tanya, unfortunately, or to the joy of some of our viewers, the topic of ukraine was not discussed at all at these debates, how do the experts you spoke with assess it? during the answer to the first question, both candidates managed to slightly outline their position on foreign policy, in general, let's say, find certain differences, but our experts still say that it is bad that cbs did not ask this question, it is a topic is important, especially when president zelensky himself was there last week. and here they evaluated it rather negatively, especially because it is precisely on this topic that the positions of both candidates and both camps are extremely different. thank you tanya. i will remind you that tetiana vorozhko told us about the debate between the candidates for the position of vice president, tim walz and jadi vance. meanwhile, while this debate was going on, supporters of tim walls and jaydee vance showed up to support their candidates in front of the cb studio.

the debaters themselves, supporters and politically active voters traditionally like to watch at viewing parties, which are specially organized for this purpose by local bars and pubs. my colleagues iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov chatted with fans of both candidates before the debate and attended one of these parties in downtown new york. lisa connolly has lived in new york for over 30 years. connolly is a democrat and very active in political life, as she says she deeply believes in freedom. freedom, democracy and the american way of life, so on the evening of october 1, a woman came to the studio of the cbs tv channel, where the debate between the vice-presidential candidates was taking place. and when i found out about the promotion in support of tim walz at the debate outside the cbs studios, i just wanted to be there with everyone. about 300 people also came. supporters of tim walz and jaydy vance came to the studio where the debate was taking place. despite the fact that new york city usually votes mostly for democrats, welcome.

there were also quite a few republicans with red symbols. jay wentze fan jennifer is one of the participants of the action. just want to see what's going on and also meet other people who share the same political views. looking forward to hearing from vance. in my opinion, he has more wisdom and intelligence than the other candidate. this is a private event, there is no audience, and i expect everything to be spontaneous, unscripted, and candidates will not know the questions in advance. i always have suspicions about this. literally 15 minutes before the start of the debate, the crowd on the street near the studio literally dissolves. the supporters of both candidates rush to find a place in bars or pubs to watch the debate. lisa connelly also prepared for this in advance. it is not the first time she watches the debate in one of the of bars in the center of new york on a special vot pati. i found this place during the 2020 primaries. it's usually a caroke bar, but they realized that...

they can also get people to watch the debate, so i'm probably here at six or seven, just for the debate, not for the caroke. emma craig, an administrator at the bar, which has hosted debate viewing parties for many campaigns in a row, says the bar is taking a responsible approach. a few years ago we had all the candidates presented in different rooms and people could come and that was it really fun and exciting, and that's why we did it again during the presidential debate of this. year, a lot of people passed, and it was interesting, by the end of the evening, people relaxed, shouted, laughed, at the end, a friendly atmosphere was really felt. an unexpectedly large number of people came to the debate of kazhem's vice-presidential candidates, she explains this with a special atmosphere and jokingly calls the party a political super bowl. for ukrainian kateryna pavlevych, this is her first experience of publicly watching debates. he says experience interesting, but she is disappointed that the debate did not have a theme at all. of ukraine. these

debates differ, which is pleasing from presidential debates, with more, shall we say, rational responses. i went to these debates rather to make sure that we understood everything correctly from the politics of the candidates, but i must say that only in november we will see which debates were actually winning, because, as practice shows, america, america is very. this is not the first time toby hershkowitz has publicly watched a debate, for him it is an important political tradition. debates he is not very satisfied with the candidates for vice presidents, he says that they were more or less equal to him and vance, and also boring in his opinion. i think jady vance was very polished. and

did a really good job of conveying his arguments. i thought tim wallace was knowledgeable, but sometimes he seemed to struggle to get his point across. so in toby's view, in a debate by a narrow margin...wentz won. at the same time , he doubts that they will really have an impact on the results of the presidential campaign. from new york ireno solomko pavlo terikhov, voice america. also, on tuesday evening , ukrainian defenders were commemorated in new york . activists installed large cardboard shields as a symbol of ukrainian soldiers who stand to defend the freedom of their country. small shields were placed on the ground around them, representing those who gave their lives in the fight for. independence. the ukrainian military, who came to the united states for prosthetics, also joined the campaign. attacks by russian missiles on the center and other areas of zaporizhzhia have become a common reality

