our first guest is daniel frith, ex-coordinator of the united states state department's sanctions policy, an american diplomat with over 40 years of experience. glory to ukraine, mr. ambassador, i congratulate you. glory to ukraine. glory to heroes. well, we in ukraine are extremely painfully watching how the domestic-american political situation is developing. yes, we have, of course, our own selfish interests. but this is the selfishness of people who want to survive when a positive solution may appear, or congress and the head of the american congress will continue to play its political game. almost all democrats, and many, if not most, republicans support continued us military aid to ukraine, however small but decisive. a number of republicans, including former president trump himself, still oppose this aid, which has led to a huge fight in the us congress. it is dangerous to follow the policies of the republicans who oppose aid to ukraine. they are wrong. i believe this fight will end when it is sent help, but can't say exactly when it will happen. i have no excuses for the ukrainia