[000:00:00;00] not all of us are ready for demining, almost every week in kherson oblast, disregarding safety rules, civilians are blown up by mines or by trophy shells. oleg anatoliyovych will never turn 50. he died because he found an enemy grenade somewhere and blew himself up on it, according to the regional military administration. more than 3,000 hectares of the occupied territories remain unsurveyed, 200 times more artem lagutenko oleksiy kutsuk tv channel espresso thank you colleagues yes for this extremely important telling plot yes well, we are not talking about that and we will continue to talk now, because we are already in touch, we congratulate you, mr. ivan. good day . so, you understand the situation from all sides, and as a military man, because you are an officer of the 114th

saltiro brigade, and as an agrarian. farmer, so we will talk to you about this and ukraine has already started the second sowing since the beginning of full-scale russian aggression in the kherson region, for example, early spring will not sow because of mined fields, how critical is all this and what is the general situation in ukraine with sowing well, it is different everywhere but if we start from the kherson region, it is special there because, in addition to the mined fields, these territories belong , according to the decree, to the territory where the hostilities were conducted, and accordingly , no grants, no grant support, no state support and no bank lending, those farmers, those agrarians did not receive outside therefore, the destruction of property is very often

caused by the mining of fields . it is simply impressive. it is simply stolen. well , everything is stolen. to charge farmers taxes, considering the fact that there are mined fields, and this applies not only to kherson oblast, it also applies to chernihiv oblast, for example, and well, we are currently discussing with the tax office in order to correct this madness from our side, if we talk about kherson oblast together again with the victory harvest project , tractors with planters will now be sent to help farmers simply sow because they have no equipment, on the other hand, also from the positive things that now there is quite a lot grant support programs that go through usa agro, for example, through the state agrarian register, where you can get free sunflower seeds for planting as seed material

, some fertilizers and actually some other support, but again, it does not apply to those front-line territories in other regions, the situation is also different. difficult because it is related to underfunding with a lack of funds because the ports were blocked for a very long period when they were unblocked logistics almost ate everything because logistics became cosmic by the way, and in the best case, the farmers came to zero, and at the same time, under all these circumstances, the tax authority continued to block , for example, tax invoices, and it behaves simply inadequately, regardless of this, and about the cost of fertilizers, we are generally silent because it is tied to the price of gas and, er, inadequate prices, so the situation is very different , there is still another problem, which is the reservation of employees of agricultural enterprises, because we understand the need to strengthen

the state's defense capabilities and we need to strengthen the presence and that there was a rotation on at the front and so that there is someone to carry out the offensive, but a compromise must be found between this particular task and the opportunity to sow, because if everyone is mobilized from the agricultural sector now, then there will simply be no one to sow elementary . it is necessary to find one way or another, all the same, everyone is optimistic about tomorrow. no matter how difficult it is, they still try to sow, some will simply apply less fertilizer, some will leave a part for the parameter that is, someone will not sow, well, everyone will reorient to other crops for sure, but anyway, well, no one will , let's say, leave their land to their own devices , because the land needs attention, that's why every

region has its own problems, the things that i outlined, which are common for everyone well, let's believe, after all, the most important thing for us is the victory of our armed forces, and everything else. i think we will make up for food security. i think everything will still be fine because we eat no more than 30% of what we grow the rest, after all, is exports and the provision of the economy. that is, taxes, payment of personal income tax to communities and so on, because it is all interconnected, so it doesn't matter. i think we will look to the future with optimism, no matter how difficult it may be, and do everything that depends on us for the agricultural sector to work, that is, even under such conditions, ukraine will actually have enough bread and grain for domestic consumption. i think there should be

a problem. and if we talk about proportions. which you have just outlined, on the other hand, we understand that if we are talking about the export of ukrainian grain, it also occupies a significant part. in our budget creation, what is possible now, the current situation will be the situation in connection with the export of our grain and with budget revenues, well, look when the share of exports increases, rather the share of the agricultural sector is about the thing is for several reasons, first of all, it is not clear how the question of the reservation of workers will be resolved to the end, how it will be possible to sow , how much the grain agreement will be extended, whether it will continue and, accordingly, how it will affect the grain prices. therefore, now

i would not make predictions at all in principle that's why i'm sorry, i won't just do them . in the meantime, if we return to the problems you talked about, which exist at the beginning of the sowing campaign, as far as technology is concerned, here , for example, kherson farmers have there are many questions, and in general, any farmers in recently de-occupied territories have questions about what to do with equipment that, for example, was damaged by the russians, or are there any mechanisms through which, for example , farmers there can reimburse the cost of this equipment or, for example, if it was rented , what to do look , there is no clear answer to this, now there is a methodology for documenting the damage caused, and on the website of the ministry of rural affairs, you can find a phone number that you can call and by well, there is also

