it is necessary to prepare for such events and stock up on provisions, stock up on water, medicines , power banks, who has such an opportunity and stay in shelters, do not leave their homes and try not to come into contact with the russian occupiers in any way, local residents follow these recommendations, and we hope that there will be no casualties or any other destruction in the city in connection with military actions and the city will be liberated with the least losses for the armed forces of ukraine and the civilian population. a collaborator, so to speak. who actively cooperated with the occupation authorities, and it is interesting how they feel now, watching and learning the news about the liberation of the villages of

kharkiv oblast. unfortunately, as in most of the others, as far as we know, they are already preparing to leave the city and flee together with the russian occupiers but i hope that the armed forces of ukraine take all measures to make this impossible and they will all appear before the court and receive the appropriate punishment according to the laws of wartime. thank you very much maksym strelnyk, the head of the department of the izyum city council, was in touch with us. and we are moving on. the 198th day of the russian-ukrainian war is coming to an end. how will he be remembered in the address of the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi? let's see . i wish you good health, dear ukrainians. news from the european union, the allocation of five billion euros of macro-financial assistance to our country has been approved, secondly, the eu council's decision

to suspend the agreement on the simplified visa regime between the eu and russia is very important, this decision will take effect from monday and there are specific recommendations of the european commission regarding visa restrictions for citizens of russia, this is already the protection of europe, it will complicate the cynical use of europe by those who do not want to change anything, do not want to fight against the war, but just want to consume and have fun as if nothing is happening in europe, as if there is no russian terror, europe is united - this is the second target for russia after our state, our independence, it is right that europe is defending itself today in kyiv discussed this topic with our friends the president of latvia and the prime minister to poland, who arrived on a visit, the usual recommendations at the pan-european level are very important, but there is legal space to go further, to do more, as the baltic states and poland have done, it is unlikely that the state can be

perceived by terrorists as a source of tourism or some business visits - today they also talked about our bilateral cooperation with countries is, in particular, it concerns the simplification of procedures at our border , we must remove the barriers that still hinder our citizens and companies, the peoples who together protect european freedom must be as close as possible, it is known that there are certain difficulties on the ukrainian-polish border. there are certain difficulties, there are queues for discussions. today , we have an agreement with the polish prime minister on how to solve this problem. expansion of checkpoints on the border, simplification of postal exchange between ukraine and eu countries, i appealed to the prime minister of poland with a proposal to reduce the price of postal items, this is important for our people

for everyone who now needs special support and another important aspect poland has asked us to help in the energy sector, in particular with the export of electricity, of course we will provide it to the polish brothers who have been helping us since the first day, we will always help on our avenue of courage in kyiv appeared today two more plaques with the names of mr. president of the republic of latvia levitse and the head of the polish government mother schumerovecki gradually from all our leaders of politics, culture and sports business who in the most difficult six months of 24 from february to august 24, i was personally in kyiv, personally participated in the defense of our state, today i had the honor of presenting state awards to media persons who were awarded in honor of this year's independence day, these are reporters and operators, producers, editors, presenters, they all made a significant contribution to our

victory in the information confrontation with russia in overcoming russian propaganda and spreading the simple truth about the war about our independence, a moment of silence was observed for the drivers or lives that were taken in this war as of today - that's 38 people citizens of not only our state, but foreigners who came to ukraine for the truth and died from russian weapons, our army, intelligence, the security service of ukraine will continue active actions in several operational areas, successfully continue, i want to once again address now to some bloggers who sometimes rush to announce the results of these or other active actions of our soldiers on the front lines, please do not rush to report. do not complicate the task for our army with your haste. this is what the official representatives

of our state are saying. currently, the armed forces of ukraine have liberated and taken control of more than 30 settlements in the kharkiv region, in some of the villages of the region , measures are being taken to check the security of the territory . citizens, i ask ukrainians in the liberated territory to please inform the representatives of our forces of any information known to you about the crime and the occupiers in ukrainian the land, units of the national police are returning to the liberated settlements of the kharkiv region, although today we should thank our scouts, our special services, who once again proved to be very effective in driving out the enemy, thank you, thank you, and the soldiers of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after prince roman the great, the commander in the kharkiv direction especially noted the heroic actions of the boys from

