and according to people familiar with his training, he is quite worried about failing the campaign, even saying that when kamela harris chose her vice-presidential running mate, he immediately said he had little debate experience. we know that he has been preparing for these debates for the past few weeks, we know that buriadzic is helping him in this preparation, he is the minister of transport and also a former candidate, a person who ran for president. 2020 election, and he is called a master debater, and in particular in this preparation, he plays the role of jd vance. we can also expect that another challenge for tim wallace will be that janie vance will try to criticize his policies while governor of minnesota. we know that in this position, tim walls has pursued quite liberal policies and jay vance in particular can focus on topics such as driver's license policies. undocumented

migrants, but still quite optimistic about the democratic campaign, they believe that tim walsh has one big trump card, they is believed to have continued to grow in popularity since being introduced as a vp candidate, unlike his rival jedi vance. tanya, on the other hand, what's the ultimate challenge for jedi vance, what is he going to do against tim walsh? well, word is coming out of the jaydy vances camp that he's feeling pretty confident heading into this debate. first, because he's given a lot of interviews, it's true, he's given more interviews than the other contestants in this race, and that kind of prepares him for these debates, and also, but still, he 's doing some formal training, talking to the company's advisors, and he's rehearsing with tom emer, the republican congressman who's preparing him for these debates, playing, playing the part of tim walls, and he's also from minnesota, he's about that age, but the main thing is... he

knows tim wales very well. he has, let's say, jida vance's task, well, we can say three main tasks. the first thing is to please donald trump so that he is satisfied with his performance. donald trump has already said that he will closely follow the debates and even comment on them on his social networks, his social pages. and besides, he needs to find an effective line of attack against tim walls, as yulia said, he is popular, his popularity is growing. and thirdly. must, shall we say, not diminish his own popularity, jay vance is his unpopularity, exceeds his popularity, and let's say, from the moment he entered this race, the more people know about him, the more, shall we say, it does not add to him popularity, the main thing is not to alienate additional voters, we know that some of his previous statements were not liked, well, at least partially by whole categories of voters, for example, when he called women democrats, popular... that he called them cat people,

lonely, who did not happy themselves and don't want others to be happy, well, many women didn't like that, well, or for example his statements about immigrants from haiti who allegedly eat dogs and cats in the city of springfield ohio, this information was not confirmed, so here it is yes, let's say such a task is not harmful, although, experts say, this is the task of every vice-presidential candidate, let's listen, but... the first thing they need to do is to present themselves to the electorate and everyone will try to make a good general impression. second, the ground rule for vice presidential candidates is pretty much the same as the ground rule for vice presidents. namely: do not do anything that would weaken, undermine, embarrass your candidate or your president. it's interesting, tanya, we expect

that the moderators will also hear questions about foreign policy, in particular about ukraine, the public statements of vance tim walz on this matter, well, it is very noticeably different, have you seen, heard tanya, what approach is the republican candidate currently proposing regarding this issue? in fact, we expect that this question will probably be for jevens, he is for jed vance, he recently made his views public in a conversation with a podcaster. and those views, they've drawn a lot of criticism from foreign policy experts, security experts who say they're very similar to views of the kremlin and is in fact a capitulation plan, well actually jady wen said that in his opinion the war should be stopped at the contact line, a demilitarized zone should be built, and that somehow it is not clear how to protect this zone, but to strengthen ukraine so that russia does not go further , but ukraine, for its part, should refuse to join the eu and nato, and actually. view was even criticized by president

volodymyr zelenskyi during his stay in the united states, he said that this is actually, let's say, an attempt to complete war at the expense of the victim, at the expense of ukraine, that this will not stop. may even cause further aggression and a lot of local, maybe even a world conflict, because it destroys law and order, the rule of law, international law in the world, to which jaydiven said that it was just a suggestion, and he will probably have to explain somehow , to defend such a proposal during the debate. yuli, what about dimao, we asked him something about ukraine already in the role of a candidate for vice president. ostape, we heard a lot about ukraine even before he became a candidate. vice presidents, in particular in the role of governor, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, he has consistently supported ukraine, voiced words of support. we know that there is a fairly significant ukrainian community in minnesota. we also know that he signed some decrees, in particular, on cooperation with