a detailed methodology for how to document in the correct way, the actual damages are also now adopted . it literally seems like two weeks ago that the law on the register on the compensation of damaged and destroyed property was adopted. reparations or through donor funds, there will be some kind of compensation in one form or another, but it is necessary to be in this register of damaged and destroyed property, so i would i drew attention to this, but there is another problem - it is not grain that is stolen, for example, there are also separate initiatives jointly with the united states , there is a project we helped in this, as well as tracking stolen grain, which was then sold under the guise of russian grain , for example, from kherson region or mykolaiv region or from

other countries preferential dismissal, mr. ivan, well , you have outlined the situation with the crops quite clearly , we understand all the problems of such a plan, we still have potato farming and not only livestock farming , what is the current situation with that, so in particular it is said about the number of cattle raised by our farmers and so on. well, we have a problem with animal husbandry in general, it started before the war, that is, we had a massive reduction in the number of cattle, which reached, one might say, critical levels for such a large country, it was already going down there up to 1.5 million heads, if i'm not mistaken, now the situation is even worse in my opinion, the only thing is that last year the european union per head subsidy was introduced, i don't remember the exact figure now, and this year, as far as i know, there will also

be a subsidy. by the way, in this year there will also be a subsidy for 1 hectare for small farms up to 120 hectares. therefore, this is primarily related to well, if we are talking about animal husbandry with the retail price of milk, well, that is a whole separate story, well, and in accordance with the interaction with the european union , because with there are also cheap cheap products, well, this is expected because of the joint, well, because of the association agreement, so the situation with animal husbandry is very difficult because , although on the other hand, many people are now thinking about animal husbandry because it is such a way, let's say, to diversify grain production, when we saw that there could be a collapse with grain logistics, then perhaps it is worth reserving grain for animals, yes , if you can say it in a simplified language, mr. ivan , the reservation of agricultural workers

, you mentioned that there is active communication between the ministry of agricultural policy and the ministry of defense, etc. and so on how is this process developing, the process is developing quite complicated, we have now adopted a new resolution to the end, not everyone understands even the vca how it should work in our country, tomorrow we initiated a joint change group politics webinar for farmers at 2 p.m., unfortunately, i can't send you a link to the proland channel right here. there will be an online conversation about this, and let's just say that not all of us are satisfied with this , because on the one hand we understand the need for mobilization on the other sides in the approaches because, for example, small farms there in my opinion are discriminated against, this is the definition of the term up to 50% of the working people instead of defining the specialties that are not actually subject

to mobilization because, well, you understand everything here it depends on what point of view to look at, what to prioritize, because we understand the tasks of the ministry of defense and on the other hand there is a problem of food security, so the actual search for a compromise is ongoing in this case . thank you, mr. ivan . the executive director of the all-ukrainian association of communities, because you talked with us about how the sowing campaign in ukraine continues in war conditions, as well as about demining fields, about material assistance to farmers, and a lot about animal husbandry and others the agricultural sector of ukraine. we will continue the topic of the economy in the same way. the european union continued the personal sanctions introduced due to russia's aggression, the list remained unchanged of almost one and a half thousand individuals and 205 legal entities from russia in connection with the active war of the russian federation against ukraine

, they were actually under sanctions and still remain one of the correspondents of radio svoboda reported that the freezing of assets and the ban on entry previously applied by the eu will actually be extended and we hope that the list will be as large as possible. meanwhile, our good news the nbu national bank was recognized as the central bank of the year according to the version of central banking in words, they actually write that this prestigious award is presented every year by a profile magazine about the activities of central banks and financial regulators, and actually about how the national bank really managed to maintain stability during the year of the war, we will talk further, in particular, about the main budget indicators about inflation about increasing the budget about military expenditures about all this ilya neskhodovskyi will be in touch with us

to talk. news yury makarov resigned as the chairman of the taras shevchenko national award committee of ukraine, so he thanked all his friends who over the past years donated their time and energy to support the award, and the reason for his resignation was this year's scandal surrounding the award, which was connected with the untimely announcement of its results, as well as with the desire to create an additional nomination , we remind you that the results of the award were traditionally supposed to be announced on march 9, on taras shevchenko's birthday, but this year they were planned postponed until may 22, the laureates were named only on march 11 after a wave of critical posts on social networks, so yuriy makarov wrote a statement from the post of chairman of the shevchenko committee , so

