voa will have a special live broadcast of this final final vote in the senate with commentary from experts, hopefully from the senators themselves, and we also plan to ask questions of the democratic leader, chuck schumer, the republican leader, and so i encourage our viewers to prepare their questions now , to write them in our comments, and we could actually pass them on to the legislators directly. thank you katya, we will wait for updates of new information from you and indeed. don't miss our special broadcast. it was kateryna lisunova. the draft law approved by the house of representatives provides for the provision of $9.5 billion in aid to ukraine in the form of a loan. if this project becomes a law, ukraine will receive new economic aid on credit. the terms of this loan will be determined by the president. he will have the opportunity to partially cancel its payment.

oksana bedratenko will tell how the new conditions for providing assistance in... the country can affect the state's economy. oksana, hello, please tell me about the financial assistance in debt, whether it can be a problem for a country that is at war, or which rebuilt after the war? congratulations, maria, yes, earlier the united states provided assistance to ukraine in the form of free grants, unlike europe, which provides soft credit, but even in the form of loans. this money from the united states is extremely important to maintain stability during wartime, stability of the exchange rate, stability of prices, so that the government can continue to perform its basic functions. however, it is worth noting that debt sustainability is a condition of the imf program. ukraine wants to receive the next tranches from the imf, and what is the mission of the fund will start work already at the end of may, will study whether it is growing too fast. the debt

that ukraine takes on, whether this debt is sustainable, that is, whether it can, or whether this debt burden is too large for ukraine. if the debt sustainability conditions are not met, the fund will not be able to provide financing to ukraine. alfred kemer, director of the european department of the international monetary fund, told me about this. it is important that the us gave money earlier in the form of grants. and... other funding from donors came on a preferential basis, this is important for debt financing stability of ukraine. of course, we will look at the outcome of these discussions of the american package and what that will mean for the budget, but the mission always looks at whether our program achieves debt sustainability, that is, the ability of the country to repay its debt without significantly worsening the financial situation, and this is our condition for allocation of funds. however,

ukraine's situation is not unique, as the chief economist of the european bank for reconstruction and development told me, according to their research, countries emerging from war see rapid the growth of its debt, and beata yavorchyk advises ukraine to get these loans now in order to solve urgent issues and deal with debt problems later. when we studied the post-war experience of countries in history. then , on average, their level of debt to gdp increases by 50% points, so ukraine's situation is not unique here. i would say, everything is in order. let's deal with what is happening now, and then think about those questions. oksana, let's talk about the use of allegedly frozen russian assets to help ukraine. say it, be it please, such a provision is provided for in the draft law passed in the house of representatives, does it mean now what? that

the usa can attract this money, russian assets frozen by russia for the needs of ukraine. so, out of a total of $300 billion that ukraine's international allies have frozen on their territory, roughly $6 billion of the assets of the russian state are frozen on the territory of the united states. however, if this provision passes in the senate, if... this bill is approved, will that mean that the us will take this 6 billion and give it to ukraine, and probably not - say observers. i spoke with the british economist timo tisch, who called the provision in the bill quite weak because it requires the us to coordinate with its allies in the group of seven, and we saw the talks last week in washington, where the us failed to ... convince europe to accept

his plan, the head of the european central bank criticized the possible proposals, saying that they do not correspond. a certain legal clause, so here we do not yet see a common position of the allies, but i spoke with the head of the national bank of ukraine andrii pyshny, and he also voiced the position of ukraine, which advocates a consolidated approach among allies, that is , it is better for ukraine that it be a joint decision of all allies, rather than the actions of an individual state? a consolidated response is always stronger. a consolidated response will always be considered as evidence of the irreversibility of this decision and its strength. a consolidated response is exactly what we see as the baseline scenario that is needed. at the same time

