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Like relatives, as well as honored guests of the studio, the events of the day in two hours, vasyl zemas big broadcast, a project for smart and caring people, in the evening at espresso. Congratulations, voice of america ukrainian is on the air. My name is ostap yarysh. The us Congress Still cannot elect a speaker of the house of representatives. Stivskalis, the candidate who the day before received the nomination of the majority of republicans in a closed party vote, unexpectedly withdrew his candidacy. What is the reason and what further development can be expected . Lets talk with our correspondent in the congress, kateryna lisyunova. Katya, i congratulate you. Congratulations ostap. Katya, earlier it was hoped that if the house of representatives does not elect a speaker this week , then even if it comes close to that, it didnt happen, what actually happened, katya, and what latest news do you have from the congress now , what do you understand, what is finally clear is that the crisis in the congress is deepening, it would seem that only this wednesday, the republicans said, what said to have united around the only candidate from their party, and that said to be the republican Steve Scalise, as of last night, everything changed, noted that the republicans were in no rush to vote Steve Scalise directly to the representatives after nominating him, because the republicans are trying to make sure that any of their candidates will have enough votes, the 217 necessary votes within their own party, to avoid the precedent that happened with kevin mccarthy, when it took 15 rounds to vote for him. Steve scalise himself has not been able to gather the Republican Party around him for the past few days, and yesterday he told reporters that he was withdrawing his candidacy from the race for. The speakers butt, i suggest you listen to his statement yesterday right now. I have just informed my colleagues that i am withdrawing my name from the postspeaker application. If you look at where our party is in the last few weeks, you will see that there is still work to be done. Our party needs to come together, but so far we have not achieved that. And there are still left people who have their own strategy. I made it clear that we need to get everyone to put aside personal strategies and focus on what this country needs. Our country hopes that we will be united again, we need a speaker in the house of representatives, we need to get the house of representatives back to work, but at the moment it is clear that not Everyone Wants that, the very sudden development of katya is really, but the question is what will happen next, is there any understanding at all, who can be the new nominee for the position of speaker, and what they say congressmen about how this situation affects support for ukraine, israel, and ultimately americas important domestic issues, what is known now is that republicans are continuing to negotiate within their party to select a single candidate who they nominate and actually bring it to the house of representatives for a vote. But what is clear, probably, is that there is a crisis within the Republican Party, because what we are seeing now is that the farright republicans are putting forward their candidate, and the moderate majority of republicans nominate their own. As for the names of the candidates, two candidates from the Republican Party are currently known. This is the favorite of the extreme right, jim jordan, as well as a wellknown critic of ukraine and aid to ukraine , as well as a republican candidate who announced his desire to run for this position just a few hours ago, this is the congressman from the state of georgia, austin scott. There is also a third candidate a representative of the democratic party, the leader of the House Democrats representatives, hakim jeffries. But as of now, it is clear that none of the parties, both within the Republican Party and actually between. Across party lines, democrats and republicans are in no rush to compromise their positions or their ambitions, and are in no rush to compromise on whether lawmakers believe the current. Both to ukraine and israel, here the opinions of republicans and democrats are somewhat divided. I suggest listen to what representatives of both parties told me yesterday on the floor of congress. I am concerned that the delay in appointing a speaker will have a negative impact on our ability to quickly provide funding and support to israel and ukraine. Especially ukraine, which needs it very much right now, and israel will soon need our additional help , we need to do it, another important issue is the shutdown, the shutdown of the government, if we agree to a package of additional allocations for israel and ukraine, and then shut down the government, this will lead to cuts in critical us funding, so our fellow republicans must make it clear that first, we will agree on aid to israel and ukraine as soon as possible, and second, we will not lead to a shakdaw. I dont have a prediction on when we will have a speaker, but i hope we will have a specific name in the next few days, and as far as aid to israel is concerned, we already have a bill that we passed in the house of representatives that is being considered in the senate as far as i know i know, israel is given more than 3 billion in aid, now its the senates turn to agree to this bill and send it to the president for his signature, and the representatives have already dealt with it, we are going to finish the debate on the position of speaker in the next few days, and eventually we will elect a speaker and we will be able to take action on any legislation in a timely manner, including aid to ukraine. Indeed, i am concerned, it is almost panic, although i know that President Biden and his administration will do Everything Possible with the available funding that is already in the pipeline to support ukraine and but right now there is absolutely no time frame for the appointment of the speaker, there is no communication, there is no understanding, there is no solution, the onus is on the Republican Party, they cannot move forward, but the only way forward is a bipartisan solution, and that is appointing Hakeem Jeffries as speaker, interesting these