to be satisfied with the fact that we won a victory , well, so far the victory is kind of conditional, it doesn’t work out very well, resources are being spent enormously, and i think that this hard struggle, sometimes in favor of the enemy, then in our favor, will continue there for more than one a month, even further, to the south, zaporizhzhia, zaporizhzhia region, southwestern part. region, the enemy is on the defensive, we unfortunately do not have enough resources to develop our offensive, but in some areas we are confidently overcoming the second defensive line, if we focus on developing this success, it can fundamentally disrupt the operational situation at the front. kherson region, i really hope that... there will be forces and means

to combine several tactical forces into one operational one, of sufficient depth, 10-15 km is enough for the enemy, well, at least 80% of his firepower means lost the opportunity to strike on the right bank of the dnieper, and we, on the contrary, gained the opportunity to transfer heavy equipment and artillery to this platform. with a firing range of 20-30 km, which can also make a very significant difference the situation in this direction, because the kherson region is the key to crimea. i think that events should develop in this way. if you look at the floor above, most likely, the next six months, the enemy will impose some kind of negotiations under the guise of love. about

the truce, about the temporary ceasefire, as we already had, if not the christmas truce, then new year's, easter, knowledge day, harvest, and something else, but all this is just a smoke screen, the enemy will prepare, accumulate operational strategic reserves so that continue the offensive and act in the manner in which he spoke the other day. well, it is clear, it seems that the plan for the coming months for the defense forces of ukraine is to maintain the defense and to achieve the maximum exhaustion of the enemy's resources where possible, in fact, this is what it all boils down to. thank you, it was viktor kyvylyuk, a military expert of the center for defense strategies, a reserve colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, who gave us a little, well, you know, insiders of what could happen in the 24th year on the battlefield. we will see you again.

congratulations to voice of america in ukrainian and our program chas time, my name is ostap yarysh. russia's massive attack on ukraine was a stark reminder that even after nearly two years of devastating war, putin's goals remain unchanged. this is how joe biden reacted to the latest shelling of ukrainian cities. putin wants to erase ukraine and subjugate its people, he must be stopped, the american president added, calling on congress to urgently approve funding for further support of kyiv. the shelling of ukraine on december 29 became one of the largest, if not the largest air strike. attack of russia in time

a full-scale invasion. kyiv, lviv, odesa, dnipro, kharkiv, zaporizhzhia and other ukrainian cities came under attack. as a result of the attack, at least 30 people died and more than 160 were injured. how the usa and other western countries reacted to the russian attack. let's talk with our journalist yulia yarmolenko, who is now joining the broadcast. yuli, i congratulate you. congratulations, stapa. so, what did joe biden say in his statement today and did they react as well. so on the last of these massive shelling other american officials? yes, ostap, you have already quoted part of this statement, but president biden paid special attention to the fact that, in order to protect themselves from these brutal russian attacks, the ukrainians used air defense systems that the united states, as well as partners, provided just for the ukrainians. and president biden said that americans can be proud that more lives have been saved thanks to american aid, but he did not take the opportunity

to emphasize that if congress, returning to work, does not immediately approve the necessary aid for ukraine, the request for additional funding for ukraine, the united states will no longer be able to ... send the kind of air defense systems and missiles that have helped save ukrainian lives, so he once again called on congress to act without delay. us secretary of state anthony blinken also issued a statement in which he absolutely condemned the brutal russian attacks and also called on congress to act without delay. we also know that the lawmakers themselves, including ted liu, a democratic congressman, called on secretary of state blinkin and the state department to actually recognize russia... a state sponsor of terrorism, and adam kinzinger, this is a former republican congressman, he went directly to his former colleagues, the republican lawmakers, and he said that this shows once again how important it is to help ukraine, he said that when congress gets back to work early next

year, the question of aid to ukraine should be the number one issue before lawmakers begin to consider any other issues, he said that if lawmakers do not approve this aid for ukraine, then they history will never forgive and will never forgive. yulia, of course, these statements and words of support are important, but have we seen today, in addition to them, any actions in response to russia's attack? certainly, today we heard from rishi sunak, the prime minister of great britain, he just said that attacks like this demonstrate that there must be only one response, which is decisive action in support of ukraine, and that this support must continue, and literally an hour later. after that, the ministry of defense of great britain and the minister grant shabs himself, he issued a statement saying that the uk is sending hundreds of additional missiles today for air defense systems that the uk had previously gifted to ukraine,

which he said will help the ukrainians continue to defend themselves against barbaric russian attacks. he emphasized once again that at a time when russia is only waiting for the west to be disunited. the west must be united and united in helping ukraine. yuri, could these nighttime russian attacks add a sense of urgency to american lawmakers and it is possible to push them to consider financing for ukraine more quickly. can we expect such a consequence of these events? ostap, of course, hopes for this, but we know that not only such events that take place in ukraine influence the decisions of legislators, their decisions are also greatly influenced by the internal situation in the union. states and the election campaign, which is already underway, but we heard a number of calls today, including from the former united states ambassador to ukraine, stephen pifer, he just put to shame lawmakers, what he said at a time when the speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson, as well as his colleagues went on a three-week

