society and political elites, we are very generalizing, who do you mean now? well, look, it is obvious that in matters of mobilization there is on the one hand the military leadership, the general staff, and the general staff is really very actively opposed to the idea of ​​establishing terms of service, this is their official position, they explain it from a military perspective, in principle it is very logical, they say that even if you recruit a sufficient number of new people, they will not be on'. they will not be reconciled there and so on and so on and this will weaken our defense, look, with this the argument is difficult to argue with, it is obvious that if at one point we bring new people who have never fought before to the field of pain, it will really weaken the defense, therefore, but this does not mean that in principle we cannot talk about establishing terms of service , withdrawing some, bringing in others, simply the task of the general staff should be to develop a plan, how it can be done, it turns out that the general staff, which should... be executors of political

will, they will drive this political will, they determine it, they come to the meeting the profile committee and they say it is not possible, because otherwise the front will fall apart, and the political leadership in the form of the ministry of defense, in the form of the president, is basically silent about this problem, we have had long discussions about mobilization and demobilization, which will soon be a year old , how many statements have we heard from the president on this matter, you know, the president... once was, i think, once, maybe twice, he said that we need to provide justice for those who serve more than two years yes president the president has spoken several times about the fact that the mobilization should be fair, the president is now with a plan to win in the united states, maybe he's just not into it right now, maybe he'll come back, he'll somehow react to this story, not that i'm defending, i hopefully, but are you following the president's visit to the united states, are you hoping that his victory plan...

the details of which we don't know yet, but we hope that this victory plan will be shared in washington and contribute to the implementation of this plan. of course, what i follow is probably the key the visit is for the ukrainian victory, for the ukrainian war, for the development of events. and just before the start of the broadcast, i read one of the publications in one of the foreign media on bloomberg, which says that the allies are trying a little, shall we say, more... the victory that he brought to new york, that he provides such a qualitative breakthrough, and that is, unfortunately, obviously the reaction that we hoped for, now we we are not watching in the states, i am already silent about the fact that the story of trump's team's refusal to meet with zelensky, well, it is also very, very alarming, to put it mildly, and most likely this... now means that meetings with

kamel's team harris and the candidate herself will not be the same, if there is no meeting with trump, then not enough it is likely that the harris team will agree to this, and therefore these are actually very, very, very alarming signals, so far it does not look like the visit is going as planned by the ukrainian side. inno, thank you, we will go into more detail about this later another visit to talk, inna sofsun, people's deputy of ukraine, voice faction. thank you, inna. well, now about the president's visit to the confederation. the states are more detailed. so, the presidential candidate from the republican party, donald trump, really does not yet plan to meet with the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, this week. at least, this is reported by the associated press with reference to a source in the ex-president's staff. let me remind you that just this week volodymyr zelenskyi is visiting the usa, probably the ukrainian delegation really had intention to meet with donald trump. what's more, ukrainian top officials even said earlier, hinted that... it was planned, however,

according to the interlocutor of the associated press, the meeting between zelenskyi and trump was allegedly not even planned. well, here it is worth reminding that even donald trump himself, a week ago, answering the questions of journalists about whether he plans to meet with zelenskyi, answered: yes, maybe, that is, he did not deny the fact of the meeting, but with the arrival of zelenskyi in the united states, donald trump, seems to have changed its rhetoric, e.g. the day before, speaking at a pre-election rally, trump again called zelensky the biggest... seller on earth, saying that every time zelensky comes to the states, he leaves america with billions of dollars. trump has used such statements against zelensky before, so in principle there is nothing new here. but trump also said that the usa is said to be stuck in the russian-ukrainian war and will not get out of it until he, i.e. donald trump, becomes president. i will remind you that during his visit to the usa , zelensky planned to meet with both of them presidential candidates and kamala harris and donald trump. the ukrainian president even spoke about his readiness to introduce them.

