On April 24, 2025, the international forum “Industrial Evolution. Production turns on the economy”. The event will bring together more than 1000 leaders of the manufacturing sector, government and local authorities from all over Ukraine, investors, bankers and international partners to discuss the future of Ukrainian industry, its scaling, investment attraction and innovation.
With the war having destroyed one-third of Ukraine’s industrial potential, the country needs not just a restoration, but a complete reboot of its manufacturing sector. Industrial parks, accelerators, international investments, modern production ecosystems and innovations are what determine the vector of Ukraine’s industrial development.
“For economic success, Ukraine needs powerful innovative industries. We see how other developed countries, such as Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania, have achieved this through industrial development. My team and I have already implemented an industrial park in Bila Tserkva, and this is an experience we are ready to share so that hundreds of new growth points appear in the country. That is why we have created a platform for business, the state and investors to find effective solutions for the development of production in Ukraine – today, without waiting for better times,” says Vasyl Khmelnytsky, founder of UFuture holding and initiator of the forum.
The program includes 4 panel discussions on the key challenges and prospects for the development of Ukraine’s industrial sector. The discussions will focus on state incentive tools, regional support programs, tax policy, access to finance, technology and innovation. They will also discuss the transformation of vocational education to meet the needs of the new industry, the development of industrial parks, attracting foreign investment, and the practical experience of international companies that are already setting up production in Ukraine.
The forum will feature a Made in Ukraine exposition area for equipment for industry and urban infrastructure.
Ukrainian companies from all over the country will present innovations in the areas of industrial automation, construction, transportation, and electronics. The exhibits will include robotic solutions, industrial 3D printers, high-speed charging stations, ventilation systems, construction and specialized machinery, innovative welding systems, electronics components, etc.
The event will also feature the opening of a new plant of the Finnish corporation Peikko Group, a world leader in the production of thin interfloor structures and connection technologies for prefabricated and monolithic construction. The plant, located in the Bila Tserkva Industrial Park, will be an important step in Ukraine’s reconstruction. Forum participants will be the first to get acquainted with its production facilities and technologies.
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On April 9, 2025, Eduard Burash, the ambassador of Transcarpathia, the head of the Feman organization and an advisor to the Slovak Children’s Ombudsman, organized the delivery of a large batch of humanitarian aid to Chernihiv region.
The initiative arose after the appeal of Colonel Mykola Zhuravlev of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who reported a critical situation in the village of Chaikino in Chernihiv region. The settlement is under shelling and 90 children still live there in need of food, hygiene products and other essentials.
Burash’s partners, Natalia Aleksandrova and Vladimir-Franz von Habsburg, as well as the organization “Smile as a Gift” represented by Boleslav Leshaw and Boleslav Drab, took part in the formation of the humanitarian aid. Anna Ivankova from GKCh Košice, Marcel Vrhota, Peter Jelen, Peter Roman, Gabica Jelenova and others also provided assistance.
The truck delivered beds, mattresses, hygiene products, detergents and food. The aid was organized through partners from the Ukrainian House of Charity under the patronage of Franz Volodymyr von Habsburg. In Uzhhorod, the cargo was loaded onto another truck for further transportation. Uzhhorod City Council member Arsen Melkumian and Nova Poshta employees assisted in the transshipment.
The customs and border services of Slovakia and Ukraine promptly processed the necessary documents, which allowed for unimpeded border crossing.
The International Olympic Committee has approved the updated program of the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Among the five new sports included in the official list is squash, which will receive Olympic status for the first time in history.
Along with squash, the program includes baseball/softball, cricket, flag football and lacrosse. 698 additional quotas (322 women and 376 men) have been allocated for these sports, which is part of the IOC’s efforts to expand the Olympic movement and gender balance.
Squash: from private clubs to Olympic arenas
Squash is a dynamic and intense racquetball game that requires lightning-fast reaction and endurance. It is believed that squash originated in England in the early nineteenth century, and in the 1920s it began to spread rapidly around the world. Over the past decades, it has become an extremely popular sport in Canada, the United States, Egypt, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.
Today, more than 20 million people in 185 countries play squash, and the World Squash Federation unites 200+ national federations.
Despite its massive popularity, squash has long remained outside the Olympic program, giving way to other sports. Its inclusion in Los Angeles 2028 is a historic breakthrough that the global squash community has been seeking for more than two decades.