we do not forget this brigade and about other areas , tough battles continue in donbas and in the south of our country. thank you to the marines of the 503rd battalion's wealth in donetsk region. thank you to the soldiers and scouts of 131 separate reconnaissance battalions, who are risking their lives to be the first to ensure the fulfillment of the assigned tasks by all military units in the kherson region. thank you to all our boys and girls, men and women who fight for ukraine . with state awards, and today in kyiv he held a meeting with a haluk-baraktar and a person whom ukrainians cannot particularly represent we need to understand the context of the meeting , we will also understand the results, we are strengthening our state, presented mr. barraktar with the order of merit of the first degree -

it is really deserved, well, to everyone who helps us, glory to ukraine, watch the project to find your kateryna osadchai from the search for the missing, every monday at 9:30 p.m. to the attention of the officials who are over the temporarily occupied territories of ukraine, how not to become a collaborator, leave the occupied territory and take your relatives, if this is not possible, inform the management about your situation, avoid contacts with the occupiers, securely hide documents that may interest the occupiers or may harm you, do not participate in any gatherings organized by the occupying authorities, do not sign

any papers from the aggressor, do not agree to work in the official bodies of the occupiers, do not provide other assistance to the occupiers, take care of yourself and your relatives, everything will be fine in ukraine more than 100 talented sportsmen and sportswomen more than 100 famous ukrainian men and women had their lives taken away by russia, we will not forgive, we honor everyone and help everyone for the memory of you, the angels of sports, the angels

of ukraine, in the most difficult times for the country, i am faithful only to the armed forces, but also to master a new business easier than it seems, the state retraining program will help, don't be afraid of the media, go to the website of the employment center, numbers or actions, find specializations that have apply and get the profession of your dreams. education is free, and after the course they will help you with employment. we are building a reliable economic front of ukraine together, work, develop, live. for the sake of victory, what to do if you find yourself under the debris of the house, assess the environment call for help, report where you are, stay calm, wait for the debris to be removed, if

no one can hear you, try to free your arms and legs, if you are not sure of your strength, patiently call for help, if possible, use the phone , knock on the pipes, the heating batteries, if no one can't hear, carefully disassemble the shaft, try not to touch what everything is supported on, free yourself, look at yourself if possible, give yourself first medical aid if you know what is likely the location of the victims under the rubble inform the rescuers your help can save lives we will rebuild the parash we will win that you are not news together we are strong in the 2023 budget it is planned to reduce expenses that do not meet the needs of wartime the

president of ukraine told about this in his address, what expenses will be reduced, we will listen to pass this time and to ensure financial and social stability , it is necessary to reduce as much as possible all non-critical expenses of the state, everything that does not help the defense helps the economic development of the country, the social and cultural provision of our people, accordingly , the government should present a program for reducing expenditures on state enterprises, on the apparatus, on institutions that do not meet the needs of this special time, the probability of a reduction in the 2023 budget of expenditures that do not meet the needs of wartime, we will talk with two people's deputies, non- budgetary shillings to the lesya prohibition committee and people's deputies, as well as a member of the budget committee, the first deputy chairman and ivan krulko, vitay dear people's deputies so, let 's start with ms. lesya. according to your

information, what do you think will be cut, what will be cut in the budget, so to speak, or 23 good evening? i want to congratulate all ukrainians for today . i emphasize that according to the information of the ministry of finance, due to the war in ukraine, we have a state budget deficit of up to seven billion dollars per month, therefore the most important and critical thing for our country is the full provision of defense to the army sector, payment of financial support for our servicemen, as well as social support for all segments of the population, i.e. protected items of pension expenses, social payments , wages, respectively, i absolutely agree with

president volodymyr zelenskyi that in the 23rd year we will definitely win, but this should be a budget that will be aimed specifically at the victory of ukraine and , accordingly, to support the defense sector and to protect people, this is social support, again, it is necessary to consider what will be the we will receive additional financial mechanisms from our partners through the prism of this, let's look at what we have, unfortunately, we leave a little contact with ms. lesya, so often, for sure, pass the word to mr. ivan p. ivan, you know in your imagination, from your sources, what is known about which articles of the budget will be reduced, because i am sure that many ukrainians are actually interested in this.

