On June 29, the Zaporizhzhia municipal enterprise “Zaporizhzhiaelektrotrans” announced a tender for liability insurance services covering the carrier’s liability to passengers on road and urban electric transport.
According to the Prozorro electronic public procurement system, the estimated cost of the services is 973,950 thousand UAH.
The deadline for submitting bids is July 7.
The agro-industrial holding “Astarta” has modernized one of the largest livestock complexes in the Khmelnytskyi region by installing a state-of-the-art 40-head milking carousel, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
“Dairy farming remains one of Astarta’s strategic areas of development… In the last 2.5 years alone, investments in the dairy segment have exceeded 1 billion hryvnia,” the press service quoted Viktor Ivanchik, CEO of the agribusiness holding, as saying.
According to the press service, investments are being made in farm modernization, technology, and production quality, resulting in market leadership in industrial milk production and 99% of milk being of extra-class quality.
According to the company, the complex is designed to house 2,000 head of cattle.
The modernization project involved upgrading production facilities with a focus on improving animal welfare, production efficiency, and the potential for further expansion.
The company noted that the modernization is part of the holding’s infrastructure program, which also includes the implementation of digital technologies in livestock farming, improving the energy efficiency of farms, and enhancing the genetics of the herd.
“Astarta” is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding operating in seven regions of Ukraine and is the country’s largest sugar producer. The company’s portfolio includes five sugar refineries, agricultural enterprises with a land bank of 214,000 hectares (including 129,000 hectares in Poltava Oblast, 42,000 hectares in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, and 16,000 hectares in Vinnytsia Oblast), and 26 dairy farms with 29,000 head of cattle across three regions. The holding company also operates a soybean processing plant and a bioenergy complex in Poltava Oblast, as well as a network of six grain elevators.
Astarta’s net profit for 2025 fell 4.2-fold to $19.94 million, while consolidated revenue decreased by 23% to $472 million.
Revenue from the livestock segment last year amounted to EUR56 million, and the average annual livestock headcount increased by 5% to 29,000.
Milk sales volumes rose by 6% year-over-year to 122,000 metric tons. At the same time, 99% of the raw milk was classified as extra-quality milk, compared to 97% in 2024.
With the support of the international electrical engineering company Schneider Electric, Ukrainian universities have gained access to state-of-the-art ETAP software for designing and analyzing electrical networks. The company also conducted training for faculty members: more than 200 representatives from 30 universities learned how to use the professional tool SEE Electrical Expert. Thanks to this initiative, students will be able to learn how to design electrical schematics using modern digital solutions, preparing them for real-world professional challenges in the energy sector.
SEE Electrical Expert is software for creating electrical schematics, technical documentation, and 3D visualizations. The program allows users to develop schematic diagrams, work with component libraries, and automatically generate specifications and documentation, which significantly reduces project development time and helps minimize the risk of errors. It also enables the creation of a 3D model of an electrical panel, helping to avoid mistakes during assembly.
In addition to the software, in 2025 Schneider Electric donated equipment worth 2,000,000 UAH to universities for their educational laboratories, enabling students to apply modern concepts of automation and electrical engineering in practice and promoting the integration of innovative engineering solutions into the educational process.
Specifically, state-of-the-art electrical engineering equipment was donated to the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute,” Lviv Polytechnic National University, Odesa National Technological University, National University of Food Technologies, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih National University, and other higher education institutions.
In 2025, more than 600 ETAP licenses were transferred to Ukrainian universities in several stages:
Training sessions on using SEE Electrical Expert took place from September 2025 through May 2026, with over 200 faculty members from 30 Ukrainian universities participating in total.
“Today’s students are the engineers who will be developing Ukraine’s energy sector tomorrow. That is why it is important for them to learn using the technologies employed in the real world. By investing in education, we not only help young professionals adapt more quickly to their careers, but we also contribute to the country’s reconstruction and create opportunities for young people to realize their potential in Ukraine,” said Mykhailo Bubnov, CEO of Schneider Electric.