for a city that lives 30 km from the front line. the acting mayor of zaporizhzhia, regina kharchenko, calls these attacks systemic terror on the part of russia. she told my colleague oleksiy kovalenko about how the city lives on the front line and what ukrainian partners can do to help strengthen the city's defenses. let's start with the hard news. on the night of september 23, there was a shelling from zaporizhzhia by russian missiles, as a result of which more than 20 people were injured. in light of this difficult news, what message are you here with right now? in washington, what do you want to convey in america? the first thing i want to say is the need to save human lives. believe me, everything can be rebuilt, everything can be restored, people cannot be returned. and this is the worst tragedy

for any mayor, for any city. this is simply systemic terrorism on the part of the russian federation. and, unfortunately, there is already information that one civilian has died. air raid alarms in zaporizhzhia in most cases sound precisely at night, this is always the case, we simply do not understand whether there will be a mass attack at night or not, but the fact that the air alarm will definitely take place is always the case, this is, unfortunately, the life we ​​live in zaporizhzhia now, people in zaporizhzhia live within 30 km from the front line, these attacks, as you noted, they happen every night, or reports of possible attacks happen every night, what can be done to protect the population of zaporozhye, what can be done to protect these million people who live in the zone 30 km from the front line, and can anything be done partners for this? currently , 700,000 people live in zaporizhzhia, because until

war, more than a million people lived before the full-scale invasion, we need to close the sky, we need to protect the city, you understand that the city of zaporizhzhia is found... at a distance of 30 km from the occupied territory, from the territory of active hostilities, this is a story about what a guided aerial bomb, any missile, any projectile flies to the city in 30-40 seconds, that is, in fact, emergency situations, so to speak, arrivals take place even before the warning of air alarms, we need to close the sky for ... we need more specialized techniques, this is our protection. signed agreement, memorandum of cooperation between zaporizhzhia region and pennsylvania, what does this mean for zaporizhzhia in practical terms? on a practical level, this means that in fact

we have a reliable partner who is ready to start working with us in the main areas of our life and work, certainly to ensure this. alternative sources of energy are critical infrastructure facilities, if the aggressor country strikes critical infrastructure facilities every night, our entire heating and water supply system must be provided with alternative energy sources. the second challenge is our children. they participated as much as possible in the construction of underground schools in the city of zaporizhzhia. we participated as much as possible, by the way, with the help of international partners, in the repair of shelters in our educational institutions, and of course, the third is reconstruction, reconstruction, because more than 12 high-rise buildings have been destroyed, and this is what we are saying as of today, we have not yet

calculated the consequences of those arrivals that took place on september 22 and 23, this training, which takes place in zaporizhzhia, takes place either in underground... schools or shelters. children are never outside the school premises, because i emphasize once again, a rocket from the occupied territory is 30-40 seconds. we can't just now, well, ignore these challenges and this danger, obviously russia is not only trying to achieve some of its tactical goals, but also to influence the morale of the local population, and how is it reacting to this, what are the moods among the population of zaporozhye? look, your question is very painful, because at the beginning of our conversation i told you about the fact that these mass attacks... and mass launches and mass air raid alerts in the zaporozhye region

always happen at night, at night, when people come after work, go to sleep in their beds, hug their children, yes, try to prepare for the next day of your work, your everyday life, it is very difficult, it is difficult for me as a person to survive and doubly so, and... maybe even there it is x10 more difficult to survive as a person who is responsible for his city. at the same time, we understand that you know, if everyone gets together and gets out of this city, then will this city be ukrainian? i'm sure you know that the 700,000 who now live in zaporizhzhia, they decided for themselves at the beginning of the full-scale invasion that this is their city. see the full version of this interview with the leader of zaporizhzhia on the website and

youtube channel of the voice of america of ukraine. meanwhile , a record number of fires occurred this year in the national reserve on khortytsia island, which was located in zaporizhzhia. after the explosion of the kokhovsky hes and the shallowing of the region, the island became bare and suffers from forest fires, many of which caused by russian shelling of the reserve. the unique flora is dying from the fire, and many of its specimens can be found only on the island of khortytsia. why the island practically caught fire and whether european cuckoo orchids will revive after the fire in the report of eva moronova and dmytro khristenko. the hot , windy summer caused about 5 fires in open areas in the zaporizhzhia region. the floodplain khortytsia national reserve, which is one of the seven wonders of the world, suffered more than ever from the fires. from ukraine. the fires were such that had never happened before, which lasted in our country

