In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine dated 14.01.2025 No. 57/k “On Appointment” and the order of SE SETAM dated 15.01.2025 No. 11-k “On Appointment”, Roman Viktorovych Osadchuk was appointed as the General Director of SE SETAM effective January 15, 2025 on the terms of a contract with a salary in accordance with the staffing table.
“I am grateful to the Ministry of Justice for their trust. SETAM is an open and secure auction system in the country. Important changes are coming to the company, which will help make our auction more adapted to the needs of buyers and sellers, allowing it to achieve new results,” said Roman Osadchuk, CEO of SE SETAM.
Mr. Osadchuk’s biographical note
Mr. Osadchuk was born in Nova Chortorya village, Lyubar district, Zhytomyr region.
In 2006, he graduated from the National University of Ostroh Academy with a degree in Law and obtained a law degree.
2007 – 2010 – worked as a state enforcement officer of the city department of the SES of the Khmelnytskyi City District Department of Justice of the Main Department of Justice in Khmelnytskyi Region.
2010 – 2012 – worked as Deputy Head and then Head of the State Enforcement Service Department of the Slavuta City District Department of Justice of the Main Department of Justice in Khmelnytskyi Region.
2012 – 2015 – Head of the Second City Department of the SES of the Khmelnytskyi City District Department of Justice of the Main Department of Justice in Khmelnytskyi Region.
2015 – 2024 – Director of the branch in Khmelnytskyi region of SE SETAM.
2024 – Deputy General Director for Electronic Trading of SE SETAM.
From 9.12.2024 – Acting Director General of SE “SETAM”.
OnJanuary 15, 2025, he assumed the duties of CEO of SE SETAM under a contract.
The OpenMarket auction (SE SETAM of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine) is a simple and effective means of selling and purchasing property via the Internet. The online auction has been operating throughout Ukraine since 2014.
The agricultural production department of one of the largest grain market operators in Ukraine, Nibulon JV LLC, has fertilized winter crops on 7820 hectares, which is 48.3% of the total area planted for the 2025 harvest, the agricultural holding’s press service reports on Facebook.
“Currently, we are actively applying ammonium nitrate, one of the most effective nitrogen fertilizers that provides plants with the necessary macronutrients for healthy growth and development. Timely application of this fertilizer significantly affects the final yield of winter crops,” the agricultural holding explained.
Nibulon plans to fertilize a total area of 16.2 thou hectares with ammonium nitrate, including 8.6 thou hectares of winter wheat and 7.6 thou hectares of winter rapeseed. In addition to ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate will be added to improve plant nutrition efficiency.
Currently, winter crops have been fertilized on a total area of 7,820 hectares, including 5,602 hectares in Mykolaiv cluster, 1,970 hectares in Central cluster and 248 hectares in Kamianets-Podilskyi cluster.
After fertilizing winter crops, the fields will be harrowed and plant protection products will be applied.
“The implementation of these agrotechnical measures in the complex will ensure the creation of optimal conditions for the growth and development of winter crops, which, in turn, will help to increase their yield and maintain high quality products,” the agricultural holding summarized.
Nibulon JV LLC was established in 1991. Prior to the Russian military invasion, the grain trader had 27 transshipment terminals and crop reception complexes, a capacity for simultaneous storage of 2.25 million tons of agricultural products, a fleet of 83 vessels (including 23 tugs), and owned the Mykolaiv Shipyard.
“Before the war, Nibulon cultivated 82 thousand hectares of land in 12 regions of Ukraine and exported agricultural products to more than 70 countries. In 2021, the grain trader exported the highest ever volume of 5.64 million tons of agricultural products, reaching record volumes of supplies to foreign markets in August – 0.7 million tons, in the fourth quarter – 1.88 million tons, and in the second half of the year – 3.71 million tons.
Nibulon’s losses due to Russia’s full-scale military invasion in 2022 exceeded $416 million.
Currently, the grain trader is operating at 32% of capacity, has created a special unit to clear agricultural land of mines, and was forced to move its headquarters from Mykolaiv to Kyiv.
Slavic Wallpaper-KFTP JSC (Koryukivka, Chernihiv region), a leading Ukrainian wallpaper manufacturer, produced 16.39 million conventional pieces of wallpaper in 2024, up 1.4% from 2023.
