In particular, this is support for ukrainian institutions, improvement of legislation and development of entrepreneurship in the regions. Ukrainian businessmen admit that without the intervention of the European Union it would be extremely difficult. After the start of the war , everything intensified to such an extent that our donor organizations began to work with us, representatives of the european delegation began to work. Representatives of dj grow started working with us. In order to understand what Business Needs today, and although a few years ago ukrainian exports were dominated by Large Companies that mostly supplied Raw Materials and industrial products, now the world market Small Enterprises that increase their sales every year are also conquering, the priority market for them is the European Union, although experts claim that such geography should be expanded, in fact the European Union today has little or no foundations left, come on. It is not the only one, but the main market for which the ukrainian exporter supplies its products, and precisely in order for this competition, which is being created in europe today, to turn into a partnership, we must diversify our sales and due to the increase and expansion of geography, however, precisely the European Union offers comprehensive support to ukrainian enterprises, in particular through grant competitions, projects and various initiatives. Support, we also help ukraine to quickly gain access to the market and regulated rapprochement, and all this in the context of a reliable business climate, a Business Environment provided by the rule of law as the main element and basis for joining the European Union. Therefore, small and mediumsized businesses can become not only the basis of the ukrainian economy and the basis of our postwar recovery, but also to conquer markets all over the world. These are the prospects for ukrainian business, but how ukrainian entrepreneurs will be able, in fact, to conquer more european markets, how they will be able to adapt in the countries of the European Union, we will talk about this with valery pekar, public figure, entrepreneur, teacher of the kyivmohyla business school. Mr. Valery, i congratulate you. Good afternoon, mr. Oleksandr. Well, here, indeed, one of the skeptics can say. What small and mediumsized businesses, what coffee shops, what hair salons, what small processing plants enterprises, because the bet must be placed on large taxpayers, in particular on plants, on factories, this is despite the fact that a lot of the capacities of these combines have been lost, captured by the russians, destroyed, what are your estimates, are small and mediumsized businesses really, as in the European Union can restore and accelerate the growth of ukrainian gdp. I would not here contrast small and Medium Business with Large Business from the point of view of economic recovery, because the role of Large Business in the recovery is really, the main one, it has has the greatest power and can immediately begin projects of restoration of development, small and mediumsized businesses perform rather slightly different functions in the economy and in society, small and mediumsized businesses, first of all, are the only source of creation of the middle class, and the middle. Class is the only social a group that creates a real demand for democracy, because , in fact, neither the oligarchs nor the lunatics particularly need democracy, just as neither the oligarchs nor the lunatics need a good world in the country, but the middle class needs it, because oligarchs can study theirs somewhere abroad, lumpans can study theirs somewhere in the yard , ah, besides, small and mediumsized businesses perform a number of other social functions, this is the fight against poverty, this is balanced employment. This is regional development, these are the first projects restored in small communities, before large investments appear there, this is social cohesion and sustainability, and all these functions are extremely important, that is, we cannot say that the only function is to pay taxes or to develop Economic Growth, and actually all of these functions were investigated on several foresights, i. E. Studies of the future , commissioned by both the Development Program of the United Nations organization and various structures of the European Union, and several factors turned out to be key it turned out that ukraine can be successful. And as a country and as a member of the European Union, i. E. Ours, our european integration will be of high quality and will be a win for both sides and for ukraine and for the European Union only if we bet on the accelerated development of small and mediumsized businesses, precisely because what it creates such necessary demands for democracy, education and innovation, precisely because it increases social stability and cohesion, precisely because it creates enormous opportunities for those people who will return to ukraine, because not the return of those who left, is one of the main problems, is a key challenge of postwar ukraine , therefore, in the process of european integration, a huge fork awaits us, will we be able to preserve mass entrepreneurship in ukraine, and i have always been sure that ukraine is such a country of kulaks, in a good sense of its words, selfsufficient, selfcharging people, do we risk losing all of this if we negotiate european integration , with the aim of very quickly, not on our terms, under any conditions, yielding to any ukrainian interests, in order to very quickly