ursula von der leyen today traveled to ukraine to meet with president zelenskyy.t comes a week after ukraine began a counteroffensive that forced russian troops to retreat from large parts of the country's northeast. >> like a meeting between old friends, on her third visit to ukraine since the war began, ursula von der leyen received a warm welcome from volodymyr zelenskyy, and an award for her commitment to eu-ukraine relations. among the talking points, the 8 million plus people who fled to eu countries since the war began in february. >> we want, of course commit to give our ukrainian friends help, as much support as possible. but we also know that they are longing to go home again. >> even as von der leyen's night's train made its way to kyiv, russian rockets struck a reservoir in an industrial center and president zelenskyy's hometown. the resulting flood inundated roads and houses and the local drinking water supply was cut. >> the drains are not working and we cannot flush the toilet. everything is flooded and there has been no one from the disaster protec

in her speech, von der leyen called on people do their fair share. >> in these times it's wrong to store extraordinary revenues and profits benefiting from war and on the backs of our consumers. in these times profits must be share and channeled to those who need it most [ applause ] >> and, therefore, our proposal also includes the fossil fuel electricity producers who have to give a crisis contribution and overall our proposal will raise more than 140 billion euros from states to lower the clash. >> the finance minister talked with french tv this morning. it was cut down 1% from 4% it contrasted sharply with the economic outlook from germany which is expected to see more next year. >>> the queen's coffin arrives at buckingham palace we're standing by at buckingham palace that's coming up next. these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. an xfinity rewards special offer. get a 4-week trial plus postag

ursula von der leyen look call for radical steps to spell the energy emergency. francine: let's look at the futures. we have a great john authers piece saying that the only question that matters today is after that inflation print in the u.s., does the market overreact or not. when we look at the measures, they probably didn't because it means we would have more aggressive fed hikes. tom: the nasdaq is down around 5%, the s&p 500 stalling more than 4%, so investors are having to adjust to that higher inflation out of the u.s. the ftse 100 currently down, and there are questions of whether the boe 's 50 or 75 next week. we get a new terminal rates now, 4.3 percent up towards the first part of next year. numerous saying they have got to go 1% next week. the ftse 100 currently down 56 points. spanish ibex currently down 0.1%. we will switch it out and see how things are playing out in the fx space even the dollar strength and we saw the yen dropping before the boj came out suggesting they may be looking to lead in the fx markets. the yen now up 0.3% of the back

phil: i asked our dw for her take on ursula von der leyen's announcement. reporter: that's right. e european commission and ursula von der leyen have been threatening for some time to bring forth this sanctions package against russia, and now, this combination of the sham referenda, putin's mobilization of more people to fight in ukraine, he's repeated nuclear saber-rattling, has all gotten on the nerves of the european commission. so ursula von der leyen says she wants to make the kremlin pay for bringing escalation to a whole new level. -talk us through these later sanctions and how they will work. as you heard her mention, they want to ban the import of seven euros more of products into the e.u.. they also really want to try and prevent technology from getting to the russian military, which is using it to fight in ukraine. so they are looking at semiconductors and other technology, to keep it away from the russian military. there is also a pretty interesting development for individuals who will be targeted for sanctions that will include, for example, people who helped organize

that's what ursula von der leyen wants to attack, get cash back to consumers. wants to put demand caps in. which of these policies is most likely to have the biggest impact or get it across the line? stephen: i really think when you talk to analysts, it is demand destruction. reducing demand into the winter. when you look at the inventories , inventories for natural gas are filling quick and europe. without russian supply, there isn't enough to get through the winter. you need household to cut demand. one of the proposals is to reduce overall consumption by 10% and 5% mandatory cuts during peak hours. everyone agreeing to that, it's unclear. you need all the eu nations to agree to get the proposal across the line. there is still division. there are levees on giant earnings on energy companies. they will use that to go back to household. these energy companies don't want that. they've invested billions of dollars in their projects and they want profits. there's a lot of discussion that will be happening. hopefully a deal will be done before the end of the month,

