on possible new solutions using both the ukrainian gas transportation system and, for example, gas storages in the matter of mutually beneficial energy cooperation. given the position of ukraine, as a state that is interested in joining the eu, and slovakia, as a small state that supports ukraine's accession to the eu, i welcome our discussion, which confirmed. that you, like us, are interested in your transit system, which you have on ukrainian territory, to continue to be used when it comes to both oil and gas, this is very important information for all of us. we heard these words of robert fitso, words of support for ukraine's path to the european union, but at the same time we heard from him, bohdan, that he is not happy and he does not like the idea of ​​ukraine joining nato, even robert fitso says that his the government will have such an idea... what is the difference

in such statements of bohdan, and what is the reason that the slovak prime minister does not support ukraine's entry into the alliance? ostape, even when it comes to ukraine's accession to the european union, in fico's words, i would say certain prerequisites, or one might say conditions, are felt, that is, there are certain expectations from slovakia due to the fact that, as mr. fico said, slovakia supports the promotion. to membership in the european union, as far as nato is concerned, the situation is very simple, mr. fico himself, during this weekend in a series of interviews for slovak television and radio, frankly made it clear that he, his government, the slovak government, now would not like to fulfill its alliance obligations towards ukraine and defend ukraine, if ukraine member of nato, the question arises whether

slovakia under the fico government is ready to defend any other country against, for example, a russian attack, another nato country, but again that is an open question, mr. fico has very specific views and he very often he talks about the west in general, and about the eu and nato in particular, as if his country is not actually a member of them. two organizations, which is actually a reality. we have also heard from robert fitz repeated statements that, in his opinion, the supply of arms to ukraine is only from europe continue the war and seem to postpone the onset of peace. at the same time, denys shmagal mentioned today that ukraine and slovakia continue cooperation in the field of defense procurement. nerd, what is this about? cooperation continues, and here it is worth remembering that slovakia is at the beginning of the russian invasion.

in 2022 was one of the leading donors, in particular of soviet equipment, tanks were transferred from slovakia to ukraine, ammunition, it was very important for ukraine, but then, when the government changed and mr. fico came with his coalition in 2023, his leading the slogan was no bullet for ukraine, the reality turned out to be a little different, mr. fitz. it is obvious that he was not able to bring or bring peace or stop the russian war against ukraine, he also decided not to completely stop the supply of weapons to ukraine, especially when it comes to commercial suppliers, manufacturers in slovakia who fulfill their specific contractual obligations regarding ukraine, supplying equipment, for example, susan howitzers, and also. ammunition and other

important components and weapons for ukraine. bohdan, thank you for this conversation, bohdan tsyupin, our european correspondent, was in touch with us. meanwhile, in israel, the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack by hamas, which happened a year ago, is being commemorated. this attack turned into a war that claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people and today threatens to engulf the entire middle east. at the head of the attack, the united states imposed sanctions against the international network for collecting funds for hamas, and joe biden, in turn, honored the memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. he said that along with vice president garis, he remains fully committed to security the jewish people, israel and its right to exist. at the same time, he added that october 7 will be remembered as a dark day for the palestinian people, because of the conflict unleashed by hamas that day. the next us president will likely inherit a crisis in the middle east. yuriy melnyk and anita pavel will continue the topic. there is nothing to celebrate on the eve of

the first anniversary of this conflict. during this time , violence in the middle east increased significantly and spread beyond the borders of israel, where the conflict began. on october 7, when hamas militants launched a surprise attack and captured more than 250 hostages who were taken to gaza, which has suffered months of israeli bombardment and ground operations, and recently israel carried out airstrikes in lebanon against the hezbollah group, which killed its leader. this provoked such a powerful response from hezbollah's main ally, iran. us national security advisor jake sullivan tried to reassure. obviously, this is a significant escalation on the part of iran, an important development, and it is equally important that we were able to fight back with israel and create a situation where no one was killed during of this attack in israel, as far as we know. analysts say that it is not yet

