thousands of ukrainian agricultural enterprises received bank loans for the development of their business under various programs. this was reported this week by the ministry of agrarian policy. the largest number of loans were taken by farms in kyiv, ternopil, and kirovohrad regions. in demand, of course, the state 5.79% program continues to lead for some time. it simplifies the access of micro and small businesses to bank lending, government officials say, you can take it. roughly up to uah 90 million in loans and work, well, if we talk about business financing, then under the grant method through the own business program, another 462 ukrainians will receive uah 111 million from the state, these are funds for starting and developing their own business, the ministry of economy reported this week . funds from

lviv, kyiv and sumy regions. the vast majority of people plan to spend this money to buy the equipment they need to run their business. the most popular areas now are wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair, catering, and they also accept grants for processing industry. indeed, it is the processing industry that is now most stimulated by funds from the european side. union, and this is necessary for ukrainian business, the ukrainian budget, because it is goods with added value that can be exported abroad, which will bring more income to the treasury, and many jobs will be created , this is important, and a new attraction agency will be created in ukraine investments, it should become the only such access point for foreign money that will flow into the private sector. reported this

of the week, minister of economy yuliya sveridenko. this issue was discussed with representatives of the london stock exchange. the specialists there assured us that they are ready to advise ukrainians, to provide experts with such expertise, and if this agency for attracting investments becomes operational, we will expect the arrival of various donor funds, various private, private capital. but we will follow. according to how this institution will work, how this capital will be distributed, it is important, and the government is looking for ways to fill the budget, well this is perhaps the most important task of the ukrainian cabinet. the ministry of finance is preparing to increase the military levy and excise duties. the changes will apply to legal entities, corporate income tax payers, single tax payers of the third and fourth groups, as well as ordinary simple small entrepreneurs. the proposals include an increase in benefit rates.

in addition, the additional military levy will affect buyers of bank metals, cars, real estate sellers, those who sell jewelry, as well as operator companies mobile phone users may pay an additional military levy, the cabinet of ministers says. well , the state mine fund is preparing the pentopak plant for privatization, it was confiscated from the russian-greek oligarch ivan savvidi, he was under... receiving russian aggression in ukraine, the head of the fund, vitaliy koval, announced this week. the agency received the pentopak enterprise by the decision of the higher anti-corruption court in february . the company's shares have already been transferred to the state. pentopak is one of the leaders in the production of packaging for butchers and sausages products well, if we talk about the assets that should work, about the assets of the russians.

sanctioned persons who have to work for ukraine, then they, russian assets, in particular, can be a kind of collateral. great britain is ready to provide ukraine with a loan for the amount of frozen assets of the central bank of moscow, which are currently at the disposal of the united kingdom. however , this will happen if russia is forced to pay reparations to ukraine after the end of the war. this was announced this week by the minister of foreign affairs of the united kingdom. david cameron, this plan is more radical than the proposals that are currently being discussed in the european union, says cameron, they provide for the transfer to ukraine of only profits, that is, interest from the frozen finances of the central bank of the aggressor country. let's hear what mr cameron had to say. there is an option to use something like a syndicated loan or bond that uses frozen russian assets. in fact as

a guarantee to give this money to the ukrainians, knowing that we will return it when russia pays reparations? minister of foreign affairs it is important that different countries are trying to help ukraine in their own way, using those finances, those assets, those properties that are currently located either in the european union or in the states, we are watching this, and really we should be thankful for that. but energy minister herman galushchenko ruled out any commercial agreements that would allow russian gas to pass through our country. we are talking about next year, because for... there is a transit agreement in 2024, what will happen in 2025 with the ukrainian gas transport system is still unknown, nevertheless, the ministry of energy urges foreign companies to store blue fuel in underground storage facilities, thus ukraine will

also receive income, and our underground storage facilities will be able to serve as such, well, such a hub for the fuel to then... whatever, go to needs countries of the european union, well , different opinions, now some private companies from the european union still hint to the ukrainian side that, they say, we will buy russian gas, and perhaps we will enter into private agreements so that this fuel somehow transferred to the countries of the european union, but so far the ministry of energy categorically rejects all hints, all possible contracts of international partners, that is, russian gas cannot pass through the ukrainian gts. well, we hope that this categorical position of the government will be respected. well, in fact, we are stepping with you towards energy independence

