[000:00:00;00] no, we are moving in the direction of systemic measures, when the war is over, we will evaluate how effective the reform of the antimonopoly committee was, how well the story with lobbying worked, with the transparency of the financing of political parties, plus we launched the e.e. media market e.e. through the adoption of the law on media, we will see how effective these were measures from the point of view of and the eradication of this phenomenon and perhaps we will revise the law itself i thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you i wanted to start with the prospects of ukraine becoming a member of the european union because that we hear many statements from both ukrainian and european politicians that this war is for the freedom of self-determination of ukraine and for ukraine to return home to the european family, how successful we are in this right now

because we are waiting for the autumn interim report and ukrainian politicians are determined to to start official negotiations on membership because now we are official candidates and the negotiation process itself should start here, well at least we hope, what are the chances for us to start it this year and how would you rate it progress, first of all, i would like to correct your words that ukraine is returning to europe, ukraine has always been in europe, ukraine has always been european, now with this membership process, and in the european union, ukraine is returning to europe in the political sense of the word, indeed, president zelensky from the letter of the statement of president zelensky about

joining the european union to start the accession process signed under very dramatic circumstances on the fifth day of a full-scale war, he fundamentally changed the situation of the european union, which was not so open to receiving new candidate countries, suddenly opened its doors and its hearts for ukraine, candidate status was quickly achieved and the european union also made it quite clear last year what is needed in order for ukraine to take the next steps in the accession process, and these are the seven recommendations that are already known to everyone all directions of reforms in less than two months this october

, the european commission will publish a detailed report on ukraine's progress not only in implementing these seven recommendations, but also ukraine's progress in of all the legislation of the european union and the policy of the eu and ultimately of the ussr, then if the commission recognizes that the programs regarding the recommendations of the summit have been sufficiently implemented, the commission can offer to start negotiations on accession in this sense, ukrainian politicians are right , there is a sufficient chance that negotiations or a decision to open negotiations can be approved by this year, but can we talk about the chances? i understand that you are a diplomat and try to speak carefully, but ukrainians expect this, especially when politicians. they are

often not diplomats, and this interest is fueled in her statements, ms. stefanyshyn, who is responsible for european integration on behalf of the ukrainian government, also admitted that we may not have time to do many things this year, but she is convinced that this should not become an obstacle to starting the official process of negotiations, or is she one of the many ukrainians out of many ukrainian miracles are the fact that the ukrainian administration, the ukrainian parliament, the ukrainian government continued to work even during the full-scale invasion of ukraine, and ukraine has made significant progress in implementing the seven recommendations, some

things still need to be done, for example, the restoration of the declaration of assets and the excess of politically conscious persons. i think that the commission has a good basis for a positive assessment, but the commission should evaluate so and so regarding electronic declarations that have not been submitted for two years. the deputies promised that they would restore them in a matter of weeks. money is a very practical, very essential issue, but they are also symbolic issues because they both concern the entire ukrainian political system, so it is about the determination of all

ukrainian politicians to fight this file corruption monitoring therefore we are very closely following the progress in both issues the bill on the restoration of property declaration and the one that recently passed the first reading is a solid basis for this is a solid legislative act we hope and we are watching that these projects are not significantly changed or weakened under time for the second reading and then it must and then it must be approved, there is simply one point regarding the concealment of information of those who , say, now in the ranks of the armed forces of ukraine have special services er and who also must to submit declarations, but this information must be closed for obvious reasons, because the enemy can use it, or

will it be an obstacle or, let's say, how carefully this norm is followed in the european union so that those who objectively must submit declarations, but their information must be closed that people who want to hide their property in this way did not get there , because i m- there may be a question. property are fully aware and we accept that some categories of people and some categories of property cannot be published

, this is all well understood, this is all well understood and we have always held discussions with ukrainian partners, a very good common understanding. what other steps should ukraine take to fight corruption, very a really broad direction of work ukraine has made good progress and is gradually gaining momentum after the revolution of dignity since 2014 people are really more and

more aware that corruption cannot be a way of life not a style in from your in from you and during a full-scale invasion people understand more and more that corruption is not a patriotic theft from one's own country from one's own government that is fighting for its own survival or the survival of the entire nation, first of all, as always, you need to have plans you have an anti-corruption strategy of the government that needs to be implemented, the anti-corruption bodies, namely the nabu sap and the anti-corruption court , must be able to do their

work, first of all, having a sufficient number of employees also they should be able to do work free from any pressure political or economic or whatever else justice reform should continue the basis for the overhaul of the judicial system of ukraine has been created during the last four years now it is time to implement all this and all this will take time believe your european partners understand the scale of the challenges that ukraine faces because until 2014 everything

