who was one of the first to go to defend ukraine back in 2014, he just graduated from the national guard academy in kharkiv, from the beginning together with his comrades, they defended administrative buildings in donetsk and luhansk regions later , volodymyr joined the ato during the liberation of the liman region, the boy died, he was 21 years old, he and his bride were planning a wedding after the death of their son, victoria started volunteering and opened a public organization in order to help other families of the fallen soldiers, you need to think about the fallen and their families. and it is very painful for those parents who are in the regions where they have been abandoned. victoria, on behalf of other relatives of the fallen soldiers since 2014, calls for a change in the approach to social payments, namely to equalize the amount to that which is paid to relatives of those killed during a full-scale invasion, i.e. up to uah 15 million. in addition , introduce automatic recalculation of pensions for today, says victoria. it is fixed and amounts to uah 7,800. the amount is not indexed a

the age of 15, he joined the road cadet corps of the odesa corps and entered the national academy of the national guardd is now in the 15th the regiment, the city of slovyansk, now artemov february 23. last year , he defended ukraine in the northeast with a team of mortars. what kind of guns are these, aren't we 44 or insta or milash, whatever, any gun is needed , artem mostly depends on the accuracy of hitting the enemy. he collects targets, calculates the parameters for making a shot by loading and with guidance, he does the calculation. and i am already directing ballistic developments where they aim, how much to shoot, i give the command to open, the war keeps in touch with the correctors of the current development, and in this way we cause death to the enemies in the war, we constantly have to learn, says artem before the war you didn't prepare much, you can't be ready, at least there is a saying that all the military prepare for the last war at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, hitting the enemy was a little easier because they gathered in a large group, made massive volleys, hit hard but n

academy. >> he just loved that job. he loved working with the kids. >> angel gate was run by the california national guard from its base luis obispo on california's central coast. it was a military academy with city kids who were headed in the wrong direction learn order, discipline, and respect. >> how is frank with the kids? >> frank was awesome with the kids. >> chad holloway was frank's supervisor and friend. >> if they were acting out, he would kind of like say things to get them to do the right thing. plus, he kind of used me as a bad guy -- >> good cop, bad cop? >> exactly. frank was always a good cop. >> as rewarding as it was for frank to help his students learn skills for a successful life, he also found it thrilling to take the city kids kayaking or camping, or just to hang out by the ocean, which many of them had never even seen. it also left him wanting kids of his own. >> i remember him talking a lot about he wanted to have kids. he wanted kids really bad. he wanted to start a family. >> his sisters say frank thought his faith would guide him there. >> he was big into believing that god was going to give

the heads of the national guard and reserves testify to a senate committee about the 2024 budget request for the agencies. later, president biden addresses the u.s. air force academy during a commencement speech in colorado. senators are voting on amendments right now on the debt ceiling bill. earlier they debated the bill on the chamber floor. members have until monday to clear the measure that institute spending caps and work requirements for food stamp benefits and would suspend the debt limit until 2025. leader schumer: madam president, last night a large majority of both democrats and republicans in the house passed bipartisan legislation to protect the u.s. economy, protect american families and eliminate the threat of our first ever default. the bill is now in the senate were we begin the process today of passing this legislation as soon as possible. the senate will stay in session until we send a bill of boarding default to president biden's desk. we will keep working until the job is done. time is a luxury the senate does not have if we want to prevent default. june 5 is less than four days away. at this point, and indeed this delay or last-minute hold up