good evening. glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes and victories to our armed forces. we have our fingers crossed for our soldiers who are currently showing in kharkiv a miracle of military equipment, military capability and power, not only in kherson and in all other areas , but god give us victories . this is the most important thing. a year, but ukraine. it will pass. the main thing is that we win the much-desired victory and then very quickly. i hope we will build ukraine. and now there is no parliament , power or opposition, there is only one team that is for ukraine and those collaborators and traitors who are against it, all those who for ukraine must understand that all our work must be aimed at achieving victory. i would like to tell you that when the war began,

military aggression and literally on the first day of this military aggression, it was precisely our team from yulia tymoshenko's homeland that were initiated to provide the cabinet of ministers with all the capabilities and authority to manage budget funds even without the verkhovna rada budget committee or parliament, and this was very important because we understood that e-e finances must be managed and spending on the most necessary things should go as far as the budget for 2023 is concerned. now about september. i hope that we will see all measures registered, we will be able to analyze the numbers so far, we only know what is on the sidelines, what we are talking about, but we have not yet seen the documents with those what the figures will be, but i can immediately say that already now we are informed by many ministries and departments of various state institutions that from

the figures that were in the budget for this year, it is planned to reduce some percentages by various from 10 to 30%. this is a fact, uh, you have to look at it carefully enough, because what is needed today for victory and for the country to endure, uh, is not always what is in the minds of, for example, the ministry of finance, which submits documents, so we are necessarily in the budget the committee will analyze it and where it will be necessary to find resources in which we will search together with lesya zaborannaya and other colleagues on the budget committee, but i want to tell you, dear people's deputies, i understand everything you are trying to tell me now, but i still want to let's get an answer ms. lesya, the second thing is, uh, name uh, at least the approximate articles in which we should definitely expect a reduction, at least according to your opinion . some preliminary

calculations, so, please, information, well, all the ministries actually receive for their functioning as expenditures, er, some are directed to support activities and certain programs , so-called capital expenditures, these are expenditures of development, it is clear that, most likely, development expenses are again expenses for construction, the purchase of equipment and so on, for sure there will be cuts, this is the first, second, it is possible that there will be a review, again, of the type of individual ministries . the scale of sports competitions, cultural events and so on, that is, in fact, all those expenses aimed at the development of certain areas will most likely be

reduced at the moment and first of all it will be a matter of supporting and ensuring social payments, wages, and keeping those people who work in certain areas of the economy, mr. ivan . where do we have to cut something? and yet, as a document that must finance what is needed, that is to provide for the financing of the armed forces, the maintenance of our army, the purchase of equipment, exact and social expenses for those who are provided for the budget should definitely include the reconstruction of those areas of ours that were affected by the use of them . lesya spoke about the sports infrastructure, let's say in the chernihiv region, the russians destroyed the biathlon sports base, the only

place where they could live and train, and this reconstruction is needed. even now, it is so needed because this is the only place where our athletes can practice and where they can live, mr. i think we are talking about the fact that the president, we included his direct speech, said that there will be a reduction in some articles of the budget, so er, we will be forced to refuse. yes, please , ladies, clean it up. we are constantly working and looking for additional sources of filling the budget, and i want to thank all the factions that joined . as far as i know, the homeland faction also joined. and they supported the bill that was the initiator of it, which allows including finding additional funds to fill the pension fund, since it

has always been in short supply. people who were forced to take vacation now , unpaid women and being abroad, they can pay for themselves contributions for other people accordingly . in this way, we contribute additional funds from people to the pension fund, and this is also a financial mechanism that will allow ukrainians to take care of their own well, when they will receive a pension and now replenish the pension fund therefore i want to emphasize that the verkhovna rada and deputies we are also constantly in search of new financial mechanisms to replenish the state budget, what is the question colleagues well, probably before ivan's plan, and because of what mrs. lesya was saying now, is there a possibility that, for example, in the autumn, we

will make one budget together with the whole country as a body of deputies, and then we will change it, including reviewing it. these are the articles that will be reduction if, for example, there will be additional financial assistance from international institutions, as now such prospects are being considered among the budget committee and in general within various factions well, i will tell you that there has not yet been a single budget that was not reviewed during the budget period, therefore, i can definitely say that the budget for 2023 will also be reviewed. i hope that we will have a victory already next year or even this year eh and eh, the economy will recover, it will start working, there will be additional investments in ukraine resources, of course, the budget will be revised from the point of view of launching state programs, launching the economic growth mechanism and