in principle, from the month of may until the middle of july, there were such areas where fires were constantly renewed. this is due to the fact that after the drop in the level of the kakhovsky reservoir, areas that had not burned before were exposed. for most of the summer, the rescuers were on duty in the khortytsky floodplains, since there was almost no water left in the floodplains. the distance was reached through a new willow forest, which was formed on the site of the former lakes. the work of the rescuers was complicated by the fact that the main fire and rescue equipment could not reach the place fire taking into account the fact that the areas are waterless, in connection with the accident at the kakhovsky eges, water left the banks of the dnieper and it was difficult to collect it with motorized pumps in some cases. unusual fires in khortytsia. caused by drought and dust storms felt by the local residents of the villages formed even before

the island was recognized as a national reserve in 1965. i felt the windows very much . i have allergies. so they breathed a lot of fire. the gray dinga is straight. the situation is complicated by a large amount of dry matter that cannot be removed in protected areas. however, the situation with losses from fires in the beam-steppe zone, with their primary petrophytic plants, is more dangerous. fires here can cause a change in the species composition, namely the loss of red book plants, which are only found here because of the rocky landscape, the protective layer of the soil here is very small. we have some plots on these burnt out sites. such as, for example, in balka shiroka had one place for the growth of wild

ash trees and orchids, but after the damage and fire passing through this territory, it is not clear whether such plants will recover next year. some of the fires on the khorteka were caused by russian shelling, initially a full-scale war. according to official estimates, the russians fired at the greyhound at least 30 times. ours had the biggest arrival. on april 6, this is not far from the village, our windows flew out here, some have old windows, some had roofs moved, this is how we arrived, my grandfather and i we climb into this basement, here we are... we discover it, turn on the light, as it is, we have a couch there, and we hide there. according to the employees of the national reserve, they began to develop special mineralized strips, protective sectors, beyond which the flame cannot go. but it is not possible to create such a mineralized strip everywhere. for example, if it is a steppe slope, where

granite outcrops are very close, then plowing with a plow is simply impossible. the area of ​​khortytsya island is 300 hectares. in the southern part , the steppe with many relict species of plants, which in ancient times grew on the entire territory of southern ukraine, but now they are found only in khortytsia. in the extreme south of the island there are shallows, a large part of which burned out this summer. eva maronova, dmytro khristenko, for voice of america from the zaporizhzhia region. and finally, a story about a 93-year-old veteran of the american army, who is full-scale from the beginning. war draws attention to ukraine in every way. together with pro-ukrainian activists, he visits the offices of american legislators and urges them to help kyiv. american history of lithuanian origin, who experienced the soviet occupation and is now a russian protestor, will be told by iryna shinkarenko. for the sake of supporting ukraine, the 93-year-old

american veteran of lithuanian origin , vytautas packauskas, has done many brave things for his age. when he was young, he traveled abroad to ukraine and to representatives of the american authorities. when he said: "if i was able to ride horses for an hour in 1991 for the sake of ukraine, you can pass the bill." and this year we tried scuba diving, so no one never... should get tired if this person at 93 is scuba diving, riding horses, crossing bridges, talking to everyone because of his love for the ukrainian people, and for ukrainians to understand that there are people here who give them hope , and we love them. despite a recent operation and doctors' warnings not to travel, in

september vytautas drove 27 hours from michigan to washington for a ukrainian summit. in the us congress to ask to continue supporting kyiv. what i would like to see are free ukrainians, this is the goal, and i hope that they will be free in spite of everything, and especially if laws are passed to continue the support, and that is what i desire. nadiya recalls the day her father, a us air force veteran, learned of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. my dad, when he saw the tanks lined up on the news, he cried, his face turned pale, and he said, how, how could this happen 80 years later, how could this happen now, when we suffered so much in world war ii, how could it happen happen with our brothers and sisters in this world right now. vytautas

urged his daughter to organize events in support of ukraine in the city of goten. ukrainians and we marched every wednesday and showed people that we support ukraine and asked for their support. we live in the upper peninsula of michigan. we do not have amazon express shipping. we have one walmart store. i needed blue and yellow flags and went to walmart with my father. stripes, we painted our shirts blue and yellow, and we marched in and out of the cold wind, there was a blizzard, very cold, it three times

