under constant shelling. in a few months. hostilities in the village with a population of 200 people, not a single surviving house remained and the power lines were destroyed . when you left for yes, there were still rashiks here for six months, russia was here, viktor oleksandrovich left in april 22, and for about a year he lived with strangers in slovyansk together with his niece, and a year later he was the first to return to his native village. why did you come back, family? before the russian

invasion of kharkiv oblast, viktor kaliberda cultivated 30 hectares of vegetable garden. i am today. weekend, had chickens, geese, rabbits and pigs, worked as a tractor driver, this is your native house, yes it was, on the remains of the former homestead viktor aleksandrovych planted a little vegetable garden, if you want, but no, tomatoes, then what else do you have potatoes, potatoes, he beet, carrot. there were cucumbers, garlic, well, everything was planted, but where did you get the seeds to plant it all, my native survived, here, it was just right here, he also had a little strawberries, for more than a year viktor lived without electricity, he used solar lanterns that he brought volunteers, lines the electricity transmission was restored at the end of the summer of 2024,

he says, volunteers bring him cereals and bread once a month, they also help. the military guys are driving, stopped , then smokes, begs them, then lets the hulk act, too, the neighbor's cellar survived, viktor oleksandrovich keeps his supplies there, potatoes from the garden and canned food from volunteers, well, yes, just clean it a little, but i don't want to clean it yet , maybe there will be more time to get out in the winter. after viktor kaliberda returned to the village, later three more residents arrived. one of them is 56-year-old serhiy prokopenko. in his youth , he served in the crimea, and then married a maidservant and started a farm. he cultivated more than 100 hectares of land, had several tractors and combines, says serhiy. after the russian offensive on kharkiv oblast on march 22, he took his wife and

children abroad. later, he found out from a video on social networks what happened to his house and mr. he says the rest of the land is littered with explosives. according to the kharkiv military administration, after the de-occupation of kharkiv oblast, it is likely contaminated with explosive objects, the territory of more than 1,250,00 hectares and 170,00 hectares of forests was considered. currently, only about 25,000 hectares have been demined. demining

is not carried out in sologivka, serhiy regrets. and our main field is all mined, it was just like that. the front line, says: there are a lot of mines here, so far no one is demining anything, the fields, they have only been demined, they installed electricity, but nobody is doing anything in the fields, it is already the second season, we are not sowing anything, no one here, shell casings, that the russians were leaving, serhii z a neighbor set up a small apiary, and also got geese, which are now guarded against foxes, in addition to serhiy and viktor, there are two more men living in the village who... go to work in izyum, maybe someone will return, i wish you would come back, you do not regret it , who returned, who knows him, in the cold season, viktor heats the stove with firewood and listens to the radio at night, because after the full-scale invasion, he began to suffer from insomnia. anna kostyuchenko, pavel

sukhodolskyi for voice of america from the kharkiv region. and our last one. today the story of how artificial intelligence helped ukrainian journalists and investigators to identify those who participated in the occupation of luhansk in 2014. with the help of technology, it was possible to confirm that from the first days it was not local residents, but russians who participated in this. ksenia turkova will tell you more. this is part of history, this is part of the history of the so-called russian spring, one of the first public appearances of the russian tricolor in luhansk. in the spring of 2014, on one of the iconic buildings of luhansk, the house behind the spire. the russian tricolor appeared, propaganda at the time assured that it was hanged by local residents who opposed the so -called coup in kyiv, but even then journalists had doubts:

the russian language of the so-called anti-maidanniks was very similar to the moscow pronunciation. after 10 years, ukrainian journalists established the identities of those who raised that flag. modern, available tools have helped the most. with facial recognition, which gave us the pages in social networks of these people, and thus we were able to identify them, find phones, addresses, passport data and what they did afterwards. journalists managed to learn the names of two participants in the installation of the tricolor in luhansk, young men with the nicknames nike and operator. ivan sorovatskyi, a 29-year-old native of the vorona region, turned out to be the mastermind, whose cameraman turned out to be a lot. it is more difficult to identify serhiy belikov, a resident of the same region. and they ended up there not by chance. they ended up there

completely by accident. one of them then in november 2013 finished his military service in the airborne forces, and the other he went to the airborne forces in the spring draft. before that, he was a member of the military-patriotic movement, and it is very similar to the fact that they were sent to luhansk in a coordinated manner. journalists suspect that belikov has connections with the special services, in one of the photos he celebrates intelligence day with his sambo coach. oleksandr bilokobylsky explains why such investigations are important even 10 years later. there is still an opinion that russia was not involved in the events in donbas. now it is already clear that the active took part in the crimea military of the russian federation. during the operation to occupy crimea, but luhansk and donetsk seemed to fall out of this scheme, as if they were not there when we show, look, this person took part in pro-russian actions, this is a fact

that cannot be argued with. according to oleksandr, with the development of artificial intelligence technologies, there will be more and more such investigations, and it will not be possible to hide the truth about involvement in crimes. ksenia turkova. voice of america. download the voice of america mobile application. the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos. and also listen to podcasts of the voice of america ukrainian service. and on this we will say goodbye. see also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18:00. kyiv on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live. thank you for trusting the voice of america in ukrainian, i wish you a peaceful night and a peaceful weekend,

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nato already this year. nuclear scarecrows of the kremlin. the speaker of the russian state duma, volodin, promises western countries to use more powerful weapons in response to long-range strikes on russian territory. does putin have any paint left for new red lines? glory to ukraine! this is the verdict program, my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. during for the next two hours we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war and our victory. in the first part of our program, together with the diplomat and ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of ukraine valery chaly, we will sum up the results of the foreign policy week, and predict the next week, which will be full of the un general assembly,

zelensky's visit to your country. tone with the speech of the president of ukraine at the un general assembly and the presentation of the victory plan. during the second hour of our broadcast, starting at 21:15, we have there will be a journalism club with the participation of maryna danylyuk yeermalayeva and bohdan butkevich. let's talk about both domestic and foreign policy. however, before starting our big conversation today, i suggest watching a video of how the fighters of the 72nd separate. of the mechanized brigade are attacking the enemy, only in august the warrior managed to destroy 664 invaders, three tanks, 34 armored combat vehicles, almost 300 drones and other units of equipment, watch this enchanting video.

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