but everyone over 18 has to register for the draft, basically when you turn 26 or 28 you are already considered too old for that, unfortunately ukraine now has a minimum conscription age of 25 , ukraine needs to improve mobilization a bit, so that this is an area that i think needs to be strengthened, and we in the west should give ukraine permission to use weapons on russian territory, look, if they ... occupied part of russia, and russia has not yet launched a nuclear strike, then russia not is going to do it. this fear of escalation is paralyzing us and must stop. and in other news from europe: germany's alternative for germany party could become the first far-right party to win regional elections in germany since world war ii. in addition to the far-right party's notable successes in the local elections on september 1

, a new far-left party also won in the east german states. in foreign policy, the german far-right and far-left converge, questioning the military aid to ukraine. german chancellor olaf schulz called on the country's leading political forces not to cooperate with the country's forces. the vote in two of the 16 federal states does not directly affect the federal government, but it causes concern among other parties and analysts. details can be obtained from our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan. congratulations bohdan. greeting. bohdan, can you tell us in more detail what these far-left and far-right parties are, and what their actual positions are? we are talking now about two parties, which are relatively not old, so to speak, primarily about the afd or an alternative for germany. that party was created, around 2013, on the basis of groups that...

were opposed to germany giving up its national currency, the german mark, and to the introduction of the euro, the single european currency. as for the sari vandehnech union, it is a very, very new party, it was actually created at the 2024 congress in january, which means that the party actually does not exist for a year yet, and that's why... that's why pay so much attention to her achievements, and a characteristic feature of these two parties is that , despite being placed at opposite ends of the political spectrum, the alternative for germany on the extreme right and the sarah vandert union on the extreme left, they are at several points so extreme, so extremist that they agree, for example , that... in fact being pro-russian, they

repeat some things in fact as they sound from the kremlin, in particular regarding the war and speaking out against helping ukraine to defend themselves against russia with weapons, another point where these two seemingly opposite forces converge is the issue of immigration, and it is the question of whether this topic is now... in fact of great concern to german society, and analysts such as guntram wolff say that the leading parties, the so-called traditional parties, will also have to pay attention to this. the fact that the far-right party alternative for germany took first and second place in these two countries is a huge shock. given that the party...is

under the attention of the security authorities and at least partially has clearly russian views. yes, i think this is a concern for german society as a whole. this raises concerns about the political system in berlin. answers are needed. and i think that will be a key question in the coming weeks. how to respond to dissatisfaction with migration? maybe the theme of inflation and rising prices in recent years also plays a role, but i think the theme of migration really. in the center of discontent. bohdan, we actually heard about the views of these parties, what could be the consequences of these elections, and how much is the course of the extreme left and extreme right to support ukraine risky in general? now they say that no one will want to go with the alternative for germany, even at the regional level to go to power, and it is unlikely that they will form a government, though. gained about

a third of the votes, but of course whether they are pro-russian or anti-ukrainian is a very loud question and... in particular in hungary, where, as we know, the government party of prime minister viktor orbán speaks under such pro-russian slogans against aid ukraine, and of course, the fact that such voices are heard in germany, they were heard during this election campaign, and they will certainly be heard in the future, because the leaders of the alternative for germany are now preparing for further elections and in particular. federal elections. we see that the current government coalition is working very poorly. this vote was to get rid of this government coalition. voters also want new elections for the federal government. we are preparing for this, and accordingly, chancellor olaf scholz must

draw conclusions together with his partners according to the coalition, pack suitcases and vacate chairs. and bohdan, less than one minute remains. why is there such high support for extreme forces? specifically in east germany. yes, these two lands, thuringia and saxony, which we are talking about now, were once part of the so -called german democratic republic, the so-called communist east germany, and it is this heritage that is called the reason that the political preferences in those lands, in that part of germany is special to them. are considered very atypical for the rest of the country, or are these consequences it is the ideological, so to speak, distribution of forces in that country, or deistindustrialization, which is also talked about as a consequence of the occupation

