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Now a number of american media, citing their own sources, write that the United States is really going to transfer atams in this new package. However, in the official list of weapons that we saw yesterday, there are no atakams, it just says missiles for hymers, and when the officials announced this package, they also mentioned only ordinary missiles. When Us National Security advisor jake salvan, later pentagon spokesman pat ryder, was asked directly whether the us was going to attack ukraine. In this new tranche, they did not directly answer this question. Their answer was that we have nothing to announce today. You know maria, here i recall how the delivery of atcams for ukraine took place in the previous tranche. At that time, the United States kept everything secret and announced their transfer only after the fact, when the armed forces of ukraine used such missiles on the battlefield. Therefore , i think that we will be able to find out for sure whether such missiles have already been transferred from the ukrainian military, maria. Ostape, yesterday we talked in more detail about this new aid from the white house for 300 million, in particular, that these funds appeared thanks to the savings of the pentagon, is it possible to expect other aid under this scheme, and what other ways there are to provide aid to ukraine until congress rushes to approve this funding. I will try to explain, now, in theory, the white house still has the opportunity to transfer another 4 billion worth of arms to ukraine. Permission for such transfer to us. This maximum amount was given by congress to joe biden even earlier. However, maria, now there is no money left to replenish our own stocks, the warehouses of the United States, and from which these weapons are allocated. What happened now . At the pentagon, thanks to savings from previous contracts, it was possible to find an additional 300 Million Dollars to replenish its own reserves, which in turn made it possible to send weapons to ukraine for exactly this amount without losses for the american army. The pentagon. They say that s one of the ways theyve found now, but its not very effective because it s not a longterm strategy that they can use, lets hear what a pentagon spokesman has to say about it petrader this is not a Sustainable Way of supporting ukraine, as far as i understand, for now it is a onetime announcement, but we will continue to work closely with. Congress, to try to get funding, we need from a broader Strategic Point of view, for the ukrainians to win this fight, and this is important not only because it is important for ukraine, it is also important for the international security, in particular for the security of the United States. This is the comment of the spokesman of the pentagon, pat ryder, maria, lets explain in more detail, actually, about these 300 million, how they were calculated, where did they get them . Relatively speaking, in the pentagon first laid down for the purchase of a conditional 100 projectiles, the amount of 130 us dollars, in fact these projectiles turned out to be cheaper, they were purchased at 93 per piece, due to the fact that there was a larger batch and they ordered it by wholesale, that is, relatively speaking, in total, under various such contracts, it was possible to save these 300 million , which are now useful for supporting ukraine, but again, we heard from the pentagon spokesman, and we also heard from the white house, that this is most likely a onetime action and that this strategy will work in the long term perspective, one should not hope, although it is indeed sometimes possible to save the pentagon on certain contracts, but one cannot hope that this will continue in the future, and again, 300 million maria is an amount that can cover one package of weapons for ukraine, it cant in any way match or cover the need for the 60 billion that joe Biden Asked Congress for earlier, so it looks like. Additional funding has to be sought to keep future supplies going, and again all returns to the solution the american congress, in particular to the house of representatives, whether they will approve this funding and. In what way, in what form and how quickly it will happen, so yes, good news, now this money has been found, now the projectiles will reach ukraine and they will most likely reach the nearest sometimes, because we know that when weapons are released from storage , they go in the next few days, but again, for the future, further deliveries will require a congressional decision, or maybe some other creative ways that are being considered in the white house, they say that working on in different ways, are looking at different ways to find. This help for ukraine, whether working with partners, or this is the way we saw now, so well be watching, but again, maria, the main focus, the main focus now focused on the us congress. Ostape, we know that this aid package was allocated for the first time this year, the last such aid was in december of last year, and it was under the program of president ial powers, and that is why it is so fast. What other aid program is there that ukraine can apply, apply