giving the country the opportunity to develop today. but at the same time, i want to say that after those inflationary factors that we are currently observing, the price increase for all goods, we still have to raise the social standards of pensions, salaries , social expenses so that people are, so that they also feel the support of the state and help, of course, for those people who have lost their homes and are temporarily displaced, this is what must be added in the budget as additional help for people, even considering such a great difficulty in which ms. lesya's country is today, will there be such an opportunity to increase social benefits paid in such you know the complicated budget like the 2023 budget. i think what will actually happen is that we are constantly in communication with the ministry of social policy , the relevant indexations took place on time according to plan. unfortunately, inflation now does not cover the level of indexation of pensions and social benefits. but nevertheless, the state

is trying to buy about people, we had the last indexation in july will be in december, and i also want to say such an encouraging fact that a very large amount of international financial assistance is primarily aimed at social security people and in support of social standards, when we go on business trips and communicate with our colleagues, parliamentarians, government officials in other countries , we constantly emphasize that the greatest value in our country is our people. the greatest value and above all in order to preserve the country. it is our people, our youth and to give people the opportunity to survive in this extremely difficult time and continue to rebuild a truly worthy european state, therefore, this is a priority for us. i also wanted to ask mr. ivan how much will change here are these interest articles, roughly speaking, how much

more funding will there be in relation to other articles, in particular, the armed forces of ukraine, are any such calculations being made in the committee now or not, well, i would like to say that this year we saw that the armed forces ukraine is financed as follows, if at the beginning of the year 200 billion were planned for the defense industry, this year we see that every month 200 billion will go to these needs, it is obvious that the conditions of martial law will be taken into account, so the next budget from the point of view of financing of the armed forces and defense, it will be a record and in the specific weight of the budget, it will be the total majority of defense expenditures. i want to see the budget and finally. but i think that 60-70 percent of the budget will be expenditures precisely for defense. thank you very much , dear people's deputies, you really learned

a lot of interesting things today. during this conversation, we will follow how the complex budget of 2023 will be finalized. we already hope that next week they will continue the conversation with us. a deputy from different factions both work in the budget committee of the verkhovna rada, let 's continue this topic by talking with an expert about whether the probable reduction in spending on state enterprises, apparatus and institutions will significantly affect the budget we already see him, olezh, i congratulate you. thank you for joining our broadcast late on friday evening, thank you for that, and let's talk . i don't know if you had a chance to listen to our conversation. with the people's deputies, in fact,

they talked a little bit specifically about some articles that will be cut because they themselves have not yet seen some final version of the budget . what we see around the reduction, we have to wait for something higher, well, look, in reality, on september 15, the budget will be in the verkhovna rada, and then it will probably be possible to talk more objectively about those expenses and revenues that are included in the state budget, but as of today, there are some things that will definitely be there, first of all, because they were reflected in the macroeconomic forecast that formed the basis of the budget formation, and there are preliminary data on a possible deficit of the state budget, there are preliminary data on defense spending that we

have already heard a statement from the president also about one trillion hryvnias for defense, but let's eh in stages, that is, the first means what was in the macroeconomic forecast - 30% inflation for the next year eh, the actual exchange rate ratio hryvnias to the dollar e 50 hryvnias per dollar at the end of the 23rd year e.e. in addition to e.e. a small increase in the gdp of the gross domestic product is expected under various scenarios there are various options, but for sure somewhere e.e. they will be set at the level of 3-4% growth well, because the extremely large drop this year, uh, already today, we have more than 30% by the end of the year, the drop will probably increase a little more. it's definitely not 50, but more than 30. this is an extremely large drop. and the budget deficit figure for next year is really

impressive . of the order of 30 billion dollars, 20% of gdp is eh the kind of budget that will be laid down in the document that we will see in e-e actually after september 15, well, 30 billion - this is a very large deficit, and we must understand that without the active help of our partners, we are unlikely to make ends meet. and even if this help is available that's how i understand it, anyway, we have to, so to speak, make ends meet, that is, shorten some articles, because in reality and due to the destruction caused to ukraine, the ukrainian infrastructure is a social object of housing for ordinary people. well, all this must be restored in released on liberated territories, and these liberated territories , fortunately, are becoming more and more in recent days, that is, what needs to be understood is that, well, first of all,

there will definitely be expenditure items, that is, everything will be fully implemented, all welfare states will be fully implemented, that is, there is no doubt about about the fact that something will not be funded or pensioners do not receive pensions or state employees do not receive wages, about this it will definitely be financed once again, i repeat, the armed forces will be financed for security and defense already the announced figure i already called it 1 billion dollars 1 billion uah one i apologize and it will be