achieve formal results, losing at the same time the basis of ukrainian strength and stability, and here very positive and very negative scenarios await us, mr. Valery, well, as for me, ukrainian business even before the great war, in fact, it seems to me, so externally, at least i was already mentally, in essence. Integrated, i followed the stories when the ukrainian mediumsized entrepreneur was already essentially gaining european markets, and these stories of specific businesses, specific entrepreneurs only made me happy, but now in the conditions of a great war, it is quite difficult, for example, not to enter the foreign market of some country of the European Union, but at least to focus on production, if it is a processing industry in the middle of the state. To what extent do we now need specific grant programs, specific programs from the European Union, in order to perhaps restore, relocate the enterprise, gain momentum, and then, for example , to enter other markets, in fact, this is one of the big challenges facing business and the government today, to use the funds that today we receive for the restoration of ukrainian economic capacity, for Ukrainian Development for growth, and not just to eat this money, for example, by directing it to social payments, and thus again remaining without business and without money, we need to use every penny, every cent we get as carefully as possible, in order to start rapid Economic Growth, and in addition , we need to radically change the level of Economic Freedom, before the great invasion of the state into the first. By january 22, ukraine was ranked 130th in the world in terms of Economic Freedom, in fact such Economic Freedom leaves no chance for quality recovery, modernization of growth, this means that this situation must be radically changed and the government plans for a radical change. A decisive change in the level of Economic Freedom, but of course all this must be implemented, and here the obstacles are not only the problems of ukrainian state administration and ukrainian politics. But also many problems of mass consciousness, problems of ukrainian culture, mistrust of entrepreneurship, which is still we are being watched, and many other problems, so one way or another, and of course we have very big challenges, and i want to say that war is always destruction, blood, death and suffering, but war creates a chance for quality. Economic jump and there are nations and countries that used this chance and you can study their positive experience, there are nations and countries that wasted this chance, you can study their negative experience, i would very much like to make all decisions based on this positive and negative experience, so the key point is this european integration, which preserves and multiplies ukrainian microsmall and mediumsized businesses, which means preserves and multiplies democracy, the demand for improved education, and our innovative focus, then , by the way, ukraine is often compared with by israel, and this happened , even before, even before, it often happened when tragic. Events began in israel, so i want to say that israel, in fact, in the midst of enemies, managed to create a very dynamic, innovative economy and essentially the only dynamic venture ecosystem outside of the United States of america. What became the key factor here, because there are also challenges there, as well as a lot of other problems, including the poverty in which the country began, studying from experience and comparing it with ukraine shows that israel always strictly adhered to the principles of democracy and Economic Freedom. The result of this was its Economic Growth and , in fact, a breakthrough into the sphere of the new economy, the result of this, by the way, mr. Oleksandr, was the strengthening of National Defense capabilities, which is absolutely necessary for ukraine, because russia is not going anywhere. Mr. Valery, what specific steps are needed now for business to continue in the face of a fullscale invasion. Integration, as it was before the great war, as far as the European Union is possible to give certain recommendations to the ukrainian government, so that the government is consistent, not predictable, not unpredictable , as some businessmen say, how to give hope to ukrainian small and mediumsized businesses, that they are supported in the eu internal market, if an entrepreneur goes there with his goods and services, you know , if i could give advice to our dear president , i would say, take the development of ukrainian exports as the slogan of your campaign, do Everything Possible so that small and mediumsized businesses in ukraine grow and can to export, then it will become the basis of the ukrainian economic breakthrough and it will be good for everyone, from political leaders to people , to pensioners who receive a pension, they receive a pension from the fruits of Economic Growth, and not from some abstract bedside table, first things first , which must be done, related to economic liberalization and improvement of business conditions, obviously there is a wellknown list of what needs to be done, it is a transparent tax reform, it is transparency in customs, it is to finally bring order to by Law Enforcement agencies that investigate economic crimes, this is antimonopoly reform, this is the end of privatization, and deregulation, at the same time it is necessary to prepare a team for negotiations with the European Union, as poland once did, when polish negotiators, in order to ensure the best conditions for of the