already withdraw these declarations, which are dangerous for publication for these people, and in fact, this is how the mechanism for withdrawing the declaration was invented, but here is a very interesting, interesting nuance, we will continue the conversation now, and what about, for example, the management of territorial procurement centers, employees of tsc , because we remember these scandals against the background of accusations of illegal enrichment and dismissal of employees and managers of tsc, as with them, representatives. sc, as well as vlk employees, their declarations will be open, this is an exception, and it was that which was also said during the adoption of the draft law, taking into account all the scandals with lifestyle monitoring, everything that was discovered in the representatives of the tsc, their declarations should definitely be open, this was the position, including the head of the anti-corruption committee and many others. tell me, please, whether ukrainian officials, officials, deputies will have time to submit. declarations, the movement honestly declares that

as of september of this year, only more than 20 declarations were voluntarily submitted by ukrainian deputies, and when deadlines, the actual submission of these declarations? well, these 90 days were given for submitting declarations , which should have been submitted a long time ago, if it were not for wartime, this is a declaration for 2021, for 2022, then until the standard deadline, let's say until... april of 2024 will be for submission of the declaration for 2023. actually, i think that it is possible to have time, some of the officials still submitted them, and before, when the register was closed, it did not prevent anyone from submitting declarations. plus, currently, there are many functions when filling out the declaration, including pulling the data for the return,

so really, this process doesn't take much time either, and considering that there was a minimum of 90 days for all these filings of two returns, i think most of the officials were able to and managed it. now there will be a question , perhaps the answer to it will be without evidence, because it is clear that it is difficult to provide any evidence now, but as a person who nevertheless monitors how anti-corruption legislation and anti-corruption policy works in ukraine, what do you think? when these... during these two years in ukrainian declarations officials, there are officials, deputies of the highest levels, when we take officials, what will be seen, what do you think, taking into account the fact that it was possible not to declare such a time? well, actually, the question here is not what you can see, you can see anything there, it was always expected even when such a tool as electronic declaration appeared, it is possible there. was to see

unexpected things, not only cars, but also helicopters, boats and everything else, here the question now remains, how, to what extent it will be possible to check and find exactly the violations in these declarations, because we understand that usually we have a huge number of declarants, and there will be a huge influx of these declarations in a few years, and this will be a big challenge for the nsc. it is to start checking these declarations, to identify declarations with violations and to check them, for this there are also automated systems that help to detect irregularities, but of course everything is also checked by people, so it is a very big challenge, how the body will cope with such the influx of such a large number of declarations at once and when the actual violation in these...

declarations is revealed where they are, please also tell me the actual discovery of these declarations, how much it will positively affect the perception of ukraine by kyiv's international partners, in particular from the european union, because we understand that there, electronic declaration is a very important step in order to publicly explain and show how ukraine actually fights corruption and illegal enrichment. well, actually, the opening of declarations was also one of the and in... the restoration of electronic declaration was one of the things that our international partners told us is that it needs to be done, so it is important that it is really done, that despite the fact that it was introduced for a long enough time, for almost a year we fought with it and said that it is necessary to restore already declaration, it still had to go through several circles of hell to restore it after all, but it will definitely be s... accepted as an important

step, that it has been done, that despite the full-scale invasion, despite the war, we, the anti-corruption authorities, continue to work because... you need to understand that the work of nazk, the lion's share of the work of nazk - it is precisely the verification of the declaration, and it has been here for almost two years, this function was blocked for the body, and accordingly, the anti-corruption body, which was essentially, including for this, created, could not perform one of its main functions. finally, it has been restored, and therefore i think that it is still important here that international partners will monitor the results of the work already done. after restoring this feature. thank you very much, katerina, for enabling. kateryna budko, head of the public council at the nakc, guest of our broadcast, we talked about the fact that since december 11 , electronic declaration has been restored in ukraine, or rather, access to it has become public again. thank you for staying with