by the soviet union and the removal of the actual industrial capabilities of that region, i think that discussions about this among political scientists continue. bohdan, thank you very much, we will say goodbye, our european correspondent bohdan tsyupan was in touch with... russian shelling does not deter, on the contrary, it mobilizes investors. companies are actively looking for generators and means of protecting their assets in ukraine, the former is convinced minister of finance in ukraine natalia yaresko. my colleague oksana bedratenko asked the economist about where ukraine gets money during the period. what is the dream of business in ukraine and how do entrepreneurs feel about the government's plans to raise taxes and should we expect the us to approve a new aid package for ukraine soon? despite the war, despite constant shelling, the ukrainian economy

shows stability. what is the strength and stability of the ukrainian economy based on? i think the main thing is the ukrainian people, the ukrainian people who are fighting for... life is fighting for the better, for a better country and has been fighting for centuries, i think that people are very creative, they find opportunities, whether it is new technologies, whether it is new brands, whether it is new markets to which they now sell their goods or or services, now i think that the dream is coming true regarding... e membership in the eu, and ukrainian business understands this discovery, understands its competitiveness, and what this means, that one must be ready and not only ready to compete, ready to increase itself, your imagination, your dream, your business,

uh, because the market will be much bigger and we will be a part of that market, and it's like a reality now, there's a process. it will not happen in a day, but we all already believe that it is real, the invitation was given, the negotiations began, even now despite the war, we hear that some private companies are investing in ukraine, what exactly attracts them here, how do they contain this risk war, for example, a french billionaire who has invested a lot in telecom, with horizon capital, i think for a person like that... he sees the opportunities in this market and he sees progress in because ukraine is going to the eu, that it will be a membership in the eu will be a very big plus for

ukraine and for ukraine to increase its market, and they simply believe without without without without faith that this is impossible, as you think, are the expectations realistic, what... will congress approve another aid package for ukraine? i believe that there will be suplemental before the end of the year, i am sure, most of it will be military aid. uh, financial aid, i would like it to be there, because it is needed, and it is clear that ukraine needs it, uh, but here, uh, m, it will be possible to understand what the possibilities are only after elections here in november and i think there will be different situations and different opportunities, but we will fight for that money, er, this is a drop in the ocean for america, most creditors have now agreed to a restructuring. ukrainian debt, how important is this step? a very important step, first of all, it was done in time before

the need, until the end of the freezing of these agreements, ee 97%, er, gave the go-ahead, it is very good that our creditors understand us, it would be necessary to fulfill the conditions of the imf , but let's hope that creditors in the future, if it will be... it will be necessary to understand the ukrainian situation and ukrainian opportunities realistically, the ministry of finance of ukraine said that along with restructuring there is also the issuance of conditional papers, which means that they are actually following the path that you took with those steps, and issue something on sample gdp warrants. it's these second issues that i haven't seen the details of, but i think it's for today. day lenders demand this from almost every sovereign player because when

you have these negotiations you tell them you have to reduce forever because we are not in will be able to return, it will not be possible, the international monetary fund is now insisting that ukraine collect domestic resources, and it is about increasing taxes, in particular , do you think this is the right strategy during the war? first of all, i want to say that not only the increase in taxes, they also talk about customs reform and closing the gray areas, the so-called gray areas, there are gray areas both in taxation and in customs, and if they are closed first, and this is the point of view of ukrainian business , just like that, everyone would understand if the last part is needed to get from a tax increase, when only tax increases and businesses demand more, when everyone is there anyway... the zone remains, well, it already hurts for business, or

on the contrary, tax increases can push businesses to go into the shadows, it could, if they only increase taxes, now i think that most of the businesses understand that it is their patriotic duty to pay their taxes, and we know about a lot of ukrainian enterprises that donate a lot, because they understand their existence. is based on the ability of the country to defend itself, on the armed forces. ukraine now balances between the need to secure the labor market and ensure mobilization for the army. now the government has announced the principle of work or fight, to what extent is this the right approach? war is the first priority. and i don't know how the government will implement it. ah... but we see that people give their lives for the sake of the country, so we have to

find a way so that more people go, defend their country, but the economy also works together to pay their expenses, this balance is very difficult, very hard, but we have to find some answer, i don't sure again about the details. he works or works , it seemed to me that when they said that a person who earns an ex does not have to serve, he has to serve less, it seemed wrong to me that the poor, well, let's say this, should serve, and those who earn, well, not must, that is, there must be some other approach. traditionally, on the first monday of september. labor day is a national holiday in the united states that honors the achievements of american workers. on this occasion, the voice