polish economy, worked on every possible platform with european and brussels officials for the freedom of polish business and were able to negotiate very important economic terms for poland, as a result of which that when the Global Financial crisis of 20089 began, poland was an economy that did not collapse under the impact of this crisis, precisely because it was powerful, dynamic, and the negotiations with the European Union were conducted qualitatively, we must show the European Union that highquality european integration is a win for both ukraine and the European Union, while lowquality, formally , quickly and mindlessly conducted european integration is a failure for both ukraine and the European Union, because ukraine is so weak that it is not capable of anything, absolutely no one needs, she is not capable. Protect neither itself nor europe, is not capable of being a reliable trading partner, is not capable of being a field for investment and is not needed by anyone. Thank you, i really agree with you, now is really the time to write these rules, conclude, negotiate and have a perspective for the restoration of ukraine in the future. This was valery pekar, public figure, entrepreneur, teacher of the kyivmohyla business school, these are the current prospects for ukrainian small and mediumsized enterprises, i am oleksandr morchevka, i am saying goodbye to you, watch us thanks to oleksandr morchyvka, and now its time to talk about sports. Donets shakhtar today will play the third game in the Group Tournament of the Champions League, against him will be the legendary and starstudded barcelona. What are shakhtars chances, with what attitude does it approach the game, and what are barcelonas losses before this match, lets see. Listen, yevhen pastukhov, tell more. Donets miners are visiting camp nou, the miners are playing a match of the third round of the Uefa Champions League group stage against barcelona. The meeting started at 7 45 p. M kyiv time. At 10 p. M. Kyiv time, also in group h, the antwerp port match will begin. The new head coach of the champion of ukraine, marino, will watch shakhtars actions from the bench. Pushych, the club announced the agreement with him the day before. The 52yearold bosnian specialist signed a contract with the donetsk team until the end of the season on 20252026. In recent years, pussic worked as an assistant head coach in the dutch feyenoord, but he himself has experience as a head coach, in particular in twente. The miner took the lead because he liked what was offered project. I had a good feeling about this project and the people, they were able to convince me of it. I see Great Potential in this young team. So the combination of these two things made me take a new step. Of course, later we will develop and get to know each other better every day. I believe that players can improve themselves and reach a higher level. Let me remind you that after the resignation of patrick vanleuven, dario sorna was appointed acting head coach of the miner. Today he is also in the training room benches the day before, the Champions League matches were played in four groups. In quartet e, bayern beat galatasaray 3 1 away. Manchester united defeated copenhagen 1 0. The hero of the evening for the red devils is stavotar. Andrey onan, who deflected a penalty kick in the 97th minute of the match. In group b, arsenal beat sevilla 21. And lance and psv drew 1 1. In group c, napoli secured three points in germany, Beating Union berlin 10. In the other match of the evening, real beat braga 2 1 away. Another goal for the blancos scored by jude bellingham. The englishman became only the second real madrid player after cristian carambe to impress. Opponents in each of his first three Champions League matches in a galaacticos shirt. In the quartet, inter milan beat saalzburg 2 1, and benfica lost to real socida 0 1 on their own field. The goalkeeper of the Ukrainian National team, anatoliy trubin, defended the goal of the lisbon team in this confrontation. Dnipro1 won the fifth consecutive victory in the championship of ukraine. Today, in the postponed match of the first round, yuris team maksimova took it. Three points against poltava vorskla. The game ended with a score of 3 2. Another victory allowed dnipro1 to climb to the fourth place in the standings of the ukrainian premier league. Well, lets wait for the match between shakhtar and barcelona, or barcelona and shakhtar, and weve already waited for Serhii Rudenko and his announcement of the verdict program, which starts at 8 p. M. Serhiy, congratulations, i would like to speak to you. Congratulations to vasyl, at 20 00 we start the verdict, today we will have two guests, a veteran of the russianukrainian war, and the former platoon commander of the aidar battalion, yevhen dykiy, and Major General of the armed forces of ukraine in the reserve, serhiy krivoonos, lets talk about the situation on the eastern front, first of all, around avdiyivka, and also what the enemy wants in donbas, and of course, of course , we will recall the night shelling of the khmelnytskyi region, quite powerfully , they shelled the khmelnytskyi region this night, zelenskyi promises retaliatory strikes against russia, what kind of strikes they will be and where they will hit , and in the end, will they work in any way on the russian occupiers, i hope that my dear experts will tell me, well , in the meantime, donald trump said that putin and Intelligence Officers under obama stole some superduper blueprints, some extraordinary missiles, and according to