schumer said that this agreement was very difficult to reach, but it is important for the interests of the united states of america both domestically and internationally. and in particular, chuck schumer called on senators to vote for this overall package, for the border issue, which also includes a package of aid to ukraine and israel and other partners of the united states of america, and also called on senators not to pay attention to the calls of individual politicians to block the agreement for political reasons. i suggest you listen. after four months long, tense and difficult negotiations, i am truly proud and pleased to announce that tonight senate democrats and republicans have reached agreement on a bipartisan supplemental aid bill that is vital to america's future interests. putin will take over ukraine if we don't vote for more aid in this bill. israel must...protect itself from hamas

with this bill, palestinian civilians will be fed and saved from starvation, and we will solve the problem border, we can't let politics get in the way of passing this bill, senators have to ignore this extra noise telling them not to vote for this bill for political reasons, so this is a real test for the congress, for the senate for america, the future, the future of the document: it depends on the agreed position of both parties, both republicans and democrats, and the republicans actually play in this, probably the most important role now, yes, in particular, one of the leading republicans linz graham today said that he welcomes the agreement on border and this package in general, but believes that the document needs amendments and long debates, according to its glory, such complex legislation cannot be agreed in a hurry, and it is necessary to adopt certain amendments and have certain debates, without this, they say, if this does not happen, then the document will be blocked. even at

the senate level. in turn, republican leader mitch mcconnell actually commented on this agreement for the first time in recent weeks. he congratulated her and said that she will be a useful mechanism not only now, but also for future, possible ones leaders of the country. i suggest you listen. it is time to force the president to begin to restore order, and also to create a system for future leaders that will work and create new emergency tools to restore order. i am grateful to the senator. lankford republicans for working tirelessly to ensure that the supplemental funding bill begins with direct and immediate solutions to the crisis on our southern border. while america's sovereignty is being tested here at home, our confidence is being tested by insolent adversaries in to the whole world the senate must carefully consider the opportunities before it and prepare to act. katya, and which one? arguments from

critics of this proposed bill, what are they saying in the house of representatives? in general, as of now, it is difficult to say whether this bill will even reach the house of representatives after the vote in the senate, that is, whether it will pass the vote in the senate and in what version it will actually be voted on in the house of representatives after all the amendments and debates in the senate, which it specifically calls for republican lynzi graham. but even earlier , the american media from... stated that donald trump would put pressure on the republicans to block the border agreement altogether, because he said he wanted to use this issue in his election campaign. in turn, the speaker of the house of representatives, mike johnson, has repeatedly denied such statements , calling them absurd, but one way or another, both mike johnson and donald trump publicly state in one voice that they oppose the senate border agreement and demand it to block i suggest you listen. i've seen

enough, this bill is even worse than we expected, it doesn't get us any closer to stopping the border disaster the president has created. as the top democratic negotiator said, under this bill, the borders will never be closed, if this bill reaches the house of representatives, it will be blocked. also this... weekend, johnson said that he is demanding and that he has persuaded the house of representatives to bring up the israel bill separately from this package and vote on it itself separately, and so because the house of representatives, actually mike johnson opposes the bill as it is now, they demand to split this package right now and demand to bring the israel bill to a separate vote in the house of representatives. this means that if overall this package is blocked in the senate. or in the panel of representatives at one

of these levels, then aid to ukraine may have a similar future as the draft law on israel and that aid to ukraine in this version will be divided and separated separately. from of this general package will be voted on separately, but i would like to note that in general, regarding the future steps, it is worth outlining that the first procedural votes on this package in the senate should be expected already today, already the final vote on this general bill chuck schumer, at least the leader of the democrats in the senate announced already this wednesday. thank you katya for your work at the congress, it was kateryna lyusynova. and the voice of america in ukrainian continues to monitor the election campaign in the usa and collect the opinions of experts on american politics. my colleague julia yarmulenko spoke with serhii kudelei, professor of political science at baylor university. he examines political institutions and electoral

strategies of leaders. he said that the american elections are already affecting the issue of support for ukraine. about the main trends of the us presidential elections and what to prepare for. ukraine, later in the interview. now we have a presidential campaign in full swing, new hampshire showed results that, in principle, did not surprise anyone. but what are your first results of this presidential campaign, where is she going? well, it is worth noting about new hampshire that some expected surprises, because unlike iowa, new hampshire is considered a moderate state. new hampshire was allowed to participate in the vote. and not non-partisan, so they believed that nikiyla has a chance, at least, if she does not defeat trump, then she applies to demonstrate a very, very serious result, and in principle, she demonstrated it, that is, 40% plus is a pretty good result, only a problem in that

