to the crimea to zaporizhzhia as you can see, plus 16 + 19°, without precipitation, sunny clearings, and in kyiv on saturday, although it will be cloudy, but it will be a very warm day , and it will be the warmest it has been in the near future, plus 17°, some slight probable rain in the second in the middle of the day, but nothing serious, i repeat once again that on saturday it will be very warm and on sunday, monday will be colder well, of course, we will talk about this in our next forecasts on the espresso channel vasyl thank you very much mrs. natalya anako didenko told us about the weather, i will say goodbye to you until sunday take care watch yourself espresso now for your attention a news release from my colleagues from the ukrainian editorial office of b8 news good evening on the air of the bbc from ukraine in the studio in london yevgenia shedlovska and today's edition russia put forward to ukraine the ultimatum of electricity supply will be on the condition that the annexation of

the occupied territories is recognized, the ukrainian authorities consider this a confession in terrorism and the history of ukrainian prisoners who have not yet returned, we spoke with the family of a border guard from mariupol who remains in captivity and elon musk is now in charge on twitter, what will he do with this social network , while the russian military has been targeting the ukrainian energy system in cities and villages for a week, severe blackouts, the russian authorities have actually issued an ultimatum to ukraine.

the legality of russia's demands within the framework of a special military operation and its results reflected in the constitution and then the light will be adjusted, this is such a quote, this means there will be light in ukraine conditions for recognizing the annexation of the occupied territories russia considers the four ukrainian regions of kherson , zaporizhia, luhansk and donetsk to be its own, and none of them is under full control, moreover, the ukrainian military is conducting a counteroffensive, representatives of the ukrainian authorities called medvedev's statement an official confession of terrorism at the state level, and we talk more about it with my colleague victoria shugan, a bbc correspondent, is joining us from kyiv. so, vito, what other comments were there today from the ukrainian authorities regarding this ultimatum, in fact, russia's ultimatum, good evening, the key statement from the ukrainian side, the answer

was made already then and basically outlined it, it was the office of the president, the kremlin, the bridge , with medvedev's mouth, directly stated that we will destroy the power system and terrorize millions of people, in fact, an official confession in terrorism at the state level, what are the negotiations about? you can talk here and with whom is more. for today, in the information space, i was not able to monitor such statements. in addition, i would like to remind you that usually when the president's office voices certain theses, a certain position if it is a very high-level statement, it is quickly duplicated and quoted by the heads of the vatsa in their telegram channels, usually when you open a telegram, you see a series of the same statements from this example. this did not happen, accordingly, the ukrainian authorities did not provide

medvedev's word has such a meaning and, in principle, among ukrainians or in social networks, there is less reaction to this statement than to the whole phenomenon of russian attacks on energy infrastructure facilities and those complications that have already befallen every ukrainian. russian missile drone strikes on civilian energy infrastructure, they created big significant problems with electricity supply in many regions, widespread blackouts. here's what's happening in kyiv, what's happening in other regions in kyiv today, it's dark, very dark, uh, because there are more blackouts. they are now affecting all areas of the city. and the government explains this by the fact that now the deficit is from 20 to 50%, that is, at least there are situations in which half of the required

electric power and half of the capacities are missing in this regard, they not only turn off the lights for household users, that is, you and i, who live in apartments, but also change the transport schedules, for example , buses leave instead of electric transport, and they also promise to revise the schedule of announcements of blackouts and possibly even extend the duration of one blackout, in particular, dtek stated that it is possible in kyiv, one blackout will last up to 6 hours, together with these are the blackout schedules , the blackout does not occur according to the schedules, the same schedules are planned to be updated, that is, the understanding of when and how the lights are turned off, there are no schedules are not working now due to the fact that bbc ukraine correspondents hear from many people in different regions of ukraine, the situation is really like this now and

it happens very often. an incomprehensible term, for example, in odesa, people said that once they had no electricity for as long as 10 hours, why is this happening because, as a result of russian strikes, some outages are non- stabilizing, that is, designed to maintain the system in the balance a emergency, that is, as a reaction to the new, new strikes, in the end, in order to plan such schedules, you need to take into account a number of factors, such as how long it will take to repair a certain object, but if russia targets there a second time, the repair work will be delayed accordingly e- e suppliers promise to try to establish a system of communication and schedules, but the next shelling from the