. ukrgazvydobuvannya has launched its fourth well since the beginning of the year, it produces more than 400,000 cubic meters of fuel per day, the company reported. drill bit managed to finish 30% faster in just 105 days the idea of ​​launching the facility belongs to the development team of the ukrainian research institute of natural gases. i would like to remind you that the government reported that this winter ukraine went entirely with gas of its own production. but since the beginning of the year, new vacancies have increased. at the same time, the number of resumes is significantly lower than in 2022-2023 . this is stated in the review of the national bank, which appeared in the infospace this week. analysts note that this situation may indicate that business has largely adapted to wartime conditions and needs personnel for further recovery. instead, there is a shortage of people, mostly due to

migration and mobilization, analysts say. currently, companies are experiencing a shortage of personnel, in fact, they are trying to attract everyone, in general, to work. seek who is free. and finally, i'll read the last piece of information: this week the royal canadian mint released a collectible silver easter egg coin. in this way, he continues to popularize ukrainian culture. denomination - 20 canadian dollars. the price in the online store $135. the design of the coin was created by tanya mykytyuk, a canadian of ukrainian origin, who has been writing pysanka for over 40 years. the coin, as we can see, has the shape of an egg, on the reverse. the original easter egg design is depicted, the obverse features a portrait of queen elizabeth ii. this easter egg coin is dedicated to the recent wave of ukrainians who came to canada in search of asylum and new beginnings, says the author of the coin. well, that was the last information from

the economic week, which was really full of topics. i will follow the economic news from monday onwards. and you stay, big one the broadcast continues. see us. of course, i would really like to buy one, i don't know if it will be available for us to buy. well, i still have a plot for your attention, and now we will watch it with you. safety above all, 28 territorial communities from 14 regions of ukraine joined the project. women, peace, security, responses to the challenges of war, including zhytomyr. our journalists will tell you what security issues she has already managed to solve. a safety audit is the first step to improving life in any region of ukraine. this is demonstrated by

the zhytomyr urban territorial community. it all started with participation in a training as part of the women peace, security, responses to the challenges of war project in the autumn of last year. organized by the ukrainian public health foundation. this initiative has been implemented since last year thanks to the partnership of the strongest women's public organizations with the government apparatus. commissioner for gender policy, it is designed to effectively respond to the challenges faced by women in national, regional and local levels. we conducted security audits of two areas, the square at the art gate and zamkova gora. and after conducting audits, discovering many such shortcomings that it is interesting that one square is reconstructed, and the other is planned for... reconstruction, and there and there we discovered many issues

related to improving security. for the zamkova gora park, which is undergoing reconstruction, a special high-rise was purchased for cleaning dry branches, but another location has already been rebuilt, but on its territory the city's cultural and sports center is located, which is visited by children, so safety is a priority in this place. thanks to the audits of the territory, we were able to take a broader look at the issue of safety, we know that our center is an after-school education, and our children study in the afternoon, well, more in the afternoon, when it is already dark, and that is why these ecoflos, lanterns were purchased , which work on solar batteries, helped us a lot to work normally. zhytomyr square artistic gate has already been rebuilt, so it looks... tidy and there are no problems with lighting, but beyond its borders, the audit revealed

a direct danger: destroyed buildings, overgrown, and all this next to the children's playground. such cluttered areas can be places of attack on women or children, so the local deputies conveyed their comments to the relevant services and solved the problem. we all dealt with security issues before becoming a deputy, but now we have received very clear ones. instructions, the information has already been collected, and it seems to me that it is still extremely important to track the world grants that relate to ecology, which concern security, because this is the work of not one generation, but of european countries, and we have a lot to learn. the ukrainian public health foundation started implementing security audits in our country even before the war, but the russian invasion brought its own corrections. a security audit is such a tool... which, first of all, allows the community to later

direct the funds they have to cover priority issues related to security. we actually updated that methodology from the 19th year, added points related to war, because now security is about war, about shelter, about mines, about other challenges, and 9 months, this is the period during which we conducted security audits in ukraine. protection of the population and access to... limited resources is what the state continues to work on as part of the national action plan for women, peace, security. when we talk about this policy and the approach of the merbezpeka woman, we are talking about different social groups of the population, the mandatory identification of their needs and taking into account the subsequent formation and implementation of state policy, only then can state policy be effective, that is what we are talking about we speak at the government level, but the mechanisms and tools are laid down in such projects.

