Category: 9. Business

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, around 222,000 new apartments have been completed. The highest numbers are in the Kyiv (84,900), Lviv (27,700), and Odesa regions (24,300), according to the LUN real estate portal. As of October, 1,500 residential projects had…

Ukraine is now using FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to target Russian energy facilities, which are much faster than drones, fly at an altitude of 50 meters above the ground, have a range of over 3,000 kilometers, and feature a warhead weighing 1,150 kilograms, giving them…

Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Grynchuk stated that the United States and Ukraine could, in addition to importing American energy resources to sell in Europe, also utilize the joint mineral agreement to export energy produced in Ukraine to European partners. One such…

According to the Ukrainian president, currently over 40% of the weapons used by Ukraine’s Armed Forces are produced domestically or in partnership with Ukraine. The government and local manufacturers aim to increase this to 50% this year. Zelenskyy added that over the…

Ukrainian authorities emphasize that a future €140B EU reparation loan, backed by frozen Russian assets, could be used not only for the country’s defense but also to close the budget deficit. The Ministry of Finance believes Kyiv needs funds for a wide range of…

The European Commission is assessing existing EU budgets and legal frameworks in order to allocate additional resources for the drone industry’s development, which will become a vital part of defense equipment production. Despite opposition from several Southern…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has reiterated his criticism of the EU’s stance on the Russian-Ukrainian war. He states that Bratislava’s foreign policy aims not for Russia’s defeat but for ending the war as soon as possible. He added that if the EU “spent as…

Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė, during a meeting with Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Svyrydenko in Kyiv, stated that Vilnius plans to further strengthen its support for Ukraine. The government is committed to allocating at least 0.25% of GDP to Ukraine’s…

The Greek government intends to strengthen Ukraine’s military by sending self-propelled howitzers, shells, and missiles valued at €199.4M. Specifically, the military aid package will include 60 M110A2 self-propelled howitzers and 150,000 203 mm shells of various…

ICU analysts reported that in September the Ministry of Finance issued new bonds in various currencies totaling ₴51B, which helped improve refinancing levels by a few percentage points compared to August. As a result, hryvnia debt refinancing increased by four…