very important, but at the same time, the key issue is also the issue of removing any restrictions on the use of american e- weapons, and primarily for their destruction of targets on the territory of russia, this is an absolutely absurd restriction, in the comments that i managed to read in the american press , it is indicated that the announcement made: by biden, this is very important, but still, as they write, he still stopped short of giving permission for the use of american weapons to hit a target on the territory of russia, and it seems to me that if it happens as a result of the conversation, but i am very skeptical about it, then it will be a really key for... the achievement of this trip, well, precisely about

the fact that the strikes of long-range weapons on the territory of russia are one of the key points of this zelenskyi's victory plan is written by the western media, and the western media are already saying that there is some dissatisfaction with the plan in the administration of the american president, if biden does not support it, what will happen next, what do you think, you understand, i am critical enough react to many steps of our government, at the same time... it should be noted that, of course, and speaking of this, i, well, let's put it this way, have a rather timid attitude to such high-profile names as the peace formula, the peace plan, the most important thing for us now - this is receiving military aid, and looking at the comments of our partners, i still do not fully understand what they would like to hear, that is, i do not want to. just

voice it, well, probably they wanted to hear what we are not ready to do, and absolutely right, not ready to do it, but together with it should be understood that since the beginning of this year , macron has been absolutely correct in saying that our partners in the anti-putin coalition need to use force to provide assistance to ukraine, that is, the rhetoric is now, well , it is practically that of the vast majority of western leaders. lagging behind concrete actions from rhetoric, it is present, let's say, we see this on the example of numerous coalitions that are created for one or another for ukraine, but from the creation of a coalition to concrete results , we see that much more time passes, than, let's say, when russia and... iran, russia and north korea,

russia and china agree among themselves, that is, the main issue is providing an increase in military aid and removing these absurd restrictions on the armed forces using these weapons as they consider necessary. mr. olezh, this meeting between zelenskyi and biden today will take place against the background of a loud scandal about the alleged interference of ukraine in the elections, which is blamed on the ukrainian president. we are detailed. already discussing this issue today throughout the issue, do you think there was the failure of preparations for the visit of the ukrainian delegation to the usa and who is to blame for what happened? in principle, i look at it, well , based on the information that is available, plus, based on my experience that i had, including her work experience during the period of the election campaign, the transition from one administration to another, that is, here of course it is necessary to be... as careful as possible, and

of course, one could say that both our embassy and the foreign policy department probably should have more carefully assessed all possible points related to the trip president to the pennsylvania plant, but at the same time, the main claims, in my opinion, are claims against our... let's say, our partners, and from the american side, and first of all from the democratic party, they should understand that the transformation of such, in principle, absolutely an expedient event, such as visiting this factory, which works for ukrainian victory, some event of the democratic party, in fact, and or to give a reason for such an argument to be used by the republic. this, in my opinion,

is a miscalculation of ours, our partners, like you do you think, this scandal, and in fact the visit itself, can turn into critical consequences. for ukraine, it seems to me that it is not possible to say that, let's say, a difficult situation for ukraine will be the result of this scandal, which was created by the republicans. rather, i'd like to look at it in terms of this really very troubling situation with trump as president that has developed, and what we're hearing from both johnson and what we've been hearing lately from trump, from vance, it's evidence that that there is a very unfavorable for us evolution of perception and, let's say, strategies regarding the war in ukraine in the republican party, if you look at the entire range of trump's statements,

he sometimes even gave opportunities for interpretation in our favor, now he is going absolutely in the negative direction and what we ... heard about the details of this trump plan about ending the war in 24 hours indicates that if this is done, there is a very high risk that it will be done at the expense of ukraine's national interests. and this should definitely be taken into account. why do you think this is happening, why did trump's team change its rhetoric so dramatically? well one must obviously ask trump, that is, for a certain period we saw that a struggle was going on. for the soul, the head of trump between different groups of his allies, that is, the majority of those who adhere to approximately the position i spoke about, and a small but quite active group of those who believe that it is necessary

to continue supporting ukraine, it is now visible that the first axis is a more numerous and negative group of advisers for ukraine, it... obviously either took or is taking the upper hand, and what we hear from trump is another confirmation, of course, in trump has a significant element of volatility, he makes a lot of decisions spontaneously under the influence of emotions, this complicates the situation, but, judging by everything, he leans exactly to the line of behavior that is not conducive. to ukraine, this, well, here we can talk about it for a long time, and it corresponds to his ideology, slogan and policy america above all, and the type of neo-isolationism that is characteristic of trump, although it is quite specific, that is, we can

talk about it for a long time, but the main thing is, what is happening now on the republican field for us an extremely unpleasant situation, but at the same time one must... one must try to build bridges with trump's entourage, at least in order to clearly know what they will be, or, well, as much as possible, in the case of trump, to know what his really real position is , and accordingly, minimize our losses. mr. olezh, one more question, mike johnson appealed to zelensky to release the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarov, can politicians so openly demand the release of the ambassador, what will they be? steps of ukraine in your opinion? eh, how to me, this, well, i would not like to take this measure, this is some kind of rude behavior, especially since we hear this not from a representative of the current administration, which is a partner, but from the speaker of the house of