“In the near future, we have an ambitious plan to create a modern project laboratory, the ‘Schneider Electric Academy-KAI,’ which will not only ensure the use of software in the educational process but also enable students to participate in creating digital twins of the power supply systems for critical infrastructure in the aviation industry. “Therefore, the effectiveness of our collaboration with Schneider Electric allows us to look to the future with confidence. The energy labor market will be supplied with specialists possessing the necessary professional skills and competencies,” commented Serhiy Ilienko, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Power Machinery at the National University “Kyiv Aviation Institute.”
Schneider Electric also announced a teaching materials competition aimed at encouraging the academic community to actively use SEE Electrical Expert in the educational process. Competition participants have the opportunity to present their own approaches to solving applied electrical design problems.
EDUCATION, electrical design, ETAP, Schneider Electric, UNIVERSITY
On Monday, a number of distribution system operators (DSOs, regional power companies) began reporting possible power restrictions for businesses and residents on Tuesday.
According to monitoring by Energoreforma, this information is currently included in announcements by “Mykolaiv-,” “Cherkasy-,” and “Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo.”
“According to a report from NEC ‘Ukrenergo,’ tomorrow, June 30, between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in the Zaporizhzhia region, hourly power cut schedules may be implemented, with one phase active at a time,” reads a post by “Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo” on Facebook.
In addition, on June 30 from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., power restriction schedules are expected to be implemented in full—all five stages—for industry and business in the region.
The regional power distribution company notes that final information regarding the timing and duration of outages, as well as the stages and sub-stages that will be included in the HOP, will be published later on its official channels after receiving the relevant instructions from “Ukrenergo.”
“Mykolaiv-” and “Cherkasyoblenergo” also report on Facebook that the current forecast calls for restrictions for all consumer categories from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the first-stage level, and for industry and businesses—from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. —power restriction schedules (GOM) may be applied in full.
“Please note that the situation in the power grid may change, so the projected volumes are subject to adjustment,” notes “Cherkasyoblenergo.”
“Hourly blackout schedules for residential consumers and power restriction schedules for industry are already forecast for tomorrow. One of the main reasons is the abnormally high air temperature,” Prikarpattyaoblenergo wrote on Telegram.
The operator advises people to charge their phones, power banks, and other essential devices now, to follow official announcements from the regional power company, and to be prepared for various scenarios this summer.
As previously reported, “Ukrenergo” called for maximum energy conservation during the evening hours, from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., noting that consumption had increased significantly compared to the previous Sunday due to the heat. Peak consumption on Sunday was 7.4% higher.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Turkey is working to bring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end with a lasting peace, and is also working to resume negotiations and revitalize the diplomatic process.
According to a post by the Turkish president’s public relations office on social media platform X on Monday, Erdogan made these remarks during a phone call with German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Erdogan also expressed hope during the conversation that the NATO leaders’ summit, to be held in Ankara, would demonstrate a firm commitment to strengthening Europe’s own defense within the framework of NATO and preserving transatlantic ties, the statement said.
Freight volume in January–May 2026 increased by 4.1% compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 133.8 million metric tons, while passenger traffic decreased by 5.6% to 849.3 million passengers, according to a report by the State Statistics Service.
According to its data, 61.3 million metric tons of freight were transported by rail during the first five months of 2026, which is 3.3% less than during the same period last year, while freight turnover fell by 13.8% to 36.1 billion ton-kilometers.
Road freight transport in January–May of this year increased by 22.1% to 59.6 million metric tons, while freight turnover rose by 10.9% to 17.8 billion metric ton-kilometers.
The largest number of passengers in January–May 2026 was carried by road transport—398.4 million, which is 3.7% more than during the same period in 2025.
A 3.2% increase was also recorded for the metro—138.9 million.
At the same time, the number of passengers carried by rail decreased by 15.1% compared to the same period last year—to 21.6 million; by trams—by 23.1%—to 98.5 million; and by trolleybuses—by 15.6%—to 191.6 million.
As previously reported, the volume of freight transported in January–April 2026 increased by 5% compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 104.4 million metric tons, while passenger traffic decreased by 7% to 658.8 million people.
FREIGHT, PASSENGER, State Statistics Service, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTATION
