the production capacity of the ukrainian defense industry tripled in 2023, the ambitious goal for the current year is to increase by six. this means more drones, more shells, more ammunition and armored vehicles for our military. therefore , we enter the new year 2024 with new forces, confident in our own capabilities and the solidarity of our allies, ready for new challenges and strongholds. in our victory the prime minister also noted that since the beginning of the year , the minimum salary has increased to uah 7,100, the minimum pension has increased to uah 2,360, and the subsistence minimum has increased to uah 2,920. at the same time in the cabinet assured that pensions and social assistance to ukrainians will be paid on time this year. no russian diamonds, eu sanctions have come into effect. we will tell you more about this and

more in the second part of our program, do not switch. main belgium, whether the country has decided on its priorities for the six-month presidency of the council of the eu, and whether ukraine will have military and financial support. ruined water intake, how mykolaiv residents survive on salt water in taps for the second year, and when fresh water will be introduced into the network. mutilated housing. why residents of the capital high-rise buildings damaged by shelling on december 13 still do not know whether their apartments are safe and when they will wait for a re-examination. air alert in the south of ukraine, zaporizhia, mykolaiv and kherson regions are now red on the alert map. the air force reported a threat from enemy tactical aircraft. please stay in shelters until the alarm goes off or use the rules of two walls.

do not shoot or post on social networks footage of the work of our air defense forces. this is very, very important. and also pay attention to the regions where an air alert was announced, kharkiv region joined. european union sanctions against russian diamonds have been in effect since january 1. they will be applied gradually in several stages, since antwerp is the diamond capital of europe. are still finalizing the mechanism of tracking precious stones, it is through antwerp that 85% of diamonds from all over the world pass, a third of them from russia. how moscow began direct cooperation with antwerp in the second half of the 2000s, how russia has so far managed to circumvent diamond sanctions from the usa, canada and britain, see materials of rfe/rl correspondent olena abramovych. antwerp is the diamond

capital of europe, tourists look into the windows with shiny jewelry, oh no, we don't have money to buy diamonds, customers leave the shops with packages. when buying diamonds, do you ask if they are not russian? ah, no, no, why? the topic of diamonds became political. with the full-scale invasion of russia into ukraine. on march 31, 2022, the ukrainian president appealed to the belgian parliament to include russian diamonds in sanctions lists and thereby help ukraine restore peace. a peace that is worth more than anything, than any values, any diamonds. diamonds bring moscow 4.5 billion euros a year. for a long time it was the most profitable of articles. exports of russia,

which did not fall under the sanctions of the european union. russia gained the role of a significant player in the diamond market not least thanks to antwerp. in the early 2000s , the term blood diamonds was coined in the west. he referred to diamonds from african countries where civil wars were taking place. rebels bought weapons precisely because of the profit from precious stones. andtwerpen was looking for an opportunity to rid diamonds of a bad image, and the reputation of russia at that time. was normal, so in 2007, during a state visit to moscow, the belgian prime minister called on russia for closer cooperation with the belgian diamond industry, and it worked. david van turnhout remembers those times, he worked at a trading company in the diamond quarter from 2004 to 2012. later, he became an investigative journalist. one of his latest articles on how traders with antwerp began cooperation with the diamond mining company. i know a company

that was small in the market and it got rich quickly, i used to go to their office, because i was working in the diamond sector at the time and... practically buckets, the market was just crazy about these diamonds. alrosa later switched to seeing the arrival of huge consignments, more lucrative multi-year contracts that obliged antwerp traders to buy large fixed volumes of diamonds, regardless of whether they could later resell them. gradually, russia increased its own share in the world trade in rough diamonds up to 30% and succeeded. to a step that now helps hold onto the market. they obliged their clients to open an office not only in antwerp, but also in dubai. and now, after the start of the war in ukraine, many market players send russian diamonds immediately to dubai,