, we understand that immobilized assets are in different jurisdictions, and in relation to those assets that are in... jurisdictions, in addition to international law, domestic legislation is also applied, and so, if a country makes a decision that will open access to ukraine in one form or another to immobilized assets, of course he is to be welcomed, but a consolidated response would settle the matter once and for all. oksana, can we expect... that after all, the work from this consolidated answer, from the search for this answer will continue, what kind of solution can expect in this matter, in the matter of frozen russian assets? observers expect the nearest decision already in june at the group of seven summit, however timayesh, with whom i

spoke, is indignant that the allies are too cautious in this approach and that ukraine can count on a maximum of a loan secured by the income from these assets. we have to make sure russia loses this war and you know we have to, we have to adequately fund ukraine to win the war and when 330 billion of the russian government's cash is just sitting in accounts in our banks, it's ridiculous that we don't use these funds, they consider it exceptional, isn't it better for our governments to spend their own taxpayers' money, not russian, they seem to think that... russian money is more sacred than dollars, euros and taxpayers' pounds taxes of their countries, this is unbelievable, the only way for ukraine to win quickly is if ukraine gets access to 330 billion to buy weapons, they can make their own decisions about their defense, and that will ensure a quick victory

for ukraine. thank you, oksana, it was economical voice of america emcee, oksana bedratenko. thank you, maria. when they are afraid to hand over tauruses, they start thinking about how many writers to give prizes to, so says the famous ukrainian writer yurii andruhovych. iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov asked iryna solomko and pavlo terekhov what his message is to the academic and literary community in the usa and europe. mr. yuriy. greetings, you and i are today in nyhaven near yale university, you are probably such a person in general cosmopolitan, you visit europe a lot, so in general, what do you think, why over the last year the support for ukraine has decreased in europe and most of all in the united states? this is a question that i constantly think about, that is

, i do not have a ready answer, but it is customary to use such an obscure word as fatigue, but i think not only. there is another, well, let's say, the reason, in my opinion, for the not entirely successful leadership of the united states of america, at a certain moment they consciously slowed down the ukrainian rush, the victorious rush, they were afraid of a russian defeat, more than the continuation of this war, well, actually speaking, with these inhibiting actions... they led to the fact that a certain dynamic, very valuable for us, was lost, and this, it seems to me, is still the most important reason , this is the inhibition of the ukrainian victory. in one of

your interviews, last spring, you said that no one understood ukraine, so why, what did you mean? well, they didn't understand ukraine, first of all, in the sense that we cannot agree to the terms of the aggressor, we cannot start. some there is a real process of negotiations with the aggressor, because he is not the one with whom they agree at all, he will never agree with anyone, and his main tool is deception and violation of any agreements, as far as in this context of the protection of ukraine cultural diplomacy is a powerful tool, and one of its directions or strategies or dictation. there is all this so-called cancellation, that is, when, for example, ukrainian writers,

ukrainian stars, for example, are not allowed to perform there and together with the russian writers, to perform music, now there is a lot of discussion about this, because you actually suffered for it at the beginning, i criticized you for it when you had this discussion with the russian writer shishkin, in general i am in favor of radicalism, i am in favor of maximum expressiveness , the clear delivery of which... from a principled position, but it seemed to me then and still seems to me today that we should still among these active russian cultural figures, artists, i don’t know writers, who are very actively present in the west, we should to somehow differentiate, we must, even cynically speaking, not unite them with our own, kensel and our own rejection and hatred, on the contrary, divide them, and in this

sense, when we treat different of them differently depending on their positions, from their merits, merits, or indeed merits, and i have worked out for myself a series of, it seems, five criteria, when i will agree, these are the five criteria he must meet... this good russian, uh, for that , so that i can agree to a dialogue, but i think that those who actually meet my criteria respond, you can hardly count them on the fingers of one hand, that's why i didn't have more precedents. how do you see the current situation in ukraine, political, mood in society? ah, well, unfortunately, i would like to answer somehow. to this question, i think that