the security audit of the territory is an important component of state policy, during the russian-ukrainian war, the issue of protecting the population comes first. the active participation of communities in conducting audits contributes to improving the level of security and preventing violence. tetyana golonova, oleksiy kutsuk, andriy verstyuk, espresso channel. yes, i have some news here, but i will postpone them, because now i invite oles kovach, the british correspondent of radio liberty, to the conversation. mr. olesya, i congratulate you. congratulations, vasyl. i will ask one question and give you time to answer it in detail. valery zaluzhnyi can become the ambassador of ukraine to great britain. and how is it evaluated now? maybe in zmi, er, the press, broadcasts, or it is being discussed. in principle, yes, waiting for grim, as far as i understand, well, but i do not know how this issue will be resolved positively, and what should be expected from his work, but the most important thing is the reaction

that appeared immediately after the publication of this news? actually, it is worth noting that the news about the appointment of the former commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine, valery zaluzhny, as the ambassador of ukraine to great britain, caused a noticeable uproar, at the same time, in the power circles of the united kingdom, among observers and the mass media. actually, the appearance of valery zaluzhny, as a diplomatic representative of ukraine in the capital of one of the most important and loyal allies of kyiv in the war against. russian aggression is seen as something that can add some, let's say, energy and progress to ukrainian-british relations too under the conditions of the insidious war unleashed by russia against ukraine. and indirectly, in the same way, this war was unleashed, of course, against the values ​​of democracy and freedom of the whole world. and here at the residence of the british government in whitehall,

in the center of london, they have already received an official request from kyiv regarding the approval of the candidacy. valery zaluzhnyi, as the new ambassador of ukraine to the united kingdom. and here british commentators remind that ukraine has not had its own ambassador in one of the most important allied countries for months heroic resistance to russian aggression. and starting from july 2023, i will remind you, when president volodymyr zelenskyy dismissed vadym prystayk as ambassador to london, kyiv actually did not have its own diplomatic representative. london and in particular, if we talk about the british mass media, for example, the editor of the international news department of the most popular tv news channel sky news, dominique wakhorn, in this regard noted that the interview of mr. prystayk, the previous ambassador of ukraine to great britain, interview for skynews,

actually led to, let's say, his removal from this post, when vadym prystaiko... criticized some of president zelensky's statements regarding the relevant words of the then british defense minister ben wallace, so according to dominic waghorn, the new ambassador of ukraine, we hope he will be approved, as valery zaluzhnyi, the new ambassador of ukraine, he will undoubtedly adopt this certain experience of his predecessor, trying, as dominic waghorn did ... work with loyal friends and partners of kyiv in the united kingdom. waghorn casually pointed out that valery zaluzhnyi, by the way, has an appropriate education in the field of international relations and speaks english. so, according to dominic waghorn, zaluzhny is simply

an ideal candidate for the ambassador of ukraine to great britain. precisely at this historical moment, and in general, when discussing the appointment of the former, chairman, former commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine zaluzhnyi to a key position in london, government representatives and british political scientists unanimously consider valery zaluzhnyi, as, no more, no less, a national hero of ukraine, who from the first days of the treacherous russian invasion, led the resistance of ukraine against moscow. swarms and, in particular, i want to quote the words of the popular british viewer on ukraine and the former ussr, jordan maxwell , who emphasized that valery zaluzhnyi occupies a rather unique place among ukrainian officials, being one of those who , according to certain surveys, public opinion, ukrainians trust. maxel