clear how all this will end. there are no clear signs that the israelis or hamas are seeking an end to the conflict. diplomatic pressure is mounting as more than 140 countries recognize palestine as a state, including ireland, norway and spain, which have done so this year. as this conflict develops, analysts point to reasons for continued clashes. one factor is that israel's efforts to destroy hamas and hezbollah have some support among some arab leaders. i find it hard to believe. that in saudi arabia, in the emirates, in bahrain and elsewhere, they do not believe that the region will be better off without hezbollah and without hamas, or with a much weakened hamas and hezbollah. meanwhile , analysts say the hamas attack has emboldened other islamist groups, such as somalia's al-shabaab, or

the islamic state and al-qaeda offshoots. as we look at the trajectory of events since the violent and horrific attacks on october 7, something has happened that does not seem to have changed, yes this is president joe biden's position on israel. the us is israel's biggest ally, both militarily and diplomatically . under the biden administration, u.s. military forces played a key role in helping israel repel two ballistic missile strikes by iran. here's biden's statement immediately after the october 7 attack. we must be crystal clear. we support israel and last week's statement. the united states totally, totally, totally supports israel. as this somber anniversary approaches, two things become clear. this conflict will not end soon, but biden's term is ending. yuriy melnyk,

anita paulel, voice of america. us policy towards china, from the administration of donald trump to the presidency of joe biden, has been largely consistent. both presidents have seen china as america's biggest competitor, but in the new race for the presidency, kamala harris and donald trump have slightly different approaches to china policy. iryna shinkarenko will tell more. both presidential candidates argue on many issues, but as a candidate for democrats kamala harris and republican candidate donald trump agree on one thing: china poses a threat to the united states. robert o'brien is a former national security adviser in the administration. i think the threat we face from china is much more serious than the threat posed by the soviet union during the cold war. o'brien says the us must confront china through a show of force. it is not only military power, it is economic power, it is diplomatic power, it is the so-called

soft or cultural power, this is what scares our enemies on the economy, the trump administration and the biden administration have used tariffs to counter what they call... the dumping of cheap products from china, which creates stiff competition for american businesses. china plans to take over your entire business, thanks to electric cars, and because they have the material resources we don't. trump proposes to introduce tariffs on chinese imports, which could reach 60%. garis also acknowledged the competition between the us and china. i will make sure that we lead the world into the future in space. and in artificial intelligence, that america, not china, will win the competition. she supports some of the trade restrictions that the biden administration supported, but she is definitely not a fan of heavy tariffs. analysts say trump's approach is more transactional. my first call will probably

be the president. and i will say, you have to stick to the agreement you made. we have signed a deal for you to buy $50 billion worth of american farm products. and i to you... in the field of foreign policy, says obraen, it is important to build alliances with like-minded countries. there was a time when america could carry this burden alone. we can't do it alone anymore. some experts say trump has departed from the traditional republican foreign policy of building strong alliances. it is unusual for trump to be particularly interested in alliances. he is much more interested in what it will give us. with heightened campaign rhetoric about chinese competition and security threats, some asian americans fear what they might find themselves in. they believe that the united states

is facing a threat, a threat to everything society from the chinese side, that the reaction of the whole society is needed to deal with this threat, from the factory workers, students, researchers from china, i will be stigmatized, because people cannot distinguish whether i am from taiwan or from china or korea. and while some pro-aziz americans ... worry that trump's rhetoric could turn public sentiment against them, others believe trump's business skills will help broker a deal with china that benefits everyone in america. iryna shenkarenko, elizabeth lee, voice of america, washington. aid to the united states in ukraine, environmental issues, support for refugees, and studying the topic of the holodomor in american schools are the issues that most concern the ukrainian community in the state of minnesota, where the governor is a candidate for vice. president of the united states from democrats tim walsh. our correspondents, iryna matviychuk and svyatoslav

filyushkin, visited minnesota and asked local ukrainians about the mood in the community a month before the presidential elections in the usa. until recently, the ministry of economic affairs and energy was considered a swing state. there is no pronounced political position of the voters here. in the 2016 election, the state voted for republican candidate trump, and in 2020 for democrat biden. this year, according to observers. a majority of voters may once again support the democrats, as minnesota governor tim waltz has become the running mate of democratic candidate kamela harris. however, as election history shows, voting can be unpredictable. candidates are fighting for every vote, so the role of the ukrainian diaspora in the state is growing. local ukrainians call these elections extremely important, the result of which may affect further support for ukraine in its defense against russian aggression. in general. this is the aid to ukraine, how will it continue, what, how much will the aid be, how will the fate