from dubai to india, and then they return to belgium as an indian product. belgium was initially against sanctions in order not to lose the market, but yes. otherwise, he began to move to competitors in india or dubai, where there is less control so a year and a half later, after the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the belgian prime minister announced: sanctions are being prepared, this happened during the visit of the ukrainian president to brussels in october. it took us a lot of time because we want to avoid circumventing the diamond sanctions. if this is done only on the wholesale market, they will be traded in other diamond hubs of the world with... to cover the loopholes, belgium added the sanctions of the world's strongest economy, the group of seven. it is in the g7 countries that 70% of products with diamonds are bought. and the idea is that only g7 countries will be involved in tracing the origin of diamonds.

the first stop on the way from the place of extraction to decoration, the stoner will necessarily have to make in antwerp, where there are reliable mechanisms for tracking precious stones. and not in india or dubai by any means. the diamond sanctions of the european union and the group of seven countries come into force on january 1. at the initial stage, they will be less effective, they will simply prohibit the direct import of rough diamonds from russia, which is practically non-existent at the moment. the next step gradually in two stages, from march and september, tracking systems for already processed stones and diamonds will start working in antwerp, and these dates will be the beginning... of the real effect of sanctions. these sanctions are supposed to divide the global market of precious stones into two categories: the market of the strongest economies of the group of seven states and third world countries, latin america, asia, etc., where prices are much lower. olena abramovich, marek hajduk,

radio liberty, brussels. belgium began to preside over the council of the european union in january. the next six months will be organi. to sleep the most important events in the eu, after which hungary will take over the presidency. what does this mean for ukraine and how can it affect the provision of ammunition and financial support to kyiv? see further. protection of european borders and the rule of law. a day before the start of the presidency of the council of the european union, belgium announced its priorities. one of them is support for ukraine. belgium takes the rotating presidency at a time when there is... the european union stands at a crossroads, overcoming the consequences of russia's criminal aggression against ukraine, pandemic, energy crisis and renewed conflict in the middle east. the focus of the presidency will be on providing unwavering political, economic,

military, humanitarian and legal support to ukraine. it is during belgium's presidency that several meetings of the european union, which are important for ukraine, will fall. so in february, the union leaders. will consider a new package of sanctions against russia and the allocation of 50 billion in aid to ukraine, will already vote in the spring for the negotiation framework for the accession of ukraine and moldova to the eu. belgium understands the historical mission and responsibility in the context of this presidency, during which important decisions will be made and the foundations of ukraine's future accession to the european union will be laid. belgium promotes the interests of ukraine. not only in the eu, but also at the national level, the government said in a statement. thus, the country was the first in the european union to introduce a mechanism for using profits from frozen russian assets for the benefit of ukraine. we are creating a fund of ukraine in the amount of 1.7 billion euros. the source of this fund will be

billions of russian assets frozen in belgium. we in belgium have income taxation of these frozen assets. it was clear for us last year. it is clear that this money should go 100% to the benefit of the people of ukraine. the country's chairmanship of the eu council is a rather ceremonial function, but it is important at the same time, reports said. government representatives can, on their own initiative, gather ministers of all eu countries, or working groups. for example, last spring, sweden urgently convened defense ministers to discuss military support for ukraine. the meeting approved an additional 2 billion euros for the european peace fund. and in september, spain convened foreign ministers to discuss ukraine's accession to the eu. in the second half of the year after belgium. the presidency of the eu council will pass to hungary, prime minister orban has already warned, he will use this to convince

other countries of the correctness of his position. i do not propose that hungary stand aside in uzbica, on the outer circle, but that it enter there, present its ideals, its values, its program and convince more and more countries that this is the right thing to do. are considering the option of removing hungary from the presidency of the eu council. the european parliament passed a resolution on this in june last year, although, as reuters writes, such a decision is unlikely. oleg zinchenko, tv channel rada, to sum up, the only main thing. return drinking water to the faucets of mykolayivtsi. for this , the local water supply company is considering several options: either to restore the old reservoir, or to draw water from the new odesa, the company says in... both options are expensive and cannot be done without the help of donor organizations and the state. in particular,

