the security service of ukraine and the national anti-corruption bureau arrested both persons involved in the process of receiving one of the tranches of illegal benefits in the amount of uah 1,400. society is ready to publicize the positions of oleksandr lysenko and oleksandr zhurba. the state bureau of investigation handed over the mi6 helicopter to the ukrainian military. the car belongs to motorsich, the company's management hid it so as not to send it to the front. notices and photos are posted on the dbbr website. according to the investigation, last year the helicopter was first driven to one of european countries, and then to the middle east. in june of this year, the law enforcement officers seized the helicopter as part of the investigation into the obstruction of the activities of the armed forces of ukraine and the assistance of russia. now the helicopter was returned to ukraine and handed over to one of the combat units of the armed forces. i will remind, earlier, the ex-president of motorsich vyacheslav bogo. suspicion was raised due to

the deliberate prevention of damage to another helicopter. he ordered to remove the blades from it so that the ukrainian military could not use it. boguslev was detained for a year in october, the investigation materials, in particular, referred to the illegal supply of military goods for russian attack aircraft. lithuania has opened a corridor for the transit of ukrainian grain to the ports of the baltic countries, the minister of foreign affairs gabrielus lansbergis wrote about this in a previous tweet. according to him, this will reduce pressure on the ukrainian border and increase supplies to africa and beyond. earlier, the website reported that the governments of ukraine, poland and lithuania agreed on a green corridor for the transit of grain through polish territory. ministry of agrarian policy and food. the products will be transported to the port of klaipeda, one of the largest in the baltic. at sea, checking the transit

grain in the lithuanian port will start tomorrow. bridges should be built on our western border, not walls. this primarily concerns ukrainian agricultural exports, we need wide transit routes for food exports, it is important for the stability of our economy, it is important for the world, because it is global food security. we are close enough for domestic needs 25 of all harvested grain, the rest must be exported, because these are resources for farmers, this is foreign exchange earnings for the state, this is food for starving countries. here we count on the effectiveness of the mechanism of verification and control of ukrainian agricultural exports proposed by ukraine. ukraine inflicted a functional defeat on the black sea fleet of russia, now the ships are forced to disperse to the ports and will not have any influence on ukraine, this

is as important as last year's kharkiv offensive by the armed forces of ukraine. so today during the warsaw security guard uk defense minister james hippie told the forum. at this time last year , we could call the successful ground offensive in the kharkiv region, when hundreds of kilometers were freed in a week, a breakthrough. it was easy to determine how to measure the success of ukrainians. this autumn, it is more difficult to fight on the ground, but it is no less. the importance of what has been happening in the black sea for the past few weeks. the black sea fleet of the russian federation was forced to concentrate in ports, from where it cannot influence ukraine, it is as important as the kharkiv counter-next year. estonia has already trained more than 1,300 ukrainian servicemen and the training will continue, the minister of foreign affairs of estonia, margus tsakhna, told the public in an interview. according to him , this preparation. on the integration of ukraine

into nato. let me remind you that the day before , eu high representative josep borel announced that the community plans to train 40,000 ukrainian soldiers in the coming months. we have trained more than 1300 soldiers in estonia and we are doing more. i can't say exactly what we do, because it's part of war but yes we do it and we also want other countries to do the same. ukraine conducts training because we provide a lot of different military equipment. which was usually not in service with the ukrainian army. we also advocate ukraine's full membership in nato, because the russians can no longer create gray areas. the minister also said that estonia and lithuania have created a coalition on demining ukraine. it is about the organization of teams of trainers, or about the training of participants in the demining process. full interview, watch in single news today at 11:50 p.m. the us government has approved a temporary. budget, it

made it possible to avoid a shutdown that would have left hundreds of thousands of budget workers without money. the budget was approved for 45 days and does not provide for assistance to ukraine. we will ask the correspondent for details. voice of america, kateryna lisunova, in connection with washington. katerina, congratulations. what does this temporary budget mean, which expenses are usually included in it, and which are not? answers in the title itself, this is a short-term resolution on temporary funding of the government for 45 days. during this period lawmakers must agree to 12 spending bills to fund next year's budget. ideally, they should have done it by october 1 because. it was then that the new fiscal year began in the united states of america, but as we can see, they did not succeed , and now a short -term resolution was passed to temporarily fund the government for these 45 days, so that during these 45 days, that is, until november 17, the contancies could deal with all legislative and financial issues,

in particular bills on expenditures that will be able to finance the government for the next year, in these 45 days, the most important funding is invested for the existence, in general... of the united states of america, at least in the social sphere, so that the parks are cleaned, so that the planes continue to fly, so that there are no interruptions, as in the aviation system, so and in the railway system, in order for the american army to work and get paid , that is, in fact, in these 45 days , the most important areas of the existence of the united states of america are now paid, and these 45 days exist, in order for the us government to approve more finances, 12 on more important bills on expenditures for the entire next year. kateryna, that means that ukraine will not receive aid during these 45-5 days, even the one that the us has already promised, right?

