In February 2026, Ukraine’s fleet of new trucks and special-purpose vehicles was replenished with 880 new vehicles, which is 4% more than in February 2025, but 7% less than in January of this year, Ukravtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.
Renault remains the market leader with 10 units. Peugeot took second place with 106 units, and Opel took third place with 72 units. Citroen (63 units) and Toyota (61 units) rounded out the top five.
As reported, in February last year, the top five were Renault, Citroen, MAN, Iveco, and Ford.
According to Ukravtoprom, a total of 1,826 new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special-purpose vehicles in January-February, which is almost the same as the result for the same period last year.
As reported, in 2025, registrations of new trucks and special-purpose vehicles decreased by 5% compared to 2024, to almost 12,300 vehicles.
On March 3, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a resolution to allocate UAH 16 billion to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia to launch a mechanism for state-ordered passenger rail transport in 2026, according to the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine.
“The mechanism provides for compensation to Ukrzaliznytsia for the difference between the actual cost of passenger transportation and the income from ticket sales at current, socially accessible tariffs,” the Ministry of Development said in a Telegram post.
According to the information, funding will be provided on a quarterly basis through advance payments, and it is also planned to cover the costs of passenger transportation that were actually incurred in January-February 2026.
“The pilot project is an important step towards the introduction of the European PSO model in Ukraine – state procurement of socially important transport services – and the creation of a transparent and predictable system for financing passenger rail transport,” the Ministry of Development emphasized.
It recalled that the decision to launch this mechanism and the instruction to allocate funds for this from the reserve budget was approved by Cabinet Resolution No. 232 of February 18 this year. According to this document, advance payments to the carrier in the first quarter of this year will be made by March 6, and in the second, third, and fourth quarters – by March 25, June 25, and September 25, respectively.
For this year, the volume of state orders is set at 41.76 million train-kilometers in domestic traffic, with a planned cost of UAH 12.92 billion, while the planned revenue is projected at UAH 7.37 billion. In addition, planned investment costs of UAH 10.44 billion are included, which together forms a total of UAH 16 billion.
According to the results of Ukrzaliznytsia’s activities in 2024, the loss in the passenger transportation segment increased by UAH 2.4 billion, or 15.4%, to UAH 18.1 billion, which was covered by the profit from the freight transportation segment, which amounted to UAH 20.4 billion.
As reported by Serhiy Leshchenko, deputy chairman of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia, due to the loss of 49% of freight transportation in 2021-2025, the company can no longer subsidize unprofitable passenger transportation at their expense, proposes to increase freight tariffs by 41.5% in 2026 in two stages, and requests budget support.
In January-September 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia reduced its income from ordinary activities by 15.4% compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 66.03 billion, and received a net loss of UAH 7.32 billion, compared to a net profit of UAH 1.66 billion in January-September 2024.
Revenue from passenger transportation increased by 11% to UAH 9.5 billion, but revenue from freight and postal transportation decreased by 19% to UAH 50.1 billion, and revenue from other services decreased by 14.7% to UAH 6.36 billion.
Investment expenses for the first three quarters of 2025 increased to UAH 11.51 billion from UAH 9.46 billion in the same period last year.
In February, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reduced its interventions in the interbank market by $547.6 million, or 15.5%, to $2 billion 990.5 million, while the official hryvnia-dollar exchange rate fell by 0.8%, or 36 kopecks.
At the same time, in the last week of February, the National Bank increased its sales of dollars on the interbank market by $148.3 million, or 22.4%, to $809.5 million compared to the previous week, while the hryvnia strengthened by almost 0.2%, or 7 kopecks.
According to data from the National Bank, during the first four days of last week, the average daily negative balance of currency purchases and sales by legal entities increased to $117.9 million from $79.3 million during the same period a week earlier, totaling $471.4 million.
On the currency exchange market for the population, the negative balance for Saturday-Thursday also increased to $17.3 million from $16.4 million the week before, with non-cash currency sales exceeding purchases every day.
