mrs zelenska, i have one final question.urself to look into the future to imagine a time after the war? or do you simplyjust have to look at every day and getting through every day? translation: it would be correct to say that the most important - thing now is to hold on, to withstand it. but with regard to future planning, this is what we are fighting for. i do not plan any personal future at all at the moment, but i plan my future actions for the ukrainian people. that's why we're introducing all the projects that we've discussed. that's why we dream about restoring, rebuilding ukraine. unfortunately, there will be a lot of things to rebuild and restore. the infrastructure has been destroyed, many schools and hospitals completely destroyed and several million people left. everything has to come back to normal life. now we are on the military rails, but we will restore ukraine. and this is what we are working on now. that was the first lady of ukraine, 0lena zelenska, speaking to me from an undisclosed location. hello there

mrs. zelenska: good morning. dear members of the congress, ladies and gentlemen. i am grateful for the opportunity to be here and to address the congress of the united states of america. i know this is the first time when the wife of the president of a foreign country has the honor to address you within these walls. this is really important for me and for my country. and today i want to address you as politicians and party representatives as well as mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, daughters and sons. i want to address you, not as first lady, but as a daughter and as a mother. no matter what positions and titles we reach in our lives, first of all, we always remain part of our family. we always remain children to our parents. and no matter how old we are, they love us as their children. and we are always parents to our children. and no matter what happens to them, they will always remain our children. this is the great truth of our life. our family represents the whole world for us. and we do everything to preserve it. and we are happy when we s

mrs. zelenska here at meetings in washington during these few days is the recognition of russia as a stateponsor of terrorism . these are the two initiators of the corresponding resolution in the senate. what did they tell you about promoting the issue of recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism? here it is worth noting that in general, the visit of olen zelensky had a more political nature than usual , and the visit of the first ladies was more than a humanitarian one, and directly related to the resolution on recognizing russia as a state that sponsors terrorism, this was the first question that was raised by elena zelenska immediately during her first visit to the state department, as you correctly noted immediately after her speech, i was able to speak with senators republican lindsey graham and democrat richard blumenthal about advancing this resolution directly through the lens of the republican gram said that this resolution must be completed by the end of this year, he even emphasized that there are two important things that must be completed by the end of this year regar

mrs. zelenska. this is the opposition of dereliction of duty that we've been talking about. this is a president zelenskyies that on the front lines every day. he knows he's now got to put a spotlight on the human rights aspect of this, on the war crimes. who better to send than his wife, mother of his young children, a really remarkable performance in my view. mika, as to your question, which lies right at the heart of how this race will unfold, the race is this. on one side, putin is burning through troops. he's lost at least 15,000 killed in action, maybe many more, three times that wounded. equipment shattered. yet he's continuing to pour anything he's got into eastern ukraine. the other race is the one you've referenced. that's the right one to focus on. the race to put the right weapons in the hands of the ukrainians. three systems. highmars, which reaches way back behind their lines. naval weapons that can go after that black sea fleet potentially, cracking that blockade. and third and finally, the garden variety artillery ammunition, because this is a grinding war tha

mrs. olena zelenska, the wife of president volodymyr zelensky, yesterday at the congress she gave a rathertional speech in which important messages were heard, let's take this moment to hear about weapons. i am now asking for something that i would never want to ask for. i am asking you for weapons, weapons, not to wage war on foreign land, but to protect my home and the right to wake up alive in it. i am asking you for anti-aircraft defense so that rockets do not kill children in their strollers, so that they do not destroy children's rooms and entire families. kateryna, please describe to us how the congress generally reacted to this speech, what they said after i talked to someone who said this is a great question because immediately after the speech of the first lady of ukraine, i asked the congressmen directly and the senators about their impressions of this speech and the subsequent actions, and here, for example, the republican senator grim said in the voice of america commentary that highlights two main points, two main points, two main things that america must complete by the end

. >>> the first lady of ukraine visited the white house today, olena zelenska was greeted by president and mrs. biden it comes as russia's invasion of ukraine has lasted now nearly six months the first ladies met back in may when jill biden traveled to ukraine. >>> he was an architect of president trump's 2016 win, but today, opening statements in the trial of steve bannon, who is charged with contempt of congress but remains defiant as ever kelly o'donnell now with late details. >> reporter: trump advisor and conservative agitator, now on trial >> this show trial they're running is a disgrace. >> reporter: steve bannon, who had predicted this about january 6th. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow >> reporter: his fate, on two charges of misdemeanor contempt of congress, for failing to comply with the january 6th investigation, will be decided by a d.c. jury sworn in today 12 jurors, two alternates, nine men and five women, diverse in race and age. late today, in opening statements, a federal prosecutor said bannon decided he was above the law. the congressional subpoena wasn't an inv

mrs. olena will help us, thanks to tsn olga koshelenko, to bring the first lady of ukraine, olena zelenska to the united states. oleschuk is in touch with us, mr. peter, i congratulate you. i congratulate you . women's diplomacy is just gaining momentum in the world, and we have already said that the speech of the president's wife before the representatives of both chambers is unprecedented for the american congress, in your opinion or will this non-standard move work? well, i think it's a coma, in principle, judging by the reception, it was quite warm, although, in principle, traditionally, first ladies in democratic countries focus on humanitarian issues, but as ms. olena rightly emphasized during her speech, in principle, there is no guarantee of security no humanitarian issue can be solved now, and security guarantees can be provided primarily by receiving e-weapons of air defense systems that could help protect ukraine from invaders from the attacks and the fact that it was colored by the appropriate e-e in personal appeals personal experiences. i think that it found a response in the

mrs. olena will help us to bring the grace of tsn olga koshelenko to the united states first lady ukraine olena zelenskaeady discussing the course of this visit, of course, political scientist petro oleshchuk is in contact with us in ukraine, mr. peter, i congratulate you

mr. biden visited ukraine in may , now it is my turn to speak in the usa about ukrainian needs, zelenskaaid at the beginning of the visit, in the protocol photos released by zelenskyi's press service, zelenskyi's blue shoes catch the eye and biden's yellow shoes, the first lady also held meetings with the us secretary of state winken and stated his position that the quote independent ukraine will exist much longer than putin remains unchanged zelenska also visited memorial to the victims of the holodomor, there we met with representatives of the ukrainian community, and now i am asking for something that i would never want to ask for. i am asking you for weapons, weapons, not to wage war on foreign land, but to protect my home and the right to wake up alive in it. i am asking you against air defense, so that rockets do not kill children in their strollers, so that they do not destroy children's rooms and entire families . this will be our joint great victory and kateryna lisonova, a correspondent of the ukrainian editorial office, joins the broadcast from washington, voted for america. c

elena zelenska, is being received at the white house, and although she was scheduled to meet only with the first lady of the united states, jill biden , the american president himself came to meet mrs. zelensky joe biden, further support by the united states of ukraine and the ukrainian people, in particular, and help in overcoming the humanitarian consequences of the russian war, one of the main meetings between elena zelenskyi and joe biden, which is currently ongoing in the white house, is taking part in the expansion of the discussion, among others, and the permanent representative of the united states of america, linda thomas greenfield and deputy secretary of state victoria nuland tomorrow first lady olena zelenska will speak in the us congress at the invitation of the speaker of the house of representatives nancy polos , meanwhile the minister of defense of ukraine oleksiy reznikov this day took part in a virtual discussion at the washington center atlantic council, where he shared his definition of victory and what help kyiv needs for this, according to the ukrainian minister, russia should return all captured territories, including crimea, the urgent needs of the ukrainian

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