Two flour processing plants will be built in Ukraine in 2025 – flour will be produced in western Ukraine, and cereals in the Poltava region, according to an interview with Interfax-Ukraine by Rodion Rybchinsky, director of the Ukrainian Flour Millers Association.
“Currently, a plant for the production of hard wheat flour with a capacity of up to 150 tons per day is being built in western Ukraine, with further processing of pasta, and in the Poltava region, a cereal plant with a combined capacity of up to 100 tons per day is expected to be launched,” he said.
According to the head of the industry association, there are niches in the flour milling business that are worth paying attention to.
“When we talk about grain processing, we must remember that it is not just flour or cereals. There are also combined products: dry breakfasts, energy bars, starch, dry gluten, enzyme preparations based on grain processing products — a very wide range of processed products,” Rybchynsky emphasized, adding that the main priority in the construction of such a production facility is the availability of buyers.
According to him, the cost of building a mill or a cereal plant in Ukraine starts at $3 million, but there are examples of businesses in Ukraine with a higher price tag of $15 million. This amount includes the cost of equipment and buildings (fixed assets), excluding working capital, which can reach 50% of the project cost. After all, in order to launch an enterprise, it is necessary to purchase raw materials, actively enter the market, and anticipate marketing costs, etc.
Rybchinsky also does not rule out the prospect of building a number of flour mills on the Black Sea coast, following the example of Turkey.
“Uzbekistan and Egypt have followed the same path as the Turks. The Uzbeks buy Kazakh grain, grind it, and have become the main exporter of flour to Afghanistan, from where they have ousted Kazakhstan. Egypt buys Ukrainian and Russian grain and has become the leading supplier of flour to the African market, partially displacing both the Turks and the French. All this points to the existence of a state policy,” he stressed, adding that the first step towards such a development of processing in Ukraine should be the interest of the state.
Initial registrations of new and used buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in May 2025 rose by 62% compared to the same month in 2024, to 210 units, according to UkrAvtoprom on Telegram.
Compared to April this year, demand remained unchanged.
According to the association, new vehicles accounted for 43% of this volume, compared to 37% last year.
As in the previous year, the most popular new buses last month were Ataman buses manufactured by the Cherkasy Bus plant, with 27 units registered. (last year – 22 units), followed by Ford with 22 buses (in May 2024, the brand also ranked second, but with seven vehicles), and the domestic Etalon came in third with 13 units (six units).
According to UkrAvtoprom, among used buses, Mercedes-Benz was the most frequently registered, with 41 units, followed by Volkswagen with 17 units and MAN with 13 units.
In January-May, a total of 1,030 buses were added to Ukraine’s bus fleet (+41% compared to the same period in 2024), of which 459 were new (+11%) and 571 were used (+81%).
According to data from UkrAvtoprom, in 2024, initial registrations of new and used buses decreased by 19% compared to 2023, to 2,241 units, including new buses by 24%, to 1,296 units, and used buses by 12%, to 945 units.
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To prepare thermal power generation for summer consumption peaks and the next heating season, DTEK Energy miners have put seven new coal longwall faces into operation since the beginning of 2025, two of them in May, according to a press release from the operating holding company.
“In summer and during heating seasons, the load on thermal power generation traditionally increases, so we maintain the appropriate pace of work. Fuel production for thermal power generation requires detailed planning and consistency at every stage. This includes the launch of new coal longwall faces,” said DTEK Energy CEO Alexander Fomenko.
Last year, the company invested about 7.5 billion hryvnia in Ukrainian coal mining, with a total of 18 billion hryvnia planned for 2022-2024.
According to DTEK Energy, the funds were used to carry out and repair capital mining works, complete coal longwall systems, equip mines with tunneling equipment, underground mine transport, and projects to support production capacities.
DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of coal-based electricity production. The company’s installed thermal generation capacity as of January 2022 was 13.3 GW. A complete production cycle has been established in coal mining: coal extraction and enrichment, machine building, and maintenance of mining equipment.
The rye deficit in the 2025/2026 season will be 100%, which will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of rye bread, said Rodion Rybchinsky, director of the Ukrainian Flour Millers Association, in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“We can say with certainty that there will be a 100% rye shortage in the 2025/26 season. Already, Polish rye is being partially processed in Ukraine, and bakers are using Baltic rye flour. Unfortunately, this is our reality,” he said.
According to the head of the industry association, the reason for the rye shortage is the unwillingness of agricultural producers to sow the crop, as its yield is one-third lower than that of wheat—40 centners per hectare versus 60 centners per hectare, respectively.
In addition, the entire deficit was previously covered by Belarus, which led to a reduction in rye production in Ukraine—it was difficult for farmers to compete with supplies from Belarus. At the same time, rye is not a popular export crop. Demand for rye is only on the domestic market.
Rybchynsky pointed out that the current price of rye is more than competitive: while in 2024, 1 ton of rye cost 6-7 thousand hryvnia, as of May 2025, it costs 12-14 thousand hryvnia.
When asked whether the rye shortage would lead to higher prices for rye bread, the expert emphasized that prices would definitely rise.
“Currently, the price of Ukrainian rye flour is 18,000 hryvnia per ton, and imported raw materials cost about 20,000 hryvnia, while last May, rye flour cost 10,000 hryvnia. It will not just be a rise in the price of rye bread—many bakery producers will simply stop baking it,” he stressed.
The head of the Ukrainian Millers Association predicts that Ukraine will experience a rye deficit in the 2025/2026 marketing year and will have to purchase it on foreign markets at European prices. This will make rye attractive to Ukrainian farmers. Therefore, in the 2026/2027 marketing year, agricultural producers will most likely increase the area under rye, which could stabilize the market situation.
