Since the beginning of 2026, Lesy Ukrainy has harvested 244,000 cubic meters more timber products than in the same period in 2025, the state-owned enterprise’s press service reported on its Telegram channel.
According to the report, the pace of harvesting has increased by 44%. The work is being carried out ahead of schedule, despite unfavorable weather conditions – snowfalls and severe frosts.
At the same time, Lesy Ukrainy noted that businesses are choosing contracted products with a certain delay. The main reasons are the lack of electricity and logistics problems, in particular due to enemy attacks on the railway in some northern regions.
“We are in constant contact with our customers. In general, businesses are not refusing products, but are proposing to revise shipment schedules,” the state-owned enterprise noted.
Currently, there is an increase in the stock of certain types of timber in warehouses, but this is not critical for the winter period. The company has decided not to slow down the pace of harvesting, strictly adhering to its commitments for 2026. Lesy Ukrainy added that further developments will depend on the buyers of timber products.
KSG Agro’s shares rose by 60.7% in 2025, allowing the company to enter the top three leaders in terms of market capitalization growth among Ukrainian agricultural companies. This was reported by the holding’s press service, citing data from the investment company Eavex Capital.
According to the report, KSG Agro’s share growth in 2025 significantly exceeded the average market dynamics. The agricultural holdings Kernel and IMC also entered the TOP 3 leaders in this indicator.
The growth in capitalization occurred against the backdrop of an improvement in the company’s operating performance. In particular, in the first half of 2025, the holding’s revenue increased by 20.2%. In the pig farming segment, based on the results of January-September 2025, revenue from the sale of live pigs increased by 48.3%, and operating profit for this period increased by more than 37%.
“The growth in revenue and operating performance in 2025 demonstrates that our vertical integration strategy and pig herd renewal program are working effectively even in extraordinary wartime conditions,” said Sergey Kasyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of KSG Agro.
The vertically integrated holding company KSG Agro is engaged in pig farming, as well as the production, storage, processing, and sale of grain and oilseeds. Its land bank in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions is about 21,000 hectares.
According to KSG Agro, it is one of the top five pork producers in Ukraine. In 2023, the agricultural holding began implementing a “network-centric” strategy, under which it will transition from developing a large location to a number of smaller pig farms located in different regions of the country.
In January-September 2025, KSG Agro received $5.96 million in operating profit and $6.92 million in gross profit, which is 68% and 31% more than in the same period of 2024.
The unfinished Sky Towers complex in the center of Kyiv is once again up for sale on the OpenMarket electronic trading system (SE “SETAM” of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine) at a starting price of UAH 662.3 million (including VAT), according to the SETAM press service.
The auction is scheduled for February 27. The guarantee deposit is UAH 33.1 million. The starting price of the lot has been reduced by 1.1 times after an attempt to sell the asset in 2024 (UAH 771.9 million) and by 10.6 times since the first auction in 2021 (UAH 7.1 billion).
According to the announcement, the unfinished construction project is located on a land plot of 0.74 hectares. The total construction area is 51,300 square meters, with 51% of the project already completed.
The building design includes two towers with 47 and 34 floors. The total area of the complex will be approximately 225,000 square meters. The complex will include offices, retail space, a separate bank branch building, and an eight-level underground parking lot with an area of 51,600 square meters for 841 parking spaces.
“Sky Towers is not just an unfinished construction project, but an opportunity to implement one of the most ambitious projects in the capital. The auction will allow us to find an owner who will be able to bring it to a logical conclusion,” said Roman Osadchuk, CEO of SETAM, in a statement.
As reported, the construction of Sky Towers on 13 Beresteysky Avenue (formerly Peremohy Avenue) could have become the first Ukrainian skyscraper over 200 m (project height 214 m). Construction continued until 2015, but only reached 28 floors out of the planned 47, after which it was halted. According to Alexander Dyomin, director of the development company Agency for Office Construction, the property was not preserved.
The owner’s loan agreement with Ukreximbank was signed in 2007. In May 2012, KDD Group, which found itself in a difficult financial situation, signed an agreement to sell the Sky Towers project and the Zazimya residential complex to the American company Cimbrorum Holdings LLC for $202.4 million. Of this amount, KDD was to receive $12 million in cash, while the rest of the amount consisted of obligations, in particular $168.4 million to Ukreximbank. At the same time, the bank increased the credit line for the completion of Sky Towers to $193 million, with the Office Construction Agency acting as the borrower.
In 2019, the parties signed a financial restructuring plan, but the developer continued to fail to fulfill its obligations. In early 2021, the Kyiv Commercial Court upheld Ukreximbank’s claim to recover UAH 5.95 billion in debt from the Office Construction Agency for a loan to finance the construction of Sky Towers.
According to YouControl, the founder of Office Construction Agency LLC is TKD Invest LLC, and the ultimate beneficiary is listed as David Israel (Takadero Trading Limited, USA).
According to preliminary data, the FED aircraft manufacturing company (Kharkiv) ended 2025 with a net profit of UAH 187.58 million, which is 3.4% more than in 2024.
According to the agenda of the company’s general meeting of shareholders on March 12, UAH 45 million, or 24% of the profit, is planned to be allocated for the payment of dividends, and UAH 142.58 million will remain undistributed.