not quite so, in fact, or rather not so at all, because already today and yesterday, the spokeswoman of the white house, karin jeanpierre, announced that the white house, directly... the administration of the white house, which includes the pentagon, will allocate ukraine additional assistance, but these funds will be allocated from previously agreed funds, which congress previously agreed to, that is, as previously reported, in particular, the pentagon and the pentagon provided specific figures to the voice of america, and it is said that now the maximum amount of spending that the white house can provide, from which the white house can provide assistance to ukraine, is 5.4 billion dollars, and $1.6 of them are the funds at the expense of which america's allies can, by providing defense assistance and assistance to ukraine, also replenish their own reserves, that is , in fact, the united states of america now has $5.4 billion at its disposal to continue the additional help to ukraine, but

it is worth noting that part of the truth is that during these 45 days it is not known whether additional aid will be allocated to ukraine, the next funds to help ukraine, and the white house emphasizes that if these funds are currently available, they are not really enough and need , so that congress allocates more and allocates the next tranches, the next, the next aid for ukraine. as marci kaptor, co-chair of the ukrainian congressional caucus in the house of representatives , a democrat, stated, she directly stated in her statement that this means that within the next 45 days of additional new financial assistance to ukraine may not be agreed, and as a matter of fact, it is not actually in these, in the bill on short-term financing of the government in these 45 days, there is a chance that some additional assistance may be agreed during these 45 days, but it is essentially not registered after the vote on the short-term resolution, speaker kevin mccarthy, the top republican in the house of

representatives, said that ukraine should take second place, so to speak. first , the united states of america should agree on internal issues, and then deal with it financing for ukraine. in turn. opponent, democrat, hakeem jeffries, the top democrat in the house of representatives, said that the next 45 days will be a test for republicans who must either vote for additional funding for ukraine or continue to play along with putin, quote, i suggest you listen to their statements after the vote right now. what the senate tried to do was put ukraine before america. i understand our responsibility, but i put america first. if at some point we come to a discussion this question, then we will concentrate on it completely. but i believe that the biden administration should first clarify what exactly will be a victory for us. i have already asked the administration to come and talk to the legislators about this. what russia has done is terrible. i'm really worried about what

will happen in the long run. but i don't want to spend money. this question will be asked, as long ago, a year and a half ago, about aid to ukraine. i said then, there will be no unlimited check. and this is my position on all issues. i want to make sure that everything i stand for i will vote, it really goes where it needs to and has accountability. it is with reporting that we have problems that need to be solved. reduction. as i have said before, we have to get on this issue and do it, we have to do it as soon as possible, to ensure that the ukrainian people are given the resources they need to continue their courageous struggle and to defeat vladimir putin and russia. in the next few days, when we get back to work, house republicans will have a choice: they are going to stand up for freedom, democracy, truth and the ukrainian people, or they will continue.

ekaterina, what are the forecasts for the continuation of support for ukraine, will the same amount be maintained, or is it possible to reduce it in the future, as i have already said, these 45 days are needed for the american legislators to agree on their own internal financial issues, and to finance the government of america for the next year, theoretically, during these 45 days, the legislators of the united states of america, both in the house of representatives and in the senate, can also pass additional funding for ukraine. will it be, for example, the $24 billion that the white house asked congress earlier in august of this year, will it be a smaller amount, or will it actually be any amount at all? currently, it is not known, and this should be monitored, and the voice of america itself will report every day whether any additional funding, additional budget issues have been brought forward for assistance. for a vote in the congress, currently no such items

have been voted on or even brought to the attention of the congress regarding possible additional funding for ukraine, whether it will be, for example, decrease in the rate of aid to ukraine, ukraine, or a general decrease in aid to ukraine, here it is worth noting that a lot depends on the attitudes of americans, and the position of both the white house and the united states of america depends on the position of ordinary americans. as we know, according to recent cnn polls, american support for aid to ukraine is falling, and more than 50% of americans voted in a cnn poll a few months ago that congress should not approve additional aid to ukraine, so a lot depends on the position of ordinary americans, but actually , the congressmen, senators and the white house, after agreeing to this short-term resolution, which does not have anything additional to ukraine, they said almost with one voice, both republicans and democrats who

