information about the weather, bye bye ms. tala until tomorrow well, actually, we will say goodbye to you now . thank you for being with us. during this time, be with espresso. pay attention to the air alarm signals. the enemy is not sleeping. the enemy continues to attack ukraine . we pray to god in the armed forces of ukraine. thank you and we believe in air defense. what until tomorrow, for your attention, a news release from our colleagues from the ukrainian service of bbc news of ukraine. good evening. we are from ukraine. we are from ukraine. we are hitting the south of ukraine . bbc live from london and yevgenia shadlovskaya extraordinary meeting in brussels in the european union agreed to reduce gas consumption while russia reduces supplies through the nord stream strike on the black sea coast russian military fired missiles resort village

zatoka hryvnia falls unemployed more what is happening to the labor market in ukraine and let's start with an urgent message: naftogaz is in default for euro sheets. the press service of the company reports this, and as they say in naftogaz, there is money in the accounts, but the cabinet of ministers did not allow it. to make a payment, so on autovaz it is announced that the government has defaulted on naftogaz, what does this mean, what will the consequences be, we will talk in detail in a few

minutes . the eu in brussels agreed to reduce gas consumption and start accumulating reserves in order to be ready for the fact that russia may completely stop supplying gas to europe at any time. moment so, at the meeting, the ministers agreed that the countries should voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15%. and do it starting from august and until march. the european commission previously recommended doing so, while such a reduction is voluntary, but it may become mandatory if gas supplies fall to a crisis level and there will be an emergency, but for some countries there will be exceptions, in particular , special conditions will apply to ireland, malta, cyprus, because these countries not connected to the gas pipelines of other countries are i.e. unable to receive gas as alternatives to the baltic ones countries that are not connected to the european electricity system and depend heavily on

gas for the production of electricity, exceptions are also provided for them, and the czech ministers josef sike, who chaired this meeting in brussels , said that according to the plans of gazprom to reduce the supply of gas to europe, in his opinion, vladimir putin stands personally today we are sending a powerful signal not only to vladimir putin, who once again failed to divide the european union, but today's decision is the most important for our citizens is a guarantee that we will not have to face severe consequences in winter, in particular, gas shortages or price jumps, regular conservation in the coming months will allow us to have enough gas, we will not allow russia to threaten our security by deliberately disrupting gas supplies and using gas as a political weapon and an important agreement on gas savings were approved in brussels, while russia's gazprom is again reducing supplies

via the nord stream to 20% of capacity in moscow , it is explained that the state's needs are already increasing terrorist in order to make life worse for every european, and this can actually be considered as an incentive for the eu's eighth sanctions package to be much more weighty. the kremlin insists that it is a reliable energy partner, and in the recent disruption of gas supplies to the eu, which hurt the electricity bills, it blames western sanctions whatever the reason, the cessation of gas supply will make it difficult for the countries of the european union to replenish fuel reserves before winter ... in europe, we receive additional gas from the usa, from norway, from azerbaijan, from algeria, but gas volumes from these countries will not be enough to cover the shortage . therefore, we have to make some drastic decisions. the european commission called on the eu countries

to reduce gas consumption by 15% over the next seven months. implementation of the decision is voluntary for now, but it may become mandatory because the commission understands the scenario in which russia may stop pumping gas to the eu altogether, it is quite possible that the minister of energy gathered in brussels to finalize these plans and not everyone likes them because any steps to save gas have consequences that's how they are explains the manager of the largest food trailer in france, we could close the shops or close them at certain hours or for half an hour, all scenarios are possible so we will not hesitate because we are fighting for our country so far ukraine eu has reduced the total gas consumption by only 5%. not everyone is ready for more and wants exceptions for themselves, while others, for example germany, are already proposing to

use coal power plants more widely and build liquefied gas terminals in order to fill the gap in europe where is the energy crisis it is getting worse, it is worth mentioning that gazprom not only reduced the pressure in the northern stream, it even earlier stopped pumping gas to a number of european countries, to bulgaria, denmark, the netherlands, as well as to finland, poland, and explained this by the fact that the countries refused to pay for gas in rubles. before winter, we will talk about the russian gas wars with the president of the analytical center of dixigroups, olena pavlenko, ms. olena. i welcome you on the air, but let's start with ukrainian news, what is the meaning of the default announced by naftogaz, what does it mean, what this will have consequences, well, first of all, it means that it will be much more difficult for naftogaz to attract funds , including for the heating period, and this means that now the shareholder of naftogaz, who is the government, must take care of the issues of funds, accordingly, the

