In 2025, the poverty rate in Ukraine rose to 41.6%, up from 37% a year earlier. At the same time, income inequality increased, while the poorest households faced declines in real wages and pensions....
Russian company Wildberries is building warehouses in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, with a total area of about 260,000 square meters. The facilities are planned to be commissioned in the first...
Russian marketplace Wildberries has begun searching for warehouse space in Kazakhstan after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on logistics centers in Russia. The company is considering facilities...
The Kremlin is increasingly financing its war through covert money creation, using state-owned banks to purchase federal loan bonds. Although formally presented as ordinary government borrowing, the...
Ships have temporarily stopped entering Ukrainian ports due to Russian attacks. However, there is currently no full blockade of maritime exports. Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi...
Over the past three days, Russian forces have deliberately attacked Naftogaz gas production facilities in the Kharkiv region. The strikes caused a fire, damaged equipment and led to the loss of part...
The government is launching a special mechanism for the controlled export of Ukrainian weapons and defense technologies. This was announced by Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko. According to her,...
Ukraine is investing almost UAH 1 billion in the production of Ukrainian-made explosives. This was announced by Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. According to him, the Brave1 cluster has summed up...
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates entered into force on July 1, 2026. The document provides for the creation of a free trade zone between...
Ukraine is working with the United Kingdom to finance its defense using frozen Russian assets. The key priorities are air defense, long-range munitions and Ukrainian-made drones. Defense Minister...
Another €3.9 billion from the European Union has been transferred to the special fund of Ukraine’s State Budget. The money will be used to finance priority defense needs. Prime Minister Yulia...
Russian forces carried out massive attacks on Naftogaz production facilities in Poltava and Kharkiv regions, the company reported. Over the past two days, the enemy used at least four ballistic...
Ukraine signed 160 agreements worth more than €10 billion following the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk. Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced the results. According to her, the...
Ukraine secured new international support for energy and transport on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk. The package includes energy agreements worth more than €1...
Ukraine has received the first tranche of the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan worth €3.2 billion. The funds have already been transferred to the state budget, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said....
Economic analyst Stanimir Dobrev said that the Russian authorities have no plan to overcome the fuel shortage and effectively can only hope that the situation will not lead to fuel protests by the...
Ukraine has submitted an official updated application for membership in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and hopes to receive candidate-country status this autumn. President...
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided that Ihor Smelyanskyi, CEO of JSC Ukrposhta, does not meet the professional suitability requirements established for the head of a financial payment services...
Fuel sales at gas stations have been temporarily suspended in occupied Crimea. This was reported by Sergei Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed “boss” of the temporarily occupied peninsula. According...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to discuss continued support for Ukraine and future cooperation with the IMF. The...
The United Kingdom has announced new energy sanctions against Russia and signed an agreement to supply enriched uranium to Ukrainian nuclear power plants for the next two years. Prime Minister Keir...
The International Monetary Fund has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukraine on the first review of the four-year $8.1 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, according to an IMF press...
Residents of Krasnodar, Anapa and the Temryuk district in Russia’s Krasnodar region are reporting widespread gasoline shortages at filling stations. Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said there...
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is working on mechanisms to export domestically produced weapons and aims to turn arms exports into a long-term source of economic strength. Kyiv also...
Ukraine is not only restoring parts of its energy system damaged by Russian attacks but is also building a new, more resilient, decentralized, and environmentally friendly model based on the...