this is actually for all participants of the market of special responsibilities for companies who need to receive funds today to finance their repair campaign, but actually, why exactly from june, why not from may, or vice versa later, well, we understand that this is complex decision, postponing it for later is irrational, because the sooner such a decision is made, the more time we have and the more income we will... in fact , receive from paying at such a tariff in order for companies to still receive actual financing to fulfill their works, a therefore, today it is worth noting that the most timely decision is a balanced one, and we hope that it is in this paradigm that companies will be able to receive all the necessary measures and ensure the repair works are carried out in a timely manner, and if the attacks on the ukrainian infrastructure continue, then... or will the tariffs be increased again? we

can only say as of today, since we live in, we always have to understand, we live next to a terrorist country that does not give up hope of achieving a total blackout, we see a systemic continuation of shelling of energy facilities, after the last six complex shellings of civil energy facilities, we lost more than 9.2 gw of power yesterday. this is a significant volume, it is more than a billion dollars of damage caused to energy and energy sector enterprises, and this is not the final amount, it is being recalculated because the shelling does not end, is this the only factor in the tariff change? no, we systematically want to emphasize that we work precisely with our international partners to obtain grant, credit and other financial assistance tools energy sector enterprises. to

restore affected objects. oleksandr kharchenko, director of the energy research center, joined our broadcast. good evening. good evening. yes, you, you just listened to the representative of the ministry of energy. perhaps you have something to answer, but in general, please explain why the tariffs were raised and to what extent you are satisfied with the explanations from the relevant ministry. and you know, i can't say whether they satisfy me or not, yes, that's all, i don't have comments on this matter, well, then let's say it, the ministry of energy stated that these funds from the population, which are received after raising tariffs, will be used for the repair and restoration of generation, is this really true? was

money needed for this? certainly, for the repair and restoration of generation, there is doubt about the need, i listened to mykola very carefully, and it seems to me that he commented absolutely honestly and accurately on everything, that is, this money goes to energoatom, which actually compensates for 85% now. which are necessary for the population to receive electricity at a reduced tariff, according to the increase in the tariff, 85% of all money goes to the energy plant, which mr. mykola once again said honestly and absolutely, he did not distort anything, but simply moved on to another topic of recovery, but money in the energaatom is not a topic of recovery, they are not connected with each other, that is, in no way, and this is necessary ... that is, the money will not go to restoration,

but to energoat? of course, they are just 85%, once again the money from the tariff increase will go to the energy agency, it is another matter that 15 will go to ukrhydroenergo, and this company really needs money, needs large amounts of equipment restoration, and of course all 15% will go to restoration and repair. fine. and why then , including the officials, are trying, saying that the money will go to restoration and repairs, they are not telling the truth, i don't understand, they are manipulating, what is wrong? well, it is quite obvious, you and i were listening to the comment together now, and the answer sounded exactly like that, i.e. mr. mykola did not distort the situation, he honestly said that he would mostly receive the money energoatom, we need repairs and restoration, but he did not say: that energoatom

will carry out repairs and restoration for this money, this, i did not hear this, so he honestly separated these two topics, and accordingly, well, maybe this is a bit of manipulation, but no more than that. ugh, and the energy atom needs money, as i understand it, and there is no where to get it, except by raising tariffs, or what? you know, i've never heard of anyone who doesn't need money, and an energy atom obviously always needs money too. why? what does he use them for? well, i would advise to read the publications of mr. nikolov there on this matter, other journalists, investigators, it's great. and meaningful reading about the many activities of the energy atom, i won't even bother to recount, because they are much more professional than me. well, in fact , there are a lot of questions to the energy atom, to the management of the energy atom from journalists,

investigators and from public organizations that investigate corruption there and various other manifestations of corruption, and now in the expert environment. i had to hear about the fact that energoatom, they say, declares that they are building additional blocks, at least this is how this construction is declared, and that there are risks, where in the end and for which construction this money will go, it is not clear, it is unknown, and these processes are very opaque, you mean that, or i misunderstood something, and well a part about the investigation of journalists, anti-corruption officers, certainly a part. the picture about the mythical reactors is just as definitely, it worries me personally in the sense that the ukrainian generation needs money for what needs to be done here and now, we need to buy gas turbines and gas-fired installations, we must install them, we must repair damaged

coal blocks, wherever possible and wherever it is expedient to do so, if we understand that we will be able to protect them in coordination with the military ppo, which is available. it has to be done, it costs money, meanwhile we hear stories that reactors will be built, reactors of the type that energaatom is now announcing, the last such reactor was built in the united states for 17 years and cost 15 billion billion dollars, ukrainians have no time wait 15 or 17 years, we need to restore with those technologies that can restore generating capacity quickly. and these are gas piston and gas turbines, which we will then convert to biogas, which we will then convert to agricultural production waste, we will use them instead of natural gas, and it will be one of the greenest energy systems in europe, as a result, but now start