trump showed a record victory, he acts as the undisputed leader, few people have doubts that he will be the official candidate of the republican party, and the previous... voting in both new hampshire and iowa showed several interesting trends. the first trend is that the core of his voters, who traditionally supported him, still voted for trump. at the same time , moderate voters who adhere to a more traditional republican platform are not ready to vote for him in such numbers. and some consider it an indicator trump's weaknesses during the nationwide campaign. to defeat biden, he needs a victory, he needs. the support of the majority of centrists , especially moderate voters , which he currently does not have enough, as we can see, and nikki haley does not lack this support, but it seems that the most enthusiasm for the candidacy of nikki haley is probably among independents, among democrats, not republicans, and perhaps

in people who watch the election campaign in kyiv, and not in those who vote directly in iowa and in new hampshire, or in her way, how she can close the gap, she will now continue. active campaign in south carolina, why? and i think the south of south carolina, she continues to campaign because it's her state, she has to do well, there she can't drop out of this race in south carolina if she does worse in south carolina than in new hampshire, that would effectively mean the end of this campaign, even if she wants to continue it. i think the reason why she remains in this election campaign for the long-term... in the short-term, it is to position herself in the 2018 elections as a poper as a candidate-leader, so that the expectations are associated with 2028, and because it is clear that even if trump wins

this year, or if biden wins this year, neither trump as a candidate nor trump as president can prepare again in the 28th year, and a brand new one will be opened. primaries in which haley can be a leader, and i think she is takes exactly this position so that people perceive her as the future number one candidate in the 28th year. who do you see as the vice president for donald trump, who do you think he will choose, what might be the strategies here, when trump was running for the first time, in 2016, he chose mike pence for pragmatic reasons. yes, that is, mike pence represented basically the establishment of the republican party, he was considered a moral authority in the middle of the republican party, and he gave him the votes of such established republicans who were not sure how far trump was ready to leave the republican party. at the same time, he doesn't need it now because

he's already built a very strong reputation, he's the personification of the republican party right now, and from that point of view, i think he's going to be looking for a person. which is trump on steroids, that is , he will look for a person who defends his ideas, but even more harshly, even more outrageously, even more boldly, and it is quite possible that they are talking about takril kalsin, tucker kalson fits in many ways, he is a very public figure, he is a very popular figure in the movement within the movement of the magician that donald trump created, and he, as we've seen, consistently championed the ideas of donald trump, supported him, that's what he paid for with his position, which... he lost his show on fox news, will it alienate the general

electorate, so it's clear that the republicans will vote, but who can he attract to his side in this way, i get the impression that this is trump's last campaign, he understands that, and he wants to make a grand show, and in this grandiose show, he refuses standard moves, from some pragmatic calculations, he goes all out. with the ideas that he believes in, that he stands for, so to me, i highly doubt that he will seek a moderate candidate for vice president. i think there is one key problem for biden here. we understand that moderate voters may not vote for trump. the question is that they will vote for biden. 2024, an election year in the united states, what will it mean for ukraine? we now see that a very big dispute continues on the capitalist hill, how this

campaign can affect ukraine, is it already having an effect and it will only get worse, it has an effect, it began to have an effect even last year, because a large part of the republicans in the house of representatives, and they are positioning themselves with the calculation on the outcome of the next presidential election, and all their rhetoric is now related to the border and ukraine's attachment to the... border, this is all positioning during the next presidential election, all the rhetoric that we now heard from donald trump and from his supporters, it does not look positive enough for ukraine, but it is important to note one point, that is, we understand that the discussion about supporting ukraine in the future, in the event that trump becomes president, it will be more difficult, and trump it will be more difficult to convince, but this does not mean that it is impossible to convince him, the only thing is... that it is necessary to radically change the approach, the arguments that ukraine uses in communication, in