ukrainian government has the additional task of conducting negotiations, looking for and perhaps helping naftogaz to find funds for e-e or the purchase of additional gas or for other needs in order to pass the heating season normally, in fact, this is not so bad. what are the internal differences between oil and gas and the government got out just now when we need to prepare for winter, but let's hope that in the end it will all turn into teamwork and uh, we will be ready for winter well, if we talk about the heating season for which ukraine is preparing today, denis shmyhal zaya said that the ukrainian government is asking the united states to provide gas lend-lease, i.e. free gas assistance . this is what help ukraine can count on. word of the hour in may. if i am not mistaken, the

head of nak naftogaz yuriy vitrenko came to the states he also talked about the gas list, it was about uh, if i'm not mistaken, 6 billion uh cubic meters of additional gas or the possibility to buy this gas. i think this is a matter of course. are the necessary volumes of gas or does ukraine want to talk to the united states immediately about buying american gas through lg terminals? i don't know through poland or other terminals in europe. to help the countries of europe, which, as we can see , are experiencing difficulties before the winter in the european union, a decision has been made, three decisions of which

we need to pay attention to . the original idea was at the beginning of march, if i am not mistaken, to reduce consumption by two thirds of russian gas consumption by the end of this year, which is actually a lot, and the eu countries will not fulfill this goal at the moment, but nevertheless everything one thing, they will very significantly reduce the consumption of russian gas this year and next. i think that at some point in the next few years there is a chance that russian gas will not be consumed by the european union at all. the second important point is the saving of gas in general, and a decision has been made in the eu what did you say in your story that you need to save gas, and where you can switch to alternative types

of fuel ? but i am also the population and this company is going. now it is very massive. i know that it has already started in germany, it will be possible in other countries, and it seems to me that in ukraine, a conversation should also begin with the population about the fact that europe is preparing to save gas and all we must also take a very responsible approach to gas consumption this winter. the third point that we must take into account is that despite the difficult situation in europe with russian gas, the eu countries have agreed that they will help each other that is, if there is a crisis, if there is a shortage of gas in some country, other eu member states can help with the supply of additional volumes of gas, and it seems to me that if there

is an extremely difficult situation in ukraine, then this principle of solidarity can also be extended to ukraine . i would like to emphasize once again that this does not mean that we should take it easy on consumption, not save, and at some point run to look for help . this applies not only to the government or the company, but also to the population. russian gas in the european union imports is 40%. that is, it is such a significant component. will it be possible through savings? how did you list all these measures taken by the european union? were to reduce by two-thirds by the end of this year, these plans are no longer being implemented, but in the european union there is a clear enough determination

to completely abandon russian gas in the coming years, it is important that after the end of the war, when ukraine wins, it is part of those countries that are dependent on russian gas and which are now confidently refusing russian gas so that they do not return to the old strategy. i mean germany. i mean other countries so that they all after the ukrainian victory, they continued to think about how to replace russian gas and not return to the old schemes. and one more question: russia increased gas pressure literally through ukrainian transit. a warning increased the pressure on the orengo gas pipeline and he died. uzhhorod dispatchers recorded a sharp increase in pressure and how dangerous such incidents are, such incidents are dangerous, moreover, similar

situations have already happened when in 2009 there was an increase in pressure without warning in one gas pipeline in turkmenistan, after which a malfunction occurred gas pipeline and russia took advantage of this in order to stop the transportation of gas to turkmenistan, it may well be that such a strategy is being prepared and regarding the ukrainian transit route, you see the northern stream alone continues to slowly reduce the gas along the ukrainian route so that they simply close the tap because the dishes then according to the arbitration of gazprom will have to pay for everything. i think that they are being invented. these are the scenarios in order that at some point everything will boil down to an accident and tell them that they are sorry to the gas i won't be for now, i think it's just a testing attempt but we

should all pay attention to it thank you mrs. elena olena pavlenko, president of the analytical center of dixigroup, we also talked about the default of naftogaz and about how ukraine is preparing for the heating season and how the european union is preparing for winter without the supply of russian gas. and now about the situation in ukraine, russia launched a rocket attack on the onboard infrastructure in the mykolaiv region, on the coastal villages of the odesa region, namely the procuratorate village of zatoka according to the previous according to the authorities, there are no victims of the shelling , destroyed houses with details bbc correspondent james water house in this war, everything is often leveled with the ground here on the spot we see devastation two the craters on this resort south of odesa were hit by several rockets and this is what remained of the business of the man who built it for 21 years, it was a place of rest and here are the remains