The official hryvnia-to-dollar exchange rate, which started last week at 43.2747 UAH/$1, ended the week stronger at 43.2081 UAH/$1.
The dollar exchange rate on the cash market also did not change significantly last week: as of February 26, the purchase rate was around 42.92 UAH/$1, and the sale rate was around 43.30 UAH/$1.
Analysts at KYT Group, a major player in the cash currency exchange market (Liberty Finance LLC), note that at the end of February, the spread between the buying and selling rates at bank cash desks and exchange offices is gradually narrowing and stands at around 0.4–0.5 UAH/$.
In their opinion, at the end of February, currency fluctuations were influenced not only by official reports on the labor market and inflation in the US and market expectations of the March 17-18 decision on the key rate, but also by US President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on February 24: he praised his economic achievements and criticized the Supreme Court for its decision against his tariff policy, calling tariff decisions a key driver of the “economic turnaround.”
“In general, analysts do not expect the dollar to fall sharply in the near future, as the latest statistics indicate good economic prospects, and the majority forecast of an unchanged rate in March should support the dollar’s position,” the company believes.
In the domestic context, KYT Group draws attention to the gradual devaluation of the hryvnia throughout February and the role of the NBU, which maintains the balance of supply and demand through regular interventions, as well as news about international support for Ukraine and risks related to the energy sector.
According to their forecasts, in the short term (1–2 weeks), the base range of the dollar exchange rate will be 43.3–43.8 UAH/$1, with a probable tendency towards 43.5–43.6 UAH/$1, in the medium term (2–3 months) – 43.60–44.60 UAH/$1, and in the long term (6+ months) the devaluation trend will continue with a benchmark of 43.6–45.05 UAH/$1.
According to the results of 2025, the plants of the Ostchem nitrogen holding produced 1.571 million tons of mineral fertilizers, which is 12.7% less than in 2024, when the reduction compared to 2023 was 13%, according to the holding’s press release.
According to the press release, Cherkasy Azot produced 1.017 million tons of mineral fertilizers in 2025, Rivneazot produced 554,300 tons, while a year earlier, they produced 1.4 million tons and 407,000 tons, respectively.
The key products manufactured by Ostchem plants in 2025 were ammonium nitrate – 672,400 tons (42.8% of the total volume), UAN – 539.17 thousand tons (34.3%), urea – 232.03 thousand tons (14.8%), and ammonia – 61.47 thousand tons (3.9%).
Compared to 2024, the production of ammonium nitrate decreased by 11.6%, urea by 42.3%, and ammonia by 18.0%. At the same time, UAN production increased by 6.4%.
“In 2025, the Ukrainian chemical industry operated under stressful conditions. Rising costs, unstable energy supplies, and pressure from cheap imports directly raise the question of the industry’s survival. To be frank, in such an environment, it is no longer a question of marginality, but of preserving the country’s production base,” said Serhiy Pavlyuchuk, director of production at Ostchem’s nitrogen business, in a press release.
According to him, the main factors that continued to hold back production in 2025 were the high cost of energy resources, unstable electricity supply, military risks, a decline in effective demand from farmers, and continued pressure from imports.
Pavlychuk emphasized that in 2025, the plants operated exclusively on confirmed demand and focused on products that were in demand in the current market conditions.
According to Ostchem, in 2025, the total volume of mineral fertilizer imports to Ukraine amounted to 2.94 million tons, of which 1.77 million tons were nitrogen fertilizers, while in 2024, these figures were 2.49 million tons and 1.4 million tons, respectively.
The largest volumes of imports in 2025 were urea (650,400 tons) and ammonium nitrate (446,500 tons).
The main suppliers of urea were Azerbaijan (392,700 tons) and Turkmenistan (158,200 tons), while for ammonium nitrate, they were Poland (214,200 tons), Bulgaria (119,500 tons), Kazakhstan (45,100 tons), and Uzbekistan (29,400 tons).
Ostchem, citing Eurostat data, added that in 2025, imports of Russian fertilizers to EU countries, in particular to Poland, increased by almost 1.5 times. This import structure increases price pressure on the domestic Ukrainian market and directly affects the utilization of Ukrainian production capacities, the holding noted.