to speak. of my fellow members of the committee on the national award who believes that he will lead to the devaluation of the highest state award and undermine the credibility of it , i think their position will find wide publicity by expressing with respect and gratitude to colleagues with whom we have fruitfully worked for the past four years, i am forced to note that i categorically disagree , however, since i unwittingly became the cause of conflicts that no one needed the authority of the chairman and member of the committee is actually about this and we will talk literally with yuriy makarov at 5:45 p.m. air slots will also raise this topic, so stay with espresso, because there is still a lot of interesting stuff. ilya

neskodovskyi should join us now, the head of the analytical direction of the ants network, unfortunately, he is not there yet , we are trying to connect him. meanwhile, the air force explained why in the afternoon in air alert was announced in most regions of ukraine, they say that this is due to the activity of the russian federation didactic aviation strategists, they say that the air force command recorded the takeoff and landing of a strategic bomber tu-160 missile carrier in engels says that also four mig 31bm fighters were moving somewhere in the kursk region , and because they are carriers, they are not. throughout ukraine in order to avoid in the event

of shelling and the dangers associated with them, a long-range 22 m3 bomber took off here and behind the reeddrome, the raid was announced in the northern direction and precisely through this air alarm well, the chinese leader xi jinping plans to talk to the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky after meeting with the russian dictator putin in moscow next week . beijing's efforts to play the role of peacemaker, which has so far been viewed with skepticism in europe, will also strengthen beijing's authority as a global mediator after how last week he contributed to an unexpected diplomatic breakthrough between saudi arabia and iran, it is reported that a possible meeting between siddiqingpin and the ukrainian president may be a virtual one, and about the terrorist

actions of the russian federation, the russian army fired at a school in avdiivka, the head of the avdiiv city military administration, vitaliy barabash, reported that a woman died as a result of the shelling she was born in 1976. she was just passing the building. barabash noted that the school was directly hit and this is not the first time. the first attack on the school, because even in the summer humanitarian aid was given out at the school, but it was shelled and the building burned down and after that there was nothing there and of course, fortunately, there was no education and there were no children and the school itself was not suitable for work, says the head of the avdiiv military administration but two wings were more or less intact and two were destroyed, that is, it was still possible to restore the school, but now the russian occupiers have completely

destroyed this building. ants network glory to ukraine, mr. neskodovsky congratulations, the verkhovna rada has planned the largest increase in the budget in the history of ukraine, military expenditures will increase by more than uah 500 billion - reported people's deputy yaroslav zheleznyak. how do you think we will cover this completely understandable disparity? i think that , again, it is partly due to our external partners, but i also understand that , for example, in the gaming business, we see how dynamically and quickly it has begun to grow income, in addition to this , a law will now be adopted on the return of the tax rate

, i.e. the waiver of 2%. about the beginning of the refusal of small businesses, that is, if they have a benefit for paying a single social contribution until 1.07, then after the first on the seventh they will start paying it about changing certain tax benefits , maybe they will also increase, for example , excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco, there are such relevant initiatives, then i think that it is precisely because of the increase in taxation is also i think that it is possible as a result of giving forecasts for this year because, if we speak frankly, there is still a question about inflation, and about the question of the dollar exchange rate. well, if we talk about the dollar exchange rate, then here the reverse reaction of the strengthening of the national currency leads to the fact that the aid that comes to us is accordingly implemented for a different amount. so, in this way this may lead to the fact that we will need additional financing if there is a very strong

strengthening of the national currency for sure, but still it pleases the ukrainian wallet and we also understand that the forecasts are such the matter is ungrateful, however, what can be expected at least in the near future, it is enough well, it is not that easy, but it is predictable, in particular, there are now significant foreign currency receipts for financial assistance and there is a corresponding agreement with the european union with the united states of america , an agreement with the international monetary fund will be concluded which is said to be 15 billion dollars, these are significant sums that will also be received in general, the situation is not bad, more precisely , the export and import situation is improving as a result of the receipt of currency, we have greater than the demand for it and as a result of such a disparity we have a strengthening of the national currency at the moment, however, if we have lost in the autumn or let's say

it remains an open question of conducting a sowing campaign about 40% of our sown areas it is impossible to sow, it is impossible due to the fact that they are occupied or hostilities are being conducted or mined, so it is necessary to urgently carry out demining works accordingly, so this can lead to the fact that the currency and agriculture in our country is one of of the largest of our export industries. it can distort the situation, so in the fall we may also have a devaluation of the national currency , but by the summer it will strengthen and possibly even strengthen to the official established exchange rate of 36.6 . what consequences can this have? but no, this is not exactly the expression, we can make forecasts accordingly, if