of america spoke with americans of ukrainian origin who achieved success in usa. among them, in particular, a native of ternopil region, who started working as a cleaner, and is now a consultant for technology giants in silicon valley. about the attitude to work in america, the peculiarities of corporate ethics and what it takes to climb the career ladder in american companies. iryna kulchytska, originally from the village of zavodske in the ternopil region, lives in the town of morgangil in silicon valley in california and works at the largest technological company. anti world like meta, google and apple. mostly i describe my role as a product development expert in silicon valley, and my task is to evaluate product development processes in various technology companies, for example, google, paypal, apple, sometimes the team does not work in them , the team is not organized, or the production process itself

is not adjusted, that is, my role is to come, assess what the problems are, make suggestions and implement those suggestions. iryna moved to the usa 20 years ago, got a job as a cleaner with a master's degree in sociology, and studied english at night. i had five or six jobs in a week, slept 4-5 hours a day, and it was, for example, one of my jobs was cleaning stores, a super chain of supermarkets, which was every day from 12 at night to 7:00 a.m., without days off, and no, there was one exit, day off, once a year at christmas. and of course without insurance, that is, sick, not sick, you have to be at work and work all night, you are not always considered as a person, that is, what you need, work, do not weigh yourself, do not work better than others, of course , there were very good migrants, employers, but in my case it is like this was under such a sauce that work and work,

learning english and knowledge of polish helped her get a job in a translation agency, then in a start-up. who was developing a language learning service, the attitude of employers and working conditions immediately changed. when i started working more in such a professional field and in an american company, i first of all felt legally protected, i already had health insurance for the first time in 5 years, for example, another such flashback when i worked in expatriate companies, but no even maternity leave, so when i had my first child, i went back to work... four weeks after giving birth, because i needed money and i needed to move forward, and when i started working for the american team, you there are many more of these simple benefits, plus you are listened to from the first day as a person who is qualified, regardless of your age, whether you are younger or older, and you are even

part of the team, probably even the family, in which if you grow and grow. step by step iryna worked as a product development manager and became a consultant for large companies. in silicon valley, she says, they work 60-70 hours a week, or even more. iryna takes no more than two weeks of vacation per year and works 15 hours a day. she says that she is used to such a pace, as well as to work in companies where the majority are men with an it education. what i like about working with american teams is... people try to maintain this gender balance, it doesn't always work, but since this is equality, it is enshrined in the rules of companies, it is also very strongly protected by law, everyone tries, at least from a legal point of view, to be correct, correct, politically correct. despite

the rules of corporate ethics in large corporations of silicon valley, they can sometimes shout. situations are very different, i even have such an example when i worked with the apple company, and this was a person, a leader, who was the third person there under tim cook, under the ceo, and when we talked about the problems there is there in their team or what kind of production problems are there, he got angry, but not at me, because i highlighted these problems, since i did all this research, at my team and it was necessary at this moment to keep such a poker face, as they say and to give... you just often give him a simple platform to express himself. this can happen if there is a very close team, everyone knows each other, everyone is at the vice-president level, they often work together, rest together. here, and i must be ready, that at this moment someone may shout. volya nevinska, who moved to the usa 13 years ago, has a different experience, she immediately

got a job at one of the three largest american banks with a ternopil diploma. he says that for all the years of working in banking. sector has never heard a raised tone, she says, a feature of american companies is the ability to complain if you feel injustice. as an employee, you have the right to file a complaint against your manager or co-worker if you have been treated unfairly, unfairly, or disrespectfully. workplace, that is, the employee here has such several levels of protection that he can personally communicate with the hr department. to eliminate these problems, then hr is already working directly with that person. every six months, olya was promoted from a bank call center employee, she became a transaction analyst in money laundering cases. from her experience, she, iryna, says that in addition to dedication to work, in order to move up the career ladder in the usa, you need to take the initiative, constantly learn and work in a team. the approach is here

such that you just need to be professional, carry professional ethics in your workplace, and also support your employees. if i see that someone is not coping with something, i will be happy to approach, help share my experience and teach these people. and in the same way, this person can also transfer this knowledge to someone else, quarrels in teams usually happen, because it seems to me that this is such a natural feature of people, regardless of nationality, and it is probably very important to have the right leader in the team, because a leader who gets it right feel and understand it, he can work properly with these people, mostly people who are, for example, they are such single stars, that is, i am the wisest or the wisest, you all do not know, these people, they have not worked in american companies for a long time from my experience, because they, they are a problem for the company in the long-term development.