the construction of any long-term projects e reactors as such, well, for me it is very strange, and in my opinion it directly contradicts the interests. each of us in fact, every ukrainian who wants to live not in the conditions of limiting the supply of electricity there from six to 12 hours a day, but to use electricity normally. allow me to summarize what you said, the way i understood it, and you will tell me whether i understood it correctly or not, now they have doubled the tariffs for the population, and they say, they do not hide, as you mentioned, energy atom needs the money, energy atom says : yes, we need money, because we are... building, look, we are building reactors, and you say that comrades can spend a lot on building reactors many years there or decades, and you don't do it instantly, whereas changing the energy system there has to be instantaneous, and if i understand correctly, there is a fear that this

money will go somewhere wrong, or just disappear there, because the construction it will drag on, it will take years and it is not known when it will end at all, and in principle and... if i understood you correctly, it is impractical, not modern, ineffective, and so on. look, except for the last sentence, you understood me correctly, whether ukraine needs nuclear energy, whether it is necessary or not has to develop, has to, we have to cherish, cherish and nurture all the existing reactors in every way and take care of them on a daily basis, but it is not practical to build new ones now, in three years in... years, when we will rebuild the base power, so that we can cover those problems , to cover the consumption that we have now, then we need to build strategically new reactors, attract money from foreign countries there, attract

loans there, we have an excellent prospect of building a powerful nuclear power plant, but this is the next step in 3,4 5 years now to merge there... with fast technologies, what we need to rebuild quickly, and what is the true motivation of those who do it, please ask those who do it, i don't know it, well, you have some assumptions, i'm not a person who he just makes assumptions, i just don't understand, well, why just like that, based on my experience, the background is professional, well, once again, i have no assumptions and i can't explain to myself the logic that leads to the need to spend billions of hryvnias now for a long time. exchange projects that do not solve the issues of the immediate and very, very, very crisis

period well, then the other question is, will the increase, will it cause an increase in tariffs, there, let's say, will it contribute to the fact that the light will last a little longer, well, or will it not disappear as often, or are these two completely different tracks and one of does not depend on one? right now the situation is such that these are two different things, and they are not related to each other, precisely because this money will not be spent today and now on restoration as quickly as possible. i understand that, in principle, ukraine does not spend its money on reconstruction, but partners' money, mostly partners are ready to help us in this? no, no, we have a lot. declarations from donors, but we have very little real support from donors.

the only company that has really attracted large amounts of donor, grant and credit funds from the ukrainian side is ukrenergo, there is a corporate management system, there is a transparent procurement process, there is an effective and most importantly management that enjoys the trust of partners , and they. dollars of support from foreign partners, the entire other energy system received four to five times less today than korenego, precisely because our generation sector is not transparent, not well managed, and in fact there are no partners from the ukrainian side who could accept this aid and use it effectively. these rates that are in place now from june 1st are supposed to be in place... until 2000 until april 30th, if i'm not mistaken, 2025, then there will be another increase, is it

too early to predict, too early to predict, i was opposed to that , which is accepted, i remain an opponent of any so-called increases, this is an absolutely absurd story, we need to equalize the situation, introduce a market for the population, introduce market prices for the population just as it works for the industrial...se sector, introduce targeted subsidies for those who need help and cannot pay market prices, but as long as there are any fixed tariffs for the population, as long as corruption in the energy sector is encouraged, because one way or another hundreds of millions of dollars go into certain bureaus, and as long as there is an opportunity to write off part of the electricity as delivered to the population, in fact it is twice as expensive to sell it. that these manipulations will happen no matter what is done, so in order for us to really restore energy effectively,

we need a market reform with the introduction of market equal prices, without any preferences and manipulations for all categories of consumers with targeted subsidies, and when they say that it's impossible, i say look at little moldova, which has carried out such a reform and which is now developing the energy sector, right? that very soon, it will export energy to ukraine, therefore it is absolutely important, and with the help of partners it can be implemented effectively and quite quickly. thank you very much for your comment, oleksandr kharchenko, director of the energy research center, we talked about the increase in light tariffs in ukraine and the consequences and reasons that led to it. for today, we have everything, subscribe to radio liberty channels on the internet, like this broadcast, in this way you will support our work. and svoboda live will be back on the air tomorrow.

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congratulations, the voice of america is on the air in ukrainian and our program "time time". my name is osta. president biden arrived in france on a state visit, during which he will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the allied landings in normandy and meet with world leaders, including volodymyr zelenskyi. in addition, biden plans to meet with zelensky during the group of seven summit in italy next week. for more information about the importance of these meetings and whether we should expect specific announcements based on their results, let's talk with our correspondent in the white house yulia yaremolenko. yulia, i congratulate you. thank you. more details about the expectations from this trip of biden to france and europe and, above all, what concerns ukraine.