russian federation comes into play. to restore normal energy supply while in kyiv, what are your feelings, how do the people of kyiv react to the fact that there is no light, there is no light in the apartments? well, you are right, you made a list of many people who do not only have no light, this means that there is no water, there is no elevator, that is, kyiv - this is a metropolis in which many people live, for example, on the 20th floor, and many already do not have the internet because, uh, many people from different districts complain about the fact that there are interruptions. talking about uh about how people are cope with life in such new conditions, here are my personal observations. i call them overheard

during a walk with the dog. if you usually hear snippets of random conversations, now all the conversations are about who has when the lights are turned off, who buys which gadget, or how else he invented to arrange for himself new life i have not yet heard or observed anya in real life, anya in social networks uh, complaints or conversations uh, such as the russian federation tends to test what we started concessions thank you for the video victoria zuvenko , bbc correspondent in kyiv, the ukrainian energy system still seems to be able to withstand the blow, as well as the ukrainian economy. the leading british weekly economist recently wrote about the stability of the ukrainian economy despite the war. the ukrainian economy is stabilizing and even recovering, but it needs western support . according to the journalists-publications

supporting infusions and not loans, my colleague and bvc columnist on economic issues anastasia zunda is boringly analyzing what is happening with the ukrainian economy in the spring, we heard extremely bad forecasts for the ukrainian economy minus 45%, the fall in gdp was given by international financial organizations in the autumn, the forecasts were slightly revised and, so to speak, they were improved to -30%, the fall in gdp will actually be -30 by the end of the year, as observers expect, i.e. there will be 30% inflation, 30% unemployment, first of all, we need to look at whether the ukrainian economy will be able to support ukraine as a state, currently tax revenues are only half of what the state budget will receive

and above all, these are taxes paid by natural persons , citizens, and taxes from enterprises have decreased significantly, industry has significantly lost both its capacity and its income in the form of taxes, and the ukrainian budget will receive approximately uah 70-80 billion every month, while spending only on defense every month is about uah 150 billion. where do we get the rest? the first thing is printing money. uah is the second largest source of state budget revenues. currently, this is financial assistance from our international partners. she gave another approximately 180

billion uah, that is, in order of numbers, it is approximately 1/2 of what the national bank gives, international aid that covers social expenses, mainly to things have also increased because huge sums go to support millions of ukrainians who have become refugees in their own country , so this international support is significant without it, ukraine obviously could not have coped in any way, but it is less than the deficit that needs to be covered and it comes very irregularly, therefore the main message that the ukrainian government is currently trying to convey to international e-e to international partners is to make this support as regular as possible so that the government knows how much funds from abroad can be calculated for to

finance the most basic needs of the state budget. that is why it is very important to restart the economy, to make the economy work and ukraine itself has the resources to cover their needs, observers say that it is possible to assume that a certain part of the ukrainian economy has switched to military lines, but this information is not enough. of course, it is not made public due to the fact that in fact the entire territory of ukraine is being shelled, and if information is made public, which companies and how and what exactly are they producing? - the answer to this will be absolutely instantaneous. if we talk about the economy that is not connected in any way to the war, the business itself is trying to support its activities , then according to estimates, about half work in that

regime that worked before the war and half of the business works with certain restrictions and another negative factor in recent weeks has been the shelling of the energy infrastructure. of course, when even business cannot predict when the lights will be turned off, it is not easier to work because of this. recovery, and in particular at the expense of the funds of, again , international partners, but here we must also take into account three very important factors. when ukraine will recover, this recovery must immediately happen with more energy-efficient technologies, ukraine must take into account that if we want to enter the european union, recovery must already take into account internal european norms, and this is emphasized by commentators

after the war, no matter how paradoxical it sounds, we must think about the militarization of the economy, what does this mean, any business must to be ready in order to protect himself from a potential possible next strike on ukraine so that it does not catch him by surprise as it happened before this war and of course, these will again be additional expenses, and on our bbc.ua website, anastasia's article bored military rails as the economy survives to victory. i highly recommend reading it to those who want to understand what happens to the economy of ukraine during the war and, as nastya told, how in this economy to reorient after the war and now let's talk about the western reaction to yesterday's speech by putin at the valdava forum, the urvel speech