According to statistics provided by UkrPapir Association to Interfax-Ukraine, the company maintained a small increase in production at the end of the year, which gradually slowed down over the course of the year, with growth of 18-20% in the first months.
At the same time, in monetary terms, the factory’s production volume decreased slightly last year to UAH 1 billion 246 million.
In December, the company produced 1.02 million conventional pieces of wallpaper, which is 9.7% less than in December 2023 and 22.4% less than in November last year.
The Association does not have data on the total production of wallpaper in Ukraine in 2024, as the State Statistics Service has stopped providing it.
JSC Slavic Wallpaper-KFTP produces more than 10 types of wallpaper from the economy segment (paper, duplex, acrylic) to premium wallpaper (vinyl, non-woven, hot stamped), as well as its own latex, water-dispersion paint under the Latex brand.
As reported, in 2023, Slavic Wallpapers-KFTP increased its wallpaper production by 19% compared to 2022, to 16.2 million units, production increased by 38.2% to UAH 1 billion 249 million, and net profit increased almost eightfold to UAH 47.7 million.
Earlier, the company noted that sales volumes, especially through retail channels, had dropped significantly as a result of Russian aggression.
As of January 15, Ukraine exported 23.616 mln tonnes of grains and pulses since the beginning of the 2024-2025 marketing year (July 2024 – June 2025), of which 1.388 mln tonnes were shipped this month, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported, citing the data of the State Customs Service of Ukraine.
According to the report, as of the same date last year, the total shipments amounted to 20.563 million tons, including 2.097 million tons in January.
In terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, Ukraine has exported 10.326 million tons of wheat (413 thousand tons in January), 2.008 million tons of barley (9 thousand tons), 10.8 thousand tons of rye (0), and 10.868 million tons of corn (959 thousand tons).
The total export of Ukrainian flour since the beginning of the season as of January 15 is estimated at 39.4 thsd tonnes (1.8 thsd tonnes in January), including 36.1 thsd tonnes of wheat (1.6 thsd tonnes).
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) only wants to approve additional arms deliveries to Ukraine for three billion euros before the federal election even if they are financed by suspending the debt brake. The help is only possible via a separate borrowing, “because otherwise the money is not there,” he said in an RTL interview.
Scholz had already made this proposal in the traffic light negotiations on the 2025 budget, where the coalition was ultimately broken. “I would decide even now that if everyone joins in a decision: we finance it extra through loans.” But then “some would have to jump over their shadow,” said the chancellor. Anyone who does not want to say where the missing means should come from. Scholz estimated the hole in the not yet adopted budget at 26 billion euros by 2025.
In an interview with the “Westphalian News” and the “Westphalia leaf” specified Scholz, even if you asquire that everything money is not spent in the course of the year, there is probably a gap in cover of at least 16 billion euros. “If we want to decide on another three billion euros for bilateral arms aid for Ukraine, it would be an uncovered check.”
The FDP head and former finance minister Christian Lindner excludes a suspension of the debt brake. He wants to finance aid for Ukraine and the Greens through a “unscheduled edition”. However, according to Article 112 of the Basic Law, this would only be possible under certain conditions. “It may only be granted in the event of an unforeseen and irreplaintated need.” An example of such an issue was instant aid for flood victims in 2013 after severe flooding in parts of Germany.
Source: https://www.zeit.de/news/2025-01/15/scholz-will-ukraine-milliarden-nur-ueber-schulden-finanzieren
Prices for policies of compulsory insurance of motor civil liability of owners of land vehicles (“autograzhdanka”, OSAGO) after the entry into force of the new law from January 1, 2025, increased on average from 70% to 100%, according to a survey of leading insurance companies in this market, conducted by the news agency “Interfax-Ukraine”.
Thus, according to the advisor to the head of the board of directors of Oranta Elena Mashara, the cost of “auto insurance” both in the company and in the market as a whole has increased on average by 80-90% compared to the previous year. However, if we take into account policies with zero deductible, the increase in insurance payments is about 50%.