the eu's chief ursula von der leyen vows that ukraine will not fight alone. plus, china's factories have a boost as beijing rolls out stimulus. the property sector continues to weigh on the economy. francine: futures extending some of their declines. the ftse 100 down some 0.1%. we look at the university of michigan sentiment does worse than expected. tom: we have the retail sales coming out of the u.s. suggesting there is a slow down in demand for goods, yet in terms of the jobs market, further evidence. we are looking forward to the university of michigan sentiment and we know jay powell will be watching that closely. here, the retail space came in softer than expected and that weighed on the pound. the u.k. and the ftse 100 down 0.5%. basic resources under pressure even as we get better than expected economic data out of china. we have a slump in the property market for them continuing to push pressure a crossing -- putting pressure that we look at what happens in the yield space as well because those continue to drive higher in the u.s. 390 now on your tw

president ursula von der leyen speaking to bloomberg.l news, 24 hours a day, on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. dani. dani: thanks so much. juliette saly in sydney. coming up, warnings to the delivery giant fedex as they have risk assets overnight. how markets are dealing with the prospects of more economic disaster. ♪ manus: some pictures now of the crean -- queen's coffin lying in state. the public are still able to q ueue to walk past her royal highness. that is open 24 hours a day until monday. members of the public around westminster abbey. the funeral preparations are being made and many dignitaries from around the world will be there to pay their respects on monday. ♪ dani: welcome back to "bloomberg daybreak: europe." let's talk about fedex because the warning from this has crushed stocks overnight. fedex itself tumbled more than 16.5%. it is a flagging worsening micro-conditions from asia and europe, all meaning -- macro conditions

earlier we did hear from ursula von der leyen pledging liquidity to help power producers. morrison leads bloomberg's power and gas in europe and she joins us now. we heard from ursula von der leyen. in what form do we expect that support to take? rachel: this issue seems to have been gathering pace today and you mentioned the tweet of the european commission, that their proposals for emergency interventions will include some kind of support for companies when it comes to liquidity. that triggers margin calls. companies are finding that increasingly difficult. they cannot do the business of buying and selling and supplying the energy we need. that is where governments and perhaps even the eu will step into guarantee some of the cash companies need. that can be through credit lines or government-backed loans, but this way to help companies keep functioning in the market or stop that kind of contagion you mentioned that could happen if companies start to get into trouble. dani: thank you very much for helping us cover this all day. bloomberg's rachel morrison. now let's bring

state of the countries of affairs in the eu, the president of the european commission , ursula von der leyenand it was important for ukraine that during the announcement of this report, it was clearly stated that the sanctions against russia will continue, now is not the time to appease the aggressor , she said in the villages of the counter-labour, the sanctions introduced by europe are working, they are worsening the state of the russian economy, they are weakening the russian army, and therefore it is necessary to fight russia to the end and until victory , ukraine and europe will win, said ursula condere , and the third is big and very important for ukraine the question that was also voted on today is a painful humanitarian question about the crime of russia against ukrainian citizens, the deportation of ukrainian citizens in the territory of ukraine occupied by the aggressor to the territory of russia, where they come through concentration camps, humiliation, the search for nationalists , torture, and unfortunately, our children are handed over for adoption to the russians and it is ver

von der leyen: we know our sanctions are deeply granting into the russian economy with a negative impact. but putin is partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues. so the objective is we must cut russia's revenues, which putin uses to finance his atrocious wawar in ukraine. mark: vladimir putin criticized europe's calls for a price cap on russian gas. he has branded it stupid. he condemned the western sanctions as -- these are his words -- a threat to the entire world. pres. putin: some like to isolate russia, but as we have always said, it is impossible. just take a look at the world map. reporter: a message from vladimir putin to western capitals against sanctions against russia, which he called and aggression. speaking at the eastern economic forum in vladivostok, the head of the kremlin was keen to paint a picture of the upper hand, scorning europe's calls for price caps on russian gaps as a stupid, threatening to stop russian gas and oil if they were to be imposed. pres. putin: europeans think they don't need these advantages. that is ok with us. it doesn't bother us. the deman

ursula von der leyen has warned of the "strongest possible response" if active european energy infrastructuretacked. earlier, ukraine accused russia of causing the leaks — in what it described as a "terrorist attack". here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nord stream 1 and nord stream 2 are huge pipelines that bring gas from russia to germany, 700 miles along under the baltic. they are the largest pipelines of their kind in the world. but look at this, significant disturbance to the sea near denmark, caused by leaking gas, it is thought. the danish military say this area of turbulence was more than half a mile wide and shipping is being kept out of the area. the gas is leaking here near a danish island, bornholm, it is thought there are a couple of leaks in nord stream 1, and a third in nord stream 2. it's not known what caused the leaks, they are being investigated, but many in europe are pointing the finger at russia, including the polish prime minister. we do not yet know the details of what happened but we clearly see this as an act of sabotage. this is an act that probably