communication with the white house, in the event that trump is the president. we see that biden supports ukraine for two main reasons. the first reason is a question of democracy, democratic values, right? the second reason that biden supports ukraine is the sense of the threat that russia poses to the united states, yes, the recognition that putin is a threat. for nato countries, for europe, and thus a threat to the united states as well, on both of these issues trump does not have that conviction, but there are other arguments, i think, that could work in trump's case. let's remember, during trump's presidency, yes, he was indeed the leader who agreed to provide lethal weapons to ukraine, this happened in the second year of his presidency. why did he provide lethal weapons to ukraine, and... his predecessor refused to do that, very simply, he sold it, he sold it, so it's a question of price, but he sold it not

only in a commercial sense, yes, he sold it in a political sense , because at the moment , as we remember, the impeachment of trump was taking place, an investigation began against trump, or attempts to start impeachment of trump, an investigation began into the role of russia in the trump election campaign, ties with russia and so on, and a large part of the people who surrounded trump, convinced him that it would be beneficial for him. politically, if he demonstrates his commitment to ukraine, demonstrates that he is ready to oppose putin and provide what his predecessor refused to do, that is, in this way he demonstrates that he does not stand in any way, has no obligations to putin, it was political gain, and unfortunately, it seems to me that trump is a transactional person, unfortunately, from the point of view of ukraine, and he will look for political gains that he can get from of this or that policy in relation to... if he feels that strong support in relation to ukraine will give him some

personal benefits, it is quite likely that he will be even more convincing in this support, even stronger, even more powerful. you've said before that it's not good for the republicans, maybe it's not good for the ukraine to win, and so with the delay in aid now on the capital hill, maybe they want to make it so that if you... put it as a defeat for joe biden's policy if ukraine doesn't will win, accordingly, biden's policy will be defeated, and will this benefit donald trump or do you stand by your opinion? it looks like what's important to the republicans is the delay, the resolution of the border problem, they understand that if this, this piece of legislation is passed, then in part the problems at the border will be reduced, and biden can use this as a demonstration that he has been able to achieve some

positive failed on immigration, and what is it for donald trump, again, based on the... on the logic that i just talked about, he doesn't care about any principles, ideas, he cares about short-term political gain, if biden's success, biden's short-term political success is going to be achieved by republican votes, why should republicans support it? it was an interview with serhii kudela, professor of political science at baylor university in texas. watch the full version on voice of america youtube in ukrainian. look for more analytics and. other columnists' views on the us election on our website, and watch our daily editions of the briefing and time programs. the other day, one of the most famous scored a goal at carnegie concert halls of the world held a halo concert of the winners of the ukrainian music competition.

the music competition was founded to popularize ukrainian composers, particularly among young performers. she started playing music at the age of 6, and this is her first performance on the stage of the legendary karnei gol. heard about him since i started playing music and now i'm finally here, wow, i'm performing at carnegie hall, it's amazing, it's an honor. eva ended up on the legendary stage thanks to the fact that she won the ukrainian music competition, and during the time itself competition, and already during the gala concert, she performed the works of the ukrainian composer fedor yakymenko. in lessons, we are often given

to play chopin, tchaikovsky, popular composers. at my music school, i heard about a fundraiser for ukrainian musicians who are fighting. i started researching ukrainian music and learned about yakymenko. my teacher helped me choose one of his works, and it is no less amazing and worthy of performance between the works of chopin and tchaikovsky. and i think it's important to promote composers who are not so well known. one of my goal is to spread the work of such underrepresented composers, because they are amazing. it was the popularization of ukrainian music in the world that inspired volunteer and violinist oksana soruchan to found a ukrainian music competition in new york, because she sees how little ukrainian composers are represented in the world and that their works are not heard at competitions and concerts. that's why we created this competition, because,

for example, these girls who are a trio, they want to support ukraine and they want to take part in the ukrainian competition, that's why we we hope that in may they will return with some ukrainian program. she decided to dedicate the competition itself to the murdered russians and kherson musician yury kerpatenko, with whom she has mutual friends. for help in organizing, the people of soro turned to the famous ukrainian pianist pavlo gintov, who has been telling the world about forgotten ukrainian composers for many years. he supported the idea and became one of the jury members. he says that such competitions are an incentive for young musicians. learn and perform ukrainian music first of all, teachers will learn that there is such a repertoire and a lot of interesting works written specifically for children by ukrainian composers, this is a very, very large layer of music that they are discovering for themselves now, and i hope that when they chose these works for this concert, they may have found something else that they will give other