of ukraine be decided, the issues of the current negotiations, whether there will be negotiations, when they will be, in general, what will be the economic situation for ukrainians here, because many people are helping ukraine , and they also look at their work to see if they can help further. minnesota is an attractive state for those looking for employment, serozynskyi says. 17 largest companies in the world from the list. 500 have their headquarters here, of the 20,000 ukrainians living in minnesota, many work in these companies, and many ukrainians work in the trucking business or in agriculture, so for almost everyone, the economy is the number one issue in these elections , the economic situation, i think people are most interested in how or whether the situation will be the same, the growth will be the same, whether there will be some changes, because always with a change of... presidents, especially from republicans to democrats or from democrats to republicans, there are significant changes

even in the short term. donald trump and kamela harris are said to offer completely different approaches to economic policy. there is a big gap in people's views on what economic policy should be in the country. according to the director of the refugee program at the ukrainian center. migration policy and support for refugees are also among the key issues for the ukrainian community. by 2.5 years after the full-scale russian invasion of ukraine , about 4,000 ukrainians fleeing the war came to minnesota. if the authorities completely cut off funding for ukrainian refugees, it would greatly upset our community. we are very positive that our people from ukraine are coming here... many people in our

community also have relatives who came here as refugees or immigrants in the past, so the refugee policy and the attitude towards migrants is important to them. of course, there are those who have opposing views, but in my opinion they are minority. ecology, education and medicine are also priorities for many in the ukrainian community, - emphasizes the head of the ukrainian-american advocacy committee of minnesota, lyudmila anastazievska. there are a lot of protected lands, a lot of natural resources that are currently protected by the government, and, but there are a lot of industrial companies that would like to start, for example, the extraction of oil or some other minerals, and so people become, and it also affects where people spend vacations and so on, so i

think for some people it's very important, as for anyone living in the state of minnesota, health care issues or school education issues, for example, there is now a new bill passed in minnesota that supports genocide education in all minnesota high schools, and this bill specifically includes famine as well, and therefore, for example, it is also very important. local activists say they are proud that minnesota gov. walz became a candidate for vice president. we, as citizens of minisotov, are proud of our vice-presidential candidate. and that's why that he supported ukraine from the very beginning. there was just a full-scale invasion. we already had a rally with his presence in a week, and he spoke, and since then he has been helping many ukrainians here and in and ukrainians in ukraine.

the situation in ukraine is very difficult, and military aid is very much needed, actually with... weapons that could hit the territory of russia, and therefore those government officials who support ukraine can make influential decisions and provide such weapons to ukraine, and this, i i think that has its influence on how people start to think about who to vote for. in general, they say activists, most ukrainians place their hopes on the candidates of the democratic party, although they have reservations about whether kamela garis will dare to make decisions that ukrainians did not expect from the biden administration. republican candidates are expected to improve the economy, but they are not sure whether aid to ukraine will continue. zmeny sota, iryna matviychuk, vyacheslav filyushkin, maksym shulga, voice of america. meanwhile, rescue and recovery efforts continue in the southeast united states after hurricane gayleen. now the region is preparing for a new threat. in less than two weeks

, a new storm will rage in the gulf of mexico, from which the elements can cause new damage to the rooster. usa, details in the story of maria ulyanovska. a drone captures the moth-covered area of ​​the damaged new belgium brewery in asheville, north carolina. this is how the regions affected by hurricane gaylein in the southeast united states look like. the storm flooded western north carolina. local news reports about 75 cm of rain. so far, the hurricane has claimed more than 220 lives. the most since hurricane katrina in 2005. officials say the state is responding. strongly. we currently have thousands of first responders on the ground, as well as thousands of volunteers and people from the private sector working alongside our government partners, the national guard and community-based responders to meet the needs of people on the ground. in the town of black mountain, construction crews are working to repair the water main that connects asheville to the plant and reservoir. meanwhile