thoughts, katya, thank you for a clear and understandable explanation, thank you also for your work, these days at the congress, Kateryna Lisunova was in touch with us. The white house assured that they had confirmed that north korea provided russia with military equipment and ammunition for the war against ukraine. John kirby, a representative of the Us National Security council, told journalists about this. We will talk more about this and other things with yulia yarmolenko, who is now joining us from the white house. Yuli, i congratulate you. Congratulations ostap. Yuli, so what new data are we talking about now and how is the us collecting them. Oppose such cooperation between north korea and russia . You know, you have, just a month ago here in the white house, there was a warning that russia could get weapons from north korea, and today john kirby, the representative National Security council of the United States, said that this happened, according to the United States, north korea transferred more than 1,000 containers of weapons, as well as ammunition to russia, so that russia could continue to wage its war against ukraine, the white house, in particular, gave us the graphic that shows how that transfer happened, hopefully we can see that graphic right now, and as john kirby says, theyre also worried that russia in response, in response to the arms transfer from north korea, might give phanian the , which north korea is asking for, north korea itself wants access to antiaircraft missile systems, as well as fighter jets. The white house, as john kirby said , will be closely monitoring what s going on to see if pyongyang is going to make an additional arms transfer, why is it important . Its important, of course, because the white house says its their responsibility to expose and report any attempts, successful or unsuccessful, by russia to get weapons from players like north korea, what the white house will do in response, as john kirby said , above all, the United States will continue to implement sanctions, he said that he cannot announce a new round of sanctions today, will do everything to make sure that the previous sanctions work, in addition, he stressed that it is extremely important for the United States to do everything so that ukraine, in this context, has additional weapons in order to be able to continue defending itself against russian aggression. Julia, in order to continue aid to ukraine, sooner or later we will also need new approval from congress, does the white house plan to somehow address this issue and is there any leverage here . Ostape, certainly, as john kirby said today, the white house feels that time is not on their side, as far as and when it is concerned, about the uninterrupted transfer and provision of arms to ukraine. John kirby said today, in particular, that he has a small update on the progress of the fighting in ukraine. He said that the United States can now confirm that russia has resumed its offensive, particularly in the lyman district, as well as avdiivka, suggesting that russia is continuing to follow its previous strategy of dropping large numbers of soldiers. Poorly prepared, says that russia is not getting any big one now. Advantages or not making much progress, the ukrainians, as john kirby said, continue to fight bravely, intelligently and effectively, however, at the same time, at the same time said john kirby, this once again confirms the fact that russia is not going to leave its attempts to conquer more ukrainian territory, and so that means that it is extremely important now for the United States and for congress to approve the request for additional funding that the white house has sent. What does the white house do for this, how confirmed john kirby, the white house National Security team is currently working with congress, including meeting with key congressmen this week to first explain what the situation is in both israel and ukraine, and to prove , why it is so important to approve a package of additional funding for ukraine as soon as possible, he said that this work will continue, because the United States understands that it is necessary to act now. Of course, in the United States , developments are being followed very closely, in israel as well, and do they see the American Government as a threat to their own security at this moment . Ostape, this is a very important issue, as the white house said today, just a few days ago, the president of the United States instructed his National Security team to do Everything Possible to strengthen security, particularly around the jewish and muslim communities, and also to strengthen security in such cities like washington, because there are so many diplomatic offices of different countries, at the moment, as john kirby said, the United States, american intelligence does not see any indications that there is any direct threat to the United States as a result of hamass attack on israel, but the white house believes it is extremely important to continue to monitor how the situation develops, and as john kirby assured, if there are any. Changes, then necessarily, the white house will take certain measures to protect citizens, but will also report about it, currently, john kirby emphasizes, he does not see any threat that would come directly from the reports. Julia, thank you, Yuliya Yarmolenko was in touch with us white house, we talked about the latest news we heard from there today. Meanwhile, israel is preparing to conduct a ground operation against hamas in the gaza strip. In this regard , the Israeli Government called on all those in the northern part of gaza, which is more than a Million People, to move to the south within 24 hours. Hamas, in turn, called on people to stay put. United states secretary of defense lloyd austin arrived in israel today, he said that terrorism can never be justified and assured that the united the states will support both israel and ukraine. Secretary of state Antony Blinken , who is also in the middle east these days in a telephone conversation with the ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, assured koleba the United States will continue to provide ukraine with support to protect its people. Currently, it is known that the number of dead ukrainians in israel has increased