biden and also the ukrainian president, they say, as if they could not come to an agreement with putin, and, let's say, 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 that every time president zelenskyi comes and returns with 60 billion dollars, which is also , well, that is also not true, and actually the republicans, parts of the republicans of course, accuse president zelenskyi and also the biden administration of the fact that they organized an event... which they call part of kamel harist's election campaign, when president zelenskyi came to a plant in pennsylvania that makes 155 mm shells, and the governor of the state of pennsylvania, who is a fairly well-known, popular democrat, was also there, and there were representatives congress from the democrats who represent this state, and there they signed an agreement on cooperation between pennsylvania and, it seems, zhytomyr oblast, i am not mistaken, zaporizhia oblast, thank you very much, zaporizhia oblast, this on... in fact, there is already the sixth such agreement

signed between the states and ukrainian regions, there are both democrats and republicans, and we also know that a meeting took place , in particular, with president zelensky when a similar agreement was signed in the state of utah, the governor was there, there there were congressmen, republicans, present during these meetings, well, and the actual accusation also refers to more of the team to more of the biden team that they used a military plane to bring zelensky there, and also dislike... so, the ukrainians asked to visit a company where, as you know, americans work, who produce ammunition that the ukrainian military uses every day on the front lines, they are of central importance to the continued existence of the country. it was

the initiative of the ukrainians, not ours. they wanted to do it. after they made that request, the department of defense did what it had done for years, provided transportation for a foreign leader traveling on u.s. soil. this is a common occurrence when leaders visit the us. the whole world knows that putin wants to kill president zelensky. he made this very clear. also, only two months ago, president zelenskyi visited utah, where he held a very similar event with the governor. republican, there were republican representatives at this event in utah and there was no, no demand to investigate this visit when it happened a couple of months ago, so it was a routine request for the ukrainians during the war, and so we're calling on the house republicans to drop it, from such political things, it is necessary stop. tanya, thank you for the latest news from the white house, tetyana voroshko. we are already moving on, we are talking about zelensky's visit to the american. congress, where

today the ukrainian delegation held bipartisan meetings, they took place against the background of criticism from some republicans towards volodymyr zelenskyi and demands to investigate the circumstances of the visit of the ukrainian president to the ammunition plant in pennsylvania, which we just mentioned, and which part of the republican party called politically involved, let's talk about it with ours correspondent at the congress kateryna lisonova, katya, i congratulate you, thank you for joining the conversation. congratulations ostap. katya, you were at the congress this morning, you saw how these meetings took place, tell me more about them, right? how did these meetings take place in the house of representatives and the senate and how was the ukrainian president perceived against the background of these turbulent events the day before? first of all , it should be emphasized that it was a bicameral and bipartisan meeting with the ukrainian leader. almost nothing has changed directly in the senate. zelensky held a meeting in the hall of the leaders of the democrats and the leaders of the republicans in the senate and there was a meeting at the level of both parties. actually, the leader of the democrats, hakeem jeffries, was present in the house of representatives. the ex was present.

democratic speaker nancy pelosi, leading republicans, michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, co -chair of the ukrainian congressional caucus, pennsylvania congressman brian fitz-patrick, the only top lawmaker not there, was house speaker mike johnson. i was at a press conference with him yesterday, and there he explained in detail why he will not meet with zelenskyi today and what he would talk about if he met: with him today, i suggest you listen: president zelenskyi will be at the congress, will you meet with him, and if not, is it related to his trip to pennsylvania? no, i couldn't arrange a meeting with zelensky this week because i had a very busy schedule, as you all can see, i'm not even sure if i'll be in washington tomorrow, but if we had met, we would have talked about this letter regarding the dismissal of the ambassador, i think it was a terrible development. events, and

it worsened the relations between the two countries at a very difficult time for ukraine, and i regret it, katya, actually about this letter, we know that the day before zelensky's arrival in washington, speaker... johnson sent him an official appeal demanding the release of ukraine's ambassador to the united states, oksana markarov, for what he says was the organization of this trip to the ammunition plant in pennsylvania, other congressmen initiated an investigation, a separate investigation into whether the biden and harris administrations were going to use the trip to their advantage. he will tell what the matter is and whether it affected the meetings of the ukrainian delegation in the congress today. and this situation already affected the meetings of volodymyr zelenskyi and... this investigation, which is taking place in the committee, it was the committee that sent requests to the white house, as well as to the ministry of justice and the ministry of defense, in order to follow, as they say, what it was finance that was used for this trip, and they said that if it was public finances, the finances of the taxpayers