, people living in remote areas rely on non-traditional delivery methods. private helicopter companies deliver water, food, fuel and starling satellite systems. last week , vice president and democratic presidential candidate kamala harris visited the region. the work that's going on here, and that's going on, is really the best we can do to bring together state and local resources in a way that's coordinated with a single goal of providing help and support, and in helping people who need it most. who desperately want to be seen and heard. georgia - another state that was hit hard by hurricane gayleen. republican gov. brian kemp noted that the biden administration has approved all of his recommendations and decisions regarding natural disasters for georgia counties. republican presidential candidate donald trump appeared in public with kemp and made a statement

that state funds were somehow going to immigrants, not to affected counties. it's illegal. you have migrants, you read about it, there's a lot of money now that should have gone to georgia and north carolina, and all others are directed and already gone for people who came to the country illegally. no one had ever seen anything like it. it's a shame. part of the southeastern us states remain under water, and power plants are completely flooded. the region is currently preparing for the milton organ. the national weather service predicts that it could grow to sht on wednesday. which will pose a danger and rage on the already hurricane-ravaged florida coast. maria ulyanovska, arash arabasadi, voice of america. despite the challenges of a full-scale war, some are foreign businessmen see opportunities for

development in ukraine and open their own businesses there. next, we will talk about exactly such a story. american entrepreneur christopher exline opened a furniture rental service in ternopil region, helps the armed forces of ukraine and teaches english to local students. what exactly prompted christopher to come to ukraine at the height of the war - he told. christopher exline came to ukraine in october 2022. in february 2022, february 24 to be exact, i, like the rest of the world, was glued to the screens in a state of shock. i'm not could believe that war had come to europe again. ukrainians did not capitulate. the ukrainian army protected the people and defended this nation, and it was extremely inspiring. christopher is engaged in renting furniture and decor in different countries of the world, when the great war started in ukraine, he had the idea to start a business here.

there were many business offers, says christopher, he stopped in ternopil region. it was like a disney movie. in these cities there are castles, monasteries, churches, 800-year-old flint, chordkov, as a city, 500, berezhana 600. i said. i want this ukraine for everyone to see, this is where i want our company to be, i want our brand to be this real, ukrainian, not just in an office building or shopping center somewhere in kyiv or lviv. last april, christopher opened a furniture rental shop in kremenets. when i was traveling in ukraine, i realized that importing furniture from china wouldn't work, so i... asked the question: how can we arrange for furniture to be made for us in ukraine? i am very proud that almost all our furniture is made in ukraine, i will come again

i definitely ordered a table for the kitchen, i really like the interior here, the sellers are friendly, the catalog showed everything, i chose it, ordered it and received it today. christopher says that in addition to managing the company , he volunteers and helps the city's educational and medical institutions, immigrants and the elderly. we worked with a local factory, i donated a few mattresses here, when it became known that we were donating, we started getting calls from other places, i am proud that we donated more than 500 meters. thank you very much for mattresses and pillows, they will be useful to us, glory to ukraine, thank you once again. for

the soldiers on the front line, the american carries aid on his own, adds postcards drawn by local children to the mattresses. i was near avdiyivka, i was in zaporizhzhia, on the border with russia in the kharkiv region, near bakhmut. for me, this is one. nataliya khvatishova, a forced migrant from kharkiv, found a job as a manager here, these are our flags, this is my most favorite, this is the kharkiv border part of vovchansk, this flag is the dnipro, this zaporozhye, in us. the american promises to continue helping the military and civilians, and also wants to develop business in ukraine. we have the financial resources to look far

ahead, not just a 5-year plan, 3, 5, 6, 10 years ahead, as a company, we have the ability to continue investing. the american plans to develop and expand his business despite the war and uncertainty. tatiana kukuriyka, serhii. for the voice of america from kremenets, ternopil oblast. and on this we will say goodbye. see also our daily briefings from monday to friday at 18. kyiv time on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live, and we will try to answer them. follow us on social networks, we are on twitter, telegram, facebook, instagram. voice of america in ukrainian works for you. thank you for your trust, i wish you a peaceful night and a peaceful morning. see you soon. see you soon.

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