with the ukrainian victory plan, and now it looks like trump is not interested. what happened, we'll talk about that in a minute, but what else is interesting about this story, not only the meeting with trump is in question. speaker. house of representatives mike johnson, who is considered close to trump, said he was not sure if he would be able to meet with the ukrainian president. why? listen to his explanation. i do not think that we will be in the city in thursday. the schedule of our meetings has changed, everything is very fluid. a hurricane is approaching on the coast of the gulf of mexico. many of us will be separated. people come home because of it. so i'm not sure yet. so, a hurricane can happen? the reason for the absence of a meeting between zelenskyi and mike johnson, meanwhile , the times writes that volodymyr zelenskyi's trip to the usa is the last opportunity to convince joe biden to strengthen support for ukraine before the american president leaves office. let me remind you, zelensky brought a document to washington,

a proposal in the form of a document, perhaps what the ukrainian side calls a victory plan, zelensky previously spoke about four points of his plan: military, political, economic and diplomatic. all these points, according to zelenskyi, contain specific steps that ukraine needs right now to win the war against russia and to implement these steps, kyiv needs to get involved, get the support of washington, whether they will agree to zelenskyi's plan, this is the first question, and in the end , donald's reluctance shows something trump and his team meeting with zelensky is the second, no less important issue. oleksandr mereshko, people's deputy, servant of the people faction and head of the foreign policy committee, oleksandr, joins our broadcast. i welcome you, thank you, thank you for the invitation. oleksandr, what does the reaction of donald trump, as reported by the associated press, indicate not to meet, a desire not to meet him, or rather, not a desire to meet with volodymyr zelensky? well, first of all, this indicates that, i think

it is quite natural, maybe in some sense, the intensification of the political struggle on the eve of the presidential elections, and the closer we are to... the date of these elections, the more acute the rhetoric of the candidates and the struggle will be, and one must understand this and be very patient and delicate in these matters, because, well, especially that what does it mean to be patient, wait, wait, what does it mean to be patient, zelensky should stay in the states and wait, be patient, until donald trump agrees to a meeting, there is already limited time, and this was somehow planned in advance, no, it is meant that we have to wait of the united states election results. and to work already when the time comes, when the new president or president will be sworn in , to work already with the new president or president, that is, it was a wrong idea to announce a meeting with trump and harris and present them with a victory plan, do we still have

to wait for the elections? no, i think that the idea itself was good, because it is very rational, it is very correct, because it is about a meeting with both candidates. and we see, it is a certain balance like that, and it was right, and it coincides in time with the session of the un general assembly, that is, it was quite natural to come and offer such meetings not only to the current acting president, but also to the candidate, the main, i emphasize, the presidential candidate, but if, but if donald trump refused the meeting, does this mean that volodymyr zelenskyi should not initiate a similar meeting with kanala haris? well that's an interesting question, there 's a certain balance we have to strike and it's hard to suggest anything here, but i think we should then consider whether we should meet with garis, do you think is it worth it or not? well, i can only express my very subjective point of view, i believe that if trump does not agree to a meeting, then

perhaps it is not worth meeting with garis. uh, and you know, volodymyr zelensky, when he was in the united states, he visited the plant. of weapons production in pennsylvania, and now the republican congressmen are demanding an investigation of this visit, they want to understand who initiated it, who paid for this trip, and because zelensky was escorted by s-17 planes, they they write, and how much money was spent by payers, american taxpayers, and they regard it as support for the democrats, this visit by zelensky, they regard it as support for the democrats, what about you? do you think so, was it really such a wrong step on the part of the ukrainian delegation to go to this plant in pennsylvania? well, in fact , the need for such a step was discussed a long time ago, because this plant in scranton, it is known for the fact that it produces, produces the necessary

ammunition, ammunition for ukraine, and to come thank you, it was the right move, and by the way, this was discussed a long, long time ago, but we have to take into account how it can be reprimanded ... in an election campaign by one of the candidates, the point is, not only that, what happened, how it can be interpreted, and sometimes how it can be used in political struggles. right now is a very, you know, delicate, uncertain and dangerous period in this regard, you know, this plant in scranton, yes, this city, you know, what this city is known for, basically, well, for me, this city is known for, this is pennsylvania, and it says it's about the fact that pennsylvania is now playing a very big role in the election campaign, this state, this one, that is, the results of the election can depend on one state. absolutely absolutely, besides, this is the town of scranton, this is the town where john, joe