The 2028 Olympics: pushing the boundaries
The Games program now includes 31 sports and 351 disciplines, with a total quota of 10,500 athletes. Full gender parity will be realized in team events, including football and water polo.
New mixed disciplines will be introduced, and the swimming, rowing, climbing and 3×3 basketball programs will be expanded. Thus, the 2028 Olympic Games promise to be one of the most diverse and balanced in history.
For squash fans, this is not just news. This is a victory for an entire generation that has dreamed of their favorite sport finally being at the center of the Olympic movement. Los Angeles 2028 will be their arena.
As of April 11, Ukraine sowed over 1 million hectares with spring grains and legumes, compared to 926 thousand hectares a week ago, which is 20.6% less than as of April 12 last year, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on Friday.
According to the report, 141.1 thousand hectares were planted with wheat (116.5 thousand hectares a week ago), 612.2 thousand hectares with barley (551.8 thousand hectares), 182.8 thousand hectares with peas (164.3 thousand hectares), and 106.1 thousand hectares with oats (82.3 thousand hectares).
According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Odesa, Ternopil, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, and Mykolaiv regions are leading in terms of sowing.
In addition, 51.5 thousand hectares have already been planted with sunflower (33 thousand hectares a week earlier), 76 thousand hectares with sugar beet (64.8 thousand hectares), and 4.5 thousand hectares with soybeans (2.6 thousand hectares).
The Ministry reminded that in 2025, it is planned to plant more than 5.7 mln ha of spring grains and legumes, which corresponds to the level of 2024. The main feature of the new season will be an increase in the area under spring wheat by 28%, to 222.8 thou hectares. Such changes in the crop structure are in line with the stable demand from processing companies and exporters.
As reported, as of April 12, 2024, Ukraine sowed 1.26 mln ha of spring grains and pulses. Peas were sown on 147.7 thou hectares, barley – on 683.4 thou hectares, wheat – on 173.9 thou hectares, oats – on 117 thou hectares.
Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH group, reduced rolled steel production by 44% year-on-year to 7.1 thousand tons in January-March this year.
According to the company, coke production in January-March 2025 decreased by 21.3% to 54.9 thousand tons.
In March of this year, DMZ did not produce rolled products and shipped 2 thousand tons of steel products manufactured in previous periods to customers. Coke production in March increased by 8.4% to 18.7 thousand tons compared to February, but decreased by 23.4% compared to last year’s March, the report says.
As reported, in 2024, DMZ reduced rolled steel production by 59.4% compared to 2023 to 42.9 thousand tons, and coke by 1.2% to 289.1 thousand tons.
In 2023, DMZ increased its rolled steel output by 86.2% compared to 2022, to 105.6 thousand tons, and coke by 38.5%, to 292.7 thousand tons.
In 2022, the plant reduced rolled steel production by 74.2% compared to 2021, to 58.4 thousand tons, and coke production by 56.3%, to 211.3 thousand tons.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, pig iron, rolled products and products made from them.
On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
According to the company’s financial statements, the net profit of the Ukrainian GTS Operator LLC (GTSOU) for 2024 amounted to UAH 2.8 billion.
As the company reported on Wednesday, the Supervisory Board of GTSOU at its regular meeting on April 4 recommended that the general meeting (Ministry of Energy of Ukraine) approve the annual financial statements for 2024.
“Despite the end of natural gas transit, which had a significant impact on the impairment of the company’s assets at the end of the reporting year, the company made a profit of almost UAH 3 billion last year and is ready to pay significant dividends to the state budget,” said Dmytro Lypa, CEO of GTSOU.
The company, in particular, appealed to the Ministry of Energy with a proposal to approve the allocation of 75% of net income, namely UAH 2.1 billion, to pay dividends to the state budget.
The statutory audit of GTSOU was conducted by the independent auditing firm Crowe Erfolg Ukraine, which issued an unqualified audit opinion.
“The company’s financial statements for 2024 present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of GTSOU as of December 31, 2024, and its financial results and cash flows for the year in accordance with international financial reporting standards,” the auditor’s report cited by the company states.
Gas TSO of Ukraine LLC is a natural monopoly that provides natural gas transportation to consumers in Ukraine and the EU. Since January 1, 2020, GTSOU has been a certified operator of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, completely independent of vertically integrated enterprises. In 2024, GTSOU generated over UAH 38.5 billion in revenue.
On October 27, 2023, as part of the corporate reform, 100% of the GTSOU’s authorized capital was transferred to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.