bridge in 91 years. during the full-scale war , he welcomed and... says nadiya, held more than 130 marches in support of ukraine, took part in more than half a thousand events. he helped create upers for ukraine, a pro-ukrainian organization in michigan, which now has more than 500 members. but before that, in the first days of the invasion, we used our voice everywhere, because we had to explain and teach the americans who followed dad, what ukraine and russia are, that ukraine is a sovereign, independent country. which is not tied to russia, with its own culture, its own a legacy that is longer than that of russia, and therefore we had to show the americans that this country deserves independence. and deserves our support, and we talked about the budapest memorandum. on his 93rd birthday, the ukrainian military sent vytautas a flag with his signatures, which

the veteran takes with him to rallies. in addition to the flag of ukraine, vytautas often holds the flag of lithuania at rallies. he was born in a small village near vilnius. during the second world war , he was forced to leave his home as a child forever. the russians came in 1939, according to their agreement with germany, and we left there because we didn't want to be under the russians, so we moved to vilnius, in 1940 the russians occupied vilnius, i was nine years old, and it was sad to see as all men cry. vytautas and his parents tried to escape from the soviet occupation, fled to poland, but fell into the hands of the germans, who took his family to labor camps, in 1947, after the defeat of hitler's germany, he moved to the usa. he was able to visit his native lithuania only after its acquisition of independence. he left lithuania

on foot when he was nine. that's why it was so important to him, what was happening in ukraine, and he felt so sorry for the children who were leaving their country, because he left his toys, he left his coin collection. when this started happening with ukraine, he said: "i don't want children to wait their whole lives for the opportunity to be at home." the family of vytautas holds weekly prayers for ukraine, and in october is preparing to open a ukrainian cultural center in the center of houtyn, where works will be presented more than 25 ukrainian artists. they also plan to show ukrainian films there, hold master classes on making borscht and pysankari. iryna shinkarenko, yuriy panin, maxim shulga, voice of america. friends, we will say goodbye at this point, read breaking news and analytical materials on the voice of america ukrainian website, watch live broadcasts, full versions of interviews and

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the massive missile strike. in israel, netanyahu threatens to retaliate, what are the serious consequences that the israeli army and its allies can prepare for the iranian regime. first bell: scholz is going to call putin ahead of the g20 summit in brazil, which the german chancellor can talk about russian dictator, while nato is urged not to make concessions to. the kremlin's nuclear threats. glory to ukraine, this is the verdict program. my name is serhiy rudenko, i greet everyone and wish everyone good health. for the next two hours, we will talk about ukraine, the world, the war, and our victory. throughout our program, we will have the following guests. in the first part of our program

we will have oleksiy goncharenko, people's deputy of ukraine, he will join from strasbourg, general ihor romanenko and political expert volodymyr tsibulko. in in the second part of our program, which will start in an hour, we will have political experts maksym rozumny and oleg sahakyan. however, before starting our big conversation, i suggest watching a video of how ukrainian defenders in the kurakhiv direction repelled another russian assault. of the occupiers, the enemy went on the offensive with the support of 19 units of armored vehicles, but the fighters of the 79th separate amphibious assault brigade of the taurian brigade repelled a massive attack, they managed to destroy four tanks and two armored vehicles with the occupiers, let's see how it all turned out was

and death to the russian occupiers. friends, throughout our broadcast we are conducting a survey, today we are asking you about this, do you think the presidential elections in 2025 are possible? yes, no, on our youtube you can vote with the appropriate buttons yes, no, or write your comment about what you think about the possibility of holding such elections. if you're watching us on tv, pick up your smartphone or phone and

vote yes. numbers, if you consider it possible to hold presidential elections in in the 25th year, 0800 211 381, no 0800 211 382. all calls to these numbers are free, vote at the end of the program, we will sum up the results of this vote. and we have our first guest on the phone, this is oleksiy honcharenko, people's deputy of ukraine, president of the pariet committee on migration and refugees, he is currently in strasbourg, sir. oleksiy, i congratulate you, thank you for joining our broadcast. good evening. well, since we are asking our viewers whether they think it is possible to hold a presidential election in the 25th year, how about this is written by an economist. what do you think about this, or how likely is this scenario? well, it is possible, but only on the condition that hostilities end. therefore, god forbid that...