us, you will see later on svoboda ranok. due to the shortage of electricity , ukraine received emergency aid from romania, poland and slovakia. what is the reason? deficit, how critical the situation is in the power system and what are the expectations for the period when the weather will worsen. a study of the quality of education showed that more than half ukrainian teenagers know mathematics only at a basic level. a similar situation with reading. what can such data indicate, and most importantly - how to prevent this process. wait. your likes are important under this broadcast, to it, as well as comments, they will help this video become popular on the network, and therefore quality content will receive as much as possible. number of people ukrainian students' reading skills and knowledge of natural sciences have deteriorated. 58% know mathematics at a basic level. these are the results of an international study quality of education 2022. it did not represent all

of ukraine, because only 18 regions took part in the study. in total, students from 164 schools joined the study, twice less than originally planned. in addition , we had to interrupt testing in some educational institutions due to concerns. the general global trend is an unprecedented drop in success in all subject areas, and there are three of them in the study: reading literacy, mathematics and natural sciences. the reason for this is the long-term pandemic and remote learning in the quality of education in ukraine was also affected by the full-scale russian invasion. in addition, the results of the study show that the success of students depends on their socio-economic status, so in developed and stable countries. economic indicators are better than in other countries. there is also a gap between the knowledge of students of urban and rural schools. pupils of city schools show better results. another important point of the study is bullying, and it is less common in ukraine than in other countries. about 15% of students reported that they were bullied in

in 2022. most of them are boys. if we compare the results of the new study with the previous ones, the indicators have decreased and fewer ukrainian schoolchildren have been exposed to bullying. however, the tendency is to decrease. experts attribute this to the fact that classroom learning has been reduced to a minimum and transferred to an online format. serhiy gorbachev, educational ombudsman, joins our broadcast. my greetings to you. i congratulate you. please tell me what the results of this study on the quality of education indicate, and whether the indicators in ukraine are possible be called low, if compared, for example, with other countries? well, first of all, the results are quite expected. and you, as you rightly pointed out, there is a decline in the quality of education all over the world, and the obvious impact of the pandemic and the rapid forced transition to distance learning, and as for ukrainian education, these are not the worst indicators, and i

do not want to reassure anyone, i'm just stating the fact: we are somewhere in the middle of the rating, a little lower in terms of natural reading. somewhere at the average level in mathematics, and that's enough the expected result, and we have to understand that there would be such things somewhere, even if it were not for a full-scale invasion, which also significantly affected the results of success and the quality of education of ukrainian teenagers, well , the results are there, what are the threats from the understanding that the results are like this , that is, what threats does it have in general and for these... schoolchildren and for society, i don't know, for the continent as a whole, if we say that these results are deteriorating, taking into account the pandemic, in particular, if we are talking about the whole world, if we are talking about the country, then it is more and that there is a full-scale invasion, well, the consequences are really negative for everyone

you listed, for the children, it's a limitation of future, professional, life career, for the society, it's more vulnerability. propaganda, because there is no proper level of critical thinking and understanding of texts, for the economy, it is very bad, because such educational losses significantly affect the level. gdp and let's say there is a study, one year of learning delay is about 3% of gdp, well you can imagine how important that is, but i would like to point out one more important thing now, which, well, now many people are commenting on pisa, and this is an international study, and i sometimes hear outright whining there, well, for example, the fact that the results of pisa are connected with the introduction of a new ukrainian school is... absolutely stupid, in the pisa study 15-year-old teenagers participated, our children, the oldest, who

are studying according to the program of the new ukrainian school, are now 11-12 years old, so there is no, no correlation here, and you have to be very, very fancy, i would say, a fantasy character to to assert such, but we have a lot to do and a lot to do, and to speak of the most vulnerable. component of research is reading, and the problem is that, unfortunately, the ukrainian educational program and courses in the linguistic and literary field do not teach the child to understand the text, to distinguish the most important thing, to be able to use it in practical activities, and this very bad, because actually ukrainian literature, foreign literature in schools... in our curriculum of ukraine should be called the history of ukrainian literature, the history of foreign literature, because

