Of the United States without aid for ukraine, the fact that we in ukraine are worried, well , thats an understatement. In fact, the fact that money for ukraine was removed from the bill on temporary financing of the government came as a complete surprise. Support for ukraine is quite strong in the United States congress, even among republicans. And only a small group of the most radical republicans who support trump dont want to support ukraine for reasons i still dont fully understand. They were the ones who wanted the government to stop functioning, depriving it of money. And to avoid that, thenspeaker mccarthy had to compromise. He chose a compromise, which was that this budget would not include aid to ukraine, but another budget would be adopted in 45 days. And of course, everyone except the radical republicans hope that the money for ukraine will go to but now the most important thing is who will be elected to the place speaker mccarthy, there are two main candidates, steve scullis, a senior republican from louisiana, who advocates for more support for ukraine, citing biden, as long as it takes, and his opponent, jim jordan of ohio, who opposes increased support for ukraine. So the newly elected speaker will decide which projects to vote on and can block aid to ukraine if he so wishes. In this case, President Biden can do nothing but try to convince him. Thats why it is a completely unexpected turn of events, and to me it is deeply embarrassing to the democratic system of the United States of america because it shows how close we are to total dysfunctionality. We understand that the connection. The states help us in a way that few people in the world help us, but we hoped for the strengthening of this assistance , in particular by including the Winter Campaign on the great front of the russianukrainian war, so we hoped that america would dare, that President Biden would dare and sign the relevant documents regarding selection to us attackcams, a few weeks ago, mr. Borkovsky, you and i talked about the fact that the Biden Administration is finally ready to provide ukraine with attackcams and is moving well in the direction of supplying f16, because it is finally clear that ukraine really needs these weapons and is not going to use it for attacks on russian territory. Without such resources, ukraine will not be able to do what washington expects of it, that is, to make progress on the battlefield. And then everyone was caught off guard by this bezlat in the political system of the United States, which is why it is currently impossible say what will happen next. In addition, i think that in the long term , it will be politically disadvantageous for whoever becomes the speaker of the house of representatives not to restore support for ukraine, but at this point it is simply impossible to say how quickly that might happen and how big that assistance might be. As far as i understand, there is still 5 billion in unused aid to ukraine. Based on the fact that, on average, ukraine receives 2. 7 Million Dollars a month from the United States, we are talking about two months of aid that has not yet been provided. Also we have seen how many iranian weapons have been seized and will be transferred to ukraine. It is about millions of rounds of ammunition and thousands of iranianmade machine guns, which were apparently transported by sea for the houthi rebels. However , ukraine cannot. Win the war relying on such accidental finds of weapons. The United States must provide funding. Dear mr. Ambassador. I understand what youre talking about, on the other hand, the concern remains, yes, the socalled signals are starting to multiply, very often its Anonymous Sources in the white house, very often its retired generals who are starting to talk, its not only about the United States, for example, great britain, they are starting to say that maybe our warehouses will run out of something, well, its about the british statement, we will help ukraine, but it should be taken into account that that our aid is also not rubber and so on, i do not want to try to predict the situation that may develop in a couple of months, yes, when Trump Supporters may appear in the United States, for example, and say, we are already enough helped ukraine, and they will name the amount of 100 billion dollars, and they will say, lets reduce the aid, but you have a feeling, this is about the real schedules in the american and european politicians, in particular, it is about two key stories, so money and weapons. The basis of politics is money and spending, and in the United States system, it is congress that decides how much money will be appropriated for the goals the president wants to achieve. This is where the greatest power of the congress of the United States is, and it is why our democratic system is difficult to govern, sometimes it happens, but, as Winston Churchill said, americans will eventually do right after trying everything wrong. We are now in a regime where we have a group of extreme republican supporters of President Trump who are nihilistic. They would like to bring down our government because they think it will make biden look bad and trump look good. So ukraine is a hostage of this process. In the long run, i think aid will be given, based at least on what churchill once said. Eventually, the United States will. Right, in the short term, the positive is that it also sends a certain signal to our european allies to get them to do more. Great britain has done a lot, its