This amount of revenue is UAH 37.6 billion, or 13.4% more than in the same period of 2024. Among the main budget-forming goods that provided the largest revenues in January-June 2025, the following are in the lead:
– petroleum products – UAH 71.1 billion;
– passenger and freight vehicles – UAH 30.3 billion;
– petroleum gases – UAH 9.3 billion;
– mineral fertilizers – UAH 6.8 billion;
– fungicides, herbicides – UAH 6.0 billion;
– telephone sets – UAH 4.1 billion;
– cigars, cigarillos, and cigarettes – UAH 4.0 billion;
– coal – UAH 3.9 billion.
The main budget-forming goods, whose import growth ensured a significant increase in customs revenues in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, were:
– petroleum products – by UAH 8.2 billion;
– petroleum gases – by UAH 4.8 billion;
– passenger cars – by 3.7 billion UAH;
– cigars, cigarettes, cigarillos – by 3.2 billion UAH;
– coal – by 2.3 billion UAH;
– agricultural machinery and equipment – by 1.1 billion UAH;
– electricity – by 1.1 billion UAH.
In turn, customs revenues were affected by a steady increase in the share of customs duties assessed on the import of certain goods into Ukraine in accordance with the legally approved list of exemptions. Thus, the total amount of customs duty exemptions on imports of goods in January-June of this year amounted to UAH 140.12 billion, which is 42% or UAH 41.61 billion more than in January-June 2024.
In June 2025, Express Insurance paid out UAH 42.3 million, which is 3.6% less than in the same period last year, according to the insurer’s website. This included UAH 33.8 million paid under comprehensive insurance contracts and UAH 8.5 million under compulsory civil liability insurance (OSAGO).
In June 2025, the company settled 726 insurance claims under CASCO and OSAGO contracts. Of these, 535 claims were for CASCO, and another 191 were for compulsory civil liability insurance.
Incidents under CASCO contracts in June mainly concerned traffic accidents (89%), unlawful actions of third parties (9%), falling objects, as well as fires and explosions caused by military actions (2%).
For example, in the capital, five customers reported damage to their cars as a result of falling debris from missiles and UAVs. The total amount of compensation for these events amounted to UAH 394,000, with an average settlement period of 15 days.
Most insurance events related to traffic accidents occurred in Kyiv and the surrounding region – 289 (61% of traffic accidents) – a decrease of 8% compared to May. The Company’s experts also recorded a decrease in traffic accidents in June in the Lviv (-19 compared to May), Cherkasy (-12), Odessa (-9), and Dnipropetrovsk (-4) regions. However, in the Zakarpattia region, the number of insurance claims for traffic accidents increased by 57% in June, to 11.
As for MTPL insurance, in more than 58% of cases, the victims reported the accident with the police, and another 42% used the Europrotocol procedure. The largest payment in June to victims for property damage under MTPL policies amounted to UAH 170,000 due to a traffic accident in Lutsk, and UAH 109,400 for health damage to victims of a traffic accident in the Sumy region.
Express Insurance was founded in 2008 with the participation of the Ukrainian automotive market leader, UKRAVTO GROUP. The company specializes in auto insurance. The company is represented in more than 60 sales outlets throughout Ukraine and is actively expanding its network of partner service stations. Today, the number of service station partners exceeds 100.
NAEK Energoatom and Holtec International signed an agreement on the margins of URC-2025 in Rome, which provides for the construction of a plant for the production of small modular reactors (SMR) and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) containers using Holtec technology, Energoatom head Petr Kotin said.
“The agreement with Holtec is also a forward-looking agreement. It fixes what we plan to do with them. This is a plant to produce SMRs in Ukraine using their technology. They also transfer to us the technology of production of SNF containers,” Kotin said in comments to Interfax-Ukraine after signing the document.
He recalled that Holtec technology was used to build the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSNFSF), which constantly needs new containers for it.
“Containers are needed all the time for spent fuel. They are now produced in the United States, and later we will produce them in Ukraine. It will be cheaper,“ – explained the head of ”Energoatom”.
As reported, Energoatom and Westinghouse on the margins of URC-2025 in Rome finalized agreements on the production in Ukraine of nuclear fuel using the technology of the American company.
“We signed a memorandum that consolidates everything that has already been done with Westinghouse (…). And this was just the summarizing part of the documents,” Kotin said in comments to Interfax-Ukraine after signing the memorandum.
