we will talk more about the legal cases against former president donald trump with oleksiy kovalenko. greetings oleksiy. congratulations. oleksiy, as he currently is the development of these cases, what the defense tactics are and ultimately when and who may bring an end to these cases against former president donald trump. we see that this year, the 24th year, has begun with new developments in donald trump's affairs. we've been following closely what's going on in colorado, what's going on in maine, and basically every other case against donald trump. and we saw that already on january 2 of this year , the trump team filed an appeal to the supreme court of the state of maine against the decision of the secretary of state of the state of maine to use the third part of the 14th amendment to the constitution. states and remove the name of donald trump from the ballots in the primary elections of the republican party in the primaries of the republican party. this amendment means that any person who in any way was involved in the treason cannot hold public office, accordingly trump is ac

my colleague oleksiy kovalenko is following the case. hello, oleksiy.ell me what is the importance of the decision of the supreme court. it is important here, first of all, that the supreme court agreed to consider the appeal. the former of the president of the united states, donald trump , in relation to maine, according to which the name of donald trump was removed from the ballots in the primary - this is the primary election in the republican party, and but these decisions both in the case of maine and in the case of colorado, they are put on hold, and we we will only know the final point in this process will be when the us supreme court actually makes a decision on this matter, and it looks like the supreme court will be in a hurry to ... consider this issue, because the first hearings on this issue have already been scheduled for 8 february, and there is a possibility that we will know the decision of the supreme court on this issue before the so-called super tuesday, that is, march 5, when the primaries will be held in most states, and that is wh

let's talk about how this case can affect the presidential race colleague oleksiy kovalenko. hello, oleksiy. tell me, please, was donald trump present in the hall today? and what did he say, did he make any statements? hello maria, in fact, here it is important to remember everything that happened yesterday, it is important to remember that donald trump was not present, as our colleague yulia yarmonka said, was not present during the debate, instead we were present during the fox channel town hall news, and during this town hall he addressed all these criminal proceedings against him, he said that this is all hunting already in his classic manner, and also said that... when he is, according to him , the president, he will not be a dictator and will not persecute his political opponents, and he also mentioned ukraine and israel, he reminded he mentioned that ah, if he were president now, there would be no war in ukraine, then russia would not attack ukraine, and there would be no war in israel either. he also commented on foreign policy and nato issues in general, he was asked.

oleksiy kovalenko will help us understand what is happening on the section of the american-mexico border near the city of eagle pass. greetings oleksiy. congratulations natalie. oleksiy, explain what is the essence of the situation that is currently happening on the border, and what is the conflict between the federal authorities and the leadership of the state of texas. natalia, here it is important to speak first generally about the border issue. last december, as we remember. approximately 300,000 migrants crossed the border between mexico and the united states of america, this is a record number, this is more than in previous months, this is more than in december of the previous year, and this is the issue , the issue of migration, the issue of illegal migration and the issue of crossing, illegal border crossing, it thus became one of the key issues in the political discourse in the usa, and one of the most important issues for americans themselves, according to sociological polls that were made public. week, 35% of americans believe that this is the most important issue in the unite

oleksiy kovalenko, maya kay, voice of america, washington.ctivists of the stand with ukraine foundation in los angeles chose an unusual way to draw the attention of american society to the war in ukraine and to raise funds for aid. they took the movember movement as a basis, when men grow during november. mustache for a charitable cause. did the activists succeed? grow a cossack mustache and raise funds - khrystyna shevchenko learned. and the movember shave begins. we shave clean. to grow a mustache, such a challenge was launched by activists of the los angeles-based charitable foundation stand with ukraine. in such an inventive way, they decided to raise funds to help ukraine. the idea of ​​growing a mustache for charity appeared in 2003 in australia as a way to draw attention to men's health issues. since then , movember has grown into a global movement. peter lahr, activist of the stand with foundation ukraine says: this year, together with like-minded people , we decided to offer those who want to grow a mustache with a different goal. ma

the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time is on the air, i and the host oleksiy kovalenko. us president joe biden met on wednesday, january 17, with speaker of the house of representatives mike johnson and other congressional leaders. to discuss the continuation of aid to ukraine and negotiations on changing us immigration policy, without which the republicans do not want to approve funding for kyiv. after the meetings , speaker mike johnson said that republicans will continue to push for border changes. before they are ready to discuss ukraine. my colleague yulia yarmonka follows the development of events in washington. julia, congratulations. greetings, oleksiy. yulia: after the meeting in the white house, the leaders of the democrats and republicans did not make any unequivocal statements. what results did these negotiations bring and how can they actually affect the issue of aid to ukraine. of course, oleksiy. today, us president joe biden said that the meeting went well. the administration says that the president clearly explained the urgency once again. the urgency o

the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is on the air, i and the host oleksiy kovalenko. according to reports from the armed forces of ukraine in the evening of january 14. the military shot down a russian a50 plane over the sea of ​​azov, and also shot down an iv-22. these aircraft were key to coordinating russian ground operations. experts call the possible downing of the a50 a very operationally important loss for the russians. the publication force emphasized that this day could become the worst for the russian air force for 23 months since the beginning of russia's full-scale war against ukraine. the washington post emphasized that these planes were the main ones. tools that help organize the movement of russia on the battlefield in ukraine. the financial times predicts that, if the report of the downing is confirmed, it will be a significant impetus for the ukrainian counteroffensive. and to other news. on monday, january 15, the first vote in the 2024 us presidential election will take place in the state of iowa. this is a party election now, vaiovi they are calle

oleksiy kovalenko.e volodymyr zelenskyi arrived in vilnius on wednesday, january 10. having started a trip to lithuania, estonia and latvia, the baltic countries, members of the european union and nato. the visit takes place on the day of the meeting of the ukraine-nato council in brussels, where it is expected that the ukrainian side will call on partners to increase the supply of weapons and, in particular, air defense equipment, in response to massive russian attacks on ukrainian cities. during the visit, as well as during the council meeting. ukraine nato was followed by our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan. congratulations bohdan. bohdan, what did zelenskyi hear in vinnos and what to expect from other visits of the president of ukraine to the baltic states? the ukrainian president once again heard from, in particular, from the baltic leader, from the president of lithuania, that, in particular, lithuania.

