During the summer of 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) transported 1.6% more passengers than last summer – 8.07 million, with the number of passengers transported in August reaching 2 million 845 thousand people.
According to the company’s Facebook post on Monday, twice as many military personnel and their families were transported through the special reserve – 130,600.
During the summer of 2025, 1.6 times more children’s groups were also transported: 328,000 children with their parents on group applications and 16,243 children with their parents traveled in children’s cars.
“From June to August, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 3,895 passengers to safety from Sumy, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions,” Ukrzaliznytsia added.
The company emphasized that despite all the challenges this summer—a critical shortage of cars lost due to shelling and natural aging, a surge in demand during the peak summer season — 39 additional trains and groups of carriages were assigned, which allowed for the transportation of an additional 627,000 passengers and reduced the load on regular routes.
Earlier, Ukrzaliznytsia transported 639,700 passengers between August 18 and 24, which is 0.8% less than a week ago. According to statistics, the total volume of transportation still remained higher than last year: during the reporting week, the excess was 3.9%, or 23,700 passengers. The average number of passengers carried per car from August 18 to 24 was 467, which is 6.4% more than in the same period in 2024.
As reported, in the first half of 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia increased passenger traffic by 1.2% compared to the first half of 2024, to 13.52 million. This is 23% more than in January-June 2023, as previously reported by Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi on Facebook.
The National Bank of Ukraine does not support the initiative to include cryptocurrencies in the state’s international reserves. This was stated by the first Deputy head of the NBU Serhiy Mykolaychuk in an interview with the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”.
“Consultations with the NBU on this bill was not held, and in our opinion such changes would be premature. We do not plan to include virtual assets in international reserves,” Nikolaychuk emphasized.
He explained the regulator’s position with three main arguments:
1) The high risk level of crypto-assets, which are unable to ensure the reliability of reserves.
2) Lack of a uniform legislative definition of cryptocurrencies, which makes their inclusion risky in terms of legal certainty.
3) Impact on Ukraine’s European integration, as the European Central Bank considers it unacceptable to include cryptoassets in the reserves of EU central banks.
The National Bank of Ukraine considers the issuance of military domestic bonds (OVDPs) to be the main and most effective instrument for covering the budget deficit in wartime. This was announced by First Deputy
Head of the NBU Serhiy Nikolaychuk in an interview with the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
According to him, high demand from banks and the population allows the Ministry of Finance to successfully place securities while maintaining macrofinancial stability. “OVDPs remain a safe and most transparent way to finance the state’s needs,” he said.
US President Donald Trump says he is closely monitoring the actions of Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and intends to put an end to the killings in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
During a press conference in Washington on Tuesday, when asked by a reporter if there would be any consequences for Putin and Zelensky if they did not meet, the US president replied: “We’ll see what happens, we’ll see what they do. I am watching this very closely.“ ”Last week, they lost 7,317 soldiers for no reason. Both Russians and Ukrainians. I want to put an end to this,” Trump added.
As reported, on August 30, Trump confirmed the holding of trilateral negotiations on the war with Zelensky and Putin and acknowledged that the parties are not yet ready for bilateral negotiations.
On September 2, Trump said he was extremely disappointed with Vladimir Putin in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, despite his excellent relationship with him, and announced an aid package without specifying its size and content, emphasizing that this was not “a matter for Ukraine.”
Development company Alliance Novobud has presented a report on the construction dynamics at its projects for August 2025.
Montreal House, Kyiv (102 V. Vasylkivska St. / 83 Antonovycha St.)
– Block 1: installation of water and heat supply pipelines has reached 85%, cement screed on the residential floors and in common areas, electrical work is also underway – 30% of readiness.
– Block 2: similar works – pipelines are at 95%, screeding and general works are in progress, electrical installation is at 30%.
– Block 3: installation of aluminum subsystem for translucent structures is underway, the laying of electrical cables to the apartments is completed.
– Block 4: installation of translucent constructions continues (40% complete), cabling of apartments is in progress.
Parking lot (at Montreal House)
– Waterproofing of the top slab is 60% complete, installation of rainwater drainage pipes is in progress.