true, germany has done a lot, estonia has done the most per capita, however there are other countries like bulgaria that havent done as much as they should, hopefully there will be a little the political crisis is also internal. Of the European Union, so that they understand that they must do even more to to help ukraine, dear mr. Ambassador, in any case, we understand that International Politics is going through perhaps not the best times for ukraine, we feel that certain changes are taking place, i will not say that these changes are tectonic, but in any case in any case, in addition to the Hungarian Prime Minister orban, we also got the slovak Prime Minister robert fitz, well , rather the Prime Minister and so on, we understand that it will get worse. Ukrainianpolish relations have deteriorated rapidly, i want to believe that they can improve, well, in the near future, thanks to certain specific efforts of ukrainian and polish politicians, but in any case there is a feeling that the world situation may be worsening for us, it is true, every political issue, every political problem, every war in my life at some point lost the interest of the International Community. However, International Interest in this war was and remains strong. It is still very strong. But political systems do not stand still. Do you remember what kind of support ukraine had in slovakia at the beginning of the war . How many they accepted ukrainian refugees. Of course, it was the same with poland. But then domestic politics intervened. Economic conditions in both countries have become more difficult and difficult for farmers. In particular. Through ukrainian grain. I cant say that their support has dissipated, no, it has, and i think that in slovakia and poland, everyone still realizes that it is very important that ukraine wins, but people have become more closed, more selfish, more focused on their own position and less sympathetic to ukraine. But absolutely it is clear that slovakia and poland know that ukraine must win this war. People are now a bit tired, they have somewhat forgotten the seriousness of this war, a kind of stalemate has formed on the battlefield, but with the passage of time, when the polish elections are held, when the slovak political system calms down, after the reelection of fico, who has long remained a supporter of putin, then i think , that support for ukraine will be restored, but it is easy for me to say sitting here, if i were. Ukrainian, i would be very worried, after all, i am also worried. Its terrible how poland and Yaroslav Kaczynski behave towards ukraine in an imposing manner. Additional economic difficulties due to the interests of polish farmers in the elections, this is at least selfish, and most of all it is strategic suicide. Perhaps another meeting of the socalled istanbul format is being prepared in istanbul. What can be the agenda of this meeting, what will be discussed, because the question of the socalled peace formula can be interpreted quite differently in different states, in different. Political structures. We have the ukrainian position, it was voiced by our president volodymyr zelenskyi, but we understand that different cabinets may want to see their own solutions to the issue of war. Great question, and i fully agree that Different Countries in the transatlantic family have different visions of how the war should end, or how it should continue. So, president erdogan was consistent. On some issues, and i suspect he will play a major role in shaping the agenda. From the very beginning, he clearly condemned russias invasion of ukraine, supported the territorial integrity of ukraine, condemning the annexation of crimea and other four regions, as well as the occupation of donbas. He was consistent in ensuring that turkey provided significant military aid to ukraine. At the same time, he managed to be consistent in his desire to. Remain a potential mediator and maintain his contacts with putin. Erdogan is really proud of the grain agreement, because he was not the last to conclude it. I think that the renewal of the grain agreement will be on the agenda, while ukraine seems to be fulfilling it, sending its grain and other cargoes by ship along the coasts of nato members romania and bulgaria. So erdogan will try to restore the grain agreement. Also followed him. Is that he just wants the war to end and peace to come. He sees turkeys role in International Relations as a stabilizing force and a country that is committed to finding peace, even regardless of how unjust the political situation may be on the ground, in this case ukraine, as a human being, he just wants to stop killing people. Administration biden takes a different position, on the one hand, they believe that ukraine. Itself must decide how to end the war, and on the other hand, they are afraid or were afraid of escalation by russia and the use of nuclear weapons, which, in my opinion, is a mistake. The European Union expressed itself very clearly ukraine must receive all the necessary support and must decide for itself how to end the war. Here are the issues that will be on the agenda of this meeting. How can we achieve peace, how can we be mediators, how can we achieve respect for the territory. Of ukraine and how to make it so that has grain export resumed its normal pace . Dear mr. Ambassador, a couple of weeks have passed since the visit of president zelenskyi and the ukrainian delegation to washington. There were a lot of emotions, there were very loud