representatives in this case, uh, and this , in my opinion, is absolutely unacceptable, and the ambassador should draw conclusions about suitability or unsuitability. direct ukrainian side, i believe that, well, let's say, there are absolutely no grounds for fulfilling johnson's whims, and it would not correspond to, well, let's say, the status and interests of ukraine. thank you to you, this was oleg shamshur, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of ukraine, ambassador of ukraine to the usa in 2006-2010. and from the victory plan, with which zelensky went to the usa, we go to the events taking place at the front, the 72nd brigade named after the black zaporozhets continues to hold the defense of the coalfield in donetsk region. despite reports in the media that military personnel have begun to leave

the city. the video confirmation with a comment from one of the military brigade was distributed on its official resources. we are fighters of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade, i want to disperse everyone amounts and the opinion of pseudo-experts that the 72nd brigade left the city of uglidar. currently, despite heavy assaults and difficult circumstances, we are in place. today is the 26th of 2024, glory to ukraine. instead, analysts of the american institute for the study of war write in their latest report that russia has advanced in the coal mine, probably capturing the eastern part of the city. in turn, the co-founder of the deep state project, analyst ruslan mykula, said on radio svoboda today that the loss of the uglydar is a matter of a few days or weeks. the day before, i will remind you, the forbes publication wrote that the 72nd brigade had allegedly already begun retreating from the izmi. the russian ministry of defense reports on the improvement of positions in the coal mine area, the ukrainian

general staff comments very discreetly on the situation in donetsk region. it is only known that the kurakhiv and pokrovsky directions remain the hottest in terms of the number of attacks and assaults. joining our broadcast is a serviceman who is currently in the pokrovsky area with the call sign luyut, the commander of the company of the strike unmanned aviation complexes of the 68th separate yegerska brigade. good evening to you. i wish you health! rfe /rl is very closely monitoring how the situation is changing on the battlefield, and in particular in donetsk region. yesterday we included your colleague from the pokrovsky direction, and he said that in order to hold the donbas, the brigades that are already on the front lines need reserves, is this true and how threatening does the situation in the pokrovsky direction look now? well, at the moment, the activity of the enemy has increased a lot, now they are trying to take positions. move further, using a lot of loss of manpower,

of course we also need some reserves, well, such losses as they bear are probably not comparable to ours, because in one day they lose a very large number of personnel, despite this, they continue offensive actions, well, we also have to have certain reserves and build the strongest possible defense there, build other lines of the second and third lines, so for this we need as many personnel as possible, of course, but when you directly say commanders about the need for reinforcements, what do you hear in response? well, i can't say that we don't have enough there, of course we always want more, but we effectively destroy the enemy, well, for now. of course, they have some certain successes there, but with such losses, they have never seen anything like this before, well, that

is, in fact, during the years of the war, they have not seen anything like this before, they only lost eh, well, they already have more than 600 casualties in a day forces are in our direction with the participation of our brigade, my company was destroyed in one day ee 132, 132 personnel. well, this has never happened before, it is for a period, for a day, not even for a day, that is, it is a large number, well, and how do you explain it, why does this happen, maybe they have some goal for a specific date, we have many subscribers to our channels of our work, russian fans there, they see, they see the result, where they are going and what awaits them, i don't know what motivates them, what can motivate them. it's not money, it's not some kind of idea, i honestly don't understand what controls them

and why they go, and there even there to a certain populated place where we are defending ourselves, we call it the road of death, because it is simply littered with soldiers of the russian federation, let's say, littered with corpses, they are simply lying at the edge of the road, there are a large number of them, and that's all along the same road... they are going to storm, they continue to storm, well, i don't know what can motivate military personnel, when you just walk over the bodies of your brothers, regarding pokrovsk, the ukrainian army is currently managing to hold the defense of the city, what is the situation there, and they still need a little more time to reach pokrovsk, they still have a long way to pokrovsk, that is, we are working, holding the defense, now there is a fight for other settlements. but does the russian army strike the city every day? and they are, of course, systematically everywhere

from as well as in other cities, well, here, of course, more, because there the barrel artillery already reaches the city, and they fly there with the help of unmanned aerial systems of uavs, and we also fly and hit them . you say that pokrovsk is still far away russian army, can you estimate how many? to understand, i can't give such an estimate, and i can't say exactly, because, well , almost a week ago, it was the same in our direction. with constant assaults, well, that is, there were around 10-20, there were 30 people per day moving there, assault actions, well, they are not assaults, but when they put 200 personnel and several pieces of equipment in a day, then this well, a big storm, seeing with what intensity they will continue, if they have enough reserves to

continue to put your personnel, well, then they will have a little more success, if it ends in the near future, then they will not have success, because we are already used to a certain pace of theirs, and i can only endure it, thank you, thank you , this was a serviceman of the armed forces of ukraine, the insignia ferocious, the commander of the company of the attack unmanned aircraft complexes of the 68th separate hunter brigade, thank you, well, i urge you to follow the pages of radio liberty in social networks, subscribe to our youtube channels, put to my liking leave a comment in this issue, your opinion is important to us, and svoboda live will be back on the air tomorrow, see you soon! september discounts on lactial, 20% in pharmacies, plantain, bam and savings. in

