An elevator that will be able to store up to 30,000 tons of grain at a time, as well as a dry port, will be built in the Lviv region, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.
“This is the beginning of a large-scale project that includes hundreds of grain storage facilities throughout Ukraine, a network of dry ports, modern logistics hubs, deep processing plants, bioclusters, new export opportunities, and technological upgrades for the agricultural sector,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
A memorandum of cooperation was signed by the Lviv Regional State Administration, the Lviv Regional Council, the Belz City Council, and AgHoldCo, which, with the support of the UAF Partners investment fund, will finance 80-85% of the project’s cost. The Danish State Export Agency EIFO is also expected to contribute to the financing, thanks to which AgHoldCo intends to secure a $12 million loan for the construction of each elevator.
The contribution of the Belz community is estimated at no less than $3 million for each of the subprojects. This assistance will also include the selection and allocation of land plots, connection of the facility to engineering networks, and tax incentives.
The head of the Lviv Regional State Administration expressed confidence that the construction of the elevator and dry port in the region will provide jobs, help reduce grain transportation costs, and strengthen food security in the Lviv region. In addition, it will be easier for small and medium-sized farms to store grain.
PJSC Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works (KVZ, Kremenchuk, Poltava region) will supply Ukrzaliznytsia with 95 sleeping compartment cars, including 88 compartment sleeping cars with a conductor’s compartment (KUP) and seven sleeping cars equipped for transporting persons in wheelchairs and with a train conductor’s compartment (KUPI).
According to information in Prozorro, the relevant contract was signed by the parties on June 6 following a tender for a total amount of UAH 4 billion 475 million 367 thousand without VAT (0.003% less than the expected price).
According to the contract, the price of one KUP car is UAH 46.895 million (excluding VAT) and UAH 56.27 million including VAT, and the price of one KUPI car is UAH 49.800 million (UAH 59.76 million).
The total price of the contract with VAT is 5 billion 370 million 440.4 thousand UAH. The terms provide for an advance payment of 58% within 14 working days from the date of receipt of the application from Ukrzaliznytsia.
According to the publication “Nashi Hroshi,” the new price of compartment cars in dollar terms is the highest in recent years, but it acknowledges that the increase in the currency price is to some extent related to changes in the cars themselves.
The delivery date for the cars is no later than December 31, 2028.
As reported, following the results of a tender in the fall of 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a contract with KVBZ for the manufacture of 44 passenger cars (including 9 second-class cars) for UAH 1.951 billion (including VAT) with delivery by December 31, 2025.
In December of the same year, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a contract with KVBZ for the supply of 22 new passenger cars for UAH 980.45 million (including VAT) by June 30, 2026.
By spring 2023, KVBZ completed the order from Ukrzaliznytsia for the delivery of 100 passenger cars under a 2021 contract worth over UAH 3 billion.
KVZ manufactures passenger and freight cars, regional diesel trains, high-speed interregional trains with locomotive traction, spare parts, and bogies for freight cars.
In 2024, the plant sold 1,096 freight cars, which is almost 10% more than sales in pre-war 2021. The first 15 passenger cars were also delivered to Ukrzaliznytsia under contracts for 66 units. Net profit amounted to UAH 81.08 million, compared to a loss of UAH 143.76 million in 2023.
According to the ranking of the largest employers in Ukraine by region, compiled by OpenDataBot based on companies’ financial reports, Khersonoblenergo JSC, the key electricity distribution operator in the region, has been recognized as the largest employer in the Kherson region.
JSC “Khersonoblenergo” performs a strategic function of supplying electricity to households and enterprises in the Kherson region, including frontline and temporarily occupied territories. As of the end of 2023, the company employed approximately 1,500 people.
Brief information about the company:
Full name: Joint Stock Company “Khersonoblenergo”
Field of activity: electricity distribution and supply
Head office: Kherson
Number of employees: approximately 1,500
Ownership: state-owned shares managed by the State Property Fund of Ukraine
Infrastructure: dozens of substations, hundreds of kilometers of power lines, emergency repair crews
Turkish Onur Group plans to build 690 MW of new generating capacity in Ukraine by 2030, investing $450 million in the Ukrainian energy sector, Onur Group’s general manager in Ukraine Emre Karaahmetoglu said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.
According to him, the company already has 150 MW of solar power plants, which were built before the war and are now successfully operating under a “green” tariff until 2030.