vacation, at this time ukrainian defenders are dying, at this time russia continues to shell ukraine. tom malinowski, this is also a former legislator from the democratic party. he said that it was because of the united states' assistance that the ukrainians today were able to repel a large number of missiles, protect a number of lives, and he said that putin only hopes that the republicans will continue to block further aid to ukraine for ukraine. and today , ostape, we heard a number of statements from the leaders of the countries in the european union, in particular from mark rutt, he is the prime minister of the netherlands, he said exactly that, i want to quote him. he said that russia is not stopping, the only correct response to this is to continue to financially and militarily support ukraine to protect it from this ongoing russian aggression. gitanas nausieda, the president of lithuania, also said that while russia only repeats what it wants, it has not changed its

plans to seize ukraine, at that time he said, we must provide all possible support to ukraine to defeat the aggressor. therefore, ostap, today we heard a number of very strong for... and i think that a number of leaders in the european union as well, they hope, as well as they themselves call on their colleagues to approve additional funding for ukraine in the european union, so of course they hope that the leadership of the united states will be preserved and congress will soon return to work on january 8 to approve additional funding for ukraine. julia, thank you for your information yulia yarmolenko was in touch with us, we talked about the reactions in the united states and not only to the mass shelling of russia that night. during the night russian attack from ukraine , an unknown aerial object entered polish airspace, as reported in poland. more about this and the reaction in europe to the mass shelling of ukraine, let's talk with our correspondent in europe, bohdan tsyupin. bohdan, i congratulate you. bohdan, is it known at this

moment what kind of object it was that entered the airspace of poland, how are they reacting to it in warsaw, considering that this is not the first similar case. well, actually, except. that it is an unknown, unidentified object, as stated in the official statements of polish officials, we also ... have statements from military commanders from the polish side, who say that it is obviously a russian cruise missile, precisely because in poland , as it turns out, commanders and officials told today that they also watched russian missiles all night long, the way they rose into the air, in particular, russian strategic bombers over the caspian sea by the sea, how the missiles flew, and the polish... representatives emphasized today that the polish military was also monitoring what

was happening, as russia bombed ukraine, and poland's nato partners were also doing it, and it is obvious that the attention of the ukrainian neighbors is very vigilant, in particular in view of the fact that similar incidents have occurred before, and particularly in poland, tragically. but last year in the fall of 22, two people died when a missile fell during a russian bombing raid, a missile fell on polish territory, and then there was an investigation, it turned out that actually, according to polish data, it was a missile of the ukrainian anti-aircraft forces, which somehow ended up on polish territory, that is, the situation in reality. is very, very disturbing to the ukrainian neighbors, despite the fact that both

europe and nato emphasize that they are not participating in the war, in the war. let's also mention romania, of course, in september and october of this year, just recently, russian attack drones fell there, wreckage of russian drones was found there, explosions were found, but even today, and until... axis it was emphasized that it was not about deliberate strikes on the territories of nato countries. if these countries had come to the conclusion that these were deliberate strikes, then the consultations, for example, which took place today between the polish leadership, between president duda and general secretary stoltenberg, would obviously have a slightly different meaning. except only as presently concerned statements.

bohdan, in general, how did the european media cover this case today and what are they also writing about russia's attack on ukraine at night, did they pay enough attention to it? well actually it is not surprising, probably for our viewers , that in connection with the holidays, christmas has just passed, the new year is approaching, the flight of the wheel... of political life, as well as in the mass media in europe, has somewhat slowed down, although this can be done certain , for example, maybe not complete, but still conclusions, how politicians work, how mass media work in different countries, for example, it was already mentioned about a very quick reaction from the leaders of great britain, in poland there are obviously statements, there are statements from ... of the european union by ursula fondelain, presidents of the european commission

, the representatives of the baltic countries reacted very strongly, for example, prime minister kakaia kalas stated that it was about war crimes, the minister of foreign affairs of lithuania lansbergis also made a statement, and probably for many reasons it can be considered remarkable that, for example, there is no... no statement, no reaction from the representatives of, for example, hungary, neither from prime minister orbán, nor from foreign minister szijjártó, that is , on the one hand, maybe their services are working a bit slower in these pre-holiday days , on the other hand, i think some will take it as a certain sign. the attitude of these politicians to the russian war against ukraine.