chronology, biographies of writers are studied there, but very little attention is paid to what is needed in life every day, that is, literally every day, every hour, this is the ability to understand the text, draw conclusions from it and use this information, a very important moment, i want you catch here, meaning you basically think the program should be changed as we speak. about two literatures, ukrainian and foreign, there should be a variable in order to update the list of texts with which the students work. there should be much less of them, you can't the text works normally, a large text for one or two years, the program is insanely overloaded, i myself am a teacher of language and literature, i know this topic professionally, i have long been insisting that we should significantly reduce the number of works to be mastered. but to pay much more attention to the concrete perception of the analysis of these

works, no, there are 20-30, as it is now, but four or five during the year, which are chosen by the teacher, to which the children can also join, and it is on this that we must build, namely language and literature lessons are generally necessary to combine, because it is a linguistic and literary branch, it is impossible to use literature as a tool for implementation. what is language, to separate from language, these are such, you know, common things, and recently at the presentation of the results of this international study, artur projdakov, the best teacher of ukraine according to the global teacher price, he yes, he absolutely rightly remarked that we need to very carefully, very determined to reform it, but i understand that it will be extremely difficult, because it is running into resistance, and we will still hear and already start this ... cries that oh no it is possible to reduce the number of works, because it

kills ukrainian literature, knowledge of ukrainian literature. i have one simple question for people who say that: what about our children now know ukrainian literature well, they are good at interpreting texts, we literally have a minute to finish, short question, here are the results, there is a problem, they are talking about it , is there an understanding for the example of ukraine, perhaps an understanding. from europe and we will also discuss this experience and ukraine will use it to influence these results further? well, systematic work is needed, changes to programs are needed, new methods are needed, training and retraining of teachers is needed, action must be taken at all levels, at the teacher level, at the school level, at the community level , at the state level, and this synergy of joint actions, it is mandatory will definitely give results, but i understand that... there is a very big and very difficult work ahead, which will cause very different assessments,

because it is very difficult to make changes that require personal, personal to perfect personal, personal changes, and this will be mandatory, and without this we will not be able to teach our children better. i thank you for this inclusion, for your analysis, serhiy gorbachev, the educational ombudsman, the guest of our broadcast... we talked about the low indicators of the actual quality of education in general according to those studies that were presented by the international ones. groups agreed on diamond sanctions against russia. the european union should also adopt a ban on the import of russian diamonds. it was included in the 12th package of sanctions, which are planned to be approved at the summit in a week. export of diamonds brings to budget of russia about 4 billion euros per year. the country is the largest exporter of diamonds in the world and before the full-scale invasion of ukraine sold 60% of its stones

to the european union, or rather to the european capital, antwerp. our european correspondent olena abramovych will tell you when the diamond sanctions will come into effect in practice and exactly how. diamonds cannot be more expensive than peace - said the ukrainian president in an address to the belgian parliament at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of russia, at the end of march 2022. he was then applauded, but the diamond capital of europe antwerp was against the sanctions. like, belgium will simply lose a market, a third of which depends on supplies from russia, and trade. will go to india and dubai with russian diamonds, but a year later belgium changed its mind, because antwerp was practically unable to buy diamonds from russia anyway. it was difficult to pay for them due to bank sanctions and the partial disconnection of russia from the swift international payment system, it became difficult to deliver them due to the cancellation of direct passenger flights from russia to europe, and large

buyers did not want to deal with stones from the country of the aggressor. we imported 60% of russian diamonds, that's equivalent to 18 million carats, and the world total is 120 million, that's what we lost, it's gone, it's not antwerp anymore, mostly the trade has gone to dubai or india, because they don't have any sanctions, they can do any business they want. the usa resorted to sanctions, they imposed a ban on russian diamonds back in april 2022, then canada and britain joined them, but sales of russian of diamond mining company alrosa in 2022 were cut by only a quarter, and according to analysts who study the diamond route, the us sanctions were ineffective because the stones from russia, after processing in india and dubai, received a new ticket to europe or