we have entered a very, very difficult stage today, in particular from the point of view of the social tone, but at the same time, i do not believe that it is already some such final episode of history. you currently live in ukraine, yes, did you have the choice to go to europe? it was most important for me to stay in ukraine, to stay at home, to feel this situation from the inside, and not from somewhere outside. but this is very paradoxical, because many of your recent awards, primarily in europe and in germany, you received already during the war. when they are afraid to pass on tauruses, yes , they start thinking about how many writers to give awards, that is. and this will not replace the tauruses for us at all, but the fact that

objectively these writers deserve their prizes is also true. you studied in moscow, that is, you lived there, your, your muscovite, it is translated into russian, you probably understand their nature, but in this context, well, this war probably did not come as a surprise to you, actually, and in this context, again, how do you see the future of ukraine with such a neighbor? this is a very, very serious question, i believe that this inclusion, er, as it were, belonging to a much stronger and more beautiful and richer western world will protect to some extent, maybe even fully protect, but this is on the condition that ... to ukrainians, over time the west will begin to treat

itself as a part of itself, and not just as a victim of some unpleasant russians there, but of some unpleasant russian aggression there, they have already begun to talk about the restoration of ukraine, about what it will be like after the war, but on your what opinion it will be and what you would like to see anyway, we cannot know, because we do not have a few. parameters for this, how long it will take, how many more losses it will require, and accordingly, we have nothing to begin with. recovery, but you can dream, dream about about a free, happy, country for people, with the slogan, never, that is, always relevant, a free person in a free country, about ukraine, as a part of the western world community,

to dream, of course. it's always a good idea to download the voice of america mobile app. the application allows you to bypass blocking automatically thanks to the built-in vpn service. read news, watch informative programs and videos, and listen to podcasts of the ukrainian voice of america service. in new york , commencement speeches and auditions begin witnesses in the ... trial against donald trump. this is the first criminal case against the former us president. prosecutors accuse him of falsifying business records to conceal payments to conceal an alleged extramarital affair. trump himself , the most likely candidate from the republicans in the elections in november, rejects the accusations. meanwhile, us president joe

biden is visiting florida on tuesday to discuss reproductive rights. one of the key issues in the presidential election. after picking 12 last week jurors, prosecutors and donald trump's defense team will address the court monday in the criminal trial against the former us president in manhattan , new york. he faces 34 charges for the role he allegedly played in trying to cover up hush money payments to women who say they had extramarital affairs with him. presidential elections of 2016. trump, who is also the presumptive republican presidential nominee in the general election strongly denies the allegations this year. this is an incredible witch hunt designed to damage our campaign against the worst president in history. biden is the worst president in the history of our country. i'm way ahead of him and they

think that's the only way they can beat us, but it's not going to work. because of bad conditions, trump. had to cancel this weekend's performance in north carolina. meanwhile, on saturday on his truth social platform, trump laid out his case for why he should be granted presidential immunity in another case, on election interference. on april 25, the supreme court will hear the arguments of the parties in this case. experts say the hearings could galvanize democratic voters who are watching the situation closely. for those who have been following along. this is less true of donald trump's supporters because many of them are really authoritarian and would like him to be able to do whatever he wants as president, but biden has proven that you can't put someone back in office who is a real threat to democracy and will do whatever he wants. at the same time, the president of the united states joe biden, who is also running for a second term, continues to avoid mentioning

his opponent's legal troubles. my predecessor repealed protections for americans...he opposed raising the federal minimum wage, and he is very proud of the fact that he cut taxes by $2 trillion when he was president, but it played mostly into the hands of the rich and created the largest corporations and increased the federal debt. johnstown university professor hans noel notes that both candidates are trying to win favor trade unions, because their workers are one of the groups that do not support a particular party, and their votes. may affect the outcome of the election. the democratic party has supported unions in the past, and biden needs to be reminded of that today if he wants to win their votes. meanwhile, trump is also targeting this group, with a slightly different message. he tells them about immigration, about culture. trump is scheduled to appear in person this week at a hearing in

