In August of this year, 4,200 electric vehicles (new and used) were added to Ukraine’s vehicle fleet, which is 47% fewer than in the same month last year, according to a report by “Ukravtoprom” on its Telegram channel.
At the same time, compared to July of this year, electric vehicle registrations rose by 7.7%.
As usual, passenger cars accounted for the majority of registered electric vehicles—4,074, of which 503 were new (-73%) and 3,571 were used (-37%).
Of the 160 commercial BEVs, only two were new (in August 2025, 24 out of 175 were new).
The most popular new electric vehicles in July 2026 were the BYD Sea Lion 06 EV—102 units; the Zeekr 001—46 units; the Zeekr 7X—44 units; the MG4 EV—36 units; and the Toyota BZ4X—33 units.
Among used vehicles, the most frequently first-registered models were the Tesla Model Y—494 units, the Tesla Model 3—480 units, the Nissan Leaf—454 units, the Chevrolet Bolt—199 units, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5—160 units.
As previously reported, a sharp increase in demand for electric vehicles began last summer due to plans to introduce a value-added tax (VAT) on the customs clearance of electric vehicles starting January 1, 2026. Specifically, in December—the last month during which electric vehicles could be cleared through customs without
VAT—demand for them increased 8.6-fold compared to December 2024, reaching 32,800 units.
In total, 110,200 electric vehicles were added to Ukraine’s vehicle fleet in 2025—twice as many as in the previous year. New vehicles accounted for 20% of the total, compared to 24% in 2024.
The scale of Ukrainian law enforcement operations against fraudulent call centers significantly exceeds the number of cases that have already resulted in court convictions, according to a comparison of data from the National Police and Opendatabot conducted by the Experts Club think tank.
On August 12, 2026, the National Police reported that in just one week, law enforcement conducted 411 searches and shut down 94 suspected fraudulent call centers in various regions of Ukraine. The operation was carried out jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
At the same time, according to Opendatabot data published on September 9, only 18 convictions related to the activities of fraudulent call centers have been identified in the court registry since the beginning of 2022. These cases involve 27 defendants.
However, in only two of these cases did the convicted individuals actually serve prison sentences. In 12 cases, the prison sentence was commuted to probation.
Experts Club emphasizes that the 94 shut-down call centers and the 18 court convictions cannot be directly compared. One figure reflects facilities uncovered during operational and investigative activities, while the other reflects criminal cases that have already reached the sentencing stage. Furthermore, a single case may involve multiple offices, and a single verdict may apply to several individuals.
However, this distinction clearly illustrates the length of the process from the detection of a fraudulent infrastructure to a final court ruling.
The scale of individual investigations also shows that, more often than not, these are not small, localized groups. In January 2026, the police reported an investigation into an international network of pseudo-investment call centers, whose potential losses exceeded 100 million UAH, and among the identified victims were 113 EU citizens.
In July, law enforcement officials reported uncovering a call center in Kyiv whose members, according to the investigation, defrauded U.S. citizens of more than $500,000.
In August, another group of 10 people was exposed in Kyiv; they are suspected of embezzling nearly 9 million hryvnias from Czech citizens.
Experts Club believes that to fully assess the effectiveness of the fight against fraudulent call centers, the state must publicly track the entire chain: identified center — registered case — suspicion — indictment — verdict — actual enforcement of the sentence.
It is this last indicator that currently stands out the most: of at least 18 sentences handed down since the start of the full-scale war, only two have resulted in the actual incarceration of the convicted individuals.
Source: Opendatabot
Courts in the Dnipropetrovsk region account for 10 out of 18, or about 56%, of the verdicts handed down in Ukraine since the beginning of 2022 in cases related to fraudulent call centers, according to an analysis by Experts Club based on data published on September 9 by Opendatabot.
Courts in the Kharkiv, Odesa, and Zakarpattia regions each handed down two more verdicts. Kyiv and the Kyiv region each accounted for one verdict.
The regional breakdown is as follows: Dnipropetrovsk region—10 verdicts; Kharkiv—two; Odesa—two; Zakarpattia—two; Kyiv—one; and the Kyiv region—one.
Experts Club notes that the Dnipropetrovsk region’s high share does not automatically mean that it accounts for 56% of all fraudulent call centers in Ukraine. The statistics reflect the location where the identified court cases were heard and depend on territorial jurisdiction, the work of investigative agencies, and the methodology used to search for rulings in the court registry.
However, Dnipro has repeatedly been implicated in major investigations into similar schemes. For example, on February 23, 2026, the National Police reported dismantling a network of fraudulent call centers in the city, which, according to the investigation, had been operating since November 2023 and targeted EU citizens. At that time, 11 people were detained, and law enforcement officials reported seizing nearly 21 million hryvnias, which they linked to criminal activity.
In addition, in August, the police announced the completion of a joint investigation with Czech law enforcement into another call center network run by a Dnipro resident, which, according to the investigation, caused approximately 12 million hryvnias in losses to the victims. An indictment in this case was filed with the court.
In total, 27 defendants are named in the 18 court verdicts identified by Opendatabot. Actual prison sentences were imposed in only two cases.