name has appeared on the avenue of courage, the president of the european commission, ursologi von der leyen, has added to the list of western politicians who from the first days actively support ukraine in the war against russia, on her third visit to ukraine during the war, the head of the european commission was awarded the order of yaroslav the wise and treated to lunch with watermelons and melons from the newly liberated territories of kherson region, ursola von der leyen did not come empty-handed either and reported that the european parliament approved the allocation of five billion euros of macro-financial aid for ukraine, this is in addition to the ten billion that the eu has already provided in the form of financial humanitarian and military aid european countries promise 150 million euros each to support ukrainian refugees and the same amount for the reconstruction of schools destroyed by racists, the eu also promises when ukrainian companies leave the european market to increase the sanctions pressure on russia and actively rebuild ukraine after the victory over the enemy, i want

so, we would like to ask you to summarize what von der leyen officially brought to morsula .need to list everything and it will take a lot of time. well, first of all, we are really talking about the fact that we want to expand our opportunities beyond the current water supply association - this is a condition for a common market, we have already taken the first steps, now myhal was in brussels at the beginning of the month and wrote several important agreements on the radio association. this is me , the so-called transport or transport visa-free customs visa-free, that is, we are talking about roaming and these agreements already create a certain reflection in order to be about the fact that we are really part of the internal the market, and this is very important in the conditions of war. when we need trade. we need funds and live funds for our budget, for military needs and for civilian needs. to be fattened just a platform for the construction of ukraine - this is an institute that was proposed to remove the fonduline - it will also say food and because it was also on the

ursula von der leyen reiterated the need to increase aid to kiev more natalia goncharova apparently, become the basic colors in ursula von der leyen's wardrobe. here it is performing in a yellow jacket and a blue t-shirt in the walls of the european parliament two days earlier, and these are shots from an interview with the german publication bibid in flowers of the ukrainian flag, fonderlein, promises ukrainians all the necessary weapons, including german tanks. i am for european states to provide what ukraine really needs, and president zelensky, with whom i spoke, voiced a whole list. what do ukrainians need? i think it's very important that kiev proved that if they have the necessary military means, they can defend themselves. they are fighting this fight for all of us. this is a fight about the victory of democracy and the defeat of autocracy, which is why it is so important that they indeed received the necessary military resources. and if they say they need battle tanks, then we have to take it seriously and supply them. the supply of weapons to ukraine reacted in the vatican

let's get the latest on the proposals from von der leyen yesterday.t stood out to you and what do we know about the proposals and how likely they are to be signed off? maria: to me yesterday, this was a full day in strassburg, the state of the union, and usually this is the speech that signals a political direction for the commission. there were two key messages for me. one of them is that we are moving into something that looks like a -- economy for europe. when you hear about avoiding blackouts, attentional rationing, demand destruction, this idea of the solidarity of contribution, which is attacks, a lot of this is designed to press the public opinion -- prep the public opinion for a tough winter. this is the start of something that could look like a war economy going into the winter. the other point is the sanctions. i asked the energy commissioner twice, what is their social pushback? what if people do not want to pay these bills? if -- will the sanctions be kept going? and we are going to keep doing that. the sentiment is not going to be changed

european commission president ursula von der leyen has set out a 5.5 -- five point plan.kely to draw strong opposition from some member states. global news 24 hours a day on air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus: thank you very much. as the u.k. and the world mourns the passing of queen elizabeth, markets are still moving. no more important than the beginning of the dollar, yen. kuroda steps in. the biggest one-day move since the start of august. >> yes. two to three yen move against the dollar is very sudden. it's against everything the dollar is falling dramatically today. we have some strength in the euro and cables. euro had fallen yesterday after the ecb decision. perhaps the market is more concentrated on an energy crisis gripping europe. manus: indeed. we will le to finally lose 80 pounds and keep it off with golo is amazing. i've been maintaining. the weight is gone and it's never coming back. with golo, i've not only kept off the weight but i'm happier, i'm healthier, and i have a new l