students to play in the future. 60 participants applied for the first competition, the vast majority of them... have no relation to ukraine. the competition took place in several stages. before the performance invited first, second and third place winners, as well as members of the jury, to the gala concert. jin han is one of the judges and a violinist. he made an arrangement for violin of mykola lysenko's prayer for ukraine especially for the gala concert. he says that ukrainian music has very distinctive and distinctive features. a lot of ukrainian music is similar in structure to a chorale, or even to... a lively carol is a very touching and deep music, you can also find folk melodies in it, so when you hear it, you feel that it is ukrainian music, it maintains authenticity. and this is something unique, so i will continue to pray for ukraine where i can. gintov says that

at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he felt an increase in interest in ukrainian composers, musicians have and are contacting me, who sometimes ask for advice on a piece or to find sheet music. or a particular composer, some work, that is, i see there is interest, and of course many of them do it because they want to show that they support ukraine, they contacted the conductor of american orchestras, one conductor of a military brass band approached, and he made his own arrangement by taras bulbolisenko and a very beautiful overture, the orchestra played very well, there is a video of this overture, you can watch it on the occasion of independence day, by the way. sorechan adds that for the haloconcert they prepared a special program with biographies of the composers whose works were performed by the winners. the children who will be at

the concert will hear these works for the first time, after all, most of the music in this concert is the music of ukrainian composers, plus the judges will play, as well as music by ukrainian composers, children will hear this music, and then they can read biographies, since the competition is an exposition. amid considerable excitement, sorechan announced a new event and has already opened the submission of applications for musicians. from new york iryna solomko, pavlo terekhov, voice of america. we conclude with this, maria prus worked for you in the studio. see other stories of the ukrainian voice of america service on our website and in social networks. thank you for your trust, see you on the air.

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her people for awarding, i have yuri makarov in my studio, writer, journalist, former chairman of the shevchenko prize committee, i congratulate yur, hello, with us the same way the conversation will be joined by tamara gundarova, literary critic, cultural expert, doctor of philological sciences, who currently teaches ukrainian literature at harvard university, but it will be in a few minutes, we will start talking about the awards. from the shevchenko prize, from the same state award prize, which is yuri, as far as i remember shevchenkovka, there were always suspicions around her that the committee was bribed, or suspicions that the authorities were somehow putting pressure on the committee, or something was wrong with this prize, and in the end even you are forced was a few years ago to resign from the position of the chairman

of the committee, say, i was forced to resign because i made a fool of myself, now you will tell everything, so let's start then, what happened in your particular case, and what what a curse hangs over shevchenkivska award, above the state award, let 's tell you very briefly what happened, then one year already in the winter it became clear that... there would be no laureates in all nominations, and we simply did not have worthy people who applied, because they applied already during the war, and many people left, many people were thinking about completely different things, it was not about the prize , and when we looked at everything that

had already been thrown at us. it is clear that we have two awards, and on march 9 of last year volodymyr will host a meeting of cultural figures oleksandrovich zelenskyi, with all of sinclit , so the head of the administration, sori's office, and the minister of culture were also there, that's why. there were 20 different people in this holy of holies and in the operating room of the president's office, finally i joined, and there were many people on the video call, and the proposal sounds that let's give us a special award, additional nominations for contributing to the victory, and then

just ... now it doesn't sound so sharp anymore, but back then there were a lot of such manifestations of cultural diplomacy, in the pure form of cultural diplomacy, when simply the presence of our artists on international platforms influenced public opinion and, accordingly, literally aid to ukraine from the west, i can cite as an example when... the kyiv kyiv symphony orchestra played at the summit of nato heads of state, played berezovsky and skoryk , and it was so obvious, you see, here, well, here is the point where the fate of the world is decided, and in front of these people, the ukrainian team,

the ukrainians, are directly playing. composers and there stands there boris johnson jumps up there stands macron sticks in and he enjoys it, it was obvious and when it was said, i said, come on, why not , it actually came out of the mouth of the minister of culture, it was right, it came out of the mouth of the director of the odessa opera, and the minister picked it up. i, in turn, picked up, well, i, it is called , how to put it delicately, simple-minded, i, and in this way, and in this way it gave arguments, yes, to those people who always suspected, yes, that is, this inertia of suspicion about shevchenkivskyi's committee, yes, it worked here, and you were immediately suspected, that you work with the authorities, the authorities pressure, yes, and i then, of course, that i...