Category: 9. Business

In early May 2025, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko signed a historic agreement with the United States of America that established a reconstruction investment fund on behalf of Ukraine. This document went through several stages of…

Unlike the Trump administration, few in Europe believe Moscow will agree to a ceasefire. One Ukrainian official believes Russia’s main goal now is to seize Odesa, which Putin sees as a historically Russian city, and without it, Ukraine will lose access to the Black…

To end the conflict, Russia demands Ukrainian authorities stop training soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Western countries.

“The participation or complicity of other countries in the military conflict is a key point that must be stopped. Both in the form of…

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities (UGS) exceeded eight billion cubic meters as of June 28. These facilities are now at 25.9% of their capacity. Compared to last year, UGS stores currently hold 19.6%, or 1.95 billion cubic meters, less…

The IMF’s baseline scenario assumes the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine by the end of 2025. According to IMF expectations, if peace is reached Ukraine’s economic growth will rise to 4.5% in 2026. However, Ukraine needs guarantees and resources for economic…

As of mid-2025, at least eight foreign companies have already opened or plan to open arms production facilities in Ukraine. These includes research, assembly, maintenance, and repair operations, as well as full-scale production of armored vehicles, artillery, ammunition,…

The IMF Executive Board approved an additional tranche to Ukraine under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). As a result, Ukraine has already received the ninth tranche of approximately $500M under the program. In total, payments under the program amount to $10.6B out of…

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy is working to create a storage network, as currently 35% of the Ukrainian vegetable harvest does not reach consumers due to poor storage conditions. Many storage facilities have been destroyed by the Russians, resulting in the loss of more…

According to analysts, in the 2024/2025 marketing year (July-June) Ukraine exported 40.1 million tons of grain, which is 10.5 million tons, or 21%, less than in the 2023/2024 marketing year. The physical volume of corn exports dropped by 7.6 million tons, and wheat by…

The European Investment Fund, part of the EIB Group, and Finnvera, Finland’s export credit agency, are initiating this pilot program to assist Finnish companies in exporting to Ukraine. The agreement enables Finnvera to offer export credits to Finnish companies trading…