statements , we in ukraine tried to analyze all this, but there were also meetings, in particular , a meeting with one of the patriarchs of american diplomacy, kissinger, thats how he met with representatives. Of our ukrainian delegation, and accordingly we understand that american diplomacy, well, it is declaratively extremely eloquent and extremely powerful, but it is very different currents, and if we talk about how they will now try to develop ukrainianamerican cooperation, i again return to the beginning of our conversation, because the best way to show help, in particular, in the allocation of heavy weapons, is how the russians would like to. To turn the russoukrainian war into a land war, into an infantry war, our key task is to get heavy artillery , missile systems, heavy tanks, not 30 abrams, but 130 or 230, yes, but this means that the russians can use one or another unconventional the threats they hint at. Lets start with former secretary of state kissinger, he is considered the most experienced and one of the wisest diplomats in the history of the United States. Interacting with him during my diplomatic career, i found his views profound, but i did not always agree with them. So i can assume that maybe the ukrainian delegation that met with him did not completely agree either. We remember that yasinger assumed at the beginning of the war that. Maybe it would be better for ukraine to look for a way to peace, as erdogan is doing, and not continue the war. And then he changed his point of view. Deep wisdom henrik. Kissinger, which reflects the need for ukraine to end this war on its terms, is what will ultimately prevail in washington. Currently, we are witnessing real political madness in washington, due to which the supply of arms to ukraine has been politicized, perhaps, thus deterring russias potential use of unconventional or nuclear weapons. That is, it is not even a rational debate, it is just a senseless struggle between supporters and opponents of trump to the Republican Party, which will hopefully end soon, and the Biden Administration will receive increased funding for ukraine, including most systems like atakams. In this way, ukraine will once again be able to control its destiny as much as possible. And one more. Moment, i think that henry kissinger, like many people in washington, does not fully understand how ukraine can push out all Russian Troops from crimea and donbas, because it is a very difficult task, but in my circle of friends in washington there are military political experts who see that ukraine is moving in this direction, firstly, thanks to its gradual advance towards the sea of azov, to. Donbas and crimea, and secondly, with the help of atakams, other longerrange missile systems, as well as Ukrainian Naval drones, which are a serious threat to the crimean bridge. So its possible that ukraine will soon be able to cut off crimea without killing all the russian military, and that will force putin to negotiate terms that will ultimately be good for ukraine, dear mr. Ambassador, you know, i i am afraid of the socalled repetition of the afghan syndrome, yes, in particular, it is about the American Election campaign, and, for example , the president ial candidate donald trump, or someone else from his political environment will start shedding false crocodile tears, saying, you know, we helped ukraine very well , but we must now focus on the problems of farmers from pennsylvania, the American Election campaign can bring a lot of surprises, unpleasant ones, and the key task of our ukrainian politicians is to be ready and act in advance, we received from the american authorities a series of advice and deadlines for the implementation of certain reforms, and here is the key task, i would ask you to analyze these and those reforms that we have to carry out quickly, the specified time there is months, six months and so on and so on, i. E. If we do not invest in the appropriate terms, could it somehow affect the provision of full and irreversible assistance from the United States, and in general, i would like you to also mention the situation with lendlease. Representatives of the Republican Party, who oppose the support of ukraine, are looking for any excuse to justify their position because they think it will make them more attractive in the eyes of donald trump. Therefore, for their own benefit, they will point to corruption in ukraine, to any insufficient means, to the wrong forms of ownership, that is, they will put pressure on vulnerable places. As for the current progress of the zelski government in carrying out reforms, i cannot give any assessment. After all , i dont think anyone watches it as closely as before the war, because of course we all are focused on the war, but if you look at how he is trying to squeeze the core out of the ministry of defense, for example, in matters of procurement and others, then the impression is completely positive. In the end, not so much the situation with internal reforms in ukraine will determine whether the United States will continue to help. In fact, first of all, everything depends on who will be elected the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States congress, and yes, who will win the president ial elections in 2024, and if it will be trump, then we have already heard from him. He will come up with how to stop a war in 24 hours. Frankly, i dont think he will stop helping ukraine. He understood while he was still the acting president that the United States