was pretty bad, but they are significantly better ukraine has made progress and is stable is progressing in its fight against corruption and we are here to help you to support you with everything we can, okay. and if we take 2014 as the beginning of this process , we are now in the 23rd year. where are we on this line on the timeline, there is probably not a single diplomat, what water do you have accurate percentages in such matters, this is a long process

and is never completed, the least corrupt countries in the world just so happened that they in the european union still have there is some corruption, even european politicians admit it. but really, the fight against corruption is a constant process, because as soon as you give concessions, people are always tempted to restore or return to the old ukraine, and ukraine has a huge advantage here in the form of your civil society and activists who contribute to all efforts to keep the government under control in and then put pressure on your own government and the ukrainian authorities but

also put pressure on your international partners and they do the work with great dedication and they are real watchdogs, and this is exactly how the fight against corruption should be, this is a huge request in ukraine , and it should be. a full-scale offensive it is probably significant that we are talking to you now between two days of independence in estonia there was a holiday of the restoration of independence on august 24 ukraine will celebrate

its independence day and you know, it seems to me that we will also have our day of the restoration of independence or there is a day when we choose to completely defeat the enemy and but it is also indicative that on february 24, when russia attacked us, it was uh. if you can say the first day of estonia's independence, can we draw parallels to that that we often hear from both ukrainian and european politicians that the ukrainian struggle is now a struggle for the independence of this europe, especially the baltic countries, uh, the countries that border belarus , they feel it themselves. poland, for example, is now accumulating troops in order to ukrainians have to protect themselves. it seems to me that there is a risk that these are only statements at times. yes, now we have heard about f16. we would like to see them

as soon as possible, but when are we waiting for a long time ? they expect not only words, they want active actions, how much power does europe have to continue supporting the ukrainian struggle? euros, i think this number already speaks of our

solidarity and determination, and all the elements of this support are long-term and will remain, when we talk about the supply of weapons, you know that there is currently a program of providing one million ammunitions for ukrainian artillery within one year , the action of the macrofamance assistance, financial assistance 18 billion euros for this year will be supplemented by the european commission will be supplemented by a program of 50 billion euros for the next four years, we are working with the ukrainian authorities

to have a reliable plan for using these funds so you see the hospitality of the eu member states, it is very important for the citizens of the european union regarding ukrainian refugees, it also remained at a very high level and in general the support of the population of public opinion when citizens are asked about what they think about their government and eu support for ukraine, the numbers remain at the level of about 70%. for now it will be unshakable and remains unshakable, i don't see any reason for the worries about which you asked me, this is what

ukrainians are worried about and it is understandable, it seems that the war is not will end in the coming months and we need to understand this and be ready. but at the same time, this is the second time that ukraine is celebrating, i would like to say that it is celebrating, but will celebrate independence day in such conditions. this is the second time we see burned russian equipment on khreschatyk. you, as a person who represents estonia, not only the european union i want to talk about you as your native country. on august 20th , i will remind our viewers of the restoration of estonia's independence. february 24 is independence day itself, and with what emotions do you perceive it? this is the second day of ukraine's independence, what are we, many ukrainian men and women are fighting on the front lines

defending our independence, in fact, my heart is bleeding , i have a prayer for every man, woman, child who died in this war, who were killed by russian war criminals, these are my first emotions when i think about this war and when i think about this day, secondly, secondly , great pride. but as ukrainians, not only the ukrainian state, but the entire ukrainian

people have consolidated their determination and are leading this a war for survival for the preservation of national identity for the preservation of independence ukraine will definitely win 100% and of course personally i am proud that i am a part of this european effort to help ukraine support ukraine in your victory in this war we all want to win thank you for this conversation. thank you for your help from the side of europe and from the side of estonia, which

also supports ukraine . of ukraine, the armed forces of ukraine report that there is a threat of missile strikes, missile safety in dnipropetrovsk, mykolaiv, zaporizhzhia, kherson region , these four regions were added to that, there was luhansk region and the autonomous republic of crimea, so do not ignore the air warning signals, be vigilant. follow our broadcast , the summer is emerging little by little and survive winter, one of them is the tasks facing the country in the energy sense, and if for this it is necessary to return private energy companies to the ownership of the state, this will be done about it

the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyi, said in an interview to our colleagues from 1+1 that some energy facilities should return to the control of the state, so that there are no risks of one kind or another, we cannot enter this enterprise and ensure security, why because the keys to this enterprise belong to such a person we can go in. if this is such a challenge, yes, with all due respect to private property, this is not a revolution , etc. this is absolutely a requirement of wartime. i am not even talking about the fact that by law we can. will not change the new heating season, the prime minister of ukraine shmyhal naftogaz said and will continue to sell gas to heat suppliers for the population at a fixed price of uah 7,400 per 1,000 m³. currently , the country is actively preparing to provide people with heat in the cold autumn and winter months . it has already been pumped into storage facilities 13 billion cubic meters of gas and prepared most