ostapa, a large part of biden's trip to france will be related to the celebrations, both on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the landing of troops in normandy, and as part of this state visit of the us president to france. but all this is happening at a time when a new war is going on in europe, russia's war against ukraine, and therefore... it is worth expecting statements about historical parallels, it is worth expecting that ukraine, support for democracy, opposition to a dictator, will echo both in president biden's speeches in normandy and during his bilateral meetings, in particular with french president emmanuel macron, another important partner and ally of ukraine. also, jake sullivan, the us national security adviser on his way to france, confirmed that president biden will also meet with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in normandy, and literally a week later they met again. in italy on the sidelines of the group of seven summit. it's worth it to note that two meetings in a little more than a week are extremely rare. and jake sullivan said that this will be an opportunity for

the two presidents to discuss literally every aspect, every issue that has to do with the war. and, as jake sullivan said, these two meetings will demonstrate the depth of the united states' commitment to supporting ukraine at this vitally important time. now, what to expect at these meetings? difficult discussions should be expected. ukraine. more air defense systems, ukraine needs the united states to extend its authorization to use american weapons to hit targets, military targets of russia inside russia. will president biden be able to effectively respond to these requests? will we see? indeed, we will be keeping a close eye on these claims as well. yulia, we know that the united states, france also gave permission to use their weapons for strikes on the territory of russia. we have heard these statements. how does the white house now assess the impact of this decision on the situation... on the battlefield and what about possible new announcements about military aid for ukraine? yes, that's right, jake selev was not asked about it many times, he said that he will not go into details

about how it is used or not used. the ukrainians have been given weapons by the americans, but in terms of effectiveness, first of all, in the white house, jake sullivan admits that the delay caused by the inability of congress to approve the request for additional funding in time has put ukraine in a very difficult situation, and now the united states is trying how to get ukraine out of this situation, by providing more weapons and faster, of course, white is criticized for the fact that this not fast enough, but jake sullivan said weapons are coming to ukraine every day. day, every week, and they see the effects of using these weapons, and therefore jake sullivan hopes that now, at least in the northern direction, the ukrainians will be able not only to successfully defend themselves, but also to start fighting back against the russians. let's listen to this comment. we've seen them strengthen positions in key locations, we've seen them resist the russian offensive. so, for example, the russians

crossed the border north of kharkiv. for several kilometers, but the ukrainians are holding positions, they are also holding positions in critical parts of donetsk region, now they have ammunition and other necessary means, but they need more, as president zelensky said, they need more air defense equipment, and we are working on it, and they need permanent the flow of weapons, and we will be supplying them, we will be monitoring the situation in the coming days, but we have definitely seen the fact that weapons coming to the battlefield on this scale and in such numbers over the... the last few days and weeks have affected the situation and small importance, and we hope that it will continue, and that in the end it will allow ukraine not only to hold its ground, but also to repel the russian forces that are now threatening them. ostap, and regarding new supplies, jay selvan confirmed that announcements of significant new capacity should be expected in the coming weeks, as he said for ukraine. we will also expect these announcements. yulia, we know that also on the day of biden's trip to

europe, time magazine. conducted an interview with the president, where he says that he is not ready to support the natovization of ukraine. these the words we saw actually caused a lot of criticism among ukrainians. how does the white house explain such a statement by the president? so what we heard, he said, peace is making sure that russia never, never, never occupies ukraine, that's what peace looks like, but it doesn't necessarily mean nato. and so he said, if you noticed, i said that i was not ready to support the natovization of ukraine. our colleagues from radio svoboda turned to the us mission to nato, and there they explained that president biden sees the future of ukraine in nato, but they say, he believes that ukraine is not ready for this at the moment, and he has repeatedly spoken about what the us representation at the un is saying. what statements have we heard? literally in december, when president zelensky was here in the white house, president biden said at a joint press conference that nato is definitely in the future of ukraine, if all allies agree to it, if ukraine fulfills the necessary requirements

for this. conditions, he also said that now, however, the focus is on helping ukraine win this war. what can ukraine expect from the nato summit that will be held here in july julianne smith, the us ambassador to nato, told reporters that ukraine will be the focus of the meeting, and she said that a whole package of different outcomes for ukraine should be expected. first of all, she said that it would be a different wording regarding ukraine's aspirations to become a member of nato, and she also said. that we should expect new powerful capabilities for ukraine to show, to send a signal to putin, that nato is not going to stop helping ukraine. undoubtedly, this summit will be important. we will also here on site in washington to work on it. julia, thank you for your explanations, yuliya yarmolenko, our correspondent in the white house, was in touch. congress also plays an important role in shaping american politics. last week we saw bipartisan calls from lawmakers to lift

restrictions on... on the use of american weapons, and in the end, the biden administration did make some concessions, whether congressmen are going to press the white house further, we ask our congressional correspondent ekaterina lisynova, katya, hello, i welcome you to our broadcast, congratulations ostapa, katya, do the legislators think that the permission we saw from the administration is enough, i know that you managed to communicate with the leading representatives of both parties, what did they say to you, that's how ostapa succeeded to communicate with the leaders of the democracies. and republicans, in short, representatives of both parties claim that the current partial lifting of the ban on the ukrainian army by the biden administration is not enough. weighty, especially weighty in this context is the statement the leaders of the democrats, i.e. biden's fellow party members, in particular the deputy leader of the democratic faction in the house of representatives, congressman tedliu in...