US president Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before his White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has pressed the US leader to sell Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles that can reach deeper into Russian…
Category: 9. Business
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Trump plans to discuss Ukraine’s desire to “go on the offensive” with Zelenskyy in Washington.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine wants to take the military initiative and plans to discuss this with President Zelenskyy today and decide on the next steps. The US President also urged President Vladimir Putin to “stop killing Ukrainians and Russians” and had…
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How will a €140B reparations loan tied to frozen Russian assets help Ukraine?
According to ICU, if this decision is approved Ukraine will receive much-needed guarantees that its fiscal needs will be fully met even in the event of the unfavorable scenario of a prolonged war. Additionally, with the loan the National Bank will be able to fully manage…
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Ukraine will require $60B in external funding in 2026-2027 to cover the budget deficit and bolster the energy sector.
During the eighth meeting of the Ministerial Roundtable in Washington, Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko highlighted the need to establish new formats of cooperation and a mechanism for securing frozen Russian assets now, to ensure a balanced budget next year…
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The largest contribution to the Ukrainian economy’s recovery in the second quarter came from private consumption.
The slowdown in the country’s economic growth to 0.7% annually, noted the National Bank, is mainly due to seasonal factors, based on revised data from the State Statistics Service. “The actual growth rate of real GDP was lower than the NBU estimate published in the…
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Trump plans to establish a victory fund for Ukraine, financed by new tariffs on China.
US President Donald Trump has already directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to discuss this plan with his European colleagues in order to obtain their support before President Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington on Friday October 17. Specifically, there is a plan to…
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The expansion of business lending has become the primary factor driving Ukraine’s banking sector recovery.
Despite the ongoing war and elevated risks, Ukraine’s banking system is performing notably well in recent years: banks’ net assets increased by 4% in the first eight months of 2025, and the hryvnia loan portfolio increased by 33.7% year-on-year, according to Deputy…
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Ukrainian enterprises have worsened their business activity assessments and remain in a state of restrained pessimism.
In the third quarter of 2025, businesses maintained positive assessments of their activity over the next 12 months. Respondents continued to expect an increase in the production of goods and services in Ukraine and were also optimistic about the development of their own…
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Update on EU trade rules: Quotas for exporting certain Ukrainian goods will increase several times by the end of October.
The revised conditions of the free trade zone between Ukraine and the EU allow for higher quotas for duty-free exports of several Ukrainian agricultural products. The most significant increases will be for honey, eggs, wheat, and sugar. Specifically, the honey quota will…
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The profitability of Ukrainian agricultural lands is on the rise: Analysts have released indicators based on last season’s results.
According to Agrohub research conducted among 14 agricultural holdings covering a total area of 1.7 million hectares across eight macro-regions of Ukraine, the actual EBITDA for the 2024 season after selling main crops stands at $446 per hectare. The initial forecast at…
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