Ostchem is a nitrogen holding company of Group DF, which unites the largest producers of mineral fertilizers in Ukraine. It includes Rivneazot, Cherkasy Azot, as well as Severodonetsk Azot and Stirol, which are located in the occupied territories and are not operating.
Group DF consolidates the assets of businessman Dmitry Firtash in the chemical, titanium, and port industries, as well as in infrastructure, logistics, agriculture, and media.
Rauta Group has announced that sandwich panels with Cor-Ten steel cladding can combine striking architectural aesthetics with improved energy efficiency in buildings.
As noted in the company’s press release dated March 1, 2026, in 2021, Finland’s Ruukki introduced Patina sandwich panels with mineral wool filling, where the outer cladding is made of Cor-Ten and the inner cladding is made of polymer-coated steel. It also points to the patented shape of the locks, which is designed to prevent internal corrosion at the joints.
Rauta Group emphasizes that Cor-Ten forms a protective patina and does not require painting, and the service life of Patina sandwich panels is estimated at more than 50 years.
In its examples of use, the company also claims that it is possible to save up to 30% on heating and air conditioning costs thanks to the airtightness of the panels and the increase in the energy class of the building, as well as compliance with environmental criteria, which can be taken into account during LEED and BREEAM certification.
Rauta is a leader in the Ukrainian steel construction market and a member of the European Construction Industry Association. The company provides design, manufacturing, and installation solutions in accordance with current EU standards. The company is licensed to perform construction work with medium and significant consequences (CC2, CC3). According to the Unified State Register, Andriy Ozeychuk owns 100% of the company’s authorized capital.
PJSC “Production Association ”Konty” (Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region), one of the leaders in the Ukrainian confectionery market, ended 2025 with a net loss of UAH 263.93 million, which is 2.67 times more than in 2024.
According to the company’s report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the issue of approving the results of operations and the procedure for covering losses has been put on the agenda of the remote general meeting of shareholders scheduled for April 27. Shareholders are being offered to cover the losses for 2025 at the expense of future years’ profits.
In addition to the financial results, shareholders plan to consider a special report by the executive body on the reasons for the decrease in the company’s equity capital and approve a plan of measures to stabilize the financial condition of the enterprise.
The meeting also provides for the re-election of the supervisory board. In particular, it is planned to terminate the powers of the current members of the supervisory board, A. Dyumin, S. Kolomiets, and S. Lisenkov, with the subsequent election of a new composition by cumulative voting. The draft decision states that the members of the supervisory board will work on a pro bono basis.
According to data from the Opendatabot service, the company’s revenue in 2025 (forecast) will amount to UAH 200.01 million, which is 26.8% less than in 2024 (UAH 273.26 million). The net loss for 2024 amounted to UAH 98.58 million, which is 6.8 times less than the negative indicator for 2023 (UAH 672.16 million). The company’s debt obligations in 2024 decreased slightly to UAH 1.604 billion, compared to UAH 1.613 billion a year earlier. At the same time, the company’s assets for the reporting period decreased by 25.9% to UAH 337.68 million compared to UAH 455.86 million in 2023. Updated data is currently unavailable in the system. The company’s authorized capital is UAH 54.052 million.
PJSC “Production Association ”Konty” was founded on October 22, 1997, in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. It specializes in the production of cocoa, chocolate, and sugar confectionery, as well as flour confectionery and long-term storage cakes. The product range includes about 200 items, among which the key brands are Super Kontik, Bonjour KONTI, Timi, Amour, BiSKonti, and Jack.
The ultimate beneficiaries of the company are Boris and Svetlana Kolesnikov (each owning 24.99% of the shares). Other shareholders with large stakes include: Serhiy Kiy (9.99%), Vyacheslav Lyashko (9.99%), Yucher LLC (9.99%), Raisa Taktasheva (7.49%), and Tetiana Akhmetova-Aidarova (6.99%).