Ukraine has not bought nuclear fuel from Russia since 2020 and has also refused to buy spare parts for nuclear reactors.
In June 2022, Energoatom and Westinghouse signed an agreement to supply nuclear fuel for all Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
The CCNF is an autonomous nuclear facility designed for long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel from the Pivdenno-Ukrainian, Khmelnytsky and Rivne NPPs, which until 2021 was exported to Russia for storage and reprocessing, costing Ukraine about $200 million annually. Fuel from these NPPs was supposed to be received by the Central Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility from April 2022, but the war corrected these plans, and the fuel was stored at the plants themselves until 2023, when its pilot operation began.
Italy is interested in investing in Ukraine and is ready to invest resources without delay, sign agreements, and provide financial guarantee instruments for companies that plan to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction measures, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says.
“Italy, as a country, is also ready to contribute and start now and rebuild what was destroyed – roads, bridges, hospitals, all these buildings,” Meloni said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2025) during a joint statement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reporters in Rome on Thursday.
She noted that Italy has already taken Odessa under its patronage to restore cultural and heritage objects. “And we want to even go further, we want to expand our contribution: this is energy, critical infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, also health care. Of course, I won’t list all the initiatives now, but I want to remind you that we are doing a lot of things that are symbolic in terms of humanitarian aid,” the head of the Italian government said.
Meloni also noted that Italy will help in the heroic resistance to Ukraine. “We have done it in different senses and we will also do it on industry and also defense sector and cooperation. We have also talked about this, and this is evidenced by a number of agreements signed today, this is a central theme. And, of course, we will continue our investments, because we understand how important it is to do everything possible so that Ukraine can fight, fight back, defend itself,” she said.
According to the Italian Prime Minister, peace in Ukraine should be “long, lasting, just”, in particular through deterrence.
The Ocean Mall in Kyiv is planning to open a branded showroom of De’Longhi, Kenwood, Braun, Nutribullet household appliances and health and beauty products, the company’s press service reports.
According to the press release, the functional location of the new showroom with an area of more than 100 square meters will offer customers a carefully selected range of branded products: coffee machines, kettles, coffee makers, kitchen appliances, blenders, epilators, razors, electronic toothbrushes, etc. It is noted that the showroom format allows you to combine the benefits of online and offline shopping and provide a more personalized service, test selected products, and get exclusive positions. Even more products can be ordered on the company’s branded websites and picked up with free delivery in the store.
This is the third offline store of the chain in the capital: The first one opened in 2017 and became the first showroom-style retail space in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Ocean Mall is a retail resort format shopping center. The total area is 300 thousand square meters, with a parking lot for 4 thousand cars. The mall will combine 800 shops and 50 restaurants. Among the largest tenants are Silpo grocery supermarket, flagship stores of the world’s largest retailers in the segments of fashion, sports, and home furnishings. More than 30 thousand square meters in Ocean Mall are dedicated to entertainment, including the Galaxy amusement park for the whole family and a seven-screen multiplex cinema.
JSC OTP BANK offers favorable financing conditions for those who want to drive a modern and reliable used electric car as soon as possible without overpaying for a loan. The reduced interest rate is a strong argument in favor of purchasing an eco-friendly car with the support of the Bank, said Vitaliy Skorobohatyi, Head of Car Lending Development Department of OTP Bank.
“An electric car on credit is not only about the opportunity to become the owner of a car today and about comfort, but also about a profitable investment in the future. At OTP BANK, we have created conditions that really help our customers make this choice easier: a reduced interest rate, a minimum down payment, no requirements for hull insurance and car age. This means that you can buy an electric car quickly and without hidden overpayments. We are happy to support customers who choose environmentally friendly solutions,” said V. Skorobohatyi.
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Buying an electric car is not only about caring for the environment and sustainable development, but also about a number of benefits for the owner. Such cars combine modern technological solutions that make driving comfortable, convenient, and much quieter than traditional cars. It also saves on fuel and car maintenance.
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We would like to remind you that OTP BANK offers from UAH 10,000 to UAH 1,000,000 loan for any used car. It is also possible to become the owner of a new car from a car dealership with the support of the Bank. The motorcycle season is in full swing, so the financial institution has prepared favorable conditions for those customers who are interested in buying a motorcycle on credit.
