According to preliminary data, Cherkasy Bus JSC ended 2025 with a net profit of UAH 82.98 million, which is 32% less than the corresponding figure for 2024, as indicated in the agenda for the company’s annual general meeting of shareholders summarizing last year’s results.
According to the draft resolution of the meeting scheduled for April 24, published in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), shareholders intend to retain 95% of the profit earned, or UAH 78.83 million, at the company’s disposal, and allocate 5% (UAH 4.15 million) to the reserve fund.
As previously reported, based on the results of operations in 2024, the shareholders of “Cherkasy Bus” also allocated nearly all of the net profit to development. Meanwhile, the planned profit for 2025 amounted to UAH 102.8 million.
At the meeting, it is planned, in particular, to approve a projected profit target for 2025 of UAH 143.83 million.
Shareholders also plan to re-elect the chair and members of the supervisory board, as well as appoint TOA “Advo-Audit” as the auditor of the company’s financial statements for 2026.
According to data from the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) for the fourth quarter of 2025, Oleksandr Dorosh, head of the “Isuzu-Ataman Ukraine” business, owns nearly 42.29% of the shares of JSC “Cherkasy Bus,” Anna Suprun owns nearly 13.65%, and three other individuals, including long-time board chairman Vitaliy Raabe, each hold 7.9275%.
The company’s authorized capital is UAH 162.97 million.
Founded in 1994, the “Cherkasy Bus” plant manufactures Ataman small-class buses (including school buses) as well as other wheeled vehicles based on Japanese Isuzu components, specifically Isuzu trucks, using a semi-knockdown assembly method.
The plant did not disclose the number of buses and trucks produced and sold in 2025, but in 2024, according to its data, it reduced bus production by nearly 15% compared to the previous year, to 425 units, and truck production by 15%, to 321 units; bus sales decreased by 15.7% to 425 units, while truck sales increased by 8% to 319 units.
At the same time, the plant plans to manufacture 385 buses, 300 trucks with a payload capacity of 3 to 18 tons, and 302 Isuzu pickups for the National Police, the State Emergency Service, the State Border Guard Service, and other companies in 2025.
In addition, construction of a small-series production facility was scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2025.
According to data from YouControl, in 2025 the company reduced its net sales revenue by 2.2% compared to 2024—to 1.733 billion UAH. Retained earnings as of early 2026 amounted to 346.2 million UAH.
Administrative barriers are one of the key factors slowing down the entry of new housing into the market, said Yevhen Favorov, head of the Ukrainian Association of Developers, during a roundtable discussion.
According to him, the government has now become one of the key drivers of housing demand in Ukraine: programs offering subsidized mortgages, compensation for destroyed housing, programs for military personnel, and other government initiatives are generating significant effective demand. However, the market cannot respond to demand immediately, since by the time a building is commissioned, 80–90% of the most liquid apartments have usually already been sold.
“If the government wants to secure additional housing stock for its programs, it will take time—at least 2–4 years, a significant portion of which is devoted to the administrative preparation of the project,” Favorov noted.
According to him, the association he heads conducted its first annual industry survey of developers, in which 120 respondents participated—owners, executives, and specialists from development companies, who collectively account for one-third of the total supply in the primary residential construction market. According to the survey results, the average duration of administrative project preparation—from land registration to obtaining a construction permit—is approximately 14.4 months; land rights registration takes 13.3 months; and obtaining urban planning conditions and restrictions (UPC) takes an additional 9.78 months.
Respondents cited problems with obtaining UCRs (35%), difficulties in the area of land and property relations (30%), instability of permits and their revocation (24%), difficulties in obtaining technical specifications (22%), as well as constant changes to rules, requirements, and legislation (20%).
Among the procedures that, according to developers, most need optimization at the state level, the top priorities are cultural heritage protection (49%), cadastral and land procedures (29%), access to urban planning information (28%), and digital services and registries (26%).
During the discussion, Olena Shulyak, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development, and Urban Planning, emphasized that the problem with administrative permits is much deeper than simply a matter of administration or the speed of document issuance.
“Urban planning permits have effectively become a quasi-licensing tool that creates corruption risks, reinforces the monopoly of local authorities, and in some cases places developers in a dependent position,” Shulyak believes.
At the same time, she believes a systemic solution to this problem is impossible without up-to-date urban planning documentation—digitized and made public at the national level—so that the market has access to clear and transparent rules. The MP also called for a resolution to be submitted to the government as soon as possible, one that establishes a mechanism to address unjustified refusals by local authorities to issue building permits and empowers the State Architecture and Urban Planning Inspectorate (DIAM) to act as an arbitrator in such situations.
Oleksandr Novytskyi, Head of the State Architecture and Urban Planning Inspectorate (DIAM), added that the set of technical specifications and utility connections requires separate reengineering—with a transition to a unified digital process and a “single window” for the client.
Market representatives, in turn, confirmed that the absence or long-standing rejection of urban planning documentation has not only regulatory but also direct economic consequences: land plots are not being developed, investments are being postponed, and housing supply is not reaching the market in the necessary volume.
The survey results will serve as the basis for the association’s future advocacy work in collaboration with the government and the professional community.
The UK has launched the Snooz ice cream brand, which is positioned as a product for evening consumption and contains chamomile, lemon balm, magnesium, and theanine. The launch of the new line was reported by specialized British publications covering branding and consumer trends.
