According to Andriy Pyshny, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, inflation reached its peak as expected in May and began to decrease in June, amounting to 14.3% year-on-year. At the same time, it was higher than forecast, mainly due to the negative impact of weather…
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The Ukrainian government is launching a grant program to establish a complete explosives production cycle.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a new grant competition under the Brave1 project to develop a full explosives manufacturing cycle in Ukraine, announced Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. The initiative’s main aim is to achieve a full production cycle. According to…
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The EU has imported €1B worth of Russian metal products in five months, but Russian metallurgists’ profits are declining.
According to Eurostat, from January to May 2025, despite sanctions, the EU imported 2.57 million tons (+1.1% compared to the same period last year) of metallurgical products from Russia, with a cost of €1.06B. Most of these imports are semi-finished products; in five…
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More resources for defense: Zelenskyy signs decree to audit state budget spending.
President Zelenskyy has signed a decree aimed at reducing bureaucratic procedures and initiating an immediate audit of state expenditures. The president emphasized that he expects concrete results from the Ukrainian government within a month. The main goals are to…
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Despite record spending on the war, the Russian military-industrial complex will gradually decline.
Experts from the British think tank Chatham House noted that the Russian Federation is spending unprecedented amounts on its war against Ukraine, but as a result of sanctions imposed by the West, it is losing the ability to modernize its army. Russia plans to spend 6.3%…
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The largest frozen bakery plant in Ukraine has been opened in Transcarpathia with a ₴400M investment.
Bakery Food Investment launched a new frozen bakery facility in Khust, Transcarpathian region, with the total investment of ₴400M ($9.5M). BFI acquired the site in September 2024, and by May 2025, they had launched the first of five production lines. Four of these…
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The third round of talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations concluded in Istanbul without any breakthroughs.
After the meeting, Rustem Umerov, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, said that Ukraine had proposed a leaders’ meeting with the involvement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Donald Trump that will take place by the end of August.
“Only a…
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President Zelenskyy has signed a law that limits the independence of the NABU and SAPO: How have Ukraine’s international allies responded?
President Zelenskyy approved a bill that increases the influence of the Prosecutor General’s Office over investigations by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). He believes that the NABU…
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Ukrainian banks are planning to ease lending conditions for households and businesses.
According to the NBU, Ukrainian banks have eased lending standards for households for the fifth consecutive quarter and for businesses for the first time since the third quarter of 2024. In the second quarter, banks generally simplified the terms for providing loans to…
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How much did Ukraine earn from vegetable oil exports in 2025?
The main buyers of Ukrainian sunflower oil from January to June this year were Spain and Italy, which accounted for 12.88% and 12.18% of exports, respectively, followed by India with an 11.77% share. These countries spent $357M, $337.5M, and $326M on Ukrainian sunflower…
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