The agricultural holding “TAS Agro” plans to invest approximately $15 million over the next three years in modernizing dairy farms to bring them into compliance with EU standards, the company’s CEO Oleg Zapletnyuk said in an interview with Delo.ua.
The CEO of the agricultural holding clarified that TAS Agro is concentrating its livestock operations in the Vinnytsia region, where it is completely rebuilding a farm, increasing the number of stalls, and implementing loose housing for livestock.
“The total investment amount is approximately $15 million over the next three years. We are investing in this step by step. This primarily concerns cows. Our goal is to transform outdated livestock farming into a highly productive sector, increase its efficiency, improve livestock housing conditions, and enhance the quality of meat and dairy products,” Zapletnyuk said.
The company’s CEO noted that the strategic plan calls for expanding the land bank from the current 80,000 hectares to 100,000 hectares by the end of 2026.
“Strategically, we plan to increase our land bank to 100,000 hectares. We are currently considering certain assets; if we manage to finalize the purchase by the end of the year, that will bring us to about 100,000 hectares. The next step is to increase it to 120,000 hectares, but that is by 2028,” he said.
Assessing the financial results, the company’s CEO noted that TAS Agro’s net profit for 2025 is expected to be in the range of $20–22 million.
“In 2025, the company’s net profit was in the range of $20–22 million, but we have not yet sold part of our production. As of today, we have effectively sold the wheat, but we have not yet updated the key financial indicators. Estimated at $20–22 million, this is actually 10% more than we had budgeted,” he emphasized.
Zapletnyuk attributed the decline in profitability compared to 2024 (over $25 million) to drought in some of the regions where the company operates and the drop in global prices for agricultural products.
Last year, the holding exported approximately 270,000 tons of agricultural products, with exports accounting for about 60% of total production. The primary destination was the EU, which received 49% of all shipments. Additionally, 25% of exports went to North African countries, 19% to Asia, and 4% of the products were sold in Middle Eastern markets. At the same time, sunflower seeds, as well as a significant portion of soybeans and rapeseed, are processed domestically at partner plants for the subsequent sale of finished products.
The TAS Agro agricultural holding was established in 2014. It cultivates approximately 80,000 hectares across six regions of Ukraine. Its specialization is crop production and dairy farming (cattle herd—5,500 head). Its grain storage capacity is 250,000 tons. Serhiy Tihipko is the founder of the “TAS” group and the beneficiary of the agricultural holding.
The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center warns that weather conditions are expected to deteriorate in Ukraine over the next three days.
“On the nights of April 30, May 1, and May 2, most regions will see air temperatures of 0–3°C (Level II hazard, orange); in the southern part, ground temperatures will be 0–3°C (Level I hazard, yellow),” the statement reads.
It is noted that the frosts will cause damage to flowering fruit trees.
Ltava Plant JSC (Poltava), a manufacturer of electrical connectors and switching equipment, ended the first quarter of 2026 with a net profit of UAH 41.64 million, which is slightly higher than the corresponding figure for January–March 2025.
According to the company’s interim financial report in the financial reporting system, its net revenue decreased by 27% to UAH 122.45 million.
The plant also published its 2025 financial report in the NSSMC disclosure system, according to which net profit decreased by 8.8% compared to 2024—to UAH 156.2 million—while net revenue increased by 32.2%—to UAH 627 million.
Over the past year, the plant increased its operating profit by 71.2% to UAH 136 million, while gross profit rose by 51.6% to UAH 332.8 million.
The Ltava plant is a specialized enterprise engaged in the development and manufacture of electrical connectors, switching devices, contact devices, and sockets for microelectronics.
According to data from the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) for the fourth quarter of 2025, Ivan and Lesya Rybalko hold nearly 44.57% and 19% of the company’s shares, respectively, while Supervisory Board Chairman Serhiy Zmiyevets holds 36.43%.
El Salvador has radically simplified residency rules for foreign residents by reducing the amount of mandatory paperwork required to renew and confirm their status. This is evident from official changes to the country’s immigration procedures.
