Serhiy Koretsky

Economy and business Ukraine's government moved forward with plans to sell state-owned shares in two banks, Sensebank and Ukrgazbank.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretsky said a new commission would organize the sale process, decide which buyers could take part, and review starting prices.

International financial organizations and European Union institutions may join its work.

The sale has not yet happened.

Nobody has reconciled those numbers publicly, and we are not going to pretend they reconcile.

What was hit? The Prime Minister, Serhii Koretskyi, says all three of Kyiv's combined heat and power stations were attacked, along with critical infrastructure in the surrounding oblast that feeds the capital and the central regions.

A water pumping station was knocked out, dropping pressure in the Pechersk district.

Beyond the capital, a heating and power plant in Kharkiv City and strikes reported in Zhytomyr Oblast, Sumy, and Chernihiv.

The funds will be partly offset by cuts to the five-year plan for Arab society, running from 169 million shekels in 2027 to 453 million in 2029.

Those are the government's own published figures.

Separately, the Prime Minister wrote that today marked one year since the release of all the hostages, the living and the fallen alike.

That is not accurate, and the Times of Israel said so in its own pages.

If this winter in Ukraine is difficult, as the whole world expects, we are ready to receive as many people as need safety.

Speaking about preparations for the coming winter, Prime Minister Serhii Koretsky said Ukraine is better prepared than last year.

but warned that Russia has strengthened its own capabilities by stockpiling jet-powered drones and missiles.

And by the way, Moldova has done a smashing job.

Ukrainian Politics and Government the government announced another stage of reform of the state administration.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretsky said more than 4,000 vacant positions in central government bodies will be removed.

The number of deputy ministers is expected to fall by about 20%, while deputy heads of other central agencies may be cut by almost 18%.

A new KIS poll also showed that 75% of Ukrainians are open to negotiations with Russia to end the conflict.

Ukrainian leaders are desperate to enact more reforms once Parliament reconvenes on the twelfth of October, which could unlock as much as 20 billion euros by the end of the year.

Zelenskyy thanked the EU and Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said, "We are speeding up the adoption of all governmental decisions as much as possible.

We are also working with the Parliament to pass the necessary bills as quickly as possible."

Mm.

And here is the problem.

Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi warns that Ukraine could lose much of the $29.5 billion it expects this year.

A tranche of 3.7 billion euros depends on laws that parliament has already twice rejected.

One of them would end the tax exemption on small parcels.

I think the enemy plans to attack important high voltage power transmission lines." Now, there were some power outages during the day, and last night, Ukraine's energy ministry said emergency power outages had been introduced in the capital city and the wider Kyiv Oblast, as well as in Chernihiv and Zhytomyr Oblasts following repeated Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Last night, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said, "Since the summer, there's been practically no day when the enemy has not attacked energy infrastructure.

But such a massive and combined attack has occurred for the first time since the end of the last heating season." Now Ukraine's Air Force said that between 6:30 AM and 6:30 PM local time yesterday, Wednesday, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 254 of 285 drones, including a Geran-4 over Rivne in western Ukraine, which viewers on our YouTube channel can see now.

Among the strike package, Russian forces launched 174 jet powered drones, 146 of which were intercepted by Ukrainian forces.