bohdan, thank you for your view from europe. and our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin was in touch with us. we talked about the reaction there to the russian shelling of ukraine that night. and to american political topics. the state of maine suspended donald trump from. participation in intra-party elections in this state, this is already the second american state to take such a step, before such a decision also ruled in colorado, while courts in michigan and minnesota filed similar lawsuits. rejected, what the decision of the state of maine means and how it can affect the election campaign in the usa, let's talk with tatyana voroshko, who followed this topic. tanya, i congratulate you. tanya, so what does this maine decision actually, yes, practically mean for the donald trump campaign right now? well, actually, that means that when the voters of this state go to the primary election in

this state on march 5th, they may not see donald trump's name on the ballot. ballots, and this decision, as you said, a similar decision has already been made in the state of colorado, by the supreme court of that state, but unlike the state of colorado, in the state of maine , the decision was made by the state with the secretary of state, that is the biggest, highest official , which deals directly with elections, this is the first such case that occurs in the history of the united states, under the laws of this state itself, it is obliged to consider any complaints for any. complaints that any person can run, there have actually been complaints, there have been lawsuits, including from a bipartisan group of former state legislators who insisted that donald trump cannot run under the third amendment, the 14th amendment constitution of the united states. this amendment states that any government officials who, while in office,

took part in an anti-state, anti-government rebellion, do not have the right to stay. further in the position or to be in this position in the future, so the secretary of state had to consider the arguments in defense of this position, namely, whether it can be considered that this amendment applies to the president, because the word of the president is not mentioned there, whether the events of january 6, 2020 can be considered a mutiny, and whether it can be considered that donald trump was directly involved in this participation, she answered affirmatively to these questions, let's listen, and how she... explained it. this is not a criminal case. section three of the 14th amendment does not require a conviction. this definitely makes it a more difficult question, which i wrote about in my post decided the question of whether the events of january 6, 2021 were colic is not so debatable. the events of january 6, 2021 were

unprecedented and tragic. they were an attack not only on the capitol of government officials. but also an attack on the rule of law, and the evidence presented to the hearing demonstrated that these events took place at the behest, with the knowledge and support of the president, who was then leaving office, mr. trump. how will the decision to exclude trump from the primaries affect the election campaign in the united states and, in turn, american support for of ukraine. well, donald trump's own campaign says they will appeal the ruling. they've already said that this decision disenfranchises voters, and in fact, the secretary of state has put the decision on hold until the supreme court rules on the colorado decision, the supreme court itself can decide to review this decision, review decision of the court-colorado and or agree with it, which will actually

mean or leave if they agree, it means that the campaign actually finish donald trump. it can't be on the ballot, they can throw out the colorado decision, which means that both in maine and in other states, and now close to, well, over a dozen states are considering these issues, there are lawsuits in other states as well, that is, in these, that is, this means that donald trump remains on the ballot in any state, and there is a third option, the probability of which is small, if the supreme court delays in making this decision, or does not make any decision at all question, does that mean that... what donald trump is going to run if he 's not on the ballot in any state, or if it's two or three, maybe it won't go as far, if it's more, most of the states, or he's going to run for less delegates , for fewer voters, and so he can still win, because he has a pretty big lead now, but if he loses, it

will mean that he may not recognize the results of this election, his team will not recognize these the results since these elections, as they are already talking about it, are taking place unfairly, and thus arose, such a serious problem will arise after these elections, and that is exactly why the supreme court is being urged to consider this issue as soon as possible and recognize it on its merits. tanya, thank you for your explanations, for following this definitely important topic. tanya voroshko was in touch with us, we talked about the latest political events in the united states. congress and the year 2023 began and ended with historic events, the record-long and difficult appointment of the speaker of the house of representatives ended with his dismissal, for the first time in american history. during the year , volodymyr zelenskyy met twice with american lawmakers in washington, conducting complex negotiations on the continuation of aid to ukraine. meanwhile , the lawmakers themselves ended the work session with

the impeachment case of joe biden. for all these and other events. during the year , our correspondent at the congress, kateryna lisyunova, closely followed. about the results of the year in her material. last year at the congress immediately began with historical events. for the first time in 160 years. as many as 15 were needed in the house of representatives rounds to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. his fellow party members, far-right republicans, blocked his appointment. no candidate received a majority of the total number of votes. the speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy from california state.