– Works on connection to water supply and sewage networks are in progress: domestic sewage – 80%, connection to water supply – 70%.
Krona Park II, Brovary (32 Simonenka str.)
– House 3: the certificate of commissioning has been received.
– House 5: internal water supply and sewerage networks are being installed, ground is being laid, basement walls are being insulated, roof construction and window installation are underway (floors 2-5 are ready, works have started on floors 6-7).
– House 8: installation of electrical networks, elevators, facade (section 1 – 75%, section 2 – work has begun).
– Building 9: commissioning works, finishing, landscaping of the adjacent territory.
– House 10: the facade is being completed (95% completed), cold doors are being installed, plumbing and electrical works are in progress.
– House 12: roofing works on sections 1 and 2 continue, installation of PVC windows has started.
– Houses 14 and 16: boroinjection paleo field is completed – 100%.
“Forest Quarter”, Brovary (16, V. Chornovol str.)
– Concrete pouring of the foundation slab of section 1 is completed, preparation of the growth beam of section 2.1 and installation of vertical monolithic structures in section 2.2 is in progress.
Alliance Novobud is a Ukrainian development company operating in the residential and commercial real estate market for more than 18 years. It was founded in the mid-2000s. The headquarters is located in Kiev. The main activity is construction of high-rise residential complexes of comfort and business class, as well as related social and commercial infrastructure.
The company is among the top 20 developers of Kyiv and Kyiv region by the amount of commissioned housing (according to Anbud and LUN profile portals). The total volume of completed projects is estimated at more than 800 thousand sq. m. of housing. At the stage of construction and preparation – about 300 thousand sq. m. more.
Alliance Novobud positions itself as a developer focused on quality and compliance with deadlines. The company regularly publishes reports on construction dynamics, which increases transparency and trust.
In the period 2022-2025, despite the war and economic difficulties, the company continued active construction, which sets it apart from its competitors.
The company’s strategy involves the development of mixed residential neighborhoods with the integration of schools, kindergartens, retail space and recreational areas.
https://interfax.com.ua/news/press-release/1101400.html
Nova Poshta, the leader in express delivery in Ukraine and part of the Nova Group, increased its consolidated net profit by 18.6% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, to UAH 1 billion 765 million, while consolidated net revenue increased by 22% to UAH 29.829 billion.
According to the company’s report published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the company’s gross profit increased by 19% compared to the same period last year, to UAH 7 billion 205 million. Operating profit, according to the consolidated report, increased by 17% to UAH 3.72 billion.
Earlier it was reported that in the second quarter of 2025, Nova Poshta increased its unconsolidated net profit by 2.6% compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 905.45 million. According to the company’s reports on its website and in the NSSMC information disclosure system, revenue in the second quarter increased by 22.9% to UAH 12.71214 billion. In the first half of this year, Nova Poshta’s net profit decreased by 19.6% to UAH 1 billion 195.74 million, while revenue increased by 22.1% to UAH 24 billion 571.27 million, according to the published data. It was noted that gross profit for the first half of the year increased by 30.8% to UAH 5 billion 55.3 million, while operating profit increased by 45.6% to UAH 2 billion 443.82 million.
As of mid-year, Nova Poshta had obligations on three bond issues of series “E”, “F” and “G” series bonds, respectively, in the amount of UAH 995.82 million with maturity on July 30 this year, UAH 998.45 million with maturity on June 1 next year, and UAH 999.38 million with maturity on May 2, 2027. The interest rate on bonds “F” and “G” is 16% per annum. The company already has five redeemed bond issues since August 2020 for a total amount of UAH 3.6 billion.
In August 2025, the company fully placed series “H” bonds with a total nominal value of UAH 1 billion after the redemption of series “E” bonds with the same nominal value on July 30.
The main activity of Nova Poshta remains the express delivery of documents, parcels, and palletized large-sized cargo. The company is the leader in express delivery in Ukraine. Its ultimate beneficial owners are Volodymyr Poperechnyuk and Vyacheslav Klimov.