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von der. making it clear that voting for the right can lead to punishing consequences, the italians taught a lesson of humility to the european union which , with the voice of mrs. von der leyenaimed to impose the results of the vote, no threats can stop democracy, the people of europe are raising heads and take their fate into their own hands. everyone needs to go through this sharp turn to the right, both italy and brussels around the world learn how to pronounce such a difficult name george correctly, because the melody will not run away at the first opportunity. she has already declared italy's fratelli came to power and will remain for 5 years. and semelyanova and anton chagaya, news, italy the referendum in the kherson region was recognized as having taken place by this time, the turnout exceeded 50% what is the turnout in other territories and how do mobile election commissions work? in the territory luhansk republic for 3 days of voting, more than 60 haimar rockets arrived. it was at night that a shell hit the school in the boundary line, our special correspondent is working on the spot. the center-right is winning the elections in italy and the most radical parties s

. >> if you ask ursula bandar lion, she found it necessary -- ursula von der leyen, she said if the vote does not go the right way, we have certain tools at our disposition -- i would not say that is a very smart thing to say just before a democratic election coming from an unelected european commission official. you know at the european union level, often of course you have these attempts to try to contribute to a better rule of law environment in countries where indeed there are problems. in poland and hungary, there are many problems. the first thing is the risk of double standards. nobody talks about romania bulgaria. there are very serious problems with the rule of law. because of political reasons, these countries can escape eu criticism. also i would say it is very strange that indeed you have these problems in poland and hungary but sometimes also italy , and when the european recovery fund was agreed, senior officials of the italian justice system were warning that organized crime was going to be ready to try to rip off a lot of that money. that's already the problem with a lot

her the opportunity to introduce them a whole 3 days earlier than in brussels and for now ursula von der leyenust a rustling package literally sewed me on the soap in it, the government of the face. c is already publishing its sanctions list. it includes 33 citizens. and factory gosznak manufacturer passports, banknotes and postage stamps, sanctions are imposed due to the holding of referendums in the dpr, lpr, as well as kherson and zaporozhye regions. britain imposed sanctions personally against the heads of administration of these legions, finland also, separately from the european union, chased poland and the baltic states. building finland adopted a resolution to significantly restrict the entry of russian tourists to finland entry restrictions will come into force from midnight on september 30 and will remain in effect until further notice the purpose of the resolution is to stop entry russian tourists to finland and transit through finland, according to the chaosist. the entry of russian tourists is dangerous for international relations for millions of euros. more precisely, until they

in kyiv, european commission president ursula von der leyen met thursday with president volodymyr zelenskyy pledging eu support to ukraine "for as long as it takes." von der leyen's pledge came as the biden administration said it is sending another $600 million in military aid to ukraine. on thursday, russia's foreign ministry warned the u.s. against providing longer-range missiles to ukraine. >> we have repeatedly stated pumping ukraine with western weapons leads to a prolongation of hostilities and new casualties amongst the sibley population. moreover, this brings a situation closer to the dangerous line of a direct military clash between russia and nato countries. amy: russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jingping have met. the pair met thursday at a regional summit in news bethke stand. a chinese foreign ministry statement after the meeting made no mention of the word "ukraine," but xi reportedly told putin that russia needs to "demonstrate the responsibility of a major country to play a leading role and inject stability into a turbulent world." put did internet strai

ukraine's presidential office says he told ursula von der leyen the recent counteroffensive has beenffective and liberated many communities. he called it a big victory. but a russian spokesperson says it's becoming more urgent for moscow to achieve its military objectives. observers say that suggests russia may intensify its attacks. in the u.s., the government is stepping up sanctions. secretary of state antony blinken says dozens of people and entities have been added as the targets of sanctions. he says five are people involved in the theft of hundreds of thousands of tons of ukrainian grain. meanwhile, american researchers have released a report on how the invasion has impacted ukraine's grain industry. the report analyzed satellite images and determined 15% of ukraine's storage capacity for crops has been affected since the invasion began. >>> the international atomic energy agency's board has adopted a resolution calling on russia to end the occupation of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine. the board passed it by a majority vote on thursday. it calls on russia to i