to 11 people, nine more ukrainians are still considered missing. Some of the citizens may be captured by hamas. This was reported in the Ukrainian Embassy in israel. The situation in israel has also increased tensions between the palestinian and jewish communities here in the us. Hamas appeals to the palestinian diaspora to support their struggle seriously worried jews around the world. One of the actions in support of the palestinians took place in the american state of washington. Natalia mozgova will tell more. They are afraid that we will be able to free ourselves with our own hands. Calls by hamas to the palestinian diaspora to express solidarity with what they say are their struggles have raised concerns among jewish communities over to the whole world in particular, jewish activists were concerned about a rally in seattle in support of the palestinian right to protest. The flyer of the event featured a paraglider, one of the means by which hamas militants crossed the territory of israel from the gaza strip. They want to see our people dead, they want to kill us. Its scary, i dont feel safe. Hear what they say for yourself. I hear the human pain, really, really feel it, but a lot of them are here to make an instagram story, and theres human pain at stake life, several jewish activists tried to confront the. Rally participants, would you condemn hamas as a terrorist organization . No, ari hoffman, the president of a local orthodox synagogue, told voice of america that he decided to assess for himself the palestinian struggle against years of oppression. I am not here to appease zionists or israelis who believe in the extermination and colonization of palestinians on palestinian lands. Such a some jews took the rhetoric at the rally seriously. Our synagogue doubled the security, as well most other synagogues in ukraine, not only here in the state of washington, and everyone knows that this is already a special situation, because we see that there are people here who agree with terrorists and openly wear their colors. At a gathering at the university of washington on thursday, its president , anna marie causey, observed a moment of silence for the victims of the hamas attack. We can debate the situation in palestine for the last 75 years, but there is no doubt that these attacks by hamas on civilians are absolutely reprehensible, if you see it on tv, these attacks are simply blood curdles and no one should welcome such atrocities. Causey emphasized that the university focused on supporting all students injured recently, in turn , on wednesday us President Joe Biden met at the white house with leaders of the Jewish Community in the us, acknowledging their concerns about security. You are saddened that children are being targeted in schools as you go about your daily life, suffering from the downplaying of hamas atrocities and accusations against israel. It is moral. On wednesday, National Security Council Spokesman john kirby said the administration. The us works closely with state and local authorities to identify and prevent potential threats. Iryna shinkarenko, natasha mozgova, voice of america, seattle, washington. And then we talk about the Largest Military exhibition in north america, which gathered more than 700 companies from all over the world in the American Capital. Drones, antiaircraft systems and weapons with artificial intelligence. Andriy borys learned how defense technologies are changing today and how the russian war against ukraine affects it. Washington, one of the biggest exponents of the American Capital hosts the largest exhibition of gunsmiths in north america. Hundreds of companies from the United States, australia, canada, and europe present their achievements in the militaryindustrial complex. The exhibition is opened by the secretary of the us army, christine wormuth. Supporting the National Sovereignty of ukraine directly corresponds to our national interests. It weakens the russian military, strengthens deterrence in other regions, and builds our National Industrial base. It is the war in ukraine that currently has the greatest impact on development of the militaryindustrial complex in the world say company representatives. Manufacturers, officials and highranking army officials. War needs more and more weapons, accurate and effective. This is a mockup of the camicadze switchblade 600 drone. It flies out of a tube like this , with a small controller like this laptop, a radio and antennas, the fighter can control its flight. The American Company aeroovament is one of the largest suppliers of drones in ukraine. In addition to barrage switch blade munitions. It supplies reconnaissance drones to the puma and recently jamp20. In the future, he plans to open his own Production Facility in ukraine. I am talking with companies in ukraine on the bppla regarding the partnership for the production of joint products. We are not against helping in the production of their drones. In the near future, i will return to ukraine to continue negotiations. Today , the entire ukrainian front is saturated with drones, as from the side. In the armed forces, and from the side of the russian army. Russia is already setting up its own production of these devices, which poses a serious threat to kyiv says volodymyr pikuzo, director of the Defense Agency procurement of ukraine. He represents the ukrainian delegation at the exhibition, which came in search of expanding sources of arms supply. When this amount of military equipment is used in combat, something has to change the rules of the game, as they say in english. And unfortunately, many experts agree that this is something effective and very, very cheap, and unfortunately, these two parameters, they. Directly refer to the same proverbial shaheed, and we must understand how to effectively and systematically fight with this threat, so we definitely we will look in the direction of light, light air Defense Systems, automatic air Defense Systems and as cheap as possible, a relatively cheap solution to the antiiranian shaheed could be the optical system of the Israeli Company smart shooter, they say representatives, it can be attached to any weapon that shoots small caliber. Its an electrooptic Computer System is an Imaging Technology that once you identify a target, whether