The dividend payment period is scheduled for April 1 to December 31, 2026.
According to the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) of Ukraine for the fourth quarter of 2025, more than 98% of the shares of FED JSC are owned by the company’s director, Viktor Popov.
As reported, at the end of 2024, FED JSC allocated UAH 40 million of its net profit of UAH 181.41 million to dividends, at a rate of UAH 4,575 per share with a par value of UAH 57,900.
The company’s authorized capital of UAH 506.162 million is divided into 8,742 thousand ordinary registered shares. As of October 1, 2025, retained earnings amounted to UAH 1.52 billion.
At the meeting, shareholders also plan to consider the re-election of the supervisory board, which currently consists of three members (including its chairman, Valery Fadeev).
In addition, the agenda includes the approval of SOVA Audit Firm LLC, selected on a competitive basis, to audit the annual financial statements of FED JSC for 2025.
JSC FED is one of Ukraine’s leading enterprises. It specializes in the development, production, maintenance, and repair of aviation, space, and general engineering equipment.
The average number of full-time employees as of October 1, 2025, was 953.
As reported, in January-September 2025, the company’s net profit increased by a quarter to UAH 176 million, and net income by 32% to UAH 774.9 million.
In 2024, the plant reduced its net profit by 43% compared to the previous year, to UAH 181.4 million, while its net income fell by 26%, to UAH 831.7 million.
In Cyprus from January 1, 2026, changes affecting the processing of real estate transactions and taxation on the sale of assets came into force, according to the explanations to the reform.
The key simplification for new transactions is the complete abolition of stamp duty (Stamp Duty) for sale and purchase agreements signed from January 1, 2026. Previously the levy was calculated on the value of the transaction and required separate procedures, it is now zero-rated for new contracts.
Lifetime capital gains tax deductions (CGT) have also been revised, which may reduce the taxable base for real estate sales by individuals. In particular, the limits of the personal deduction, the exemption for agricultural land and the deduction for a principal residence (subject to fulfillment of conditions and proof of documentation) have been increased. These parameters apply to contracts entered into starting in 2026.
A separate block of the reform relates to transactions involving shares in real estate companies. The threshold at which the sale of shares/shares qualifies as a real estate transaction for CGT purposes has been lowered – this increases the tax due diligence requirements for purchases of corporate shells with properties on the balance sheet.
In addition, exemptions for real estate exchange and barter schemes in development (e.g., when land is transferred to a developer in exchange for finished objects) have been extended, and control over compliance with tax procedures has been strengthened: if the parties are in arrears, transfer of ownership rights may be blocked, and Tax Clearance checks have become tougher.
According to the Department of Land and Cadastre of Cyprus (DLS), in 2025, foreign buyers (excluding Cypriot citizens) registered 7,255 sale contracts (sale contracts), of which 4,809 – buyers from outside the EU; the number of transferred objects (transfers/sales) amounted to 4,195 (2,234 – buyers outside the EU).
The top nationalities that most often appear in the “top ten” are: Russians, British, Israelis, Greeks, Romanians, Chinese, Ukrainians, Germans, Americans and Lebanese (Australians and Bulgarians are also found in Nicosia).
Overall, car imports grew by 17%
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, almost half a million cars were imported into Ukraine from abroad in 2025. This is 17% more than in 2024, but still a third less than before the start of the full-scale war. The average age of imported cars is 9 years. One in five imported vehicles was registered in Kyiv. And one in four cars that crossed the border was electric, which is even more than the number of imported diesel cars. Volkswagen retains its leading position, and the Tesla Model Y will remain the most popular car model.
444,860 vehicles were imported into Ukraine last year. This is 17% more than in 2024, but still a third less than in 2021.
Ukraine remains a market for used cars: more than 70% of imports last year were used cars. The average age of imported vehicles remained unchanged over the year at 9 years. By comparison, in 2021, the average age of newly imported cars was 11 years.
Against this backdrop, there were also some real automotive rarities: from a 1967 Honda Monkey moped to a classic 1971 Chevrolet Corvette. Even the electric segment has its “veterans”: the oldest electric car, the Peugeot iOn, is already 15 years old.
On the eve of the return of taxes on the import of electric cars, such cars were in high demand — every fourth car that crossed the border last year. Electric cars even surpassed diesel cars in popularity: 109,309 electric cars versus 94,014 diesel cars. However, gasoline cars still lead the way with 195,059 vehicles.
It is worth noting that of the 504 luxury cars subject to the luxury tax, half were also electric. Volkswagen was the most sought-after car brand, while the Tesla Model Y was the most popular imported car of the year.
However, it is worth noting that Volkswagen leads in 20 regions. The exceptions were the Odesa region, where BMW unexpectedly took the lead, Chernihiv and Donetsk regions, where Renault took the lead, and the Kherson region, where the Spark motorcycle brand became the leader.
If we look exclusively at electric cars, the picture is even clearer — Tesla became the No. 1 brand in 22 regions of the country, yielding only to Volkswagen in the Zakarpattia region and to the Chinese BYD in the Sumy region.
Almost one in five imported vehicles was registered in the capital: 80,425 cars. Lviv region ranks second with 51,730 cars. The top five also includes Kyiv region (28,179), Dnipropetrovsk region (26,311), and Rivne region (23,608).
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/import-cars-2025