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against a child. in any city, at any time. just go to the site and report, and we will launch all possible mechanisms to punish the criminal. stop greetings, our chasstan program is on the air of the voice of america in ukraine, my name is ostap parysh. volodymyr zelenskyi arrived in washington, where he has ongoing meetings in congress and the white house. the visit is accompanied by the announcement of massive defense support of almost $8 billion, and on the other hand, a serious. concern among republicans in congress, up to calls for the release of ukraine's ambassador to the united states, oksana markarova. we will talk more about zelenskyi's visit to washington and the events surrounding it today on the air.

let's start our conversation with tatya. voroshko, who joins now with the latest news from the white house. tanya, i congratulate you. congratulations step. tanya, you just returned from the meeting between volodymyr zelensky and joe biden at the white house. tell me more about what you managed to hear from the presidents. so, before the start of the meeting, president biden and president zelensky shared such short speeches with the press, literally two minutes each. president biden said that he expects to hear the plan, he is interested in the details of the victory plans that zelensky brought with him. such a short conversation has already been going on, but... it's interesting to hear all this in detail, secondly, he said that the united states are clearly interested in ukraine gaining an advantage in the long term, and for this there will be two such main initiatives, one initiative is short-term, strengthening ukraine's capabilities on the battlefield right now, so that ukraine will gain an advantage on the battlefield, and the other a number of hooks in order to strengthen ukraine in the long term, to support on the way to the eudna, and to support the implementation of reforms in order to strengthen

the defense and stability of ukraine. in the long term, so that there is no repeated aggression. president zelensky thanked president biden and the american people for their support. he also thanked other countries that announced a number of measures to support ukraine during the un general session. and he also said that he's going to talk about that plan, he's going to give the details of it, and he's looking forward to working with the american team in coordination, working together to implement that plan, and he also mentioned that he just came back from the convention and emphasized that ukraine very much... appreciates bipartisan support, of course, tano, yes it seems that before zelenskyi's visit, the white house announced the largest aid package of all time, we are talking about almost 8 billion dollars, but in addition to the actual weapons, joe biden also announced steps to strengthen the ukrainian army, shared details about this and when the promised aid will arrive in ukraine, do we know anything? yes, in fact, these are seven steps to strengthen, to provide

more intensive aid to ukraine, the first. relates to defense assistance, the package that was signed, appropriated by congress, voted on and signed by the president in april, in april this year contains both defense aid and other types of defense, other types of aid, so defense aid must be fully allocated to ukraine until the end of president biden's term of office, and other aid can be allocated later, this aid consists of two such component parts: the first is this assistance, which is provided from the pentagon warehouses. under the presidential authorization program, and there was some problem as to whether the united states would be able to use this assistance before the end of the fiscal year, it was a condition, yes it looks like they will be able to, the day before the day before, the pentagon announced one package for 325 million dollars, but there is still 5.5 billion dollars left, that's about this amount, and until the end of president biden's term, let's say, these will be allocated, assistance will be allocated for this amount, the rest of the defense assistance

is related to the security promotion initiative. and this is when the pentagon contracts with arms manufacturers in the united states, it's $2.4 billion, it was also announced, and a number of other steps like this will be expanded ukrainian f-16 pilot training program for up to 18 people, long-range missiles are provided, an additional patriot launch system and missiles are provided, russia's ability to use cryptocurrency systems to circumvent sanctions will also be limited, and president biden also said. that they are planning the next meeting of the contact group, and where it will be, you know, certain planning has been carried out, it will be in order for the support of ukraine to continue. tanya, on the other hand, zelensky's visit to the united states is accompanied by sharp criticism from the outside donald trump, what does it consist of, tanya, and does the ukrainian side somehow respond to it now? well, actually, not only donald trump, donald trump, let's say, speaking during his meetings with voters, let's say, speaks more and more critically about

president zelensky. he blames the biden administration and also the ukrainian president, saying that they were unable to come to an agreement with putin and, let's say, to make this war impossible, of course, that is , there is no confirmation of this, he does not provide confirmation, he also, let's say, talks about the fact that president zelenskyy comes every time and returns with 60 billion dollars, which is also, well, that this is also not true, and actually the republicans, and part of the republicans, of course, blame president zelenskyi and also the biden administration. in that they organized an event, which they call part of the kamel harris campaign, when president zelensky came to a plant in pennsylvania that makes 155 mm shells, and the governor of pennsylvania, who is quite well known to popular democrats, was also there there were representatives of the congress from the democrats, who represent this state, and there they signed a cooperation agreement between pennsylvania and, it seems, the

zhytomyr region, if i am not mistaken. zaporizhia oblast, thank you very much zaporizhia oblast, this is on...