the chernihiv region from minnesota. we also know that he participated in a tour of the german marshall fund, aimed at strengthening support for ukraine in states that may be less they know about why it is worth supporting ukraine, but even after he was actually chosen as a vice-presidential candidate, he spoke about the fact that ukraine cannot be left alone, or whether the united states should continue to help ukraine, he also just a few weeks ago during the campaign , he visited one ukrainian cafe in wisconsin, that is, his support for ukraine looks consistent, and this absolutely echoes the way he speaks about support for ukraine and the importance of supporting ukraine to victory, and presidential candidate kamela. so here there are no strange inconsistent things, and we remember kamela harris last week, when ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyi was here, she said that she sees one of her tasks as supporting ukraine until ukraine wins, and therefore it remains politics and camila harris and

tim walsh. as for other ostap topics, it should be expected that other international topics will be touched on in the debate today, in particular , we can see that the situation in the middle east is developing very rapidly, and it is obvious. this one moderators will not miss this topic either. certainly. tanya, let's get back to you. we know that the weight of the current debate is not as great, certainly, as the weight of the presidential debate, but it will be important nonetheless. what is their significance? well, i would name two reasons right away: firstly, if donald trump is elected at the end of his term, he will be the oldest president in history. so those who vote for trump should make sure that they are satisfied with jedi vance. and also this debate is the last debate. television event before on the day of voting, so they will have, let's say, a significant impression, they will be discussed, and they will influence the general rhetoric of the subsequent campaign. julia, can these debates somehow affect the course of the race? ostab, we see that in this presidential campaign

everything is to be expected, and we know that today the american voters will have the opportunity for the last time, essentially, to see such a comparison table of the two candidates, the candidates for vice president, who ... represent the campaigns and understand whose campaign whose policies they support. also we know there is still a month to go but now the polls show that the margin of the candidates in all the leading states that decide the fate of this election remains within the margin of statistical error, so even a small half percent could be decisive in this election, we will be watching, thanks to you, tatyana voroshko, yuliya yarmolenko was in touch with us, we talked about preparations for the vice presidential debate tonight. i remind you that the debate will take place at 90 pm washington and at four o'clock in the morning kyiv time, the voice of america will broadcast them live with a translation into ukrainian, and after the end we will analyze the main points in the studio and sum up all the results. meanwhile, our colleagues recently returned from the states represented by tim voss and jay wen from minnesota and ohio. there,

they talked with americans of ukrainian origin, about how important it is for them to support the candidates of ukraine in these elections, and what kind of policy they expect from them. let's. if you think about the republican position, then people surely think that the economic situation will surely be better sooner, they hope for this in general and and also they hope that those words that the candidate said, that he will quickly solve the issue of ukraine and the war will stop, and people will not will die, this i think attracts many from the democratic... couples expect that they will continue the current policy, the policy of biden and provide assistance to ukraine with weapons and financial, financial assistance, and also assistance to ukrainians who are here frankly, many

people in our community have relatives who came here as refugees or immigrants in the past, so refugee policy and attitudes toward immigrants are important to them accordingly. for ukrainians, the standard of living in general is important. here in minnesota, as well as support for ukraine. this is more about voting at the federal level or voting for the president and vice president, so that the future administration understands what a threat russia poses not only to ukraine, but also here. here in ukraine and here in america, i am like that i personally believe that if trump is there, then he will definitely have some conditions with putin, which we have already issued, crimea remains in russia, donetsk remains in russia, and he will do it as soon as possible so that our territory is already given to russia, well, of course it's not, it's not ours. i would not like to see that, absolutely no, absolutely no, in the last four years wars have started, in america

in general such hatred has started for each other, if the country is in danger and in such evil and in such, it cannot help anyone else, it cannot help ukraine, because here my problems, of which there are many, the borders are open, everyone comes in, whoever wants to, i would like to see another candidate. not donald trump, but there are no others, for me it is very important for me that there are republicans, because in the last four years, they are now a democracy, i see that it is simply terrible what is being done in the country. these are the opinions of american citizens of ukrainian origin from the states of minnesota and ohio about this election campaign. watch the reports from these communities soon on voice of america programs in ukrainian. we continue with others

