The Economist. Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer.

And I'm Rosie Bloor. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

When we've talked in the recent past about AI eating jobs, the data just haven't supported it.

But more job data are rolling in all the time, and one pattern is peeking out.

Among firms that are adopting AI hiring at the junior level is peeking out. Among firms that are adopting AI, hiring at the junior level, is flattening.

And I've always fancied being one of those people at the airport

who pulls out a sheaf of passports and blasts through security with the most useful document.

Sadly, I only have one.

But today I've been given some pointers of which

passports are the most powerful. But first... For the fourth year in a row now, Ukrainians are hunkering down for a winter of war.

On the front lines, the mud of the autumn will freeze solid and disappear under snow.

Territorial gains will become even more improbable.

This year, Russia has taken less than a percent of Ukrainian land.

Away from the front lines, civilians can expect Russia to continue strikes on energy infrastructure.

For many, the season will be very dark and very, very cold.

When times are good, you stock up for winter.

But in Ukraine, in many ways, the cupboard is bare.

So this is another pivotal moment in the Ukraine war.

Patrick Fowles is the economist's foreign editor.

That's because Ukraine faces a funding crunch, and the only body that can answer that for

Ukraine is Europe, and it needs to step up.

Why specifically is this a pivotal moment, do you think?

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