of the united states of america, then this event, they say, was political and was used to support the democrats. nevertheless, if we talk about whether this event affected zelenskyi's visit, then it will have an effect. this was the main question of the journalists, it was also, there were also the main answers of the legislators, and in particular the republican, senator lynsey graham, during his answer, said that he supports the calls to release the ambassador oksana markarova, at the same time, did it affect, was it discussed during the meeting with volodymyr zelenskyi, all the legislators i spoke with say no, and did it affect the bipartisan support for ukraine, all the legislators i spoke with say... that no, and even the same republican lynsey graham, answering the question of whether a meeting with trump could actually take place, he said that it is still a possibility, that there is still an option that zelensky will meet with donald trump, and a republican congressman brian in an exclusive comment after

the meeting with zelensky, when he was interviewed, fis-patrick emphasized and noted that brian fis-patrick is a representative of this particular state of pennsylvania, in particular he stated that what happened in... in pennsylvania is most likely may just be a big misunderstanding and also stated that the absence of a speaker during this meeting should not be interpreted as a decrease in support for ukraine. i suggest listening to the comments of the legislators with whom i spoke. what happened in pennsylvania was a mistake. i'm not i know who organized the meeting, going to the weapons factory, thanking the workers makes sense, but whether it was intended or not, it's not enough... my view on this situation is this: it's not about now, it's about the long-term result. it is in our interests as americans to make sure that putin will not succeed in dismembering ukraine, because that would untie china's hands with taiwan. i think putin will continue his offensive. i think

it is important that president zelensky argued for president biden to change the military strategy. the meeting had a positive character. there was bipartisan support in... ukraine, which i think is extremely important. i think we need to win this war. i believe that we need to protect the territorial integrity of ukraine and protect democracy. i think nato and the united states are committed to that. i think the free world is committed to that. let me point out that support for ukraine consistently gets over 300 votes in the house of representatives, regardless of whether the speaker votes. at the speaker's. " a trip was already planned for that day. i myself learned about this meeting two days ago, and i'm not even the speaker. i can guarantee you that the speaker has a busy schedule and other responsibilities, especially now that we are on recess, he has business trips around the country, so there is no need to think about his absence. i

almost didn't make it to this meeting myself because it was scheduled at the last minute and everyone has their own plans and travels. i know mike johnson very well, we went to school together, we came to the convention together. it was he who brought aid to ukraine to a vote to continue this support, even though many in his own party were adamantly against it. therefore, there is no need to doubt mike johnson's determination and support for ukraine and the ukrainian people. no one fully understands exactly what happened in pennsylvania, there are many unanswered questions, and we 'll get to them. it is possible that this was all a big misunderstanding. very interesting, katya, yes, what do you have to add to this? according to the legislators. with whom i spoke, first of all, during the meeting with zelenskyi , the situation at the front, on the battlefield, aid to ukraine, the lifting of all restrictions on the ukrainian army, as well as the plan were discussed victory of volodymyr zelenskyi, and the issue of pennsylvania was not raised. katya, thank you for your work, for these exclusive comments of american legislators, kateryna lisonova

was in touch with us. more than 500 activists from 45 american states visited the offices of the us congress this week to ask for more support for ukraine. it's already. the ukrainian congressional action summit, a large advocacy association, the american coalition for ukraine, which includes more than 100 organizations, is engaged in it on public advocacy in washington and long. iryna shynkarenko and kostyantyn golubchyk will talk about the short-term plans for promoting support for ukraine in the usa. more than 500 representatives of the diaspora and americans, supporters of ukraine take a traditional photo against the background of the congress, and then form into delegations by state. the participants of the fifth ukrainian action summit leave the corridors of the capitol. a delegation from california, waiting to meet with a politician from their state, and...