we say so, we reduce the risks of the military plan and if we believe that they are not as significant as they were last year, it is already possible, in principle, based on economic indicators to make forecasts, however, if we evaluate the economy as a whole , a very strong strengthening of the national currency is not very useful for us. we produce alternative corresponding products, it remains at the same level as a result of such competition, accordingly, our manufacturers do not have the opportunity to sell to those guys who are there, and there is also the issue of entering the international market market as a whole, our products have become more expensive because such cheap methods of logistics of ukrainian products to other countries of the world, such as sea ports, are currently open

only for grain and for other products , respectively, by rail transport and road transport. this is much more expensive , so the strengthening of the national currency also leads to since the cost price is actually fixed in hryvnias, accordingly, we will receive less profit than before or, on the contrary, we will be less competitive with the products that are sold in the event, therefore, the policy of the national bank is very important for today, which should nevertheless fix the course 366 and not make a decision on release into the national currency, justifying it by the fact that the national currency is strong enough at the moment, so let's put it relatively speaking, in the summer we will make a decision on let us have market pricing, such market pricing and excessive strengthening of the national currency will definitely negatively affect our ability to recover on our ukrainian producers and on the opportunities

sales of our products abroad, it is clear that without the help of international partners, it will be difficult for us to survive this year actually, and when we mention financial assistance, we usually talk about the international monetary fund, whose loans are cheap and usually helped us survive such difficult times, and about it prime minister denys shmygal said a little about the new program from the imf, it is actually about 15 billion dollars and says that it will allow to fully finance the budget deficit for this year, however, we must not forget that there are certain conditions that we have perform so that this money is given to us, as far as it will be possible to fulfill those conditions and what exactly it is about well, i will talk about in the economic plan why because if we talk in the legal plan, there are corresponding requirements for fighting corruption there is a corresponding question about the reform of the judicial system, this is an issue that, let's say, is a little bit different, and of course we need to fulfill them, but there are issues of the economic plan

, in particular. the benefits they accepted at the beginning of the year is also a question of the simplified 2% taxation system . in fact, who is on 2%, if the amount there exceeds that which was established before the war, they will be forced to switch to the general taxation system. and those who have the opportunity to be on 5%, they will transfer from two to 5%. this issue of the cancellation of other benefits is also discussed in relation to the increase , including the price of gas for the population, and accordingly it is possible and we will actually implement this , because today the price that is now it is not established, it will be more of a political decision, this is a matter of the national bank, accordingly, of the continuation of the fact that it ensured the stress resistance of ukrainian banks, and in this plan, appropriate assessments of the stability of ukrainian banks will be carried out and, accordingly , specific steps will be determined in

order to ensure that they have the opportunity to provide the necessary therefore, in economic terms, it is basically the cancellation of these benefits of the transformation to market pricing in all areas of our life and, accordingly, the reform institutions in order for the institutions to be more independent, make appropriate decisions based on efficiency and professionalism , and not on the basis of some political influence, these are the main requirements of the international monetary fund today, but i will say that we have other sources of income and funds, in particular, for example, the european the union gives us 18 billion and the international monetary fund in this context is not the main donor of the ukrainian budget this huge gambling scheme, so to speak, for billions and billions of hryvnias, so that bypassed the state budget, what other directions in your opinion should be analyzed now

for a similar subject where there may be a large leakage of large funds, it is enough simply why well, just say where the question is to do, in particular, the customs, the customs continues to be in fact such a certain black hole . despite all the decisions made in the past years, which are made now, the customs still continues to work inefficiently. there is corruption. the passage of various cargoes without paying taxes in the form of the same humanitarian cargoes is the payment of various bribes at the customs and, accordingly, this is quite a large volume, at one time we estimated the losses of the state budget at 3 billion dollars of direct losses before the war. and now this amount is possible and smaller because in general, our exports and imports have decreased, but not less than 2 billion dollars . i think we can potentially get

as much as possible more than we are getting at the moment, therefore, of course, this is a significant potential for increasing revenues to the state of the budget, there is a question, respectively, according to other schemes, in particular, for example, this is the realization, including the grain of other agricultural products with products abroad, no, no, the return of foreign exchange earnings, this question remains open, also this is the question of how much and where else, respectively, the ukrainian budget is losing funds, and this is, in particular, for example, the question of the same black cash of non-payment of taxes when paying wages. this is one of the most common schemes. and by the way, the gambling business financed this scheme. i hope that this scheme will be closed by in the absence of togo, we call cash in order to pay salaries, the schemes for minimizing salary taxes will be closed accordingly. thank you

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