Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s leading express delivery company, has opened a new sorting hub in Kaunas after two years of operating in Lithuania and opening more than 650 service points in the country, according to a press release on Monday.
“Kaunas is one of the key logistics hubs in the EU. The city’s convenient location at the intersection of major transport corridors allows us to build efficient routes for both domestic and international shipments,” said Svitlana Knyzhka, CEO of Nova Post in Lithuania, in the release.
It is noted that the hub handles over 1,000 shipments daily, operates 24/7, and provides delivery throughout Lithuania, as well as to Ukraine and other European Union countries. Its launch has made it possible to speed up delivery to Latvia by one day and to Estonia by two days.
The logistics hub also houses a Nova Poshta cargo department, where you can send and receive documents, parcels, and cargo weighing up to 1,000 kg.
“This year, we also plan to launch fulfillment based at the hub in Kaunas. This will open up new opportunities for our business customers: they will be able to store goods, process orders quickly, and deliver them fast both in Lithuania and across Europe, including Ukraine,” said Knyzhka.
She added that the company is also actively working on integration with platforms such as Kamenskaya Ink, Multiparcel, and Swotzy.
As reported, the consolidated revenue of the NOVA group of companies, which includes the parent company Nova Poshta LLC and its subsidiaries, in particular NovaPay, NovaPay PL, NP Digital, NOVA Digital Sp. z o.o. (Poland), Nova-Enerji, Novobox, Nova Place, Nova Post Europe, subsidiaries in Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, in 2024 grew by 24% to UAH 54.2 billion. Consolidated profit decreased by 10.8% to UAH 3.81 billion.
Two flour processing plants will be built in Ukraine in 2025 – flour will be produced in western Ukraine, and cereals in the Poltava region, according to an interview with Interfax-Ukraine by Rodion Rybchinsky, director of the Ukrainian Flour Millers Association.
“Currently, a plant for the production of hard wheat flour with a capacity of up to 150 tons per day is being built in western Ukraine, with further processing of pasta, and in the Poltava region, a cereal plant with a combined capacity of up to 100 tons per day is expected to be launched,” he said.
According to the head of the industry association, there are niches in the flour milling business that are worth paying attention to.
“When we talk about grain processing, we must remember that it is not just flour or cereals. There are also combined products: dry breakfasts, energy bars, starch, dry gluten, enzyme preparations based on grain processing products — a very wide range of processed products,” Rybchynsky emphasized, adding that the main priority in the construction of such a production facility is the availability of buyers.
According to him, the cost of building a mill or a cereal plant in Ukraine starts at $3 million, but there are examples of businesses in Ukraine with a higher price tag of $15 million. This amount includes the cost of equipment and buildings (fixed assets), excluding working capital, which can reach 50% of the project cost. After all, in order to launch an enterprise, it is necessary to purchase raw materials, actively enter the market, and anticipate marketing costs, etc.
Rybchinsky also does not rule out the prospect of building a number of flour mills on the Black Sea coast, following the example of Turkey.
“Uzbekistan and Egypt have followed the same path as the Turks. The Uzbeks buy Kazakh grain, grind it, and have become the main exporter of flour to Afghanistan, from where they have ousted Kazakhstan. Egypt buys Ukrainian and Russian grain and has become the leading supplier of flour to the African market, partially displacing both the Turks and the French. All this points to the existence of a state policy,” he stressed, adding that the first step towards such a development of processing in Ukraine should be the interest of the state.
Initial registrations of new and used buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in May 2025 rose by 62% compared to the same month in 2024, to 210 units, according to UkrAvtoprom on Telegram.
Compared to April this year, demand remained unchanged.
According to the association, new vehicles accounted for 43% of this volume, compared to 37% last year.
As in the previous year, the most popular new buses last month were Ataman buses manufactured by the Cherkasy Bus plant, with 27 units registered. (last year – 22 units), followed by Ford with 22 buses (in May 2024, the brand also ranked second, but with seven vehicles), and the domestic Etalon came in third with 13 units (six units).
According to UkrAvtoprom, among used buses, Mercedes-Benz was the most frequently registered, with 41 units, followed by Volkswagen with 17 units and MAN with 13 units.
In January-May, a total of 1,030 buses were added to Ukraine’s bus fleet (+41% compared to the same period in 2024), of which 459 were new (+11%) and 571 were used (+81%).
According to data from UkrAvtoprom, in 2024, initial registrations of new and used buses decreased by 19% compared to 2023, to 2,241 units, including new buses by 24%, to 1,296 units, and used buses by 12%, to 945 units.
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To prepare thermal power generation for summer consumption peaks and the next heating season, DTEK Energy miners have put seven new coal longwall faces into operation since the beginning of 2025, two of them in May, according to a press release from the operating holding company.
“In summer and during heating seasons, the load on thermal power generation traditionally increases, so we maintain the appropriate pace of work. Fuel production for thermal power generation requires detailed planning and consistency at every stage. This includes the launch of new coal longwall faces,” said DTEK Energy CEO Alexander Fomenko.
Last year, the company invested about 7.5 billion hryvnia in Ukrainian coal mining, with a total of 18 billion hryvnia planned for 2022-2024.
According to DTEK Energy, the funds were used to carry out and repair capital mining works, complete coal longwall systems, equip mines with tunneling equipment, underground mine transport, and projects to support production capacities.
DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of coal-based electricity production. The company’s installed thermal generation capacity as of January 2022 was 13.3 GW. A complete production cycle has been established in coal mining: coal extraction and enrichment, machine building, and maintenance of mining equipment.