ursula von der leyen has warned of the "strongest possible response" if european energy insfrastructure is attacked. ukraine has accused russia of causing the leaks. officials installed by russia in four occupied regions of ukraine have reported huge majorities of votes, in self—styled referendums, in favour ofjoining russia. the us secretary of state has said the votes are a "sham" and that the west will never recognise the four regions. residents of florida are preparing for the arrival of hurricane ian, which is expected to make landfall there on wednesday. the governor has already declared a state of emergency. in cuba the hurricane knocked out the electricity grid leaving the entire country without power. now on bbc news... hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin did not intend to be in the place he's in right now. he didn't want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didn't plan to forcibly mobilise military—age men across russia, and he didn't want to see internal protests spread. but this is where he is —

the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, giving her annual state of the union addressd illegally to secure the dominance of its search engine on android mobiles. the tech giant was fined by the european commission in 2018 for requiring the phones to pre—install the google search app, in order to gain access to its app store. the european general court upheld the decision, but reduced the fine slightly. google said it was disappointed by the ruling. kenneth starr, the lawyer whose investigation led to the impeachment of president clinton for lying about his affair with monica lewinsky, has died. he was 76 and suffered complications from surgery. starr was told of the affair with monica lewinsky in 1998 while investigating mr clinton's property investments. his report into the scandal found that the president had committed perjury, obstructed justice, tampered with a witness and abused his power. i want to take you back to the main story, preparations as people gathered outside buckingham palace on the mall and along the banks of the thames in order to take part in the t

position, literally at the beginning of the week we spoke with chancellor scholz and also source von der leyen regarding the prospects for the end of this year and the work in the next year, in particular, financial ones, and we understand what the budget deficit is, what the budget reduction is, what other measures we have to live by so that our deficit is about three billion dollars every month, now the war budget is monthly because each month is a separate budget, we have an annual budget, but by and large, living each month, we form a deficit, we close it, and we live this month again and again, these are the conditions the war economy, the conditions of wartime, and having leadership political positions from the united states and europe, we have a rather passive relationship with the imf, of course, we work with the imf, uh, all this time, we had good relations and a good relationship with the imf in 2014-2015 when this war started, the imf really supported the leadership supported ukraine. we received 17 billion dollars of support from the imf today, cooperation with the imf is completel

for europe, the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, in her report argued that allles because of russia insisted that the sanctions against our country were justified, but the russian economy is now torn to shreds. however, these loud theses. the european deputies immediately challenged the discussions followed by sergei kalashevsky democracy, in danger. we must fight for it every day and every minute. i call on the eu countries for solidarity at this difficult moment. the story of ursula von der lein. today was eloquent speech of the president of the european commission with the annual message. today was more like a performance, starting from the costume of ursula von derain, yellow and blue colors and ending with elena zelenskaya , who today was all in a white spectator. these are sympathetic meps. and most importantly, the enemy is insidious russia and the winter, which you need to experience emotions in the speech of the chairman the european commission went wild when she was angry. mentioned about russia as they say, it was a speech with tears in her eyes. i wa

ursula von der leyen has warned of the "strongest possible response" if european energy insfrastructure is attacked. ukraine has accused russia of causing the leaks. officials installed by russia in four occupied regions of ukraine have reported huge majorities of votes, in self—styled referendums, in favour ofjoining russia. the us secretary of state has said the votes are a "sham" and that the west will never recognise the results. residents of florida are preparing for the arrival of hurricane ian which is expected to make landfall there on wednesday. the governor has already declared a state of emergency. in cuba, the hurricane caused damage to crops, and knocked out the electricity grid. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show, i'm in tarifa, in spain, where it's definitely the windier the better as i check out the big air kitesurfing competition. oh, my god, that was so good! i loved it. we are getting artsy in southern turkey for the mardin biennial. and tick, tick, boom — we go behind the scenes at boomtown during the countdown to the opening of this year'