United States to help ukraine. In the shortterm or to the longterm this perspective . Indeed, maria , you know, the United States is also considering other methods, working, for example, at ramstein meetings with partners, trying to appeal to them so that they may provide weapons from their stadiums while there is this break in support, but still hope in white houses that will be able to find a solution to this pause and still find financing for ukraine in one way or another. Ostapa, thank you, i will remind you about military aid to ukraine from the united ostap yarysh told us about the states. In the United States, joe biden and donald trump won the necessary number of delegate votes in the primaries to represent the democrats and republicans, respectively, in the president ial race in the fall. Joe biden needed to attract the support of 1,968 delegates. So far he has already won 2,107. He won among the democrats in almost every state except american samoa. To win. In the republican primaries, donald trump needed at least 1215 votes, he already received 1241. He was not supported only in the state of vermont and in the capital of america in washington, where voters preferred nikki haley. She has already dropped out of the race. The parties will officially approve their candidates already in the summer, but now we can say that the 2024 elections will repeat the previous ones. Americans will once again have to choose between trump and biden. Such a confrontation between candidates who were already rivals in the elections will take place for the first time in almost 70 years. Meanwhile, russia, iran and china will hold joint exercises in the gulf of oman and the arabian sea. Moscows declared goal of the military maneuvers is to work out the security of maritime economic activity. At the same time , he is the head of the Central Command of the us armed forces. Addressed us lawmakers, warning that reining in irans proxy Houthi Rebels was a temporary measure and that iran was not paying the full price for its role in the violence in the middle east. Details in the story of karla bap. The us military is increasingly striking houthi targets in yemen and shooting down more of their drones to protect civilian vessels. At the same time, the head of the us Central Command warned. Such efforts alone will not stop houthi attacks on ships in the red sea and gulf of aden. In fact, the most important thing is to deprive them of the opportunity to replenish supplies from iran. The houthis do not manufacture weapons, they assemble and assemble everything, but they themselves do not create inertial navigation systems, do not produce engines for mediumrange ballistic missiles. Lawmakers put tough questions to general eric kurila. The congress was interested in the effect of military strikes. They. Feel consequences . I think they dont feel the consequences. If an iranian spy ship is providing information to kill the sailors of the zalyas, north dekota, why dont we sink those ships . I provide options ranging from a cyber attack to a munitions strike, and also identifies the risk of escalation from all of these options. We always talk about the risk of escalation. The iranians are escalating towards us. The crisis in the middle east escalated after. Iranbacked hamas militants killed hundreds of people in an attack on israel on october 7 and are still receiving hostages of six americans. Since then , the houthis, who are also supported by iran, have attacked more than a dozen commercial vessels. Three crew members died during the last attack. Iranbacked forces in iraq and syria have carried out more than 170 attacks on us troops, killing three in jordan earlier this year. Korila told lawmakers that there were several dangerous situations in jordan, but noted that the u. S. Response, including the killing of a Kataib Hezbollah commander, had deterred the militants. I think it was a very strong current. we are also a factor have not had a single attack in iraq and syria in the next 32 days, but i will say that the deterrence is temporary. You must hold the iranians accountable. Retired us rear admiral Mark Montgomery warns that iran must be held accountable for transferring weapons to the houthis before americans protecting waterways are harmed. You have to do it ahead of time, we shouldnt wait until a us ship is damaged to take Decisive Action against iran and its supplies to the. Houthis. Iran denies arming the houthis despite ample evidence, such as the americans seized iranian weapons headed for yemen. Carla babb, voice of america, pentagon. Meanwhile , ukrainian Justice Minister Denys Malyuska met with american lawmakers in washington. He is sure congress will approve aid for ukraine, and frozen russian assets will soon be used to compensate for the damage it has caused. Russian aggression. We are optimistic, we have heard quite optimistic messages from here and used the opportunity to emphasize that this is important. We received Financial Assistance from the eu. How are you you know, the eu has approved a plan to help ukraine. We expect to receive several billion euros from this already in these weeks. It will be a direct help to the budget, but in terms of