of a playground behind me, the time and place of these attacks are important because ukraine is finally preparing to start exporting millions of tons of grain as part of a landmark agreement with the participation of russia, but the terms of this agreement provide that russia will leave ukrainian ports and ships alone, now the kremlin will say that it aimed at military facilities, that is, not violated the agreements, but this shows how fragile this agreement is with such far-reaching consequences due to the global crisis of today's shelling. my colleague and i are talking to us on the connection of albi and jester realby. congratulations on the strikes on the black sea port. why are the russians hitting so hard now ? in the middle of the day today, the russian aviation used an airfield on the territory of russia to fly to the

black sea region and launch missiles from there, the ukrainian command sees in such maneuvers attempts to confuse the intentions and complicate the countermeasures of the ukrainian according to the ukrainian side, these strikes caused destruction in the recreation area on the coast, and president zelenskyi called it terrorism. and try to just shoot, so why are the russians resorting to such strikes? the black sea remains a tense region . not to seize the clothes and make a dream corridor with it all the way to transnistria does not have such a dense firefight as, for example, in donbas, there are threats here is measured by the radius of action of the missiles, many experts believe that the harpoon missiles received by the ukrainians are a very unpleasant factor for the russian black sea fleet, russian ships for launching calibers are now hiding closer to the shore

under the cover of coastal air defense in crimea, if the russian naval groups approach the coast, they can be exposed on the danger of an attack by the coastal forces of the naval forces of ukraine, it is worth mentioning the death of the cruiser moskva and the strikes on gas production platforms it is clear that this threat is very real, the russians built their strategy on the black sea on the possible landings of naval amphibious assaults, but now it is a risk for them to repeat the sad experience of their groups on snake island, so the russians are trying to untie their hands from this series of attacks , attempts to destroy and anti-ship missiles harpoons, ukrainian means of air defense and everything that can reach their ships and planes if they approach from the other side, these russian attacks may also be attempts to divert attention to others on other areas of the front, well, yesterday, the

russians forced to repaint the map on the applications that signal alarms in red color, this is a sign of new threats of airstrikes against the army of the russian federation, it continues to carry out air- missile strikes, shelling from the artillery of donetsk region on kharkiv region, for example, yesterday, the russians fired rockets of strikes on civilian objects in chuguyev, on the cultural center of zavaliv today, the body of a man was pulled out, only two people died there and they were beaten in the mykolayiv region, as reported by representatives of the authorities, and russia released 18 rockets fired there in different regions and there are threats everywhere. thanks to albiy, the correspondent of vysidra about the situation at the front despite the fighting in donbas , local farmers are harvesting the crop, they hope

to be able to sell it. they hurry to collect what they can in the fields. although they risk their lives every day, bbc correspondent andrew harding visited front-line farms near the city of sloviansk. in the war-torn donbas, volodymyr bukhantsev sees the front line from his combine harvester, it is just a hill to the north, traces of smoke on the horizon, and then there it is in the sky with a roar, two ukrainian fighter jets are flying over the russian positions, you can see how a russian missile rises up, but it does not hit, the planes launch decoys and suddenly they turn around on their way home, we see it

every day, says volodymyr, the pilots are doing their work, we are doing ours, his son is also fighting here not far from the front line , only farmers and fighters, almost everyone else has already left do they leave the country hurried goodbyes at the bus stop under the sounds of russian rockets exploding nearby, many rockets cluster bombs below the wheat fields of ukraine setting fire to thousands of hectares of land this is another challenge for farmers and for the world, which increasingly feels the need for ukrainian crops well, to understand what depth back the owner of the farm, serhiy kurinnyi, shows the bomb crater in his field, almost all the wheat and sunflowers. he sold for export, but the war put an end to his business. to come here, honor struck. he shows

a photo of the damage caused to his farm, here is the shed, everything was blown away, this is the place where the cattle died from the bomb explosion in the distance, you can still hear several explosions here, by no means. quiet morning, what worries you is the price of your team, but what worries serhii the most is the russian blockade, the ports are closed, nothing it is impossible to export, and that is why, he says, the price they get here for wheat has fallen by two-thirds. the agreement on ending the blockade by russia can be of great importance, but it will not stop the war, and that is why here in donbas ukrainian farmers are in a hurry to harvest harvest and save what they can, regardless of the risk, the ukrainian economy has suffered significant setbacks , what is happening in the labor market at this time, is it possible to find a job in ukraine that brings money,

