The US-Ukraine Recovery Fund was officially launched on 23 May following the exchange of the relevant documents in Kyiv by Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy Julie S. Davis and Ukrainian Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. The fund is a key element of the recently concluded minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States, […]
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Ukrainian exports increased 4.5% in March 2025 as wartime economic recovery continues
Ukraine exported goods worth over $3.6 billion during March 2025, representing a 4.5% increase compared to the figure for the same period in 2024, according to Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. “Despite the headwinds associated with Russia’s ongoing invasion, Ukraine’s export market continues to grow,” she commented. Ukraine’s top […]
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DTEK unveils wartime Ukraine’s largest investment with €450 million wind farm expansion
Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK has unveiled plans for the EUR 450 million expansion of its Tyligulska Wind Power Plant in Mykolaiv region close to southern Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. The news was announced at the World Economic Forum in January, and came after the Ukrainian energy giant reached a financing agreement with lenders […]
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Ukraine prepares to showcase game-changing defense tech innovations at February forum in Kyiv
Ukraine is currently shaping the future of global defense technologies. This should come as no surprise. After all, for today’s Ukrainians, defense tech innovation is a matter of national survival. Innovative defense tech solutions are playing a critical role in the Ukrainian war effort as the country seeks to counter Russia’s overwhelming advantages in both […]
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Ukraine’s rapidly expanding defense tech sector is poised for further growth in 2025
Ukraine’s defense tech sector looks set to continue its strong growth trajectory in 2025. Since 2017, Ukrainian startups have shown resilience with a consistent 25% annual growth rate. This trend has continued in wartime conditions and will only strengthen as Ukraine’s central role in Europe’s security is cemented. Except in the most unlikely scenario of […]
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Kyiv real estate market awaits potential peace dividend in 2025
Whenever people ask me how the Kyiv real estate market is doing, I typical reply that it really depends on who you are in the market. For sellers, prices in the historical center of the city started to slide down significantly in the second half of 2024, and eventually began to approach the deep crisis […]
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Saint Javelin: the remarkable rise of Ukraine’s most iconic wartime meme
As the storm clouds of war gathered over Ukraine in early 2022, Canadian Christian Borys found himself glued to his phone and expecting the worst. A former journalist with ancestral ties to Eastern Europe, he had worked as a Ukrainian correspondent for the international media from 2015 to 2018, an experience that he says left […]
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Ukraine aims to build on its burgeoning reputation as a global defense tech hub in 2025
The experience of the past three years has underlined the critical importance of technological innovation for the Ukrainian war effort as the country seeks to overcome the significant material advantages enjoyed by Russia in key areas including manpower, equipment, firepower, and funding. While this emphasis on innovation cannot completely even up the odds, defense tech […]
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American University Kyiv expands to Dnipro
The American University Kyiv expanded to Dnipro in late 2024 with the first 34 students enrolling for American master’s programs in the central Ukrainian city. This initiative is the first stage in the ambitious development of the AUK presence in Ukraine following the university’s February 2022 launch just three weeks before the onset of Russia’s […]
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Energy infrastructure investments: guidelines for Ukrainian businesses
During 2024, a significant number of Ukrainian companies began investing in the domestic energy industry, with prominent Ukrainian businesses such as OKKO, BGV, and Nova Poshta all constructing power generation facilities and opening energy trading branches. The reasons behind this developing trend are fairly obvious. First and foremost, all businesses care about safeguarding secure energy […]