military needs, without us help, sooner or later there will be disaster on the battlefield. We really hope that congress will act quickly. To fulfill the obligations assumed. The second issue we talked about with partners and allies is Financial Assistance and the ripo bills, and what to do with russian sovereign assets not only on the territory of the United States, but we discussed possible actions on the international the arena we understand that the main decisions will be made by the sema group, but we used this opportunity to advance measures to create an International Register of losses and ensure the full responsibility of the russian federation. At the same time, the ministry of justice says that the international mechanism. It takes at least a year for the damage caused by russian aggression to work. Deputy minister of Justice Iryna Mudra shared these assessments with my colleague oksana bodratenko. It will be possible to register applications from april. When the mechanism itself works, it should be noted that the Compensation Commission has yet to be created, that is, it is time, at least a year, because according to the norms of International Law they have. To meet certain requirements, so to say that they will be able to receive compensation from tomorrow, unfortunately, as much as i would like to, we cant, but we are working on it, so that it will work and that people will eventually have somewhere to go for compensation for damage read more about the visit of the ukrainian delegation on the voice of america website in ukrainian. We are moving on to other news. Wounded ukrainian soldiers won more than 40 medals. And veterans at the u. S. Air force and marine corps games at the Nevada Air Force base. At this tournament, like the paralympics , the participants of the warrior games, the American Ministry of defense, are selected. Ukrainian athletes were invited to be guests of the tournament. Servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine, national guardsmen, border guards, representatives of the ministry of internal affairs, the state Security Service and the Security Service of ukraine compete in 11 sports. These competitions are not so much a sports component. We came here to to demonstrate the power of the ukrainian nation, and to learn from my colleagues how they rehabilitate their soldiers, military wounded, wounded servicemen, it is very important to me that people see. In fact, our strength, how powerful, strong, indomitable and independent we are, and when i raise the flag above me, i understand that it is the flag of our unity, of our nation. On tuesday , vasyl barilyuk, a wounded veteran of the Ukrainian Armed forces, won two gold medals for the Ukrainian National team. He won the 100 and 200 m races. In addition to hard work, to beat bareljuka a special protest also helped. Made by craftsmen from denmark, he told our correspondents in lviv about injuries and the way to the games in nevada. Ten infantrymen and a bradley fighting vehicle are the face of the ukrainian counteroffensive, a very young face. We were all young, we had the smallest infantryman, he was a mountaineer, he was 19 years old at that time. Vasyl borylyuk entered the war at the age of 20, he first went to the military commissariat on. The second day of the invasion on february 25, but at first he was sent home, but a construction worker from the Dnipropetrovsk Region got his way and soon got to the front, where he gained combat experience, and eventually was selected for training at. Grafenver, the largest Training Ground of the us army in europe, located in eastern bavaria, a monthlong intensive on the american bradley and a combat deployment in the vicinity of robotyny , the counteroffensive that the world was watching in the summer of 2023, vasyl saw from the inside. Everything was clearly and coolly planned, we, everyone knew, each of us knew our actions, we were stopped by mines, we. Ended up in a minefield at 2 00 in the morning, even, well, when day, you cant even see that there are mines , the grass is green to the waist, everything is overgrown, that is, well, the enemy was mining, thats all, when there was no grass yet, it was in a staggered order, even more, first an antitank mine, then a Landing Party , gets out of combat vehicles and blows up on antipersonnel vehicles, in my experience, from our battle, bradley withstood four antitank mines, and at the same time saved the entire crew, the entire combat team, the one who was in the car. When the ramp opened and vasyls crew ran out of bradley to take up a circular defense under intense shelling, the boy blew himself up on an antipersonnel mine. He did. Everything as taught, put a tourniquet and informed the others that there was a minefield around. My combat vehicle commander runs up to me, shouts to me rudder, rudder, you are alive, your fear and risk, er, crawls up to me, starts dragging me into the hole to where the mortar landed, as if to understate the silhouettes. At that time, the guys covered us and we got in touch , bradley came for us, under fire they took us for evacuation, with the help of this experience, which i received from my partners, the americans, i survived, one