support ukraine, that the united states has to continue aid to ukraine, and should continue funding ukraine, and that in these 45 days , congress should figure out what kind of aid ukraine should be given, and calls for this are being heard. thank you for the information, voice of america correspondent kateryna lisunova talked about continued aid from the united states. well, actually there is no risk of ending the funding of american aid to ukraine at the moment, the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarova, said about this in an interview with ukrinform. according to her, the previous budget contains significant transitional funds that will be used now. at the same time, negotiations are ongoing on the development of a new budget solution, which would include aid for ukraine. to date , ukraine has received 60 billion dollars of aid from the united states, 43 of them military aid. white in august the house requested additional assistance from the congress in

the amount of more than 20 billion, the decision has not yet been made. congress must first pass the budget, and for comparison, during the three years of the marshall plan at the end of the second world war, the usa spent, taking into account inflation, 150 billion dollars. the european union will allocate 50 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to ukraine. today the european parliament adopted a resolution on the revision of the eu budget for 21-27 years, it provides for the creation of a ukrainian special fund, aid will be provided to ukraine for four years. knows more about it radio liberty correspondent in brussels, olena abramovich, is in direct contact with us. elena, congratulations, what kind of money is this, tell me and what it can be used for. good evening, colleague. yes, well, actually, this is money to support the ukrainian budget and this is the money that ukraine is currently receiving, which

will not actually be available from january 1, so the issue becomes more and more urgent the closer to the end of the year, and we are, well, but in principle there is time until december and now it looks like the european union is approaching the final decision. so, it's about the review of the seven-year budget of the european union, which is now trying to increase, due to the fact that it was adopted back in 2020 before the full-scale invasion, and even before the coronavirus pandemic, and now the member states have to increase their contributions, because the reserve funds from this budget are already running out, although they were calculated until 2020, and the updated budget includes the amount of regular assistance to ukraine, this is 50 billion euros of macro-financial assistance, and it will be divided over four years, that is , it is money to support the liquidity of the budget, pensions, salaries of civil servants, social payments and support for reforms, and if you divide this amount by four, you get 12.5 billion euros per year, which is somewhat less than kyiv

receives now, i would like to remind you that this year the european union is sending regular monthly tranches in euros, i.e. 18 per year, but at least in brussels they want to make sure that this will be future stable aid, and the european commission made a proposal to revise this seven-year budget back in the summer, after that the countries agreed on a number of issues, because it is not only about aid to ukraine, other expenditure items were also increased, in general, the budget has to grow by 66 billion euros, and for example, germany did not like the item on expanding funding for the european commission itself, well, now all these different points have been agreed, the parliament actually voted today to approve this revised budget? it is extremely important to reach an agreement as soon as possible so that from january 1, 2024 we can once again continue to support ukraine and solve other urgent tasks. we need the maximum possible progress before the october meeting of the european

council, so that soon after it we have it agreement. elena, before the approval by the council of the european union, it will already be final, yes , tell me, tell me, please, is there a mechanism for controlling the use of this money, that’s also interesting, yes, well, actually, a certain mechanism is foreseen, which one exactly have not been announced yet, but, in general, back in the summer, when it was first announced that these 50 billion euros, a new such program of assistance to ukraine macrofinance... would be approved, the european commissioner for economic affairs then emphasized that it would not be unconditional provision of money, that actually this money will be tied to reforms, and actually it will not only be budgetary support for ukraine, but also support for ukraine on the way to joining the european union, and although how will they keep this balance, that is, on the one hand, to maintain liquidity, on the other

hand, actually control the adoption of reforms they haven't said yet, and a separate vote on the question, actually on this package of 50 billion is in the european parliament, is planned for the next two weeks, well, actually, as the european commissioner for economic affairs described, let's say the conditions, please listen to the following quote, in july, she said, in order to receive funding, ukraine will have to prepare a recovery plan that will consist of both investment and reforms, as well as related reforms. : will provide a broad function of macroeconomic stabilization, as well as financing for specific projects. well , actually, after the european parliament voted, this revision of the budget