Under the new rules, foreigners no longer need to visit immigration authorities in person for certain standard procedures, and a number of steps have been streamlined into a simpler administrative format. In particular, requirements for confirming residency status and renewing documents have been relaxed, which should reduce the burden on both the foreigners themselves and the immigration system.
In practice, this means that El Salvador is continuing its course toward creating a more welcoming environment for foreigners—primarily for those who already live in the country, run businesses, invest, or have obtained long-term residency status. Simplifying procedures increases the predictability of residency and reduces transaction costs for residents, which is particularly important for countries seeking to attract international capital and a new tax base.
In recent years, El Salvador has consistently promoted its image as a jurisdiction open to new residents, investors, and international entrepreneurs.
According to Fixygen, Korosten Chemical Machinery Plant JSC (“Khimmash,” Zhytomyr Oblast) ended 2025 with a net profit of UAH 2.756 million, which is 34.6% less than the corresponding figure for 2024, which stood at UAH 4.22 million, according to information included in the agenda of the general meeting of shareholders on the results of 2025.
According to the draft resolutions for the meeting scheduled for April 30, published on the company’s website, it is planned to allocate 5% of net profit, or UAH 0.138 million, to the company’s reserve fund, while UAH 2.618 million will be used to cover losses from previous years. Shareholders also plan to approve the results of the company’s financial and operational activities for the past year.
According to OpenDataBot, PJSC “Khimmash” reported revenue of UAH 166.348 million in 2025, which is 0.35% less than in 2024, when this figure stood at UAH 166.94 million. The company’s assets as of the end of 2025 were valued at UAH 321.321 million, and its liabilities at UAH 165.871 million. The service also notes that the company is registered in Korosten, Zhytomyr Oblast; its authorized capital is UAH 26.895 million; the director is Viktor Ruban; and its primary NACE code is the manufacture of industrial refrigeration and ventilation equipment.
Founded in 1949, the Khimmash plant specializes in the manufacture of, among other things, heat exchangers, condensers, refrigerators, and evaporators for the oil refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries, as well as air-cooling units, refrigeration and cryogenic equipment, and heating boilers.
According to information on the company’s website, in 2025 the plant maintained production volumes at the 2024 level and established a renewable energy portfolio with a total capacity of 1 MW.
As reported, in the fall of 2024 the company launched the second phase of its own solar power plant. Two substations with a total capacity of 420 kW made it possible to fully power the company’s production cycle.
According to the NSSMC, as of the fourth quarter of 2025, more than 98% of the authorized capital of JSC “Khimmash” belongs to the local LLC “Tis-Company.” The company’s ownership structure, published on Khimmash’s website in December 2025, lists Motrona Tishchenko as the person exercising indirect decisive influence over the company.
State-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) reported a net profit of 12.8 billion hryvnias for January–March 2026, which is 24.3%, or 4.1 billion hryvnias, less than in the same period of 2025, the bank announced on its website.
It is noted that the bank’s pre-tax profit for the first quarter of 2026 amounted to UAH 25.9 billion, which is 17%, or UAH 3.8 billion, more than a year earlier.
In the first quarter of this year, PrivatBank paid UAH 44.1 billion in taxes, of which UAH 42.1 billion was income tax for the fourth quarter of 2025.
Customer deposits as of the end of the first quarter of 2026 increased by 19%, or UAH 111.6 billion, compared to the same period last year—to UAH 724.4 billion.
The bank’s net loan portfolio grew by 44%, or UAH 52.2 billion, year-over-year, and by 8.8%, or UAH 13.7 billion, compared to the beginning of 2026—reaching UAH 170 billion.
The number of active Privat24 users increased by 2% over the year—to 13.7 million—and the number of active business clients by 4%, to 952,000, while the number of active individual clients stood at 18 million.
According to the bank’s data, in the first quarter of 2026, the bank allocated UAH 130.26 million to charity.
The bank’s infrastructure includes 7,400 ATMs and nearly 9,900 TCOs, while the number of POS terminals as of April 1, 2026, exceeded 345,000.
PrivatBank is Ukraine’s largest state-owned bank. According to the National Bank, the financial institution’s total assets as of March 1, 2026, amounted to 963.77 billion UAH (23.0% of the total).