According to the reports, the brand is capitalizing on consumers’ habit of eating ice cream in the evening. Materials about the launch of Snooz state that over 60% of ice cream is consumed after 6:00 PM, and the product’s positioning is built on this insight.
The ice cream’s ingredients include chamomile, lemon balm, magnesium, and theanine, which the brand classifies as sleep-friendly ingredients. However, available reports focus on the product’s marketing positioning as a better option for a late-night snack, rather than a medically proven remedy for insomnia.
The Snooz line features three main flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and salted caramel.
The creator of the Hawk Tuah (HAWK) meme coin has publicly commented for the first time on the project’s sharp decline and admitted that she has suffered severe consequences following its collapse. She spoke about this in an interview cited by Incrypted.
According to her, the token’s launch was accompanied by hype and a rapid surge in interest from the crypto community; however, the project soon faced a sharp correction and a loss in value. Following the crash, HAWK faced criticism from investors, and the team itself came under pressure from the community.
The project’s creator admitted that she experienced severe stress and emotional burnout due to the audience’s reaction and the scale of negative comments. She noted that she was not prepared for the level of attention and responsibility that arose around the token in such a short time.
The interview also highlights that meme coins remain one of the most volatile segments of the crypto market, where success is often short-lived and depends on hype, influencers, and community sentiment rather than the project’s fundamental value.
The situation with HAWK serves as yet another example of the risks faced by retail investors entering such assets at the peak of interest. In the absence of a sustainable token economy and a transparent development model, such projects can quickly lose value, leaving investors with losses.
FIXYGEN notes that the current memecoin market continues to develop as a high-risk segment where marketing, community, and liquidity remain key factors, rather than the technological foundation. The collapse of HAWK intensifies the debate on the need for greater transparency and accountability from the creators of such projects.
On Monday, platinum is posting the sharpest decline among major precious metals amid a strengthening U.S. dollar and deteriorating expectations regarding Federal Reserve policy. As of 9:25 a.m., platinum futures fell 11.7% to $1,740 per ounce.
The platinum market is declining in tandem with gold and silver, reacting to the strengthening dollar and the growing likelihood that the Fed may keep rates high longer than expected. When the U.S. dollar is strong, global investors’ interest in precious metals typically wanes.
Platinum faces additional pressure because it is viewed not only as a safe-haven asset but also as a commodity sensitive to the outlook for global industry.
Platinum is of key importance to industry, primarily to the automotive sector, the chemical industry, oil refining, hydrogen energy, and catalyst production. For the financial market, it is important as an exchange-traded metal with an investment function; however, its value depends more heavily on the state of the real economy than that of gold.
Previously, the Experts Club analytical center released a video analysis on the production of platinum group metals by the world’s leading producers for the period 1971–2024: – https://youtube.com/shorts/vj4mBkJVxrg?si=pPTU6_l0t9-iCBb4
According to Interfax-Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) increased its interventions in the interbank market last week by $307.0 million, or 29.6%, to $1.3444 billion, marking the largest weekly volume of interventions since the end of 2024, according to statistics on the regulator’s website.
According to data from the National Bank, over the first four days of last week, the average daily negative balance of currency purchases and sales by legal entities increased to $170.9 million from $97.1 million during the same period a week earlier, totaling $683.4 million.
At the same time, in the retail foreign exchange market from Saturday to Thursday, the negative balance rose to $57.9 million from $38.5 million the week before last.
The official hryvnia-to-dollar exchange rate strengthened from 44.1381 UAH/$1 at the start of last week to 43.9617 UAH/$1 by the end of the week.
The same trend was observed in the cash market, where the hryvnia exchange rate strengthened over the past week: the buying rate by 17 kopecks to 43.86 UAH/$1, and the selling rate by 19 kopecks to 44.24 UAH/$1.
Analysts at KYT Group, a major player in the cash currency exchange market (Liberty-Finance LLC), note that in the first half of March, the hryvnia continued to depreciate, and turbulence in the currency market intensified under the influence of both external and internal factors.
Among these factors, they cite hostilities in the Middle East, rising demand for the dollar and euro in Ukraine, as well as the cautious actions of the National Bank, which is balancing between currency demand and the need to maintain sufficient international reserves.
In their view, the strengthening of the dollar is creating additional pressure on the hryvnia in the global market: the DXY index has gained 3.33% over the past month, while the euro is weakening amid rising energy prices and Europe’s high dependence on fuel imports.
Analysts note that in mid-March, the EUR/USD pair fell to 1.1445, and the price of Brent exceeded $101.4 per barrel, which boosted demand for foreign currency in the Ukrainian market as well.
In the domestic context, they note an increase in demand for the currency in both the non-cash and cash segments, particularly due to purchases by importers of energy equipment and fuel.
At the same time, Ukraine’s international reserves, according to preliminary data cited in the review, decreased by 5% as of March 1, 2026, to $54.75 billion, and the NBU conducted several operations in March to exchange banks’ non-cash currency for cash to replenish cash reserves and prevent a cash currency shortage.
Regarding the dollar, KYT Group notes that in mid-March, the cash dollar buying rate reached 43.80–44.10 UAH/$1, and the selling rate—44.35–44.60 UAH/$1, while the spread between buying and selling widened to 0.45–0.60 UAH/$1.
According to their forecast, in the medium term (2–3 months), the rate is expected to be 44.30–44.90 UAH/$1, and in the long term (6+ months), the baseline scenario calls for a devaluation of the hryvnia to 44.4–45.5 UAH/$1.
https://interfax.com.ua/news/economic/1153678.html