is how it was outlined in the european union, russia can at any moment stop the war that it she said so in the european service of foreign affairs - this is an agency under the leadership of borel, and the russian accusation of alleged attempts by ukraine to create a dirty bomb was again dismissed as unfounded, in my opinion, this speech is no different, as i would say orville's in putin's speech is incorrect this is correct correct this is incorrect in putin's speech true it is false not true true let me remind you of some facts the fact that russia is waging an illegal unprovoked war of aggression against ukraine the fact that it is the russian armed forces behind the atrocities in syria and war crimes against the civilian population in ukraine against women and children the fact that it is russia that blatantly violates international law and the un charter that it is russia's actions that threaten peace and

security not only in europe russian aggression and its actions will have grave consequences for the whole world, the fact is that if it were not for russia, this war would not have happened, russia could end this war even today if it withdrew all its forces and military equipment from the entire territory of ukraine within its international borders recognized borders and another interesting comment, the minister of foreign affairs in latvia rynkevych wrote about the speech, it was almost a rehearsal of a defense speech at the international tribunal in the hague or nurnberg. at the volodar forum, putin again talked about the unity of ukrainians and russians, about the forced invasion of ukraine, about the treachery of the event, and so on , he talked for a long time was on stage for three hours and 40 minutes, speech and questions. and by the way, i wonder what words putin used so as not to call the war a war, except as a so-called special military operation, he said in the ukrainian direction and assured the author that things are not

going according to plan and warned that, according to him, the world is facing the most dangerous decade since the end of the second world war, that is, putin is not going to retreat, a long speech in which we did not hear anything new, khrushchev's great-granddaughter and professor of higher of the school of international relations in new york actually spoke a lot, but i want to agree with those commentators who say in unison with the administration of joe biden that he is nothing new he said he really didn't say anything. it was one of his grandiose speeches about revising the world order but with a fairer multinational and multipolar balance of power that russia allegedly had to respond to western aggression, otherwise the event would already be in russia and that he does not plan to use nuclear weapons and

all this is just blackmail from the west in this regard. when he was asked about the caribbean crisis, and by the way , today is october 28. the day in 1962 when the confrontation between the soviet union and by the united states around cuba he said that it cannot be compared, he definitely would never compare himself to nikita khrushchev and this makes me think about the question that he will not be compared because he will not go to such a confrontation or because the result of this confrontation would be different if it happened. that is, it was a rather revealing speech in which there was nothing new, but it showed that putin is determined, according to his words, to stand his ground for the next 10 years during the entire 8 months of russia's invasion of ukraine since february 24. i don't see

there are no signs that putin is looking for political solutions to this situation, in fact, every time he is faced with the prospect of losing the war, he escalates, that's why i think he will not follow khrushchev's example, because he thinks that when khrushchev took the missiles from cuba, he showed weakness in general, the political decisions of the pu takes as a show of weakness and president biden accused putin of very dangerous rhetoric about the possible use of nuclear weapons if he has no intention of using them, why is he talking about it all the time the american president is asking, and on the forum, putin talked about a dirty bomb that is allegedly being created in ukraine, saying that ukraine is preparing for a nuclear provocation, statements that ukraine and western countries call lies, and putin blames the west for quoting primitive and fussing about nuclear threats in this context.

things mentioned about the former prime minister of great britain, who was even before the prime minister, she said that she would be ready to press the nuclear button if necessary, and at putin's table, russia is forced to react to this less, however, in britain, the new prime minister rishi susonok took office at the beginning of this week and on the first day called zelenskyi and joe biden, these two first calls testify to the priorities of the sumyk government in ukraine and the united states and what challenges he will have to deal with, the council analyzes bbc columnist on diplomatic affairs james lawndale brains new fire international british prime minister for the last six years the appearance of a thing that a bag on the old street main news world leaders congratulated the new prime minister for nothing that not all could pronounce his name correctly stitched sanuk

now the prime minister is quite an impressive new alder and it matters rather the sum takes office at a time when war is raging in europe and despite a warm welcome many leaders to find out what his policy will be on this and other international challenges for the new prime minister. it will be difficult to become as popular and pro-ukrainian as boresh johnson, but he made it clear that britain's full support for ukraine will only increase. president zelenskyy congratulated the decision on twitter, noting that is ready to continue strengthening the strategic partnership between the countries, but long-term support for ukraine is money, and mainly from the pockets of the ministry of defense, and here is the smooth suneka, not so understandable stress, promised to spend three percent of the national budget on defense. this is a huge increase, up to 100 billion pounds per year,

