the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were scheduled. to
last month s purchasing managers index a measure of the health of the economy was 10.9. the figure was well below the 50.3 economists had forecast. faltering activity in the uk was mirrored in the eurozone, where the index fell to a 33 month low of a7. both figures will be closely monitored by bank of england and ecb policymakers ahead of their next interest rate decisions. joining me now is chris williamson, chief business economist at s&p global market intelligence. s&p global is the company behind the pmi data. good to see you. does this mean the uk is heading into a recession? mat uk is heading into a recession? not a recession uk is heading into a recession? iirrt a recession yet, but certainly a downturn. the figures are consistent with the economy contracting midway through the third quarter. we have seenin through the third quarter. we have seen in ice growth the spring after the problems of last autumn with the trust budgets and so forth, but