At the same time, she emphasized that this growth is not uniform, because now insurers have the opportunity to segment the market more flexibly and in more detail than before, when there was price regulation. For example, at Oranta, the loss ratio of MTPL contracts concluded for electric cars was several times higher than for other types of vehicles. As a consequence, the increase in the cost of insurance payments for this segment is more significant than for other types of vehicles.
In IC “European Insurance Alliance” the cost of “auto insurance” has increased from 70% to 110% and is determined depending on the type of car, place of registration (residence) of the owner of the vehicle (TC), notes the head of the product management department of motor risks of the company Vitaly Bazik.
In IC VUSO this growth amounted to 80-100% that is caused by weighty changes in insurance conditions, in particular by significant increase of insurance limits for payments to victims.
“New limits allow to provide our clients with essentially greater protection in case of road traffic accident, covering losses, which earlier could exceed the limits of the previous amount of coverage”, – noted in the company.
In turn, in IC “Express Insurance” indicated that the cost of their MTPL policies increased by an average of 70-75%, which is due to the new requirements of the legislation, providing for an increase in the sums insured for life and health – from 320 thousand to 500 thousand UAH, for property – from 160 thousand UAH to 250 thousand UAH, the abolition of depreciation for car repair, deductible and limit on the europrotocol.
According to ARX IC, it makes no sense to compare the prices of the old “car insurance” (before the legislation was updated – IF-U) and the new one – they are completely different products in terms of content. It is like comparing a parcel train and an airplane, because the terms of settlement have changed, reimbursement of the cost of parts and components of the car will be made without deduction of depreciation, and all insurers-participants should join the direct settlement, the company explains. At the same time, the insurer specified that in general the cost of its policy varies in the range of 3500-6000 UAH depending on the age of the driver and the vehicle, as well as on the type of car and the region of registration.
As for the average price for this insurance, in IC “Express Insurance” for passenger cars with engine volume up to 1600 cm³ the price of MTPL policies ranges from 2200-5600 UAH.
“We will continue to analyze the dynamics of loss adjustment costs and, if necessary, to adjust tariffs for certain categories of clients”, – stressed in the company.
In IC ARX the cost of “auto insurance” for the car B1 1988 year of manufacture, Kiev, the age of the owner 50-55 years is 3243 UAH (minimum), and for the car B4 2020 year of manufacture, Kiev, the age of the owner 18-22 years – 12 771 UAH (maximum). At the same time, the average payment on policies, concluded under the new conditions, for the first ten-day period of January is UAH 3,520.
According to the data of IC VUSO, their average cost of MTPL insurance policy is now about 4000 UAH. As for the minimum price, it is 500 UAH for a vehicle of the type “motorcycle” and 50 thousand for a bus registered in Kiev.
According to Mashara, for the first days of 2025, the average cost of “auto insurance” in “Oranta” amounted to 2375 UAH, which is slightly lower than the initial expectations of the company.
“This is due to the fact that a new segment of customers joined the insurance market – participants in hostilities and other preferential categories of car owners, previously had the right not to conclude contracts of MTPL. Until 2025, the consequences of road accidents involving them were compensated by the MTSBU Victims Protection Fund, and now, according to the new law “On MTPL insurance”, such persons must conclude insurance contracts with a discount of 50% of the insurance payment”, – said the expert.
At the same time, she emphasized that currently almost 5 thousand contracts with new clients have already been concluded, and the average cost of a discounted policy is 1440 UAH.
Answering the question of what most affects the price, all companies noted that it is the type of vehicle (passenger car, electric car, truck, bus, etc.) and its subtype (engine volume, load capacity), the sphere of use (providing paid transportation services or not), the term of the insurance contract and whether the policyholder has the right to a benefit. An important factor is the region of vehicle operation: in cities with high traffic intensity, such as Kiev, premiums are much higher than in quieter regions. In addition, now insurers have begun to more actively take into account the age and length of service of drivers authorized to drive the vehicle, the nature of car operation.
In ARX added that the company has long introduced an additional coefficient.
“For example, we have a driver of 45-50 years will get a completely different price than a driver who is 18 years old, even if they have the same brand of car in Kiev,” – explained in the company, specifying that such a factor as the history of unprofitability (the presence of accidents) in this case does not affect the cost of the policy.