might say, and with the help of my brothers, who did not abandon me, but covered me, pulled me away, sent me to evacuation for. This is a new story, a new goal and a new way to it. This story is about us. When he received the prosthesis, vasyl didnt just start walking, he ran. Special running prostheses were made for him in denmark. Our prostheses are made of fiberglass. We chose it because fiberglass is a softer material compared to regular carbon running prostheses. Thus , these prostheses will fit more number of people, because not all of them will play sports professionally. Dane lasse matsen, who himself lost his leg in a Road Accident 20 years ago while practicing gymnastics, founded his own production of prosthetics and helps veterans like vasyl find themselves in an active life after being injured. They forgot about the prostheses as soon as they saw the ball, because they concentrated on it. Suddenly you notice that its not us, but vasyl who started. All the guys during our prosthetics show event. When we learn that because of the war in ukraine there are from 50 to 70 thousand people from amputation, it is difficult to grasp this number at first. What all these people have in common is that each of them will need prosthetics within the next 60 years. So, how to solve this problem . This is a challenge for the country. Vlasse says that in ukraine he sees many leaders among prosthetics. By their example , they show others the way to live in a new way. To get to the competition in las vegas, vasyl went through a thorough selection from among hundreds of candidates, competing in the 100m and 200m races and running on the simulator. On tuesday, it was in running that he won two gold medals at the air base nellis of the us air force. Today he is only 22. Vasyl and thousands of other surviving veterans continue to study hard to find themselves in new ones. We will end today with this story about the strength of ukrainian defenders, read the breaking news on our website, watch the live broadcast on youtube of the voice of america in ukrainian, and thats all we say goodbye to, see you, have a nice day. There are discounts on helpex anticold 20 in the pharmacies of travel bam and savings, there are discounts on lisovak. 10 in pharmacies plantain to you and save. Reef is a leading producer window sills and materials for windows. Ditch. 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In the northeast of ukraine in the sumy region, as we see how over the past few weeks the situation there has deteriorated sharply, the sums are being shelled, the sumy region is being shelled more densely than it has been so far this night, the shaheed of the occupiers hit a fivestory building in sumy, there are casualties , 10 people escaped under the rubble, which means that the russians are ironing sumy oblast. Are the russians preparing to open another front . It seems to me that the situation is a little different, well, i would put shahed in parentheses in general, the point is that shaheds are a longrange radio weapon of the judge , and well, no matter how you treat the russians, but purely, lets say, for military and economic reasons, they would not deliberately spend shaheds on the impression of a residential building, shaheds usually go deep into the territory of ukraine. They are trying to lay as many , lets say, complicated routes as possible, in order to reduce the probability of their being shot down, because , well, the effectiveness of their interception is currently high enough for our antiaircraft defense, and most likely just something crookedarmed just died while laying this route, and to a great extent its a pity, the house just happened to be on the road, that is, well, dont the russians hit highrise buildings with shaheds specifically, not because they are good, but because there are not so many of them so far. Shaheds are released, it went where something much further, probably not in the least at all, but unfortunately, it does not make it easier for people, but as for these close border shellings, i would say that this is not how the russians are preparing to open yet another area there front, er, how they were very afraid that we would open the next one section of the front, that we will finally transfer the war to their territory, well, actually. Thats what actually happened, albeit in very limited quantities, but i think that everyones attention is now focused on the operation of russian volunteers, who are fighting on our side and who entered the territory of the russian federation, as they say, to liberate from putins regime, but actually this is our northern border, it has never been quiet and peaceful for a single day. Not a single day, in fact, just behind that front in the east and south, where it is huge the scale of hostilities, where hostilities , well, the scale of the second world war, against this background , the north was somehow lost in the media, was lost in information, i honestly have a lot of information from there, because it is precisely there that units are taken for rotation, lets say so, to restore forces after the battles in donbass, you know, the restoration of strength. Pretty pretty relative because