. >> they have outlined five proposals, as a longer lion, the commission -- ursula von der leyen, themission president said at the executive arm of the european union is proposing a mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours when it is most expensive. a cap on revenues of cuss -- companies that produce energy at a relatively low-cost, renewables. taking the money from those projects and redistributing it to vulnerable households and businesses that are struggling. also money fm fossil fuel companies to go to the same ends. and, facilitating some support for energy companies struggling with volatile energy markets at the moment. and, this cap on russian gap. -- russian gas. >> now let's hear from vitali shevchenko from bbc monitoring, particularly on vladimir putin's claims. >> president putin is a politician and former kgb operate. there is nothing in the job description for those two professions for telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. when addressing the forum he was there to do a job, to put a brave face on things. to put his best foot forward. so, he

the president of the european commission european von der leyenis commission european von der leyen isto provide some sort of relief on energy prices for businesses and consumers and i would not be surprised if there were a range of measures to provide short—term relief but again, whether any of those tackle the long—term issue which is the energy supply and demand is going up a time when supply is constrained is another matter entirely. constrained is another matter entirel . �* , ., ., entirely. and in terms of how markets are _ entirely. and in terms of how markets are pricing _ entirely. and in terms of how markets are pricing in - entirely. and in terms of how markets are pricing in the - markets are pricing in the elevated energy prices, what's the sort of, what's the latest thinking on that?— the sort of, what's the latest thinking on that? looking at my screen before _ thinking on that? looking at my screen before we _ thinking on that? looking at my screen before we came - thinking on that? looking at my screen before we came on, - thinking on that? looking at my screen before

guests from all over the world, including joe biden, emmanuel macron, justin trudeau and ursola von der leyenand distinguished representatives of ukraine, first lady alena zelenska and prime minister denys shmyhal, i will remind you that after the death of the queen of ukraine, they declared mourning for 10 days and unfurled the state flags of the queen will be buried in the memorial chapel of king george vii here what is the matter for the moment i will meet with you already at 15:00 and read more about important events on our website espresso tv also subscribe to our channels in social networks be near some become hunting washing machines and we are from ukraine and we insure our cars online at hotline-finance hotline finance insurance of course online so that ukrainians don't think about it, no matter what they talk about , it still comes out on top, war, war and our victory seven days a week from monday monday seven different spheres of human activity sports culture politics eight presenters espresso journalists experts opinion leaders in real time about the most relevant events through t

earlier, the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, stopped short of accussing russia of sabotageliberate disrpution would be met with a strong response. the eu has proposed an eighth set of sanctions against moscow over its latest escalation in ukraine. moscow has held self—styled referendums in four—occupied areas of ukraine tojoin the russian federation, announced that mobilization of reservists and issued nuclear threats. the eu says the latest measures would include new import and export bans, as well as a price cap on russian oilfor developing countries. police in the pakistani city of karachi say unidentified gunmen have opened fire inside a dental clinic, killing one chinese national and seriously injuring two others. they said the deceased had been identified as a chinese doctor who also had pakistani nationality. he had been running the clinic for a long time. no group has admitted responsibility for the shooting. us vice president kamala harris is on her way to the south korean capital seoul. once there, she's expecting to visit the demilitarised zone separating north a

that is exactly what von der leyen and the rest of the european leaders are discussing in these veryies, and we have to help them cutting taxes on energy. otherwise, the italian companies' competitiveness will be at risk. and i have to say, it is not just for italy, also for the rest of europe. if one looks at the big three west european countries — france, germany, italy, inside the eu, italy could be on the threshold of becoming the first of them to embrace a far—right government. the stakes are high. do you think the italian people understand that? the italian people are wise, and i'm sure that they will understand. until now, maybe because we were in august and the electoral campaign just started, the awareness is not complete. this is why, i think, our chances are there, and we will keep fighting until the last day of the campaign to make italian people completely aware. if you lose, how worried about the consequences are you? of course, it depends on the result, er... ..but i am confident that the country will understand in the next three weeks. and if we lose, of course, we wi

. >> i wonder, personal of underlying saying this -- urszula von der leyen saying th this will lead tossible response. but realistically, other than sanctions, what can they do? >> sanctions is their main weapon when it comes to any kind of retaliation against russia. one of the issues that the eu is grappling with is that it has this kind of myriad of different energy systems across -- each country has the new -- different energy markets and structures. and the eu doesn't rlly have a cohesive energy policy. that's trying to change. the eu is trying to change that now. we are seeing efforts by the 27 member states to come together and try and approach the energy crisis as one. but you are absolutely right. it is limited to how they can respond to this. i think this is going to feed into fears about europe's energy security. obviously, there's been lots of concern about price rises that have been feeding into inflation. the sense that europe was too dependent on russian gas has been building ovhe last few months. it has meant that countries have been reducing their dependenc on russian