biden was born, this is his hometown, i didn't know that by the way, and that's an interesting detail, and that's a very symbolic detail, that's a very symbolic detail, interesting, and the fact that volodymyr zelensky went there accompanied by democrats to the hometown of joe biden, i can only assume and ask your opinion, whether indeed, it was not regarded as such a complete, so to speak, support of the democratic party. on the part of volodymyr zelenskyi, and should the ukrainian diplomats planning this trip have calculated this moment? well, the fact is that both president zelenskyi and his team, they constantly emphasize, emphasize the fact that we greatly value by partizan support, that is, the support of both republicans and democrats, and we try to maintain such a balance so as not to give the impression that we support some party or one of the candidates. but judging by the fact that donald trump refused the meeting, the balance could not be maintained, or what do you think? i

think that it is not a question of balance, we continue, i mean the president and ukraine, we try to continue to maintain this balance, because we understand what is at stake now, and what can be, what the consequences may be, but here the matter is different, the matter is that maybe trump, his team, they are too picky . to this fact and tries to interpret it so that it does not completely correspond to the intentions of the president, therefore it is very important to maintain a direct dialogue between candidates for president, and trump, and garis, and the president's team and explain, that is, it is necessary to communicate accordingly so that such misunderstandings do not arise. and how would you now describe or comment on the reaction of american officials to... the victory plan that volodymyr zelensky took to washington, because the american press writes that

he did not impress the officials there? well, here it is difficult to say what is meant by impressed or not impressed. the most important thing for us is the reaction of president biden, the current president, how he will deal with this plan, and the reaction of the future president or president is also important. and what can be the reaction of the future president? or presidents, if volodymyr zelensky does not show this plan to the candidates, well, if he does not show it to trump, it is logical that he and biden will not show it, and haris will not show it, or is it illogical, i believe that we should try to present this plan to both candidates, it is very important, but it doesn't work out, but if it doesn't work out, well, if it doesn't work out, it's hard to say, i think that you should do everything possible effort, huh, who? well, first of all , the president's team and our embassy in the united states

did not finalize this moment, did they not put in all their efforts? the fact is that the story is not over yet, we do not know whether trump will refuse the meeting or not, i am sure that there is now a very intensive work, work in this direction. if there is no meeting, volodymyr zelenskyi will eventually return. without this meeting, what will it indicate to you? and this will prove only one thing, that we need to wait for the results of the elections in the united states and well to have a certain endurance, and then after the elections , based on their results, continue to work with the current administration and establish a dialogue with the future president or president, but how about technically? after all , this victory plan

brought by volodymyr zelenskyi may be accepted there or considered. well, he got there, showed it to joe biden, joe biden looked at it, passed it on to his security advisers. how do you expect events to develop? i expect there will be a presentation first, uh the president personally will be able to explain some details, answer questions, and... then, president biden, his staff, including the national security adviser, the secretary of state, they will also be able to speak and or do, for example, their own. positions or some counter-proposals, that is , in this way, and then there is a specific request to provide weapons, so to speak, maybe yes, maybe some talk about sanctions pressure on russia, as you can see further, let's imagine what the united states will say, yes the plan is not bad, how do you further see the implementation of this plan, given that in

november in the united states, the elections in washington can say, let us return to this issue after. elections, or in washington they can take on the implementation immediately on the contrary, until the elections have taken place? i hope that the implementation of this plan will take place, well, at least begin to take place even before the election, and let's not forget that president biden has enough time to at least help, well, begin to implement this plan. if we speak about the plan, i will explain to our audience that probably one of the important points of this plan is... to give permission to ukraine to use american or western long -range missiles against targets in russia, but there is a consensus on this issue, on this decision in washington too no, why are you sure that it will appear now during volodymyr zelenskyi's visit? well, i would say that it is not so much about the presence or absence of consensus here, the key concept here is

political will, its presence, and i think that it is possible that president biden is now in... some such drastic steps before the results of the elections in the united states, maybe, maybe it is connected again with the election campaign, but i hope that after the election, president biden will have his hands untied, so to speak, and he will be able to take very positive and decisive steps for ukraine. oleksandr, thank you very much, oleksandr mereshko, people's deputy, servant of the people faction and chairman of the committee on foreign flights. we talked about volodymyr zelenskyi's visit to the united states and the consequences and results of this visit. i have today everything subscribe to the radio svoboda page on the internet until tomorrow. september discounts on lollipop lollipops. 20% at