on the ground or in the air, the computer does all the math, you pull the trigger, but the bullets only go off when the target is 100 in range. A fullscale war in ukraine requires not only advanced technological solutions, but an increase in the supply of conventional types of weapons, heavy equipment, and ammunition. Representatives of the americanukrainian Business Council are negotiating both with companies at the exhibition and with officials. For example, in the state, in oha, equipment of the company bae systems is produced. This is an armored, armored infantry vehicle. The state of ohio is very beautiful supports ukraine, namely, congresswoman marsy captor, who represents one. Region of the state of ohio, is very interested, in principle, like all other members of congress, very interested in helping ukraine. At the exhibition, the Ukrainian Defense Procurement Agency has already concluded several cooperation agreements with systems, hannywell and looking martin. The latter is a manufacturer, in particular, of the hymars and m270 volley fire systems. We have recently increased the production of hymars to 96 such systems per year as far as salvo missiles are concerned. Then production increased from 10 to 14,000 per year lock martin plans to double the range of sixstar rrsвmars, whether the new system will reach ukraine is still unknown. Look head martin plans to double the range of the sixshot rszvmars. It is not yet known whether the new system will enter ukraine. We were able to achieve this by moving the controls to the tail of the rocket, and then increased the size of the tno engine by one inch to provide additional thrust. Thus , the range is now 150 km. The system has already passed several stages of verification, now we are passing it the last phase before going into full production. Production of longrange weapons and robotization of the armed forces. This is one of the priorities for America Today said the head of the us Ground Forces during a press conference. In the conditions of war , it is important to preserve the most valuable thing, the life of a soldier. Andriy borys, voice of america. This is the story from the military exhibition in washington. And already this weekend, polish voters will elect a new parliament. The law and Justice Party of the current government and the opposition civil party are competing for their votes coalition. However, at the moment it seems that none of the forces will be able to win an absolute majority. Therefore, a coalition will have to be created to form the government. Myroslav will explain why these elections are important for ukraine from warsaw. Poles will go to the polls on october 15 to elect their twoparty parliament. A few days before the election, candidates from all Political Parties are making lastditch efforts to mobilize their supporters. Among them are adam bodnar, lawyer, Human Rights Defender and former polish ombudsman, independent highranking official, responsible for the protection of human rights. Today, the candidate for the senate from the Civic Platform says that this years elections are of great importance for the rule of law and the protection of Civil Liberties in poland. These elections are about the future of poland, either a mimocratic country, or we go further in some authoritarian direction, because we know that if the democratic opposition loses these elections, then we will actually slide into some kind of authoritarian system. His young colleague olivia az, who is 22 years old. Is running for the polish diet from the same party as bodnar, born in poland from a polish mother and a kurdish father, she represents a new generation of politicians, and if she wins, she will become the youngest member of the polish parliament. We as a young generation need to implement our ideas because the future depends on us and we know how to solve the problems of the current society, right . So i want to encourage young people to get involved. In politics for aziz, one of the key issues in these elections is education. She emphasized that poland should properly reward teachers and educate the new generation responsible citizens. Another significant factor in these elections is polands aging population. 10 million pensioners in poland make up about a quarter of the population. It is also the main electorate of the ruling law and Justice Party. Therefore, the main priority of the ruling party is to preserve their wellbeing and promote the preservation of polish traditions and deeprooted religious values. State secretary for polishukrainian development edwiga emilevych, who is running for parliament from law and justice, which is at in power for the past eight years, emphasizes that the majority of poles live in rural areas and need to feel protected and safe. I believe that the issue of security is the main issue of this election. We feel that the war going on in ukraine is also our war. Security in the conditions of the war in ukraine, in the conditions of the refugee crisis, in the energy. Plan and the situation of uncertainty is connected with the economic crisis, all this pile of problems worries people here. She notes that people are worried about the refugee crisis, in particular because of ukrainians who came to live in poland after the russian invasion. A recent dispute between the polish and ukrainian governments over grain imports has led to a drop in support for ukraine among poles. I m trying to convince. Partners, that this issue is not about who is in power, it is an issue in society. You really had 38 Million People who stood shoulder to shoulder with you, helped you and opened doors, and today it doesnt matter if they vote for law and justice or the civil platform, they are a little disappointed, sometimes even a little offended, when the partner in kyiv treats them not really seriously. However, regardless of the outcome of the election, both Political Forces agree on the need to continue supporting ukraine in the face of russian aggression, while maintaining order at home and in europe in general. Experts believe that the polish elections are very important for the entire eu bloc, the results of which will have consequences for both the eus Foreign Policy and its internal unity. 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