america. no processing and polishing takes place in russia. at least on a small scale, mostly in india, and after russian diamonds are processed and polished in india, they are treated by us customs as indian diamonds, so they can freely to enter the markets. belgium agreed to the diamond sanctions on the condition that the bypasses were closed, and for this the restrictions were to be imposed by the other strongest economies in the world. group of seven. so that neither rough diamonds, nor polished diamonds, of russian origin could simply... get into the market of the sami group. belgian authorities have been negotiating with the g7 countries for more than six months, proposing a new tracking system that would oblige all traders to first register diamonds in antwerp. given that the g7 represent 70% of the consumer market diamonds, they leverage the entire

supply chain. the idea is that if you want to put diamonds on the j7 market, you have to follow the j7 rules. the sanctions of the big seven and the european union are supposed to come into effect on january 1, but at the initial stage they will be less effective, similar to the american ones, they will simply ban the direct import of diamonds from russia, but the next step will be the ban of already processed stones gradually in two stages in march and september. from september 1, there will be a full inspection, and this is important, the verification and certification mechanism should work. which is based on traceability, and at this moment, of course, the system should work perfectly in the sense that it will no longer be possible to sell any russian diamonds, including processed or faceted ones in india, on the market of the european union and the g7 countries. what will happen to russian diamonds, after that they will move to the markets of asia, latin america and other less

solvent regions, analysts say. and even if it ends in the next year or two war, cancel sanctions. until russia pays reparations and changes its reputation in the world, they will not rush, - they say in antwerp. olena abramovich, marek hajduk, radio liberty, brussels. on december 7 , there was a shortage of electricity in the energy system of ukraine due to the fact that consumption exceeded production. from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., ukrenergo provided emergency assistance from romania, poland, and slovakia. reason. shortage of cooling and stopping of two blocks of theses due to artillery fire. in the afternoon, the army of the russian federation struck impact on one of the thermal power plants in the frontal zone. as a result of the shelling , the equipment was seriously damaged. therefore , consumption has increased, and the capabilities of power plants, on the contrary, are limited, the ministry of energy noted. the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi also spoke about energy at a meeting with prime minister denys shmyhal,

according to the president, to discuss energy issues, the government's work on ukraine's energy sustainability and the stability of the system's functioning. thanks to the connection of our energy system with europe, we have appropriate support from neighbors, this is important, i thank every country that... helps and thank every ukrainian family, everyone who understands the challenges of war, temperature and sparingly, rationally consumes electricity. the ministry of energy urges consumers, in the event of a shortage of electricity, to consume electricity sparingly, turn off unnecessary lights in the premises, do not turn on several powerful devices at once, if the air temperature in the room is comfortable, turn off the air conditioner and heaters, and also pull out chargers from... sockets , if they have already charged gadgets svitlana grynchuk, deputy minister of energy of ukraine, joins our broadcast. ms. svetlana, i congratulate you.

good day. thank you for finding the opportunity and time to join. tell us about the situation in the power system as of this morning? yes, as of this morning, the situation in the power system is generally stable at the beginning of the heating season. we had an unprecedented time. repair campaign, we now have all nine nuclear power units under our control in operation and it is planned that they will be in operation throughout the heating of the season, this is a huge volume of the total energy market, more than 55% of our generation, repairs have also been carried out, those that were planned for one hundred percent of all thermal power plants, repairs to hydro, chp , electric transmission lines are continuing. also underwent significant repairs, and the repairs have been completed and are continuing, as for the shortage situation that we are seeing at the moment, as

you said, in our country, you understand that there is shelling, especially in the front-line areas, almost every day, and very often these attacks are the cause of damage to the work power facilities, so literally yesterday two, two units at one of the thermal power plants went into emergency mode. because of shelling, it usually weakens the power system, at the same time the capacities that are repaired and that are in operation are enough to cover consumption, shortages occur from time to time and because of increased consumption and because of damage, because of bad weather, you know, that we also had a lot of damage, at the same time we always have the possibility of importing electricity, emergency import from our partner countries. and what the president said, ukraine is integrated with the european energy system, and this gives us this very effective tool for the fact that when