due to the fact that solonuvada effectively destroyed the water supply network and all financial efforts during the year were directed to keep the water pipes in working condition. our colleague nataliya yakobson belibova found out how exactly, most importantly, when drinking water will appear again in the taps of mykolaivtsi. yulia, like tens of thousands of mykolaiv residents. i'm already used to planning my time and two or three times a week i stock up on drinking water at home, so we 've been living without tap water for a year and a half, i collect water every two or three days, and water is also brought to us about once every two days, and water is brought from matviivka, a red cross, it is water... quite good, but i order drinking water separately. there are two

filling points right next to her house. this is the second point, which is located in our yard, it is very convenient for all local residents to come and collect, because it is nearby, there are two machines, in principle there are no long queues. during the more than one and a half years that mykolaiv has been without drinking water , about 80 wells have been drilled in the city. where this cannot be done, stationary tubs are replenished with water on... or daily they transport and distribute purified water by trolleybuses and trams. every day, we distribute 28 cubic meters of water, that's four locations by each transport, this is a tram and a trolleybus, and we will continue the distribution until there is no drinking water in the taps in mykolaiv again. raisa timchenko has been driving a tram for over 40 years. used to drive passengers around the city, now four times a day. a scheduler brings water to various districts of mykolaiv, people are very grateful, thank you, it is

there first of all, then they will bring something for a treat, some will treat you with chocolate, in the summer, ice cream, some there, there was still a strawberry, then they could have treated us, for the second winter on the mykolaiv electric railway, such trolleybuses and trams are insulated so that the water does not freeze in the frost, we heat the carriage so that it is... warmer , and the driver to warm up a little, so that , and in winter, so that it does not freeze, the same, here they installed powerful stoves and pipes under the seat, so that they do not freeze. the occupiers destroyed the dnipro-mykolaiv water supply in april 2022. the pipe provided drinking water to a city of half a million people. then the authorities took an unprecedented step step. salt water was introduced into the network. there are no large fresh fruits nearby.

there was no water in the systems, then the water supply system would have rotted in 3-4 months then, and even then, if normal water was restored, where to supply it, the whole city had to be rebuilt, then the sewage systems, collectors , they too, well, they would have passed into it, and salt water less than in a year, she managed not only to ... the water supply, but also to significantly spoil the sanitary ware and household appliances. it was necessary to partially replace some elements in the boiler, because there they are simply what elements are. were still to serve several years, they eroded very quickly, after a few months of active water use, and even the water, when i used it, it was electrifying. currently , the quality of water in mykolaivtsi taps has improved and there have been fewer surges, but still the water supply company is forced to engage contractors for repairs, there are not enough of its own specialists. in order for

us to exist, in order for us to at least provide a service and more or less on time. repaired networks, provided water supply, provided sewage collection, we need somewhere around uah 300 million per year, it is only to support the enterprise. while the dnieper water is not available to mykolayivites due to the aggressive actions of the enemy, the enterprise is considering options for returning drinking water to local water networks, there are several of them. first of all, it can be a live reservoir, it can be a new water supply from new odessa, it can be, there will be wells. it can be the restoration of the water pipeline of our old dnipro-mykolaiv, if it is possible to work there, and many, many more such engineering solutions, which we will all combine and go to donors from and conduct such negotiations with them. funds for the restoration of 12 main water mains in the city have already been allocated from the state budget in 2023, they

will be restored this year as well, but the priority for the city remains the provision of residents. drinking water natalya yakobson bilibova, yevhen serzhuk, tv channel rada. to summarize: the only thing is the main thing. without windows and doors, the interior of the apartments is a minus. this is how the residents of one of the buildings on the left bank of kyiv have been living for three weeks, in the yard of which fragments of an enemy ballistic missile exploded. after a superficial examination, the first two the entrances were deemed unfit for life by the commission, the residents assure. at the same time, they claim that they did not... see the act, people still live in vandalized houses and demand a re-examination, so what will happen to their house next, sofia kutsenko found out, everything here burned down, we already threw it out of those rooms , it all stinks, it’s cute and cute and it doesn’t wash off, mrs. halyna shows her apartment after another attack by the russians,

