more about possible scenarios and caveats american spies, let's talk with kateryna lisunova. hello katya. greetings maria. katya, what threats did the heads of the us intelligence agencies talk about in this annual report? the first threat was generally voiced as a confrontation with china, and the second threat was already voiced and described as russian aggression, so, according to the director of national intelligence of the united states of america, avril gaines, putin now believes that time is playing in his favor, and that in ukraine's defense armament is ending, and the west is getting tired of war. against this background russia is now investing more in its own military and nuclear capabilities and increasing cooperation with iran. i suggest you listen. putin is increasing defense spending, allocating a large percentage of gdp to military needs as he tries to rebuild them. this is due, among other things, to the fact that russia paid a huge price for the war in ukraine. russia suffered the largest military losses since world war ii, approximately 300,000 killed and wo

let's talk about it with kateryna lisunova. our congress correspondent katya, hello, congratulations, yulia! katya, the house of representatives is going on recess without approving aid to ukraine, can they return earlier, or should we focus on considering this issue on april 9 and what to expect then? it is not worth counting on the return of legislators earlier, because during the week both democrats and republicans repeatedly stated that they would start helping ukraine after a two-week break, after april 9, actually the speaker of the house of representatives... johnson said that after april 9 they will move on to this without any delay, that's why the issue will be dealt with in the first priority. he also outlined several options in which and in which format aid to ukraine can be put to a vote. in particular, it is about the possibility of dividing humanitarian and defense aid to ukraine, as well as providing debt and credit aid to ukraine, as well as the possibility of involving legislation called the ripo act, which provides for the confiscation and transfer of russian assets.

iryna shinkarenko, kateryna lisunova, kostyantyn golubchyk, dmytro savchuk, voice of america. ruslan osypenko, diplomat, an expert, an internationalist, joined our broadcast. welcome, thank you for joining. what do you think of biden's speech in the context of increasing aid to ukraine, did he convince the republicans, in your opinion? a powerful speech, i listened to it all. in great detail, he started with ukraine, exactly, he started with the fact that america will not fall, that america will not back down, he will not back down, these are strong words, that's exactly what he showed, i also liked that he showed that they can solve the issue together, and on this agreement on the border, he said, let's solve it together this is the issue, and that help to our allies will come and the issue of creating new jobs and many other things will be resolved. we can do together, along with the criticism , there was also a call to work together, continue to make america stronger, that's why the speech is so powerful and so impressive, he... said this is a historic moment, really, and t