“The construction of 50 MW of solar power plants (SPPs) in the Vinnytsia region is continuing, plus 164 MW of storage (batteries). This is more than $60 million in investments, which we plan to complete by the end of the year — then there will be about 200 MW of solar power and 164 MW of batteries,” he said.
According to the CEO, Onur Group plans to build 120 MW of wind power plants (WPP) in the Zakarpattia region with a budget of about €120 million.
“Other companies are already operating WPPs in the Carpathians — we see prospects. A total of 320 MW of wind power is under development,” he added.
The company is also working on new projects in the Lviv and Volyn regions and is negotiating loans with international financial institutions.
In addition, Onur Group has almost completed the construction of the first phase of a WPP in the Volyn region for OKKO.
“Last week, the first turbine parts were delivered and installation began. The second phase, with a capacity of about 190 MW, is planned next. A total of 340 MW of capacity has been initiated in Volyn, and we, as a Lviv-based construction company, are actively working on this,” Karaahmetoglu said.
As noted in Forbes Ukraine, Onur Group Ukraine is part of the international Onur Group. In June 2025, the Turkish group’s business in Ukraine will include about 40 companies in 12 sectors of the economy, ranging from energy and mining to the hotel and restaurant business.
The group’s consolidated revenue fell by 18% in 2024 to UAH 8.9 billion, compared to UAH 32.4 billion in pre-war 2021.
The company has announced plans to invest $650 million in Ukraine by 2030 and estimates its investments over the previous 20 years of operation at around $570 million.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced his choice for the new secretary of the Kyiv City Council.
“I have decided on a candidate for the new secretary of the Kyiv City Council and have invited all factions to join the discussion. After consultations, I will submit the candidacy of Zoya Yarosh, a deputy from the Voice faction, to the session hall for this position,” Klitschko wrote on Telegram.
Zoya Yarosh was born on December 9, 1976, in the village of Yelanets, Mykolaiv region.
In 2000, she graduated from Odessa State University named after I. I. Mechnikov with a degree in law. In 2006, she graduated from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations of the Taras Shevchenko National
University of Kyiv with a degree in international law.
In 2020, she was elected to the Kyiv City Council of the 9th convocation from the Voice party. She is a member of the standing committee on architecture, urban planning, and land relations.
Ukraine exported 99,300 tons of bioethanol in 2024, with private producers accounting for 62% of this export, and three private bioethanol plants accounting for 38,100 tons According to Nina Yuzhanina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, the key factors for the development of bioethanol production in Ukraine were the replacement of Russian methanol with Ukrainian bioethanol by oil and gas companies.
She noted that of the 17 bioethanol plants operating in Ukraine, with a production capacity of over 420,000 tons per year, 12 have been privatized in recent years.
According to her, the key factors for the development of bioethanol production in Ukraine were the replacement of Russian methanol with Ukrainian bioethanol by oil and gas companies; the supply of consolidated batches of bioethanol (min. 10,000 tons) to the EU market; logistical features of bioethanol exports by tankers to EU oil refineries with return delivery of gasoline to Ukraine; the abolition of quotas on bioethanol exports to the EU (as of today, the quota of 100,000 tons of ethyl alcohol per year has already been restored) and the introduction of a mandatory 5% bioethanol blend in gasoline in Ukraine.
The MP also criticized the government for failing to protect foreign markets for one of Ukraine’s most promising processing industries.
As reported, the European Commission has approved quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products, which will be in effect from June 6 until the end of 2025 as part of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement. According to a document published on the EU website, by the end of 2025, Ukraine will be able to supply the EU market under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area in a 7/12 month regime (7 out of 12 months of the year) with wheat, flour, and meslin – 583,330 tons , corn – 379,167 thousand tons, barley – 204,167 thousand tons, poultry meat – 52,511 thousand tons, beef – 7 thousand tons, eggs – 3,500 tons, milk and cream – 5,833 tons, dry milk – 2,917 tons, butter – 1,750 tons.
In 2024, Ukraine exhausted its quota for bioethanol supplies to EU markets, which amounted to 100,000 tons per year, for the first time since signing the Association Agreement with the EU. Under the updated terms of 7/12, Ukrainian producers will be able to supply 58,000 tons of bioethanol to the EU market by the end of 2025.