charred walls and ceiling, charred furniture and things, there is nothing to regret about the recently made repairs... left, part the enemy rocket, the woman recalls, fell just under the windows of her house, the core, as her rescuers explained, flew to her balcony on the sixth floor and caused a large-scale fire, it was not visible, it was all burning, flooded, the scales were flooded, her son near this balcony shoes were drying, burned, directly burned, and this is the apartment of anna's family, from her window you can see the epicenter. at the time of the attack, the girl says, she and her little daughter were at home and miraculously survived. everything flew over us, as you can see, a shard flew by found himself in the corridor. after what she experienced, the girl admits, she is afraid to be at home, and she says that the apartment itself has been badly beaten. cracks in

the walls, broken windows and doors, the house is almost uninhabitable. currently, anna and her daughter live with relatives, but here are the parents. the girls stay in a broken house , you see, there are no tiles at all , the cracks are very visible in the entrance, it even somehow bent a little, the whole house is damaged, it ’s impossible to just stay here, it’s cold here, and there are such damaged apartments in this building more than a hundred, mostly in the first and second entrances, it was near them that the rocket exploded. russians, it was three weeks ago, the hole was already filled in, but the high-rise building itself is standing with broken windows and broken facades, and people live here. immediately after the event, the state of the building was assessed by the commission, but people complain about the conclusions of the surface survey, they were not informed that their entrances are emergency, ms. olena says, they found out only a week and a half later. they

fixed the damage to the first and second buildings of the entrance. level four is the very last one the degree at which the evacuation of the population is carried out, with such damage, let's say, the house is not fit for habitation, the third-fourth entrance, they put the degree three, that is, it is the previous one, it is subject to reconstruction and so on, the degree four is not subject, however they doubt the correctness of the conclusions and say that some of the damages indicated in the deed are false, and some are present and not recorded at all. is it possible to live in the house without risk to life ? conclusion, what is happening in this case with our house at the moment? based on the results of this examination, we will already find out the further actions of our authorities in relation to our house and to us. at the same time, the spinning company assures that people

were immediately informed about the damage of the fourth degree. engineers do not consider the building to be in danger, despite the commission's conclusions , they say it is safe to live inside. even the construction laboratory did not determine that this house is emergency. i will determine that some external, let's say, self-supporting panels and internal partitions utility networks at the time of the inspection, it was on the 13th, they determined as emergency, but the nature of the damage to date is such that this house is not emergency at all. in order to finally make sure of this, the management company ordered a more detailed independent examination, according to its conclusions, it will be clear whether the building is suitable for further operation, and if so, then planning. its restoration at the city's expense, however, nothing has been said about the terms yet. in order to restore the house, we need a final expert opinion on

the recommendations on how to do it, what to do with the outer, these panels that you see, they are damaged, the outer layer. then, when these recommendations are available, the entire complex of works on this building is planned. charity organizations will help people to glaze windows in apartments. sofia kutsenko, pavlo bondarenko, maksym kondratenko, rada tv channel for results, the only important thing. due to the impact of the full-scale war , a frequently used term appeared in the lexicon of ukrainians: post-traumatic stress disorder. according to different according to estimates, ptsd can develop in approximately 12-20% of people who have experienced a traumatic event or were its world. what symptoms can indicate the presence of ptsd in a person and whether it affects the acceleration of aging, kateryna lebedyntseva found out. sometimes

