From July 2025 to January 2026, seven months of the 2025/26 marketing year, Ukraine exported 18.6 million tons of grain, which is 24% less than during the same period last season. In monetary terms, exports decreased 18%.
Several factors are causing the slowdown in grain…
Russian Urals crude is being sold at nearly a $15-per-barrel discount compared to Brent crude, including shipping and other costs. At the start of the year, the discount was $10 per barrel. In the four weeks ending February 8, exports averaged 3.33 million barrels per…
This move is reportedly driven by the White House’s strong push for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia to be completed in the spring. President Zelenskyy is expected to announce a plan for presidential elections and a referendum on February 24, the fourth…
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said she would recommend a list of demands that Europe expects from Russia in order to settle the war in Ukraine. She emphasized that the conditions should be set for the Russians, not the Ukrainians. “Everyone at the negotiating…
Kuriyar, a chicken producer with its main facilities in the Lviv region, has obtained ₴1B ($23M) in loans from the First Ukrainian International Bank during the war. The company is building a growth model that extends beyond its production, relying on cooperation with…
President of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation Leonid Kozachenko believes that Ukraine could increase its annual agricultural exports from $24.2B to over $100B by its shifting focus from raw material exports to producing products that have been more processed….
During the domestic government bond auction on February 10, the Ministry of Finance secured ₴12.6B for the state budget. This week, investors showed the highest interest in long-term securities.
The results of the placement are as follows:
Occam Industries, a London-based developer of autonomous drone systems, has secured €3M in a pre-seed round led by Czech Presto Tech Horizons, with participation from Antler, Freedom Fund, TYR.vc, and other international investors, which it will use to accelerate…
The Aurora multimarket chain recently launched another sorting center in Vinnytsia. In less than two months, residents collected over 1.9 tons of waste for recycling. The company’s environmental initiative, called Aurora Green, aims to foster a culture of conscious…
“The enemy will try to divide us into gas islands, as with electricity”, said Andriy Zakrevsky, deputy director of Ukraine’s Energy and Natural Resources Association. He noted that attacks on the country’s gas facilities continue, but Russia’s priorities have…