why are there so many of you? in this senate office are pro-ukraine to cement support veterinarian from california gio roman, who was a volunteer in ukraine and lost an eye there, donates the badge of the brigade in which he served. you were in the international legion. i was in the 59th brigade , ironically, before i got wounded, that was our logo, the same eye. i'm not ukrainian, my family comes from mexico, i'm from orange county, but... what i see in ukraine, i assure you, if we give them more help, it will benefit us in

the long run. we can learn a lot from ukraine, and it will only strengthen our army. as part of the delegation representatives of the ukrainian diaspora, american and ukrainian veterans, volunteers, activists. before going to the congress, participants of the summit were trained. it's a bit like a prince's court, you have to know how to get there, you have to know how to speak. representatives of the delegation before the meeting... we at the congress taught not only how to talk to politicians who open the door, but also to those who do not go to dialogue. yes, we have all congressmen who do not respond to our very nice invitations, who may not want to meet with us, there are some bureaus in the congress, if you call, it goes straight to voicemail, and i think that's not cool, because it's not only to our ukrainians, it's also to all their ducks that they don't want to hear from them. we have already taught our delegation leaders that they must come there. for knocking a couple of times, so that if they don't want to talk to you, they can leave a postcard, leave information, so that

somehow you can make connections there, and you can build on those connections. the participants of this summit in two days held about 350 meetings with the offices of congressmen and senators, about some of them agreed at the last minute. i think it is a difficult time on the capitalist hill, a lot is happening, but despite everything we have meetings, we are still accepted. the main purpose of this summit is to encourage congress to pressure the administration, to demand the lifting of restrictions on ukraine, so that it has the ability to strike back, to work at full capacity, also to ensure defense support for ukraine under the pda program, which is expiring and ukraine really needs of this funding. such advocacy activists have held summits every six months since the start of the full-scale war. initially , 13 organizations joined them, now there are about a hundred. due to the large number of people and

the need to coordinate actions, the activists officially united in the american coalition for ukraine, and registered it as a non-profit organization. this is a powerful message, if one organization says one thing, another the other, it's one thing. if we have 100 organizations saying the same thing, it actually sounds much more powerful. in congress coalition leaders say, in addition to that she became a unique association of the ukrainian community in the usa, it was also joined by organizations of people from georgia and syria. and about 40% of the members of the advocacy coalition are americans without ukrainian roots. one of its leaders, the american kate tremont, asks to be called kateryna. i can answer in ukrainian. no, i'm not ukrainian by consent, i'm american now. "i work with the american coalition for ukraine and i am very happy

to do advocacy. kate had previous experience of advocacy in congress and became one of the organizers of the first advocacy summits for ukraine. now, they say, it is time to form a permanent large force of voters in the usa, who would declare the need to support ukraine not only now, but also in the long term. the reason we've turned into a real organization, created a board, etc., is that this work will continue for decades, even if, and we all want it to happen, russia goes home tomorrow. we will have decades of work to defend of ukraine, to help ukraine in joining the eu and nato, obtaining security guarantees, reconstruction, revival of the ukrainian economy. the american coalition for ukraine plans to work not only on capitol hill, to teach voters more active advocacy directly in their states. the summit is

great, it's only two summits a year, but the main work with government representatives has to happen. on the ground, in every state, in every district, there are many people who are very passionate about the fate of ukraine, and they can go to these offices, write, speak, constantly, constantly remind and influence the decisions precisely on the decisions of civil servants, on the decisions of representatives of the authorities , concept advocacy for many, even americans, for ukrainians as well, but even for americans, these people do not know what it means, what it means, what rights they have... coalition activists say they are trying to attract people across the country. representatives of 45 states took part in the summit. we 've had people from idaho, we've had people from hawaii, we've had people from arkansas and wyoming, it's a lot harder to find people there.

when i talk to delegates about what to share. it's about sharing their personal stories, so they tell, why are they here, why is it important to them, is it their family, or something about the situation that inspired them to come from california, washington, north dakota to be with us here in washington. in the american coalition for ukraine, they say, with regard to already traditional calls, such as the recognition of russia's actions as genocide and the authorization of long-range strikes, this time they call for the adoption of the stand with ukraine act, a law on american support for ukraine for a period of 10 days. and the latest story for today is about , as the american millionaire and philanthropist del hansen helped with the restoration the village of sloboda in chernihiv oblast, which suffered from russian aggression. he allocated more than 700,000 dollars for this. the american businessman from the state of utah visited the village for the first time in may 2022, and since then, he

has visited ukraine for the seventh time, this time he came to sloboda to open a new children's club. anna kostyuchenko and pavel sohodolsky talked with the american philanthropist and the villagers. in general, i was at this place. horod, here was a house. everything is here. 83-year-old lyubov pishur lost her house in march 2022, when the russians occupied the village of sloboda, 130 km from the russian border , and shelled their street. there were three rooms, and there was a kitchen. and there was gas, and the veranda was there, that was it, everything, everything burned in one minute before my eyes, the village of sloboda with a population of about 500 people was occupied by the russians from march 5 to march 30, 2022. they shot, specially some kind of incendiary, probably

something that burned immediately. after losing their home, lyubov pishur and her 52-year-old daughter. tamara wandered among neighbors and relatives almost a year, and in august 2023 they received new housing in a modular house from the hansen foundation. many funds came here, everyone came, no one will rebuild your house, let's put it this way, there was no real help at all from anyone, so when the village council called to take the documents and come, i just took my other folder, came, i think that well, nothing will probably happen at all, and when he came from... he said that i can give modular houses to whoever wants to get them, everything is completely here, as they say, come and live. a 71-year-old millionaire and philanthropist from the state of utah, del loy hansen, first visited the village of sloboda in may 2022, and since then he began to help the local community. you are like

a sister to me. hanson has his own budi business. real estate in the usa, which he opened in the late 80s. this time, the american philanthropist came to chernihiv oblast to open a country club, which his foundation built on the site of a destroyed russian medical kindergarten. in ukraine, at the beginning of full-scale russian aggression, the hansen foundation has already launched 14 charitable projects for victims of war of ukrainians. it's just money, paper, but this money, if given to the right person, creates joy. i don't want money, i want joy, so i sell things to get money and get joy. i have never found a place like ukraine anywhere. these people should be proud that they are ukrainians.

came home for a short vacation, a few weeks ago loy hansen's foundation completed the reconstruction of the roof and facade of mykola's house, which was damaged by shelling. during the occupation, russians lived in his house, the man says. the first four days when the professionals were standing here, these russians, well , what are they going to do, contract workers, such, yes, they were standing there, here in our store they took those prisoners, beat them.

i consider it an honor to hear their needs and help. i am blessed, i say sincerely. we are all looking for happiness, we are all looking for joy, but we don't know how to find it. you don't find joy sitting at a bar or watching porn, you find joy in the eyes of another person when you realize they are your brother and sister and you do everything to help each other. chernihiv region is still suffering from russian aggression, 55-year-old vira gorshkova from the village of semenivka, which is 8 km from

the border with russia, recently escaped from shelling with a small turbine. does she have a place to live? the woman hopes to find shelter in sloboda. we didn't know if we would survive or if we would leave our village, i left all in... he says that he has already spent more than 700,000 dollars to support the village of sloboda. in addition to housing reconstruction, he financially supports 120 low-income families and pensioners in the village every month. he gave 42 bicycles and 25 laptops to local children, and also bought a car for the village to repair the power line and a bus. gantsyn says he wanted to repair the road to sloboda. however, the state authorities informed him that it was expensive. of general importance and requires special design. during this visit to ukraine, hansyn also visited a 135-apartment community for refugees in kyiv,

where his foundation bought apartments, where more than two dozen new families have been settled so far. last fall, the hansen foundation launched a social project in the village of tarasivka near kyiv housing for immigrants. currently , more than 320 families of displaced persons and veterans live in the town of hansyna. war anna kostyuchenko, pavel sukhodolsky for voice of america from chernihiv region and kyiv. this is the story and we will say goodbye on this. good night and good morning, see you soon. see you soon. in september, there are discounts on amiksin ic, 10% in psarynsky, bam and oskad pharmacies.

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verdict program, my name is serhii rudenko, i congratulate everyone and wish everyone good health. during the next hour, we talk about war, peace, and how our president is in the united states of america with a big american tour, and what are the consequences, there are positive and negative consequences, there are trump's statements, there is an expected meeting. zelenskyi z biden, which is to be held here in washington. we, we are waiting for the results, of course, of this meeting, because there president zelensky will present the plan for the victory of ukraine. throughout our program, we will have two guests, valentina lyvaichenko, the former head of the security service of ukraine and the people's dep...