should have provided ukraine with javelins so that it could defend itself. And thank god that it happened. Trump does not understand geopolitics very well, and everything he does is transactional, that is, he wants to know his benefit from this or that move. I think that. President zelenskyi will find out in what way ukraine will be able to reach those who need it. Speaker of the house of representatives, who b it was not, in the end he should listen to the president. States, because even when the United States gravitated toward isolationism, even when our first president , george washington, advised americans to avoid, as he called it, foreign ties, the United States always had an inherent idealistic motivation, which was the idea that the United States would do a world safe for democracy. I think these trends will persist in american politics and will persist as long as you and the audience watching the politics of the United States. Regarding the lease, it is impossible to pedal this issue now, since the house of representatives cannot meet and engage in official business, since it does not have a speaker. Only when a new speaker is elected will the house of representatives return to business and the speaker will control which motions or bills can be brought up for a vote. So, if the speaker is the gentleman zohayu i mentioned. Jim jordan, i do nt think he would ever bring a bill like that to the vote in the house of representatives, and biden will have no legislative way to do anything. On the other hand, if Steve Scalise of louisiana is elected speaker, im sure hell want bills like the lendless proposal to come up for a vote in congress. Therefore , if such a vote takes place, i have no doubt that the bill will pass and become law, but at the moment it is impossible to predict the future. 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Myroslav, i congratulate you, glory, congratulations. Well, i would like to start our analysis with an extremely difficult news from the United States. There was such a story that the speaker of the congress could be removed from office just like that, because of certain processes, well , the americans got out of their shutdown, but at our expense, relatively speaking, that is, they did not write 45 days in their temporary budget, what do you think is happening in the United States now and how seriously will they be ready to defend the already established line of the Biden Administration in support of ukraine. Well, lets start from a slightly different side, the ukrainian question is already at that moment entered american domestic politics for good, that is, it has been present since the first impeachment. Trump, who we already remember, wanted from president zelensky to receive papers, black papers on biden, on biden and him, his son, so that the ukrainian, ukrainian topic, the ukrainian problem is present in american domestic politics, it has become an element of this domestic policy , whether you should be happy about this or not, well, i would say that there is nothing to be happy about specifically, because it is not good when there is a problem in. Element internal confrontation, it would be desirable to preserve bipartisan support for ukraine, and this bipartisan support for ukraine exists, but there is a minority that sets the tone in the Republican Party for this music, that is, trump and his supporters, who are isolationist, and they will use any elements against against trump, we also understand that an element of this internal. Ukrainian problem in quotation marks , as we will call it, is also the impeachment or preparation for the impeachment of biden himself on the part of the republicans, among others, from attention to the activities of his son, his son hunter, and, by the way, in ukraine , as well as his business interests, hunter is facing charges, but not that he earned money here in ukraine or in connection with ukraine, only that he illegally. kept in the house, kept weapons in the house of his own house, he was once under the influence of drugs, i am telling you this and i am caught in the thought that how much should be said to answer a very simple question, and what does this mean for ukraine . Certainly not for very good news, yes, because when it is not there for 45 days, conditional support, and everyone in the world says that there is no money for. Support for ukraine. In support of ukraine, berssecretary blinken declares the same, the pentagon is preparing the next arms deliveries to ukraine, president zelenskyi declares that america is with us, it is a canvas, bipartisan, support is maintained, that is, everything is in principle, everything is not good. But still there is some you know an inner anxious feeling, that is, it somehow does not go away, i know, i always come out of such a situation in my life, each, every crisis is at the same time an opportunity, well, lets say the most alarming signal is not the fact that the mic card was removed from the position of speaker and they will appoint someone else, and someone else, in order to get the support of eight republicans, will say that we are not the same, we will support guns. We will not give ukraine or money and so on, what is the point, but the point is this, why did they take it, remove it speaker meccarty, because there is a small group of trumpists, such tough trumpists , around congressman getz from florida, who has a tooth that was so stubborn against mccarthy and said i will remove you from this position, and