believes that under the conditions of a certain friction, which is believed to have arisen between. he and president zelenskyi in november that year because of zaluzhnyi's statements, we remember the economist's interview with another leading western mass media about a certain stalemate in the war, the ex-head will perform an extremely important job at a distance from the office of the president of ukraine, at the same time having already changed his military uniforms to, let's say, a business suit with a bed and joining many. we have to put a full stop, thank you very much for your comment, we could say a lot more there are interesting topics to discuss, but i think there will be more and i hope that you will do an interview with valery zaluzhny when he is in london. thank you very much, oles kovacs, the british correspondent of radio liberty, about how london and the public and politicians perceived this news, and now in the review

of the hottest sports events, let's see. serhiy rebrov announced the application for the march matches of the ukrainian national football team, the team will prepare for the decisive play-off games of the european championship. to the list 26 football players entered, including 12 legionnaires, that is, performers who perform abroad. four players made it to the reserve list. they have the largest representation in the national team. dynamo and shakhtar. experienced andriy yarmolenko and taras stepanenko were left out of the application due to lack of proper conditions and health problems. the head coach of the ukrainian national team said that despite the status. and in future matches with bosnians , the blue-yellow team should prepare well and be mentally ready for challenges. we are already we have experience with these games. last time we played

scotland and wales, and it's not the first time for the players. and i'm sure they 're ready, and as i say, we can say favourite, not favourite, but we're playing away from home and it's always very difficult. but on the other hand , as i say, now, if you see , a lot of players with experience have been called up, with experience not only of playing in the championship of ukraine, with experience of playing in the international arena, so i hope and i am confident in these players . semi-final play-off qualification against bosnia and herzegovina will take place on march 21 on the field of bosnians. if they reach the finals, the ukrainians will play a conditional home match against the winner of the israel-iceland match on march 26. 20th round of ukraine. of the premier league began with a sensational loss of points to dynamo kyiv. oleksandr shovkovskyi's team did not hold on to victory in the last minutes of the match in rivne against the local veres, the 15th team

of the championship. nazar voloshyn opened the scoring at the start of the match, but in the last seconds of the confrontation, the hosts scored a saving goal from the penalty spot, marko noted marvalevich also on thursday, zorya defeated minai - 2:0. on friday, the away team scored three points. in a match against one of the leaders of upl dnipro-1. lviv residents celebrated a 1:0 victory. metalist 1925 and lnz did not determine the winner. 1:1. closer to the evening , the shakhtar-kolos match began. three more matches of the 20th round will take place on saturday, march 9. lesya tsurenko overcame the first round of the tournament in indian wells. the ukrainian tennis player won in two sets over the american liv govdy. the confrontation lasted an hour. and 6 minutes after starting the first a game of two lost games, tsurenko won the set with a score of 6:3. the second game performed by ukrainka was even more convincing -

6:1. in the next round, tsurenko will play against american emma navarro, ranked 23rd in the world. a total of five ukrainian women are competing in the main draw of the tournament in california. a large-scale show for boxing fans. former heavyweight world champion anthony joshua will host. fight against ufc star francis anganu. the fight will take place late tonight in saudi arabia. for 37-year-old gongan, this will be only the second bout in professional boxing. in october last year, the cameroonian lost to the heavyweight world champion tyson fury by decision of the judges. despite this, it was fury who was knocked down after a powerful blow from nganu. the main motivation for the participation of fighters in such events is the space fee. joshua will get almost. 40 million pounds, hanna more than 15 million. slovakia is no longer

invited to meetings, france has initiated a video conference, 28 countries are represented, slovakia is not there, well, you should not just call putin's policy balanced, then nothing like that won't happen speaking in bucharest at the congress of the people's party, the greek prime minister said that putin will not intimidate us, we will fight for ourselves and for. ukraine to the end, good news , in fact, moscow is already preparing for putin's victory concert, but as the russians themselves say, if you hurry, you will make people laugh, and the ukrainians say, don't say whoop until you jump, well, let's see, thanks for being with by us, i'll say goodbye to you until monday, then the weather with natalka didenko, and then the verdict program, be with espresso, oh, ma'am, i say, the weather, ma'am natalka, ms. natalya, i congratulate you, please have a word, i have been so busy with my political news that i have already forgotten that i have a word to convey, i am glad to see you look beautiful, please, thank you, dear vasyl, congratulations , greetings to our tv viewers, now