officially, there is an outbreak of unemployment in ukraine, according to the data of the state employment service, there are fewer unemployed during the war than during during the pandemic, approximately 350,000 as of the end of june, but these are those who are registered in employment centers. what is the real situation with work in ukraine? this was found out by my colleague ilona gromluk, she in direct contact with us ilona although there are approximate estimates of understanding how many people in ukraine have lost their jobs since the beginning of the war eh, in fact it is very difficult to calculate so it has happened historically that ukrainians suddenly turn to the employment service because they expect to find work through their contacts eh things than through the state. but the international organization under the un says that the war destroyed 4.8 million jobs in ukraine, and about five and a half million people also left, and somewhere over a million of them

also lost their jobs, but the nuance is that we cannot accurately count how many people left because they also left for russia and we also cannot count how many of these people have or do not have jobs because many of them are mothers with children and they could work part-time somewhere or work somewhere officially, professor kaganna bakhitova from the kyiv school of economics says that according to very, very mushroom calculations, if you count all these numbers, the employment rate fell by about 14% , uh, that's a lot, but it could have been worse, there are cases and you wrote about them when the workers are not formally dismissed but do not receive money at the same time, so employers reduce working hours, send them on unpaid leave, this is conditional partial unemployment, is it clear what scale of such a phenomenon we are talking about now, it is also very difficult to calculate, however according to the data of the european business association, about 54% of their companies did not pay their

employees the full salary, therefore, most likely, there will be a lot of such cases, since the stories of employees who tell about reductions in large companies and also in this is facilitated by the new labor legislation that allows employers to suspend employment agreements or change the work schedule or salary without two months' notice as it was before i am floating, but for the workers, this of course means the uncertainty of the tragedy and so on. in addition, many people work in the price. hired a job where he had to be paid 20,000 uah , this is such a normal salary for ukraine. here he was supposed to repair a car, but when the war started, he receives 10,000 uah because there are no orders and

if there are orders, there are no parts because they were ordered before abroad. and now this it is difficult because there are quite a lot of factors and this may indicate that there are quite a lot of such stories. you also studied what is happening in the private sector. did ukrainian business reorient itself in the conditions of the war? did it reorient itself to such stories ? experts say that the business has generally recovered from the march shock, but half of the businesses are still not working, for example, i wrote about a woman from the kyiv region who made cheese, but she does not have the funds to reorient herself and she plans to continue doing this. and now, for example, she collects cucumbers in germany because it collects funds for business recovery. another story, for example, was in chuguyev, where it was. it was a family business. husband and wife made shoes. so they had equipment, they could theoretically reorient it.

for something else, but they live in what did they live in chuguyev , uh, which is still being shelled. they were shelled recently, and it is very risky to go there. 12 people apply in ukraine, but in different regions there are different ones. so , both 20 and 24 people apply for one place, for example, in the mykolaiv and zaporizhzhia regions , that is, those who are often fired upon, who are at the frontline . but as for the profession, it remains unchanged drivers, watchmen, hairdressers, sellers , seamstresses are always in demand, and seamstresses are very popular. for example , there are many in the business that have reoriented themselves

. that they, for example, want to be operators or copywriters and dispatchers e.e. in the top 3 e.e. the most popular professions for reviews, in particular on the olx website, work is in the army, this is what experts say that a lot can mean people, er, will change their profession, er, it has always been like this during crises, that some professions are popular, some are the most popular, but now there are a lot of displaced er, ukrainians, and now they are coming to regions where there is no longer such a job as they had, for example, in the donbas there there is no acceptable factory and they have to somehow reorient themselves, so there is work, but you have to look for it, and it does not always coincide with the wishes of the people. if we talk about salaries, kyiv remains the place with the highest salaries that were before the war. yes, kyiv remains with the highest salaries, but now there are many people in

lviv, there are many immigrants in lviv, but this did not lead to an increase in salaries there, because there are many jobs, but salaries are at the same level as before the war . somewhere around the third place in ukraine now in terms of salaries , uh, that's uh. but the good news is that salaries are increasing, because if earlier the nbu said that back in march, salaries fell by 20%, let's say by 50%, well, now they are slowly returning to its pre-war level, and the operator is now popular their profession is even paid almost twice as much as before the war. thank you, ilona. this is ilona gromluk. she researched whether there is mass unemployment in ukraine and her article on this topic is on our website bbc.ua. and you can find many analytical articles on this, we have to finish our issue. see you tomorrow

, they are patching holes from bullets and debris, there is always a need for equipment, they are strengthening the hull in addition, they gave an iron-type base so that it could be restrained by bullets with military ammunition on top of the car and we will not stop as long as there are needs, we will work as much and to work 24 hours a day, they pumped in the fate of me , the car makers make their contribution, now this is fire, that is pumped into our joint victory, because the car for the boys needs ukraine, it works, no matter what the ukrainians think about, so that they don’t talk about the first place , it’s still a war, a war, and our victory is seven

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