Experts Club believes that to assess the actual distribution of fraudulent call centers, it is necessary to compare several indicators at once—the number of investigations, the number of offices identified, indictments submitted to court, and final verdicts. The court registry alone primarily reflects the final stage of the criminal process.
Original source: Opendatabot, September 9, 2026.
JSC ‘Ukrnafta’ transferred 656.2 million UAH to the state budget based on the 2025 performance of PJSC “Ukrnaftoburinnya,” the company reported.
The funds were received under an asset management agreement signed between “Ukrnafta” and the Agency for the Search and Management of Assets (ARMA).
“In total, since 2023, thanks to the company’s work, over 2.5 billion hryvnias have been transferred to the state budget (…) I thank the team for their responsibility and daily work, and ARMA for its effective cooperation,” said Bohdan Kukura, chairman of the board of Ukrnafta.
For its part, ARMA states that the management of “Ukrnaftoburinnya” is one of the prime examples of the agency’s effective collaboration with the operator.
“Ukrnafta is duly fulfilling the terms of the agreement, and the result of this work is tangible—over 2.5 billion hryvnia directed to the state budget starting in 2023,” noted Yaroslava Maksymenko, acting chair of ARMA.
In July 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine transferred the corporate rights of PJSC “VK “Ukrnaftoburinnya” to the management of PJSC “Ukrnafta.” In December 2023, a court suspended gas production at the Sakhalin field, located in the Bohodukhiv District of Kharkiv Oblast; however, the company resumed operations in August 2024.
“Ukrnaftoburinnya” is one of the largest private gas production companies in Ukraine. Since 2010, it has been developing the Sakhalin oil, gas, and condensate field, which has reserves of 15 billion cubic meters of gas.
The state-owned enterprise “Medical Procurements of Ukraine” (MPU) purchased medical supplies worth nearly 8.2 billion hryvnias over the first eight months of 2026, which accounts for 83% of the medical supplies designated for procurement this year.
As reported by MZU in a press release, as of early September, the largest portion of funds was allocated to the procurement of drugs and medical devices for the treatment and care of patients, specifically: medications for children and adults with cancer—184 items totaling 2 billion hryvnias; innovative medicines procured through managed access agreements (MAA)—32 items totaling 1.9 billion hryvnias, medications and medical devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases—105 items totaling 1.1 billion UAH; medical devices to support blood donation—122 items totaling 817.9 million UAH; and medications for children and adults with hemophilia—29 items totaling 541.7 million UAH.
In total, in 2026, the Ministry of Health is set to procure 813 items, including those purchased with funds from donors via the UNITED24 fundraising platform. Over the past 8 months, the Ministry of Health has delivered 760 items of medicines and medical devices to the regions, purchased with funds from this year’s and last year’s budgets.
In addition, the Ministry of Health reports that from January through August, hospitals purchased nearly 21.1 billion UAH worth of medical supplies through the Prozorro Market electronic catalog—the medical section of which has been administered by the Ministry since 2019—which is 30.2% more than during the same period in 2025.
The average savings over the first eight months of 2026 for purchases made through Prozorro Market amounted to 12.77% of the expected procurement cost, and in total, buyers saved 3.1 billion UAH.
During January–August 2026, 2,633 contracting entities purchased medical supplies through Prozorro Market, and 1,530 qualified suppliers submitted their offers in the catalog.
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Imports of goods into Ukraine from January through August 2026 increased by 26% in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2025—from $52.6 billion to $66.3 billion, according to data from the Telegram channel of the State Customs Service (SCS) of Ukraine.
Exports, however, despite a 4% increase in January–July, slowed in January–August and remained nearly at last year’s level—$26.6 billion compared to $26.6 billion last year.
Meanwhile, taxable imports totaled $46.8 billion, accounting for 71% of the total volume of imported goods.
“The tax burden per kilogram of taxable imports in January–August 2025 was $0.6/kg,” the agency added.
The largest volumes of goods were imported into Ukraine from China ($19.6 billion), Poland ($6.3 billion), and Germany ($4.4 billion).
The largest exports from Ukraine went to Poland ($3.2 billion), Turkey ($2.1 billion), and Germany ($1.7 billion).
Of the total volume of goods imported in January–August 2026, 73% consisted of machinery, equipment, and transportation vehicles—$29.9 billion (customs clearance of these goods generated 168.1 billion UAH in budget revenue, accounting for 29% of customs revenue), chemical industry products—$9 billion (74.9 billion
UAH was paid to the budget, or 13% of customs revenue), and fuel and energy products—$9.5 billion (197 billion UAH was paid, accounting for 34% of customs revenue).
The top three most exported goods from Ukraine were: food products—$15.4 billion; metals and metal products—$2.7 billion; and machinery, equipment, and transportation vehicles—$2.4 billion.
In the first 8 months of 2026, customs clearance of exports subject to export duties generated 1.1 billion UAH in revenue for the budget, compared to 174.2 million UAH during the same period last year.
As previously reported, since July of this year, operations at the ports of “Greater Odesa” and their terminals have become significantly more difficult due to intensified attacks on ships and port infrastructure.