, speaks optimistically about the future, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenelp restore ukraine after the end of the conflict unleashed by russia wars are possible, ukrainians are fighting for their future, they are also choosing our common values, the eu was on their side from the first day of the war with russia, we will help restore ukraine as a free, modern country on the way to the eu, but russia a humiliating military failure may not survive such an encouraging forecast, respected analysts on the portal of the atlantic council give since the collapse of the ussr there has not been such a simultaneous aggravation of several crises, including the inability of the ids to ensure stable economic development by the strengthening of differences between moscow and the federal regions , as well as the approach of military defeat or of an endless impasse in ukraine, according to the author of the article janusz bugaiskyi, today russia is unable to respond adequately to such challenges, so in the coming years, it is most likely to repeat the fate of the ussr or yug

assistance to ukraine has been proposed to be allocated at the european commission, president ursula von der leyen informed about this, according to the official, this loan complements the 10 billion euros that the european union has already provided to ukraine in the form of of financial humanitarian and military aid , let me remind you that the eu decided to provide these funds back in may, and ukraine received the first tranche in the amount of one billion euros already at the beginning of august a batch of military aid from lithuania, this time the country handed over 105-millimeter howitzers to our military, they are already on their way to ukraine. this was reported in the lithuanian ministry of defense, the department also emphasized that ukraine needs a continuous supply of weapons, so there can be no pauses, i will remind you on august 20, the minister of defense of lithuania arviddas anna - saugoskas announced the preparation of two new packages of military aid to ukraine, the shipment of grain from ukrainian ports does not stop, today four more ships with agricultural products left, but

that will become historic today in brussels, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyennt of the eu. the war in europe and the challenges it posed to the european union were included in the draft of the speech to the press, and it is already known that ursula fenderjae will speak, in particular, about the aggression that strikes peaceful infrastructure ukraine and is threatened with an ecological disaster for the whole world in the event of an accident due to the seizure of the nuclear plant by the occupier and the gas blackmail of the kremlin along with the increase in the price of energy, but there is nothing about limiting the price of russian gas, which was discussed in the eu in recent days, in the text prepared by the president of the european commission, and for the first time in history of our country in the european parliament as a guest of honor, the first lady of ukraine olena zelenskyi was invited , we will ask the correspondent of radio svoboda zoryana stepanenko more about the historic speech in the following issues of tsn escalation in nagorno-karabakh arm

on the state of the european union, with which the president of the european commission, ursola von der leyen, will address the deputies, and ukraine will be discussed in particular. more about the situation in the kharkiv region, the russians are again shelling the civilian population of the kharkiv region during the past day, the occupiers killed in the settlements of izyumsk, kupyansk and in the chuguyiv district, three people have been injured, three people have been hospitalized. this was reported by the head of the region, oleg synogubov. meanwhile, a de-occupation operation is underway in the region, the armed forces of ukraine have returned more than 300 settlements where about 150,000 people live in the liberated territory, normal life is gradually returning, synogubov says, in particular, work is ongoing with demining and restoration of critical infrastructure, people who spent almost six months under occupation receive humanitarian aid minus 350 invaders in total, initially full-scale the invasion of ukrainian lands left 53,650 russian nazis say in the general staff that the enemy

, ursula von der leyen is there. and _ commission, ursula von der leyen is there, and there you havee at this reception, which as— buckingham palace at this reception, which as i— buckingham palace at this reception, which as i say is hosted by the king — which as i say is hosted by the king and _ which as i say is hosted by the king. and the president of brazil also there as a guest at this state visit _ also there as a guest at this state visit the — also there as a guest at this state visit. the emperor ofjapan as well we know— visit. the emperor ofjapan as well we know is— visit. the emperor ofjapan as well we know is expected there. with an entourage. — we know is expected there. with an entourage, and there he is. you can see the _ entourage, and there he is. you can see the emperor ofjapan arriving 'ust see the emperor ofjapan arriving just a _ see the emperor ofjapan arriving just a little earlier to enter into the reception. as i say, hosted by the reception. as i say, hosted by the king _ the reception. as i say, hosted by the king and the queen consort, camilla — the king

