will be used for support. economy and social obligations at the beginning of 2024, prime minister denys shmehal announced this. in general, the financial support of the european union reached 18 million this year. germany provided ukraine with a winter aid package worth more than 88 million euros. the funds will be used to finance energy sources, spare parts and equipment that help support the ukrainian energy system. also, part of the amount will be used for projects of transition to green energy. a blood transfusion helps save. millions of lives, but donor blood is often in short supply, especially during holiday periods. a full-scale war critically exacerbated the need. by donating blood, donors give other people a chance at life. when processing one blood sample, retrocytes, platelets and plasma can be made. these three components can potentially save three patients at once. how we can help with our blood, see further in our story. juliana internka, and she donates blood regularly. for the first time , the girl sat in the donor chair at the beginning full-scale invasion, when she realized t

contribution of partners to ukrainian energy security and stable energy supply, said prime minister denys shmehal. also, in cooperation with the ebrd, ukraine is rebuilding. trunk network. the international monetary fund has improved expectations for ukraine's gdp growth. according to the results of this year, he will 4.5%. despite the war, macroeconomic indicators turned out to be stronger than expected. this contributed to an upward revision of the growth forecast. it's in the message. however, the imf adds that the outlook remains subject to risks. associated with extremely high uncertainty caused by war, potential policy errors and delays in external financing. the uk government will help ten of our communities rebuild. they were chosen based on the results of the competition announced by the ministry of infrastructure. it is within limits joint project early recovery of ukraine. applications were sent by 487 otg. who suffered as a result of russian aggression. the largest number of appeals came from dnipropetrovsk, kyiv, poltava, kharkiv, odesa and sumy regions. the vast majority of requests

contribution of partners to ukrainian energy security and stable energy supply - said prime minister denys shmehalin cooperation with the edb, ukraine is rebuilding trunk networks. they will help destroy the enemy again. lithuania repaired the first leopard-2 tanks for ukraine that were damaged during hostilities. the work of tanks after restoration was demonstrated on one from training grounds of the lithuanian army. soon they will be returned to the front. "vilnius consistently supports kyiv's struggle for independence and not only directs military support, but also helps with the repair of weapons," said defense minister arvydas. shauskas. the lithuanians do not say how many vehicles were repaired. i remind you that the espresso tv channel, together with the public organization baza. collects funds for atvs to transport the wounded and other needs of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the kholodny yar armed forces. ukrainian military over difficult conditions win every day without leaving wounded comrades on the battlefield. with atvs, evacuation will be faster and easier. and therefore, t

prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal said that in 2023 in ukraine, christmas on december 25 is an official working day. and it will be a holiday and a day off only after victory. as for the date of christmas itself, discussions have been going on for years, only in the current second year of the full-scale invasion of russia, ukrainian churchmen have come to a common decision. my colleague natalya stare pravo will tell how the leading christian churches of ukraine took a historic step, changing the church calendar, and how the majority of believers will celebrate christmas on december 25 for the first time. this year, believers of the orthodox church of ukraine and ukrainian the greek catholic church celebrates christmas together for the first time on december 25. a few years ago, the issue of transition to a new calendar was still under discussion. this year, this is a decisive step not only of a socio-religious nature, but also of a geopolitical nature, because it means a final separation from the moscow church. there are several reasons why ukrainian churches decided to leave t

installations will create a power reserve on cases of emergency power outage - prime minister denys shmehal said. in addition to electricity, minitets simultaneously produces heat. there are currently 28,000 ukrainian civilians in russian captivity, this number has been confirmed, said dmytro lubinets, the obtusman. among them are 2,000 people who are over 65 years old. there are also cases when people over 80 years of age were captured for pro-ukrainian statements. the ukrainian authorities cannot check the condition of these people and give them at least medicine, because there is no access to the russian ones. prisons in addition, the deportation of more than 19,500 ukrainian children has now been officially confirmed. lubinets called on the international community to help the ukrainian state protect its citizens and return them. gaza will not come under the control of the palestinian authority as long as i am prime minister. this was stated by the head of the israeli government , benjamin netanyahu. according to him, those who raise their children for terror, finance terror and support

salaries for teachers and doctors will be paid on time in 2024, assured the prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal. he also promised that the indexation of payments about... will be introduced in the planned period in march. next year, our country will need more than $37 billion in external financing and is counting on the support of international partners, the official noted. currently, the government has agreements with 11 countries on multi-year financing programs, an extended financing program with the imf, and support from other international financial organizations. despite everything difficulties and challenges. during almost two years of war , we have never delayed social payments, these are our obligations to our people, and we will do everything to fulfill them in the future. law enforcement officers managed to evacuate three people from the de-occupied village of nevske in the luhansk region. muscovites are constantly shelling this settlement, the head of the region, artem lysohor, said. the day before, the russians struck nevsky from the air at least 20 times. wounded a 70-year-old man

this was announced by the prime minister of ukraine, denys shmehal. the funds will be used to pay pensions, teachers' salaries, support for displaced persons and other priority expenses of the state budget. the main part of this financing package is funds from the government of japan, the rest - grants from the usa, switzerland. and recovery support fund and reforming ukraine. meanwhile, at night, the enemy launched 14 shaheds across ukraine. all drones were shot down by our defenders of the sky over mykolaiv, kherson, khmelnytskyi and poltava regions. this was announced in the air force. the occupiers attacked with drones from the krasnodar region of russia. over the past day , the enemy has attacked 102 times. shelled the kherson region, one person died, two others were wounded, - reported the head of the regional military administration oleksandr prokudin. the russians targeted the residential quarters of several inhabitants points, and also hit the enterprise and the grain terminal in the kherson district. almost 1,100 more made in russia were eli

the meeting was attended by the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyi, the prime minister, denys shmehal, chairman of the verkhovna rada of ukraine ruslan stefanchuk, as well as ministers and representatives. we must ensure a calm childhood, a safe childhood, and for every citizen who lives in our territory, in the territory of our state, we must ensure this safety, this is a complex plan, this is a complex work that will require large human costs, will require financial costs , material, but we have no other way out. polish carriers can renew the border blockade already on monday, december 18. district court in lublin canceled the ban of the head of dorohuska commune. before. he did not agree to allow the protests because of the threat to property, the judge called the border blockade a gathering, which, in his opinion, does not prevent checks at the border, but primarily aims to slow them down. the court also ruled that the head of the commune did not demonstrate specific possible damages from the protest. the head of dorohuska commune has not yet decided whether he will appeal the cou

contribution of the partners to ukrainian energy security and stable energy supply, prime minister denys shmehal said. also, in cooperation with the edb, ukraine will rebuild trunk networks. 52 russians suddenly became good, temporarily. in occupied mariupol, as a result of the strike, the same number of occupiers were killed, more than 20 were wounded, the losses were announced by the russian media, rockets hit a russian location near the port city shopping center. together with the occupants, about 10 pieces of equipment were destroyed. now the city is looking for the so-called enemies, who were allegedly gunners, - the adviser to the mariupol mayor petro andryushchenko reports. to the shopping center. russian terrorists stopped by a few days ago, among them there were special forces, some of them were supposed to go to ugledar, and some of them were to go to avdiyiv . successful sabotage. partisans blew up a freight train in melitopol. by him the occupiers daily transported ammunition and fuel from the temporarily occupied crimea, on the way back they took out ukrainian crops, grain and damag

this was announced by the prime minister of ukraine, denys shmehal. the prime minister also said that already this month the european commission plans to present a plan to use frozen sovereign assets of russia to support ukraine. shmegal reminded that the usa has already presented a bipartisan draft law on the confiscation of assets of sanctioned russian oligarchs in favor of the restoration of our state. president. volodymyr zelenskyi congratulated the servicemen on armed forces day and presented them with state awards. the head of state noted that it was a great honor for him to personally award the best defenders of the country. according to the president, our fighters are fighting so that despair never reigns in the eyes of ukrainians, that ukraine perseveres in the fight against invaders and frees our people from russian occupation and captivity. those present also honored everyone's memory with a moment of silence. fallen heroes we will never forget our heroes, glory to us ukrainian heroes. glory to all our ukrainian soldiers. glory to the armed

the tariff for electricity for the population will remain unchanged, prime minister of ukraine denys shmehal announced this. such is the decision of the government, he. extended the effect of imposing special obligations on electricity, so for household consumers the price of electricity will continue to be 2.64 kopecks per kilowatt-hour. the decision of the cabinet of ministers remains valid until april next year. old motorcycles for the army are restored by bikers in the kirovohrad region. in villages are looking for such equipment, repairing it and only then handing it over to the military. the bike, the volunteers say, will come where the car stops. lilia kocherga found out how such motorcycles are used at the front. shot. ukrainian soldiers take out the wounded and deliver ammunition on motorcycles, five motorbikes for the army, bikers from alexandria are currently restoring them, the bus driver and part-time biker andrii nicknamed pavuk united the volunteers. the man shows a leather vest, the only reminder of his former life, after all, he sold his own bike and invested the money in he