topics the only news marathon will continue as long as the war lasts. the minister of culture and strategic communications mykola tuchytskyi told about this in an exclusive interview with voice of america. this is tuchytskyi's first interview after being appointed to the post. last week, as part of the ukrainian delegation, he visited new york and washington about the cultural policy and changes that the ministry is going to implement in the near future. also about the help of american partners, mykola tuchytskyi told in an interview with iryna solomko. sir mykola, you are visiting new york for the first time already in your new status as a minister, and you have already met with several iconic figures in general, and for american culture, this is the leader meto and the leader arnegi goluu, that is, what were they talking about, will there be any news, really we discussed specific projects that have already been initiated, primarily by the first lady who allocates. attention in this, that is, we have created a project called young

musicians, which is again designed to reproduce everything that is ukrainian-ukrainian, and the most interesting thing is that this is a kind of formation of a young coalition of musicians, because there will be an orchestra, which will be composed of performers from different countries and... and actually from those countries that are helping us today on the battlefield. it is already formed, i think that in the near future we will clearly understand, it is in carnegie hall, mr. gilison is creating such a team, i think that in the near future it will already be presented to the world and there will be, well, i think that at the end of autumn the first concerts, one of the performers from ukraine. it's uh lady who uh a volunteer, a soldier, at the same time,

a beautiful violinist, and i think that it will be strong not only emotionally, but also a demonstration that ukraine, even fighting for its territorial integrity, for its freedoms, does not forget about cultures, about those people who today give us the opportunity er... at the front, er, to create various kinds of projects. in washington, are there any meetings planned there? my current position is called the minister of culture and strategic communications, and we work with our american colleagues in order not to exclusively carry out measures are related to disinformation, which the russian federation carries not only in the ukrainian space, but in the democratic space in general. world and we have several serious projects on how to work not

only in order to break these narratives that, well, you know them very well, that is, there are no ukrainians, such a country does not exist, it is only the little russians, there is another element that concerns that we could, together with colleagues, try to use new technologies in order to create narratives that are true, that is, ... reproduction historical justice and truth, bringing all countries to understand that what the russian federation is currently doing in relation to to ukraine is nothing but genocide. as of today, we already have a new, new shot generation. we have already lost 124 townspeople from this aggression. we have thousands of buildings of culture and information space that have been destroyed, destroyed, lost forever. and there is one more

element that is very important and that we all strive for, that too. refers to the strategic task that he set president volodymyr zelenskyi, this is the preservation of our identity and heritage, that is, we are working on a project together with our partners in terms of the digitization of the entire heritage of ukraine, and it is quite a lot, i can tell you that only today we have 1700-700 artifacts that are in the occupied territories, and uh... such a number suggests that all this is at the risk of the russian federation taking it not only to russia, by the way, but also, as our recent experience shows, abroad, and here we are working with our american colleagues on in order to detect and return, well, actually a couple of days ago such a return took place, let's

now talk about the second part of your responsibility, these are strategic communications after all, you already said a little about them that there are... such external communications, there are internal communication, and for a very long time there has been criticism of the previous head, in the context of internal communication, and this is the only marathon, that is, you, the new minister, well, that is, new goals and tasks are being set, how do you see the development of this direction, and how long the single marathon will continue to exist, i said and i say that as long as there is a war, we - we need a single one. marathon in order for us to make, let's say, the only approaches that will break the propaganda that the russian federation is making in relation to us. another element that is important, what we came to in communication with our colleagues, is that it should be more of an educational project

, where we will explain more from... again, and even for us, it needs to be done, what is ukrainian culture , how and what do we plan to do in order to preserve it, why are we, let's say, now making efforts in one direction, and not in another, well, and most importantly, i would really like to see more people on these channels , who with different opinions, certainly one... represent one or another spheres of cultural life, it is one of the important elements for us to overcome in some places the uncertainty that we are on the right path, it is a declaration of society as such, you probably understand that