must still be voted on by the council of the european union, and that's already there will be a final, but quite difficult stage, because everyone's agreement will be needed here. member countries, and, for example, hungarian prime minister viktor orban previously put forward various conditions , for example, that ukraine fulfills the decision of the venice commission on reforms of the law on education, and kyiv recently did it, but now another demand from orban and this time, it's up to brussels to unblock frozen funds from european funds that are intended for hungary. eurosis, the european union that year in december blocked budapest's access to subsidies in the amount of 22 billion euros, due to the fact that in hungary, there are problems with the rule of law, and after that certain reforms were carried out in the country, in brussels they are now being evaluated and will think about unlocking part of this money in exchange for voting for the own expansion of the eu budget and aid for ukraine, at least on such agreements with reinforcements for the officials participating in the negotiations, the financial times newspaper now writes, and in principle, in brussels, they want to make such an approval for four

years in order to avoid future trades so that it is not necessary every time, when the question of aid arises... to collect fees, to somehow overcome the veto from certain countries, that is, it is a plan of stable support for ukraine as long as it is needed, or at least for the next four years. colleagues thank you for the information, rfe/rl correspondent in brussels olena abramovych talked about aid, macro-financial aid from the european union to ukraine. the pro-russian kurs social-democracy party won the parliamentary elections. elections in slovakia, party leader, former prime minister, roberta fico, he calls russia's war against ukraine a conflict and insists that it is not slovakia's business, he also spoke against granting ukraine. at the same time, the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine assures that it is too early to say exactly how the election results will affect pratyslav's position towards ukraine. olena bliznyakov

will tell more about this. i will limit myself to one sentence: slovakia and the people in slovakia have bigger problems than ukraine. such a statement comes from the former prime minister of slovakia robert fico, his pro-russian party smarezdi on won the parliamentary elections, receiving almost 23% of the votes. voters ukraine is a huge tragedy for everyone. we will do everything possible to speed up the peace talks on the platform of the european union. we are ready to provide humanitarian aid to ukraine. we are ready to help in the restoration of the state itself, but you know our opinion about arming ukraine. people in slovakia have their own serious problems, and these serious problems are a priority for us. fico, as the leader of the party that won the most support in the elections for the country's president. instructed to form the government. during her speech, zuzana chaputova said: the task of the new government will be to silence social contradictions. even if politics divides

us, we must respect each other as human beings. the outcome of the election will not change our values , and i believe that it will not change our desire for a just and democratic society, because preserving and protecting democracy is a value that goes far beyond our differences. robert fizo was given two weeks by the president to form a new cabinet. the same one he also asked the public for a deadline in order to have time for negotiations with other parties, because now a coalition is starting in slovakia. none of the parties in the elections won enough votes to form a majority. the shape of the government will depend on the results of the negotiations. and it is too early to make predictions - says the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba. we respect the choice of the slovak people, but... it is too early to say how exactly the result of the election will affect the position of slovakia, we have to wait for the formation coalition, and after that, already looking at

the composition of this coalition, it will be possible to make the first ones. progressive slovakia received 17% of the votes, it is on the second rung, its leader, 39-year-old michal šemechko, is in favor of continuing to provide ukraine with weapons and supports ukraine's european integration. almost 15% and third place is held by peter pellegrini's glas party, it was created. former members of the smr, who did not want to associate with fico, call the glas party a golden opportunity to form a coalition. the worst thing that can happen to slovakia today is if we now we will defiantly go into opposition and leave slovakia in an electoral impasse. it would be a really big tragedy, so we will approach it very responsibly and try to ensure that the parameters of the new government coalition are those that will move slovakia forward. the head of european diplomacy, josep borel, calls to respect the results of the elections and wait for the further development of events. while in kyiv, he said: aid to ukraine became possible thanks to the unity of all

member countries, including those who had no desire to support kyiv. until now and with at the beginning of the war, the member states of the european union demonstrated incredible and quick unity in making decisions to support ukraine. i think putin was surprised at first to see that the eu member states had come together and despite our strong energy dependence, we were able to approve one sanctions package after another and use our resources from the european peace fund to arm ukraine. in addition to his comments on ukraine, fico also criticized the sanctions against russia and defended the national right of veto european union. the victory of his party in the elections does not allow it to form a government on its own, because it has an absolute majority. they will not have seats in the parliament. the post of prime minister may become a condition for other parties to form a coalition with smerazda. olena bliznyakova, social media news. the parliament