of the housing and communal facilities for the heating season . politicians of ukraine mrs. oksana, i thank you very much for visiting us today and the first question i would like to start with is that it seems very significant to me that we met at a time when you have been the minister of social policy for almost a year and headed this department in a very it's not an easy time, it's a war year, you're in office, what are the biggest challenges you had to face? and you know , i was somehow ready for the role i'm entering , because before that, i also worked as an adviser to the minister of social policy for more than two years

years in the office of the president of ukraine, i coordinated social policy and health care, and this allowed you to see the need for horizontal interaction, interdepartmental interaction, therefore, it cannot be said that what i am starting to do was completely new to me. at the same time, without a doubt, this year is was so difficult from the point of view of additional functions, for example, it was necessary not only to form politics in the classical sense of it, that is, to come up with construction norms , but also to work as a kind of fundraiser that the entire social policy is currently based on donations from our international partners, so this is new for me and a challenge and challenge was active mutual cooperation with them , you need to explain what you are doing at every step. of funds that go to us for social policy, eh, this was completely new, but quite

interesting, because it is also the kind of skills that are hardened. all the challenges have progressed very significantly in the digitalization of all social services, for example, such a very popular program for obtaining housing subsidies. today , the pension fund transferred to our administration for administration is centralized, and a person only needs to submit a small declaration online with the instructions of household members, and from november it will not be necessary at all and this do only say i want this subsidy and we will calculate it ourselves, we will make the exchanges ourselves, we will admit how many services , e-e, from which providers, i.e. water utilities electricity, gas, condominiums, all this data about numbers, we will automatically collect all this, exchange, form this payment and show

the person how much we can cover for him, and in my opinion, this is a very big progress, because practically few european countries have such a level of service for citizens, we also introduced a new service for parents with children and gave them the opportunity to independently choose those summer camps and institutions where our children can get healthy, and they were proactively sent an sms with the fact that you have the right to make your child healthy. please open card in the bank, enter your details, we will transfer the money, the entire list of accredited health care providers, and you can use it at your own discretion and at any time convenient for you, and before these were vouchers that were purchased through tenders from one or two providers, through social protection, social protection we distributed it ourselves , there was no transparency in this process , so we also made this service simpler and more accessible. well

, a large number of pension services were definitely more transparent. an opportunity for our people, understanding that many have left and have a temporary income there, and there is no insurance period, but people are ready to return after the war, and we gave them the opportunity to make contributions to their pension account in a very easy and digital format on their own, in order to receive insurance period to not to stop him , in order to be able to receive a pension, a patronage pension was introduced for those who are ready to support already existing pensioners and add some direct funds to their pension contributions have expanded the number of opportunities for adoption. this is still the initial story, but today you can get a consultation through the action both for adoption and in order to become a foster carer, or we will increase those services and also make them simpler and more accessible to people. now we are also working very actively on this rehabilitation this is a completely new direction that

did not exist in ukraine until two years ago. because, uh, it happened in the hospital. and then already there he is applying for rehabilitation, now he is looking for prosthetic companies , it took a long time to renew a person's life path, and we, in fact, from the first days of my ministry, i immediately began interaction with the ministry of health, we created a joint resolution of the cabinet of ministers , which legalized joint multidisciplinary teams brought pilot social specialists to health care institutions to show that a social worker who will support a person will immediately explain to them what needs to be done from the first day of illness or injury, and this is very it is convenient, first of all, it is convenient for doctors because they do not waste their time to explain something to people, they gave the opportunity to work according to the memorandum to prosthetists, orthotists , multidisciplinary teams came to them, and in this way people recover faster from the first

day of illness or injury, they took away the necessary disability determinations for the military and those who suffered from the war or understood that this is also an extra link, further we will digitize this entire process even more, we are now establishing an exchange with the ministries of defense health, so that we have this information right away about a person, about an active person, we went to her and said, look, you have 1 2 3 4 5 you are not alone, you are not alone, we will help, well, these are very important steps, but returning to the pension reform that is ongoing in we haven't been guided for many years, we have carried out a really fair indexation of pensions, we have changed the indexation parameters because about 50% of our pensioners are like this, the formula works today, and we will now change it, if we were to calculate their net pension, then this pension will be there in cash expression 1.5 thousand two thousands, well, that is, very low sums, realizing that these sums are too low for survival and they do not

cover the subsistence minimum, uh, every government