something in sumach where everything as a secondary goal of the prime minister will also have to deal with china, which most recently launched a missile into the sea near taiwan sumach asserts that china poses a long-term threat to britain but it is also a trading partner, so it will not be easy to find a balance, and there is also europe. for a year, the figure spent his election campaign as a loyal supporter of brexit, but some in europe hope that he will take a more pragmatic position in the end. many foreign leaders want to know whether the decision will bring political stability to britain. its predecessors failed to do it and with regard to military aid to ukraine, the united states provided a package of military aid worth 275 million dollars, the spokeswoman of the pentagon announced this at a briefing - it additional ammunition for heimers salvo missile systems 500 high-precision shells and 2,000

rams shells for 155 mm in artillery 1,300 anti-tank shells 125 military vehicles small arms and almost 3 million rounds for them four satellite communication antennas this is the list of what is included in the new aid package from the united states and this week ukraine returned from captivity of ten soldiers in total in recent months hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war have returned as a result of the exchange home, but according to human rights activists, thousands still remain in russian prisons, many with serious health problems, and their families fear that the longer they wait for their release, the less chance there will be of seeing them alive. bbc correspondent abdozhalila dora-sula met with by the family of a border guard from mariupol who is in captivity, this family escaped from

mariupol in the spring, they witnessed the bombings and destruction of their hometown, but the greatest pain for kateryna and anna now is the absence of their father, leonid efeyev, who remained in in the city of leonid, a ukrainian border guard, he defended mariupol and together with other military units was at azovstal when russian troops besieged the city, relatives remember how after the evacuation, leonid called them to say goodbye and when we left , it was a call at night, he called his mother and began to say goodbye that time if dad had called me i was in mariupol i wouldn't have thought about how i ran out under the bullets under the bombs i ran to look for him how to help him in may the defenders of azovstalia left the factory and were taken to the russian

prison, please, he was not tortured. now nothing was done to him so that he was more or less uh in a calm environment and i just really want to believe that today he is at least something of her and i always talk to dad with a photo dad i come in the evening and say yes and another day has passed without you and i begin to tell him about the grandchildren that we need him very much, i always beg him to tell dad, please hold on hold on happy, well , for our sake, for the sake of the grandchildren, we need you alive , last month the largest exchange of prisoners took place, many defenders of mariupol and fighters

azov was released, leonid's relatives hoped that he would be among them, and when they saw it on the news in the evening, i sat until the end and waited for the phone to ring, at least from someone, that we would hear that, well, where is the voice of my family, but when i realized that in fact, dad was not there because my sister came to me. she and i sat on the floor and we cried for a very long time. i don't want any more. leonid has chronic diseases. in february, he had to undergo urgent treatment for heart and kidney problems, but the war changed his plans and his relatives are worried that his health is now critical from captivity, according

to human rights defenders, thousands of ukrainian prisoners of war are still in russian prisons, and finally, news from silicon valley elon musk bought and headed twitter the day before , he came to the social network's headquarters in san francisco with a sink such an allusion to a meme that can be interpreted in different ways, the purchase of twitter cost the mask 44 billion dollars, and many analysts believe that musk wants to have a lot of money , but still overpaid, why should he have a social network that he what will be done with it next, see when elon musk unexpectedly came to twitter this week, he carried a shell to the headquarters of twitter and let it be remembered, he said, his path to this deal was incredibly chaotic, when elon musk

received an offer to buy twitter in april, he was full of enthusiasm, but soon his ardor began to fade, the masses tried to get out of the deal, but twitter tried to prevent this from happening, both sides had to meet with a judge to decide whether elon musk should buy the company legally grounds, but then another unexpected twist - elon musk again wanted to buy twitter , he officially announced that he was buying a company to create an application called x, but there is an assumption that musk was simply afraid of losing the court and did not want to testify that could potentially harm him. so what does this deal mean for the future of twitter, musk fired the top managers of the company, including the educational director of paragram graval, and now he can freely implement his vision of freedom of speech, like donald trump, who was banned from twitter after riots on the capital hills

may be invited to the platform again in 2021, however, the controversial former us president, who has his own social media platform, has already declared that he will not reactivate his account, we will see if he keeps his word, but it is already clear that the green mask is never boring. so, on twitter many ideas of change and uncertainty await, and that's all for today, you can read more news on our website bbc.ua, and i and the entire team that prepared this issue say goodbye to you next time, watch bbc new news from ukraine on monday at 9:00 p.m. good evening

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