of armenia ratified the rome statute, thus the country acquires obligations to fulfill the decisions of the international criminal court. and he, let me remind you, issued a warrant for the arrest of vladimir putin on suspicion of deportation of ukrainian children. according to news armenia, two oppositional. factions boycotted the meeting of the national assembly in yerevan and left the hall and there were enough votes. 60 deputies voted for the ratification, 22 opposed. 54 votes were needed for approval. as reported by the armenian editorial office of radio liberty. in the rationale for the ratification of the rome statute, it is said that the risk of a new military aggression against armenia by azerbaijan remains high, and after the recognition of the icc, war crimes will also fall under its jurisdiction, which will be a preventive measure for baku. as for putin, the other day the representative of armenia on international legal issues, yehishai kirakasyan, clarified that after

the ratification of the rome statute... there can be no question of arrest as part of a potential visit, as the current heads of state have immunities. the rome statute primarily concerns the criminal liability of persons who have committed crimes on the territory of the republic of armenia. the act of ratification is a sovereign act and does not concern territorial integrity. this statute has nothing to do with the territorial integrity of armenia, its sovereignty. it has nothing to do with rights displaced persons from nagorno-karabakh, as the decisions made in many international instances, even in international courts, remained unimplemented, and the same with this statute. the press secretary of the russian leader, dmytro piskov, called armenia's decision extremely hostile to the russian federation, this was reported by the tas propaganda agency in a telegram. the spokesman also said that the kremlin leader is not planning a visit to armenia in the near future.

of the united nations, which arrived in nagorno-karabakh on october 1, found no confirmation oppression of the ethnic armenian population, said the representative of the secretary general of the united nations, stephane dujarric, reuters reported. according to the official, the group visited stepana kert, the azerbaijani name of khankendi, which was the capital of the unrecognized nagorno-karabakh republic. the visit took place a few weeks after azerbaijani forces took control of the territory. aljazeera tv journalist. also visited the city and stated that it is already a ghost town, there are almost no people there, things are scattered on the streets. as reported press secretary of the prime minister of armenia, nazeli baghdasaryan, more than 100,000 ethnic armenians left nagorno-karabakh, which is more than 80% of the region's population, the armenpress agency reported. the national bank canceled the fixed exchange rate

of the hryvnia. introduced that year in july, from now on the regime of managed flexibility will be in effect, says the explanation on the nbbu website. the exchange rate will be able to move in both directions, both up and down, and thanks to the nbu's participation in the foreign exchange market, the agency reports. the regulator will limit these fluctuations, he says head of the department of monetary policy and economic analysis of the national bank of ukraine, volodymyr lepushshinskyi. with us, both now and for her years, probably. there will be a permanent shortage of currency in the market, and the national bank will cover this shortage by selling currency from international reserves, and this will ensure that the exchange rate will move in both directions, both in the direction of appreciation and in the direction of depreciation, but the national bank will adjust the fluctuations in in both these directions. according to investment banker serhii fursa, the nbu has long been preparing for the managed flexibility of the exchange rate exchange rate, is the transition between the fixed price that

was carried out at the beginning of the full-scale invasion to the market rate formation? the main player on the market is the national bank, which actually has enough opportunities to regulate this exchange rate there on the market, selling dollars from its own reserves or not selling dollars from its own reserves, so formally the exchange rate will be formed by the market, and de facto the national bank will not be given the market to walk around, during the winter, i do not rule out that we...' 37-38, for example, officially, somewhere in between, maybe, maybe in six months, maybe we will see 40-41, well, theoretically possible, about the introduction of managed flexibility , the national bank announced the day before, the change in the exchange rate regime concerns only business, but nothing will change for ukrainians, says the explanation on the nbbu website. correspondents of the public visited several currency exchange offices in the center of the capital,

not on camera, the employees told about the excitement. among clients there are none, and the surveyed clients mostly answered that they had not yet heard about the nbu's decision. i am not aware of this issue. came as needed. ugh. and your opinion about netsanku's entire solution? it's okay, you're not that regulated. they keep it anyway, that way, that way, they will keep it. depositors of bankrupt banks will now be able to get their money back through the app. the minister of digital transformation mykhailo fedorov told about this at the press conference. the service was developed together with the deposit guarantee fund of individuals. now it is available to depositors of 34 banks. in total, there are almost 15 million accounts worth more than uah 3 billion. applications must be submitted in the application in the service section, certifying with a deed signature. the money must be transferred within three working days to the e-support card of one of the banks of the deposit guarantee fund agents of individuals