minister denys myhal after a meeting with the president of the european commission , ursulo und von der leyen in brussels. european countries, shmygal also added common checkpoints - this is a step to overcome corruption at customs and speed up the passage of goods. the world leader in the music industry universal music group received the peace award from ukraine. this is reported in the office of the president of ukraine. humanitarian efforts and the historic role of music in promoting peace in the office are noted universal music group became the first music company in the world to receive such an award and on the eve of the meeting in the rammstein format, oleksiy reznikov met with the us ambassador. this was reported by the press service of the ministry of defense of ukraine . to the party for fruitful cooperation, support of ukraine and the servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine, we will rebel, we will win together the mouse- killers well, and the new prime minister of great britain became a forest of paths, the majority of members of the ruling conservative party chose her as their l

ursula von der leyen warned of the "strongest possible response" if active european energy insfrastructuretacked. seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nordstream 1 is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nordstream 2. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornholm. i just want to show you these pictures from denmark's defence command, which show bubbles on the surface of the baltic sea above the pipelines — they report the largest patch of sea disturbance is 1km wide. well, earlier, the polish prime minister went a step further and linked the incidents to the situation in ukraine. translation: we do not yet know the details of what happened - but we clearly see that this is an act of sabotage. this is an act that probably signals a new phase in the escalation of the situation in ukraine. earlier, i spoke to kristine berzina, seniorfellow at the german marshall fund of the united states. i started by asking her whether it was possible to establish whether this is sabotage or mal

sigardian also writes about the emotional speech of the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyent ukraine. putin will be defeated, and europe will win. meps and, finally, in our review about words of comfort in the british territory, the telegraph publishes a photo of condolences from the capital, on it, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, expresses his condolences in the residence of the ambassador of great britain in kyiv in connection with the death of queen elizabeth ii, the russian military invasion, this was announced in tallinn by the head of the nato military committee, admiral rob baller, according to him, the unprovoked russian war against the ukrainians was the beginning of a new era of global security, he emphasized that before nato there is a sacred task to protect a billion citizens who live on its territory to always plan and think ahead and that the alliance is ready to expect the unexpected extraordinary courage of the ukrainian armed forces and ukrainian of the people again and again as brothers of the mountain over the opponent nato allies will suppor

rehabilitation center of ukraine in in lviv, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyensit kyiv, she informed about this during her annual address to the european parliament, the rolaien foundation also announced plans for further rapprochement between ukraine and the european union, in particular, she mentioned the successful joining of ukraine to the european electricity grid , thanks to which our country began to export electricity to the eu. two weeks apart, the head of the european commission promised that the eu would allocate 100 million euros for the reconstruction and reconstruction of ukrainian schools damaged as a result of the russian russian aggression, a rocket destroyed more than 70 ukrainian schools, more than 1 million ukrainian children started the school year in the european union , sending their children to school, ukrainians prepare them an alarming bag with socks, water and medicine. these are simply terrible things, so i want to announce that we will work with ukraine on rehabilitation ukrainian schools denmark will train the ukrainian military, th

assistance to ukraine this statement was voiced by the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, according to the official, and the new package should be handed over this week, the aid is an addition to the previous ten billion which europe has already provided to ukraine due to russian provocation zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is one step away from a radiation disaster russia is only interested in the situation remained the worst for as long as possible, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, stated this, according to him, while our state controlled the station, there was no threat of radiation danger, and the next shelling of the territory of the air force means that the terrorist state does not care what mother russia says, it does not care what the international community decides, and this can be fixed only by strengthening the sanctions, the head of our state notes, let's listen to the direct language of what the international community will decide. russia is only interested in the situation remaining the worst and for the longest time, this can be corrected only

but the eu commission chief ursula von der leyen argues that this is because they need to weaken whatabout, that hold president putin has over europe, as well as pointing to a key ethical concern. she actually explains that, we can listen to that now. we all know that our sanctions are deeply grinding into the russian economy, with a heavy negative impact. but putin is partially buffering through fossil fuel revenues, so here the objective is that we must cut russia's revenues which putin uses to finance his atrocious war in ukraine. so she's talking about denting president putin's financial war chest for his invasion of ukraine and she also argued that the eu has taken other steps already. for example, when it comes to gas storage that is up to 82%. she says the eu has also managed to find other supply from countries like the us, norway, algeria as well as some other countries and remember that 40% figure of eu gas imports from russia 7 she says that has already been brought down to 9% so the eu is continuing to look for major solutions to a major problem and on friday, eu energy min