there is a deficit in our energy system, we can attract it from the countries of the european union, as well as our neighboring countries , they often ask us for help in the form of emergency export of electricity to them, we do this when we have a surplus, as you know, blackout schedules have been made, but we do not plan to implement them unless there is significant damage to the power lines in shelling, today the possibilities we have, including the possibility of importing from neighboring countries, are enough to cover the minor deficits that arise from time to time. ms. syslano, a very important clarification, when we talk about the deficit in the energy system, in particular, what was it, how fast was the actual process of attracting additional... energy from the neighboring states of ukraine, in particular poland, slovakia, those that we listed when were brought up from this material. it's a matter of a few hours, a few minutes, given that this one the energy system of ukraine and europe is really

united. yes, this, this is a very fast process, and we, well, we will not have a gap in the lack of, let's say, electricity. if we are talking about the amount of electricity that ukraine needs, for a day, for a month, what amounts are we talking about, if these calculations are carried out, and there is an understanding of how you should provide it, so that there is no shortage of electricity there, conditionally there are ukrainian consumers could use electricity at home within the limits they usually do. well, i think so information about the total volume that is needed by our consumers, each one in particular, if it does not give anything, i want to say the only thing that the deficit that occurs in the energy system at the moment, there are different in different periods, especially when we have a peak consumption, it does not exceed. from the total amount of consumption, but we always encourage our customers to consume

electricity wisely and economically, and all those measures... which you listed at the very beginning of our broadcast, they are a very big support for a stable operation of the power system, therefore, as always, we urge consumers to really use there, not to use many devices, especially energy-intensive during peak hours of consumption, to try to distribute the use of electricity wisely throughout the day, because it really helps. and i'm sure that will help us get through, get through this winter together. you also mentioned that there was already damage to the power lines, in general at the stations themselves, so during the heating season, how much damage was there in general, if we we take, posed a threat to the entire energy system of ukraine, but still these isolated cases that happened, they do not constitute such a critical situation that, i don't know, we should talk about it out loud. those

shellings and those damages that we have as a result of these shellings, of course, they do not pose a critical threat to the operation of the power system, but they are also the causes of this shortage in certain periods of the day, so our energy workers, if it is damage to the line, our energy workers, as you can see for yourself, have already learned very quickly, they used to be able to, but now having a huge experience with popere. in winter, when in extremely emergency conditions we have to restore the operation of energy facilities and power lines, we know how to do it quickly and efficiently. as for the damage to the facilities, the situation can be a little more complicated there, because the repair of thermal power plants or other power plants is not such a fast process, at the same time, energy workers are working to restore the damaged ones as soon as possible

power and a final question , we will probably have about a minute and a half of time already, the heating season is in fact at a certain stage somewhere, it is approaching the middle, if you can say so, please tell me how much all the resources are actually enough to so that this heating season of ukraine passed according to the plans it had. yes, as i have already said, repairs have been carried out and are being carried out on generating capacity. on capacities at all generation facilities has been carried out and continues construction and restoration of overhead power lines , so today we can say that our generation is ready for the heating season, there are usually certain unforeseen circumstances, such as damage due to shelling, bad weather, which can make adjustments to the heating

season, at the same time, as for resources, today we have enough gas reserves, we have a constant accumulation of coal reserves, all this is enough for to successfully pass the heating season, but i want to note once again that we do not have information about what scale, what kind, how massive the shelling will be and what damage we will suffer from it, it is clear that this year we also have air , air defense is... i have to, i have to stop you, we have limited air time, of course, based on the results of the actual shelling, we can already talk about the situation in energosym. i thank you for enabling and detailed analysis in simple language. svitlana grynchuk, deputy minister of energy of ukraine, a guest of our broadcast. and on the air of the marathon, yuriy ignat reported that out of 19 cruise missiles launched , 14 of the ukrainian air defense forces were shot down. thank you for being with us, take care, every day on the air of radio

svoboda and espresso from... budranok see you 10 on the clock, it's time to find out what... is happening in ukraine and the world, at this time khrystyna perubiy is working in the studio. russian terrorists launched the first missile attack on ukraine in almost three months in the morning. according to air force spokesman yuriy ignat, our defenders of the sky previously shot down 14 out of 19 launched kh-101 and kh-555. air defense forces worked in kyiv region and dnipropetrovsk region. some of the missiles hit infrastructure facilities in the dnipro.