him to leave the speaker's chair, which became the first such precedent in the history of the united states, after which mccarthy announced that he would leave congress altogether in 2024. it's time to do my favorite things in a new arena, even though i am leaving the house of representatives at the end of this year, i will never stop fighting for this country. along with other resignations and firings, including republican george santos, who posed as a ukrainian jew. it's all theater for tv cameras. and the republicans' critically small advantage in the house of representatives will be under threat already next year. after excluding congressman santos, the total number of house members. representatives now amount to 434 people. and in the fall of this year , the release of mccarthy and the crisis within of the republican party once again paralyzed the work of the congress. protracted

voting for a new speaker ended with the election of another republican, mike johnson. the latter voted against all initiatives in support of ukraine, except for the granting of a lendlease. we need clarity on what we are doing in ukraine and how to establish a check on the spending of precious dollars. meanwhile, ukrainian leader volodymyr zelenskyy visited the congress twice this year. in september and december, the president held talks with both speakers, both mccarthy and johnson. but he did not succeed in achieving the extension of aid to ukraine in 2023. legislators postponed this issue until next year, tying it to complex reforms in the immigration legislation of the united states. this year. there will be no more votes, but rest assured, the winter break will be a busy and important week for the senate. and that one significant event in congress was

the beginning of the impeachment inquiry against joe biden. the american president is accused of using his official position to promote business interests his family, as well as in receiving funds from russia and china. the white house denies all accusations. what did the biden family do to get tens of millions? i'm not going to comment, i didn't, it's just a bunch of lies. in general, during this year , legislators managed to postpone the shutdown twice, but they did not manage to agree on the full budget of the government for 2024. it was also not possible to extend the loan lease for ukraine and to agree on a package of additional assistance. the legislators postponed these issues until next year. so stay with us all the most interesting things are ahead. kateryna lisonova, voice of america, washington. and we continue with other topics.

after the russian invasion of ukraine, neighboring moldova started strengthening its own army. the moldovan government and western allies began investing more money in ukraine's small army. correspondent of the voice of america in the pentagon, carla babb, attended joint exercises of the us national guard and the armed forces of moldova, ilona voytovych will continue. while the moldovan forces are training to shoot from soviet d-20 howitzers, american military watch. sergeant joseph gonzalez is not among the tens of thousands of american servicemen stationed in europe following russia's invasion of ukraine in february 2022. we are here to help with the upgrade. state partnership of the us national guard. after

finishing. during the cold war, the united states looked around and asked what can we do to help the military, and one of the ideas was the state partnership program, so a number of states started working with countries in this region. this year marks the 30th anniversary of the national partnership program, which uses less than 1% of the pentagon's budget and brings together national guard forces from us states and territories with militaries from 100 countries. this is a very important relationship, but they never. were not as important as they are now. the partnership between north carolina and moldova is one of the oldest. so we've been maintaining this partnership for 27 years, and this partnership spans a wide range of military-to-military interactions, medical assistance, aid wounded or tactical training. through the north carolina state partnership program, we conduct about 40 trainings per year. this year's training included night

maneuvers outside the usual military bases of moldova. this is the first time we are with moldova. so this is new territory for you? yes, a new area. when a military convoy passes by, passers-by take out their phones. moldovan, romanian and american troops from the 101st airborne division are moving across fields just a few hundred meters from the city. instructors of the national guard of the north carolinas create real obstacles on the way. we have just spotted an unidentified drone flying over our position. the exercise is to find cover and lie down. they did everything perfectly, and compared to the first approach, they coped perfectly. training at night and during the day. the culmination was multinational combat exercises to recapture territory from the enemy.

every interaction says. the successor to the army commander is imbued with purpose. everyone knows that a war of aggression is going on right next to moldova, so we have to improve a goal that is becoming more and more relevant against the background of the russian-ukrainian war. carla bab, ilona vaitovych, moldova. and we end the issue with a story about an american doctor. ukrainian origin alex moroz from new york, who decided to help his colleagues, doctors in ukraine. andriy borys will introduce johnny fernandez's report. photos of war-ravaged ukraine break the heart of odesit doctor alex moroz. he is the director of one of the physical residency programs at nyu langone hospital. i grew up there and then

moved to the usa, got an education. settled my life here and became an american, but as it turned out, this is where i never left. in 2023, when he learned that the ukrainian health care system was overloaded, he opened a course on prosthetics supervision at a new york clinic. ukrainian doctors desperately needed additional training in the treatment of combat wounds. the main focus of the two-week training is focused on the loss of limbs, prosthetics. and rehabilitation, as well as in the treatment of complex fractures. considering modern blast injuries that they unfortunately deal with, they have a very large number of patients who have lost limbs. the program is sponsored by american non-profit organizations. her goal is to bring medical professionals from ukraine to new york and teach them skills they could apply back home. valentina savych is one of the three ukrainian doctors participating in

this round of training. to work with prosthetics, the need for which is growing in ukraine. many fractures, many different types of injuries that i had not seen before, and me i want to gain experience, understand how to work with them. valentina says that the program opened her eyes to new ways of treating soldiers and patients injured during the russian invasion of ukraine. during two weeks, ukrainian specialists will not only learn about the latest biotechnologies related to and also receive training on how to help the wounded overcome the mental trauma associated with prolonged combat operations. this is a really great experience for me because i am working with a patient who was amputated during the war. i did not study this in university, so i try to find any source of information to improve my work, increase my knowledge. both valentina and alex are convinced that this program is

a contribution. reconstruction of their homeland.