The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is building a portfolio of private investments in renewable energy and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine for 2026, with a total capacity of over 1 GW.
“The EBRD is building a portfolio for 2026 and plans to support such transactions as early as this year,” the EBRD’s Ukraine Facebook page reported on March 24.
Specifically, the EBRD plans to attract investors to projects involving the construction of approximately 570 MW of wind power plants, 240 MW of solar generation, and 230 MW of storage systems.
“All these projects are private investments. As Arvid Türkner, the EBRD’s Head of Operations in Ukraine and Moldova, emphasizes, private sector participation is critical,” the statement noted.
As the EBRD emphasized, this is precisely why RAMP UP was created—a joint initiative of the EBRD and the World Bank that stabilizes revenues from renewable energy and unlocks large-scale private investment.
“The goal is to accelerate the sector so that Ukraine’s potential can be harnessed as soon as conditions improve. The first auctions are expected in 2026,” the bank states.
Shareholders of PJSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Poultry Farm” and JSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Agrarian Company” (Fedorivka village, Volyn region) and Avesterra Group plan to approve the results of financial and economic activities for 2025 and determine the procedure for distributing profits and losses at the annual general meeting on April 29, 2026.
According to a disclosure in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), PJSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Poultry Farm” will not pay dividends due to the absence of net profit for the previous year and plans to cover losses using future profits.
Meanwhile, shareholders of JSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Agrarian Company” plan to allocate 100% of net profit for 2025 to retained earnings. No dividend payments are planned for this asset either.
The agenda for the meetings of both companies, which will be held remotely via a survey, includes the approval of the reports of the executive bodies and supervisory boards for 2025, with their work deemed satisfactory.
According to financial indicators in the Opendatabot system, PJSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Poultry Farm” ended 2025 with a net loss of UAH 10.24 million (in 2024, profit amounted to UAH 23.07 million). The company’s net revenue for the reporting period fell by a factor of 3.2 to UAH 150.93 million. As of the end of last year, the company’s total assets amounted to UAH 1.45 billion, with a registered capital of UAH 154.92 million.
Meanwhile, in 2025, JSC “Volodymyr-Volynskyi Agrarian Company” increased its net profit by 39.4% compared to the previous year—to 14.39 million UAH. The company’s net revenue grew by 20.6% to UAH 55.74 million. The agricultural company’s assets are valued at UAH 309.89 million, and its authorized capital amounts to UAH 113.61 million.
Both enterprises are part of the Avesterra Group. The main shareholders of the companies are Mykhailo Dobkin, Dmytro Dobkin, Alla Dobkina, and Olena Dobkina, as well as the asset management company “Oreola” (the “Titul” and ‘Oreola’ funds) and “Stichting Administratiekantoor Seifdam.”
Citizens of which countries own businesses in Ukraine?
According to the Unified State Register, as of mid-March 2026, nearly 3,000 companies with foreign owners that file financial reports and have annual revenues of at least 100 million UAH were recorded in Ukraine. Citizens of Cyprus are among the owners of nearly a quarter of these companies. And the largest number of businesses with foreign owners are registered in the capital. Foreigners most often choose the wholesale trade, agriculture, and IT sectors for their companies.
There are currently 2,997 companies with foreign owners in Ukraine. Note that this analysis examined companies with revenue of at least 100 million UAH according to their 2025 financial statements.
Nearly a quarter of the companies have owners from Cyprus—694 companies. Next are German citizens—they are represented in 300 companies—and the United States—292. Following are the Netherlands (239 companies), the United Kingdom (224), Austria (187), and Poland (146). It is worth noting that a single company may have multiple owners.
It should be noted that Cyprus and the Netherlands have long remained key “hubs” for structuring Ukrainian businesses.
Nearly half of all companies with foreign owners—1,478 businesses—are registered in Kyiv. Next are Lviv and Kyiv regions—223 in each region. The fewest such businesses are in the frontline regions of Kherson and Donetsk.
More than a quarter of all foreign-owned companies operate in wholesale trade—774. Another 268 companies are in agriculture and 176 in IT.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/foreigners-business-2025-12
In the 2026 season, the Agrain agricultural holding increased its spring crop acreage by 1.23 times compared to 2025—to over 33,000 hectares.
According to a statement by the agriholding’s press service on Facebook, corn and sunflowers will remain the main crops in the planting mix. The area planted with corn will nearly double compared to 2025 levels, reaching over 25,000 hectares. The expansion of this crop will occur primarily in the Chernihiv, Cherkasy, and Zhytomyr regions.
At the same time, the company will reduce the area under sunflowers by nearly 39%—to 8,000 hectares—due to crop rotation requirements and consideration of climatic risks.
The crop mix will also retain 2,000 hectares of niche crops, including coriander, flax, and lentils. The company noted that these are used to improve crop rotation and restore soil fertility.
Agrain attributed the changes in its production plans to a combination of market priorities—specifically, rising demand for corn—as well as agronomic factors, such as stable yields and moisture levels.
Agrain is engaged in the cultivation and storage of grain and oilseed crops, as well as livestock farming. Prior to the full-scale Russian invasion, the agricultural holding comprised 11 agricultural enterprises. It cultivated approximately 110,000 hectares in the Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, and Cherkasy regions.
The holding’s owner is SAS Investcompagnie (France).
Shareholders of the Kryvyi Rih Mining and Metallurgical Plant, PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” (AMKR, Dnipropetrovsk region), intend to review the results of operations for 2025 and hold elections for members of the supervisory board.
According to the company’s announcement in the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) disclosure system regarding the remote general meeting of shareholders to be held on April 20, there are nine items on the agenda.
The meeting is scheduled to review the reports of the supervisory board and the auditor for 2025 and adopt relevant resolutions. It is planned to approve the results of financial and operational activities for 2025 and approve the procedure for covering losses. Additionally, shareholders plan to terminate the powers of the supervisory board members and elect new ones.
Draft resolutions, copies of which are available to the Interfax-Ukraine agency, propose covering the loss incurred as a result of AMKR’s financial and operational activities in 2025 using future profits.
“ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” is the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine. It specializes in the production of long products, in particular rebar and wire rod.
ArcelorMittal owns Ukraine’s largest mining and metallurgical complex, “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih,” and a number of smaller companies, including PJSC “ArcelorMittal Beryslav.”