we will talk about the weather of the coming weekend, special, because it is shevchenko days, well, not only about the weather literally in a moment, today we are talking about... kyiv region, that is, we continue this column, and i thank you so much for preparing this material of the central geophysical observatory named after borys sreznevsky and , of course, to the heroic teams of meteorological stations. and today we will talk about the teteriv weather station, as always, some interesting facts, both old and modern. so, the weather station of the theaters was founded on the basis of a hydrological post when the iron was being built. bridge over the teteriv river in 1928, a very picturesque place, it is on the border of kyiv and zhytomyr regions in the village of piskivka

, once borodyanskyi, and now... buchanskyi district, five observers, meteorologists, an agricultural technician and a manager work at this station. during the second world war , the station did not work, and the work was resumed in 1944, and it is interesting that the first records of observations were, well, by feeling, the wind was determined, but actually by feeling, there were no instruments, and the clock was checked by the sound of the railway station . in 2022, in march, the russian aggressor came very close to the village, borodyanka, kuhari, potashnia, nova buda were occupied, and the village was bombed almost every day, but, as the workers said of the tetri meteorological station, they did not leave their post, they worked, and for them it was to transmit a synoptic telegram, i quote, the same as carrying out a combat mission. these are our

famous meteorologists and observers. and in general the workers of meteorological stations, we go further and move on to the behavior, to the forecast of the behavior of the earth's magnetic field, and now to your attention is a forecast chart, from it you can see that tomorrow there will be an activation, you see, especially in the coming night, in the morning e- magnetic fringes will be observed, so be please take this into account, especially those who , for example, have paid attention to the fact that they are affected by... thus magnetic storms, well, negatively, we will also, of course, talk about the weather of the coming weekend, well, first with the maps, it will the weather for saturday, march 9, and for the birthday of taras hryhorovych shevchenko, we start from the western regions, traditionally, so tomorrow in the west of ukraine, no precipitation is expected, there will even be some clearing, the air temperature is +4 +7° in transcarpathia. traditionally warmer to

+10- +12°. in the north of ukraine, precipitation is not expected tomorrow in zhytomyr oblast, kyiv oblast, chernihiv oblast, and sumy oblast. at night there will be a slight frost, during the day somewhere around +2 -4° +2 +5, that is, fresh, not hot, clearly. in the east of ukraine tomorrow, the weather will prevail with such rather dense cloudiness. at night, we... the eastern part of ukraine will probably be the coldest at night -2 -5, during the day +2 +4°. in the central part of ukraine, we will especially pay attention to cherkasy region, given that tomorrow is the birthday of taras shevchenko, everywhere will be without precipitation, air temperature +2+4°. in the southern part of ukraine

, a dry region will also prevail tomorrow. mass, air temperature , well, of course, it will be a little higher than there, for example, in the north +5, +8, +5, + 9°, in the crimea it may jump up to +10 somewhere, well, in kyiv, in the capital , tomorrow the weather is expected to be dry, the air temperature will vary during the day within four, maybe 5° of heat, no precipitation is expected and the wind will not be strong yet, where... march, it is also shevchenko day, the day of memory of taras hryhorovych, in most regions of ukraine, in addition to the east, an increase, albeit a small one, but an increase in air temperature is expected. this is the nearest synomatic perspective, literally in one sentence i want to say that next week atmospheric fronts will start their activity in ukraine, so there will be more cloudiness and precipitation, but for now the nearest shevchenkiv days in most regions

of ukraine. the weather will be dry. good evening, we are from ukraine. welcome to the espresso channel. today in our program war and weapons, we will once again talk about what new ones the ukrainian army already uses technologies on the battlefield, or? will be used in the near future, and this time in more detail about land-based robotic platforms, a number of our defense and industrial companies have even united under the slogan "we must fight with robots, but not with people." and the ministry of strategic industries recently stated that there is an extremely urgent need for platforms that can be converted for medical evacuation, and our domestic developments.