me and host oleksiy kovalenko. prime minister of great britain risho sunak, who visited kyiv, announced about provision of military aid to ukraine in the amount of more than 3 billion dollars. this is the largest package of defense aid to ukraine from great britain since the beginning of the war. in addition, the country signed a 10-year security agreement. a european correspondent followed the details of the visit and the details of the agreement. voice of america bohdan syupan. congratulations, bohdan. bohdan, can you tell us how the visit of british prime minister risha sunak went and what is included in the aid package announced today? first, about the aid package, so it is for 200 million pounds more than last year's package. it begins to act in april, precisely in april. financial years, tax years begin in great britain, perhaps the most notable things mentioned in this package are drones, it says that britain will send to ukraine the largest ever shipment of drones for ukraine, long-range missiles, artillery

the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is on the air, i and the host oleksiy kovalenkohe united congress states are officially back to work after the christmas break. the senate resumed its work on monday, and the house of representatives on tuesday. two urgent issues are on the legislator's agenda: avoiding a government shutdown shutdown and reaching an agreement on changes in immigration legislation, on which the ukraine-israel aid package actually depends.

oleksiy kovalenko will tell. thousands of migrants from central and south america are making their wayo the us-mexico border, some of them congregating in the city of tapachula, in southeastern mexico on the border with guatemala, from where the caravan of migrants heads north. there are children and women with blisters on their feet, they are dehydrated, it's hard, it's hard to find the american dream, we want the government to at least give us permission to cross the border. the caravan set off a few days before a scheduled meeting between the us and mexican delegations to discuss ways to limit the flow of immigrants. according to the authorities of the mexican state of chiapas , there are about 10,000 immigrants, including children, in the caravan heading to the american border. they say they don't have the money to pay for visas or the so-called coyotes who smuggle people. i don't have any a penny, no one gave me a single... morsel of food, but i'm determined and i'm not going to give up until i reach the border. luiz vilia gran also joined this caravan. he is the director of the n

me and the presenter oleksiy kovalenko. both houses of the united states congress are officially back in session after the christmas break. the senate resumed its work on monday, and the house of representatives on tuesday. the legislator has two urgent issues on the agenda. avoid the government shutdown shutdown and achieve agreement on changes in immigration legislation, on which the package of aid to ukraine, israel and other partners actually depends. both the republicans and the democrats have already announced progress in the... issues, what exactly it is about and how it will affect ukraine, let's talk with our congress correspondent kateryna lisnova. congratulations, katya. congratulations oleksya. katya, the most important thing for legislators now is to avoid a shutdown so that the work of the government is not paralyzed. and the first deadline for this is already january 19. will congress be able to avoid another shutdown threat and how this issue affects aid to ukraine. to begin with, let's explain to our, let's

me and host oleksiy kovalenko.oth houses of congress have approved a new short-term resolution to fund the federal government through early march. the document has already been sent to president joe biden for approval. according to the two-stage budget resolution, one part of government agencies will receive funding until march 1, the other, including the pentagon budget , until march 8. this is already the third terminization of the full budget for 2024. the current fiscal year in... the us began on october 1 , 2023, since then lawmakers have not been able to agree on a full government budget and for the third time agreeing to temporary financing to delay the deadline of a potential shutdown. this should give congress more time to agree to full federal funding for the entire current year. we have good news for america, shutdown on friday. will not, because both parties worked in harmony, the government will continue to work, the work of state institutions will not be blocked, we will avoid an unnecessary disaster.

the program of the ukrainian voice of america chas time program is on the air, i and the host oleksiy kovalenkom the ukrainian armed forces, on the evening of january 14 , the ukrainian military shot down a russian a50 plane over the sea of ​​azov, and also shot down a u-22. these planes were. key to the coordination of russian ground operations. experts call the possible downing of the a50 is a very operationally important loss for the russians. the publication force emphasized that this day could become the worst for the russian air force in the 23 months since the beginning of russia's full-scale war against ukraine. the washington post emphasized that these planes were the main ones.

kovalenko, but now there will be... a conversation with another of our guests, with the professor of political science of the kyiv-mohyla academy, the scientific director of the democratic initiative foundation oleksiytil we finish our a conversation with mr. oleksandr, mr. oleksandr, please tell me, in principle, the same idea is connected with the kerch bridge, purely technically, purely technically. and it can actually be carried out when we can strike only on that part of the bridge territory that belongs to ukraine, because i understand that the railway bed is there and it is very difficult to damage it. situations, and this is the main part of the bridge? and as for the railway part in particular, it depends exactly on what means we will be hit with? if it is a penetrating missile with a penetrating type warhead, armor-piercing type, then it is quite possible to do it with the same stormshade, scalepg and even an attack depending on the modification, and the main thing is a high point. we see that even today they cannot fully restore the railway part, it continues to work in reverse format, in reverse mode, so it is quite possible, yes. and if we talk about the consequences of such an attack o