the owner of a chain of dental clinics in the usa, volodymyr samerey, a native of the lviv region, emphasizes the importance of teamwork. he, as an employer, names other important requirements to employees the most important thing is their skills, their ability to work, their skills, and their career in the past. and what they know how to do, we appreciate, so people who come to work on time, of course, this is a very , very big problem, our time management. representatives of various nationalities, ukrainians, people from venezuela, mexico, palestine, greece work in volodymyr's clinics, but volodymyr jokes that in the usa they all have the mentality of workaholics. america is a very hard working country if you don't work here. that it is very difficult to live who wants to do more money, for working more hours. of course, there are people who just come, we call them, collect their check and go home, just

sit back, sit on their phone and go home. ah, in dentistry, in my office it is not there, in large companies it is. these jobs don't last very long because over time hr in america is extremely strong. when they already see that a person with ... does not at all fit the description of the job that they are supposed to do, then they take measures. to stimulate employees, he says volodymyr, every year he raises their salaries both in accordance with inflation and depending on the evaluation of their work, every month everyone in the team receives bonuses depending on the results of teamwork. iryna shynkarenko, maxim shulga, voice of america. on this we will say goodbye, see also our daily. on youtube and facebook, where you can ask us your questions live. thank you for staying with us, good night and good morning. oleksiy

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we live and work. ukrainian educational institutions. kherson region together with russia. watch the collaborators program with olena kononenko on espresso tv channel on tuesday, september 3 at 5:45 p.m. it's a new week, and we're in it let's start today. 30 minutes ago, i already told what topics we... today we will discuss what we will discuss, with whom we will discuss, the main thing. khrystyna yatskiv joins us live. and of course, unfortunately, we start the new week according to the tradition imposed on us by the occupiers with large-scale shelling. fortunately, today, or this night, there were no

casualties. yes, but, but less so, we will also talk about it, so of course, we hold on and try to unite around our ukrainian values, hold on and not succumb to sleep, now i have chosen this strategy for myself, because the nights are really very difficult now in ukraine, but thank you for the fact that the morning is coming, thank you to the defense forces, thank you to the air defense forces of our country, for the fact that there is an opportunity to continue working for our viewers, today ukraine sent its children to educational institutions, and it is also impossible not to note, at the same time, as you understand, many different important moments are happening in our country, and there are many opinions on the topic of what to do next evolve a purely military situation, how are we supposed to provide our country with everything necessary with...

in particular, people, in order for it to continue its successful defense, just recently an electronic petition was registered to lower the upper limit of mobilization for men from 60 to 50, and it got the required 25,000 signatures in almost two months and today we are asking you if you support lowering the conscription age to 50, if you do, please call 0800 211 381 if you don't think it should be done, then 0800 211 382, ​​all your calls will be free, and your opinion is invaluable to us. well, we traditionally start with security issues, military issues, issues of a large-scale, large-scale war of russia against ukraine, and of course those hostilities, that

theater of hostilities, which for... is currently unfolding in donetsk region, we will also now talk about full-scale shelling , which, as we already mentioned, took place this night. we are in direct contact with pavlo lekiychuk, head of security programs of the center for global studies strategy 201 of the 21st century, captain of the first rank of the reserve. mr. pavle, we are glad to see and hear you on the air of the espres tv channel. good evening, glory to ukraine. good evening, glory to the heroes. mr. pavle, as i already said, now we see that the russian offensive is taking place in donetsk region, we see that actually, for example, commander-in-chief oleksandr syrskyi reports that the direction of the enemy's main attack, that's what he calls donetsk region, that's what he calls the pokrovsky direction. the situation

is difficult, but everyone is necessary. decisions at all levels are made,