i go to the subway, i look at people, i realize that it is not written in my lobby that i experienced how i searched for my grandmother's body for 3 months, and no one has written that he is from mariupol, he is from buchi, he is from raisins, he survived in kharkiv. it's just that some maria remembers the events that happened to her together with the family had to survive at the beginning of a full-scale invasion in irpen. the first aerial bomb fell 100 meters from us, we were sitting in the basement of a private house, you just hear mines flying, you hear a fighter jet flying, that is, you can hear everything absolutely, just everything. the woman managed to leave erpen on march 5, two days before the russians entered the city. he remembers, at that moment, he already understood the consequences. inevitable from the experience. in principle, when i left erpin, i thought that i was simply, i don’t know, from what we experienced, that i would lose my roof, i

i understood perfectly adequately that i will no longer be normal, that i don't know what i have now, all my teeth will fall out, all my hair will come out, because all that i have experienced is just tin. viktor dasenko, a geneticist and pathophysiologist, studies malfunctions in the body at the genetic, molecular and cellular levels. for the past few years , he has also been researching ptsd. can genetic aspects determine the individual predisposition of a person to the development of post-traumatic syndrome? so the answer is unequivocal: scientists from all over the world were conducted large-scale jnomwhite, the so-called studies, genome-wide studies that found a difference in the frequency of certain gene variants in people with ptsd , the cause... the approaches may be different, but it has been known for a long time that ptsd occurs, far from everyone . after what she experienced, maria says, she lost sleep and appetite, and each

subsequent shelling became a real test for her. you are constantly waiting for what's going to happen. you are starting to get paranoid somewhere. i am three days away from the shock, and then the next four days, a week, i am already waiting in the tension of the next shelling, that is, you lived from the shelling. before the shelling, is it possible to cope with the trauma on your own without consulting a doctor, if we are talking about ptsd? it is not worth hoping that he will pass by himself, let me go and so on. yes, it can go away on its own, but we don’t know who will have it, who will have a chronic and destructive, degenerative, neurodegenerative disease, i think i’ll take these pills for a week, well, to let the nervous system rest a little bit, the man is on me looks, says: "go to specialist". and i had a very good specialist, and he somehow pushed me and i went to her, and in fact. it was probably

one of the best decisions for this war. what event can be traumatic in general, which can be considered the root cause of ptsd? traumatic stress. it's contact with death, to put it very succinctly. it's when you realize that you could have died right now, but your comrade died, your brother died. death was very close and somehow... miraculously it didn't touch you. accelerated aging is one of the consequences post-traumatic syndrome, the geneticist proves. there is such a scientist in california, steve horvath. and he introduced the term epigenetic clock into science, that is, just like this clock, right? and that clock is ticking in every cell in the genetic aspect. methyl groups appear or disappear in our genes. and it has

already been proven. already studied on american military veterans with ptsd, that this clock runs faster in them. viktor dosenko says that ukraine's path in the study and diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder is just beginning. however, he notes that scientists have a large research base and can use the experience of western colleagues. kateryna lebedintseva, nikita vorobyov, maksym maslenikov, tv channel rada for the results the only main thing. these are the main news of the day. thank you for. trust , olena morozova and andriy senitsyn worked for you in the results studio this evening, let's hold on, take care of yourself and your loved ones, we will definitely win. the team of the rada tv channel continues to work for you until 60 in the morning, and i will meet with you at 10 and 11 in the evening. in the following news releases. aid to the military. best. new year's

gift. chevrons approaching victory. i'll get there quickly, i'm already buying a ticket. one to the dnipro, please. thank you. uah 5 from each bus ticket goes to the restoration of ukraine. we will rebuild the country together with ukrpas ua and dobrobat. get involved. privatization is important for ukrainians, because it is the creation of something new from the old. look, the state has old property that does not generate

income, so it sells it. to an entrepreneur who wants to create something new, this is how new businesses, jobs and profits appear. privatization from the state property fund of ukraine. we have, we care, we develop. will you go with us? where will we go? and why? and because we were born here, lived and will die here. i have animals, chickens, a ram, i have them.

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