Category: 9. Business

“This is an exercise in careful listening for President Trump”, said White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt, noting that the talks may not produce immediate results and that the one-on-one discussions are “part of the plan”. The Trump administration is…

President Zelenskyy told reporters that during a recent video conference with US President Donald Trump, special envoy Steve Witkoff and several European leaders “gave a signal” concerning Russia’s potential readiness for a ceasefire. According to Zelenskyy, they…

Thursday, August 14, 2025

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On August 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Unecha oil pumping station in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. The facility provides oil transportation for two oil pipelines simultaneously and can pump 60 million tons of raw materials per year. Unecha…

NBU data shows that during the war the volume of repatriated business dividends now reaches $3.3B. It is noted that before the war, foreign businesses increased the transfer of dividends to parent companies overseas. In January 2022, businesses repatriated about $100M….

According to the NBU, the share of NPLs in the banking sector as of July 1 had decreased to 27%, their lowest level since the start of the full-scale invasion, when non-performing loans accounted for over 39%.

“In just six months, this figure fell by 3.3 percentage…

Driven by a memorandum issued by the Ukrainian government to finance the restoration of energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks, banks have worked to fund projects to restore electricity generation totaling 993 MW of capacity, the NBU reported. Additionally,…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that oil inventories will grow by 2.96 million barrels per day in 2026, faster than the growth seen at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Oil demand is expected to increase by just 680,000 barrels per day this year (the…

The EBRD and Naftogaz have signed a record-breaking €500M agreement that will allow Ukraine to replenish its gas reserves in preparation for the heating season, announced Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. This loan is the largest EBRD project in Ukraine and one of the…

US President Donald Trump is seeking to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, and Europe holds hundreds of billions of euros in frozen Russian assets, which could serve as leverage. Brussels is currently working to redirect interest from these assets to provide support…