the hush money case. and his next meeting with voters is scheduled for may 11 in velva. new jersey. biden's campaign officials told voa that the president will deliver a speech in tampa, florida on tuesday that will focus on the issues facing cohn in the 2024 election. reproductive freedom, throughout the country. maria ulyanovska, veronika balieres iglesias, voice of america. today, the world celebrates earth day, the purpose of which is to draw attention to the preservation of the environment and the fight against global warming. in the usa, to this day , thematic events are held annually, as well as volunteers clean parks and forests. and us president joe biden has now announced the details of the $7 billion transfer program. households for solar electricity. according to the plan, in the next 25 years it will help to reduce carbon emissions by 30 million tons. the white house also announced

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congratulations, good evening, my name is myroslava barchuk, this is a program of my own name, a joint project of ukrainian pen and the tv channel, today. we will talk about reading, why people began to read more during the war, why we are experiencing such a boom in literary podcasts, conversations, clubs, book discussions, why new bookstores are opening in cities, we will talk about all this with my guests today , strangely enough, these are two bohdana, such a beautiful rare name, but they both exist, this is bohdana neborak, journalist and cultural manager,

bohdana, congratulations, and... bohdana romantsova, editor, literary critic. greetings, greetings, girls, thank you for coming to talk, reading, i decided to start a conversation with you from the fact that your first two or three months of the war, what did you read during this time, what did you read, could you have something on the table there by the bedside, or did you pick up a book? i did not read at all, for the first few months of the war i had a persistent feeling that fiction would betray me. and all that i believe, all these wonderful texts, which were supposed to hold civilization together, they don't work anymore, and for the first few months i couldn't pick up any art at all, and i returned to reading, oddly enough, through writing, when i realized that i could, as a journalist, capture stories , to talk about them, i gradually returned through nonfiction, through fiction reporting, and only then very soon, six months later, i

returned to fiction. forms, as an editor, i could not work with the text for the first few months either, it seemed to me that it doesn't make sense, so i experienced a personal crisis of big ideas, these metanarratives, i realized that literature doesn't work, it doesn't make sense, it betrayed me, and it was a very bitter realization, and many of my colleagues , professional readers, critics also talk about it, here is this, by the way, i saw what oleksandr mykhet said about this, about this betrayal of literature, and i... i heard it from tetyana malyarchuk, who, who experienced all this in austria, and she says that i felt that culture, literature in general, is great a tree that can bloom and can be beautiful, but under it someone can be raped, yes, or killed, that is, this is the feeling that many people had, really, my god, how did you have what, could you read then and what, at first it seemed to me that i had lost this skill, but now that i listen

to bohdana. when i look back at my own memories, i realize that i returned to reading quite quickly, because about two weeks after the start of the full-scale invasion, i picked up a very specific book, it was a volume of stories by mykola khvylovy, and i reread it to my sons sketches, and i realized that what previously seemed to me to be an exceptional metaphor, some flight of figurative thinking, is now unfolding here, in the south of the country, in the east of the country, in the kyiv region. and in fact it was a completely new depth of immersion in the text, and the wave helped me to return, and after that it was quite easy, i began to read very different books, but i returned to the texts that, as it seemed to me, explained to us the nature of the totalitarian system and reasoned , how can you do some reader projects around this, because i wanted more people thought about it too, i have only one.

a book that i could read, for some reason there was a book by serhii osoka, three ropes for maria, i don't understand, probably it is because it is connected with some such very deep, childlike peace, yes, and here it is, it such an escapist thing that i could dive into these stories once and disconnect from the networks and stay somewhere, rest and walk for a while, and this was already in the first weeks, that is, i took it like that and it was as if i disconnected and... they came back into reality, i.e. this is for v for some reason it was the only book, and somehow it happened, we have one study, i am always very interested in the fact that ukrainians began to read more during the war, and we have statistics provided by the ukrainian institute, it is a comparable comparison of the 20th year and the 23rd year, if...