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you are watching the program of the ukrainian voice of america service. time time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. the un is powerless to stop the war, but the ukrainian peace formula can do it. volodymyr zelenskyi said this during his speech at the un general assembly. the president of ukraine warned about the nuclear danger posed by the russian federation, called on world leaders to support ukraine. true and just peace, and warned countries, who do not support the ukrainian vision, you do not, you will not strengthen your power at the expense of ukraine, - he said. we talk in more detail about the results of zelensky's speech with our un correspondent iryna solomko. and i congratulate you, irina. so, what were the main points of volodymyr zelenskyi's speech at the un general assembly? yes, maria, this is actually the third such performance at

such a high point in may. high platform in this high week of the general assembly, the first speech of the president, he was at the peace summit, yesterday there was a meeting of the security council dedicated specifically to ukraine, which was attended by presidents, ministers of foreign affairs, and various partner countries and members of the security council, and also today the president spoke at the general assembly, he spoke at the very beginning of the morning, and it is wednesday, that is this is such a prestigious day, which shows how important the topic of ukraine is for and about... the united nations organization as a whole for the world, and we can say that during these three days, during these three during the speeches, such important topics for ukraine were heard, and the president focused on one of them, as you already mentioned, it is the topic of nuclear security, or the danger, as it is, that russia is currently creating on the territory of ukraine, waging its war, the president, for example, he recalled how on march 4, 2022, he heard that

the territory was being shelled by tanks. yekaterinburg nuclear power plant, after that, as we remember, this plant ended up in the hands of russian troops, and since then, in principle, despite the fact that the international community is trying to stabilize the situation despite calls from ukraine and still demilitarize this zone, this one with the au remains such a hot spot, and that is why the president said that this issue should of course be resolved, but he also added that, unfortunately, the situation is getting worse, because under after all, the information of ukrainian intelligence is such information that... russia will try to target and attack other nuclear power plants of ukraine, and including this will be done in order, for the information of the president, to break ukrainian spirit, because according to the words president putin is looking for ways to break the ukrainian spirit, and this will be done in order to essentially cut off the nuclear power plants, which essentially remain the only such large generators of electricity for ukrainian homes and businesses, and therefore

if... it happens, then in winter ukraine and ukrainians will find themselves in darkness and darkness. therefore, of course, he spoke about the fact that the whole situation should be resolved, and this is precisely one of the first points of the peace formula and volodymyr zelenskyi, which he also mentioned, he also talked about the fact that he thanked every leader, regardless of where they are, who see that russia, which is 20 times the size of ukraine, is trying to take over territory, the president called it madness, and now you can ... hear about as the president emphasized, what points of the peace formula are still important to implement. we must restore nuclear security, we must stop using energy as a weapon. we must ensure food security. we must bring home all our captured soldiers and civilians, by force deported to russia. we must abide by the un charter and guarantee. our

right is ukraine's right to territorial integrity and sovereignty, just as we do for any other nation. we must withdraw the russian occupation, which will put an end to military operations in ukraine. and we must bring those guilty of war crimes to justice. we need to prevent ecocide and stop the destruction of nature caused by war. and we must not allow a second or third phase of this russian invasion. and we must make it clear that the war is over, this is the formula for peace. and, and also, continuing on this topic, the president wanted to say that this is a very important such emphasis, which he drew attention to, that unfortunately, recently there are a lot of alternative , or as he called it, half-hearted regulatory plans, and it is very dangerous, in fact, because these plans, they do not take into account

the interests of ukraine and do not take into account.