they are very western partners, that's probably the question there censorship, freedom of speech - this is a very sensitive thing for them, they are many things. can forgive, but when it comes to censorship, the issue of freedom of speech, they react absolutely quickly, that is, it is not forgiven, even if there is a war in the country, and where is this golden mean between this protection of the information field and freedom of speech, and the absence of censorship, frankly speaking, i do not know what kind of censorship we are talking about, i do not see and do not remember that anyone specifically, let's say , invited or did not invite that or another speaker. in my work, from the beginning, from the first day, i communicate equally, both with the majority in politics and with the minority, and i do not think that in the same committee on freedom of speech and so on, that there is someone better and worse, that is, actually, yes, i

have said and will continue to say, as long as there is a war, the only news will be until... until then, we just have to, as with everything, make better products to keep it interesting. it is very important for us to create truly, strategic communications of today, not only for the outside world, and inside as well, without a real discussion of the processes that are taking place, it will be quite difficult to win this war. we must all be convinced that everything we do is for the sake of victory, and not only ours with you, but also the victory of the entire democratic world. and this is strategic communication. it was an interview with the newly appointed minister of culture and strategic communications of ukraine mykola tochytskyi. watch the full version of this conversation on the platforms of the ukrainian voice of america.

rave, poetry and arthouse on film. in in los angeles, young ukrainians organize parties to raise money to help the armed forces. they say, in this way, they not only collect money to help ukraine. but also introduce visitors to modern ukrainian culture. khrystyna shevchenko met with the organizers of such parties. for most americans, rave parties are hardly associated with ukraine. however, sasha and sonya, who met in los angeles , remember their active life in kyiv with nostalgia. i went to america when i was 17 years old. i didn't have any training yet, no work, i was. a party girl, she went for a walk around kyiv with friends, to parties, and how can you say, this was my life, loud parties in

sonya’s life returned when the girl moved to los angeles, but here the format of entertainment is somewhat different from the ukrainian one, where the event is created not so much the music as the community. in ukraine, it was tesovka, you go, you are there, one of your friends was there. some djs there, here people can even come to the event alone just because they like the music, because they like the culture, to come sonya decided to use this difference when she started organizing raves with her husband, and two years ago, the girl met sasha, an art director from kyiv. she moved to los angeles when a full-scale war broke out and was looking for ways to help ukraine. i can't go to war, but gather people, create something, whether it's an exhibition or an event, i can, and it's within

my power, and it's basically real everywhere. the first event was organized on independence day at the famous los angeles cafe stories. sasha remembers, then to the visitors suggested to watch a ukrainian movie. the girls cooked borscht, stuck dumplings, cooked uzvara, that's all he brought. in this cafe, we played music, we just had a movie, and we had a dj, and that's all, and we recorded a commercial, i think five days before the event, something, well, like very soon, there is very little, and so many people came to us that we did not know at all what to do with all this, the visitors were mostly young people, communities of those emigrants who emigrated from ukraine even before the war, older people, and they do some of their own holidays, the church does. there is a choir, and young people have nowhere to go, and that's why when they saw that it was all happening in a friendly cafe where there is coffee, books, just a movie, everyone came. to

date, the volunteer initiative together ua, represented by sasha and united present, led by sonya, have organized several parties. the friends say that this way they can not only raise funds, but also introduce americans to modern ukrainian youth culture. not only that they are... because of the war, but that they liked to be with us, liked to hang out, eat borscht, drink our kombucha, ciders, and also just spend time with us not only because of the war, but simply because we are cool, we have a culture, we can share. art brings together a community similar to that which goes to kyiv raves - the girls say, and this is very supportive of those ukrainians who have recently arrived in los angeles. at first, olena was... a visitor to parties, but also decided to join the team, she says that such events are very timely, i was very happy to meet the ukrainian, american community, what

gathers sasha solins around him. i am really excited by what is, that is, communication, integration, specifically intercultural. olena says that she is very glad that such a progressive wave has reached the shores of the californian coast, because she has the opportunity to learn from the americans. they, in turn, are inspired by ukrainians, for them something so special, incredible, because your level of awareness is very different, in addition to raves, volunteers also organize evenings of ukrainian poetry and show ukrainian arthouse tapes, from los angeles, khrystyna shevchenko, victoria vaskevich, bohdan shevchenko, for the voice of america. and that's all we'll say goodbye to, see also our daily briefings from... behind kyiv on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live. thank you for trusting the voice of america in ukrainian.

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