The construction of the Chernivtsi-Suchava (Romania) European railway will begin in 2026, and a feasibility study is being prepared, Deputy Finance Minister Oleksandr Kava said.
“Under an optimistic scenario, construction of the European railway to the city of Chernivtsi (from Suceava, Romania – IF-U) may already begin next year… A feasibility study is currently being prepared for the project. Chernivtsi has the opportunity to become the second regional center after Uzhhorod to get access to the European gauge directly in the city,” Kava said at the conference ‘Logistics as a Driver of Economic Growth’ organized by the We Build Ukraine think tank.
According to him, the construction of the Chop-Uzhhorod European railway is currently underway, funded 50% by Connecting Europe Facilities (CEF) and 50% by the state budget.
The launch of this Euro-gauge is planned for the summer of 2025, Kava said.
“This (Chop-Uzhhorod European railway – IF-U) will not only allow to launch direct passenger trains from Uzhhorod to Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Vienna, Dresden, but will also enable shippers operating in Uzhhorod to send goods via the European railway to partners in Europe and also receive goods, containers and materials from European countries directly to Uzhhorod,” the deputy minister said.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) made temporary changes to the schedule of a number of passenger trains heading to Uzhhorod until the end of July due to large-scale work on laying a European standard track between Chop and Uzhhorod.
At a meeting with European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tsitsikostas, Vice Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine and Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba said that direct European gauge rail service to Uzhhorod would be launched in the second half of 2025.
As of March 24, Ukraine exported 31.736 mln tonnes of grains and pulses since the beginning of 2024/2025 marketing year (MY, July 2024 – June 2025), of which 2.553 mln tonnes were shipped this month, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported, citing the data of the State Customs Service.
According to the report, as of March 27 last year, the total shipments amounted to 34.199 mln tons, including 4.529 mln tons in March.
At the same time, in terms of crops, since the beginning of the current season, as of March 24, 2025, wheat was exported – 12.798 mln tonnes (815 thsd tonnes in March), barley – 2.193 mln tonnes (49 thsd tonnes), rye – 10.8 thsd tonnes (0), corn – 16.26 mln tonnes (1.68 mln tonnes).
Total exports of Ukrainian flour in the period under review are estimated at 52.2 thsd tonnes (3.7 thsd tonnes in March), including 48.3 thsd tonnes of wheat (3.6 thsd tonnes).
On June 6, 2025, Agro Ukraine Summit will take place, a major international agricultural event that will bring together all key stakeholders in the agricultural and food sectors of Ukraine.
The summit aims to identify current challenges and opportunities for the development of the agricultural sector, discuss ways of integration into the EU, and formulate a vision of Ukraine’s agri-food future.
Venue: 16a Parkova Road, Kyiv, CEC “Parkovy”
For whom the event is aimed: crop and livestock producers, elevators, agro-processors, logisticians, traders and all companies providing equipment, technologies and services to the relevant industries.
Number of participants: 2500+
The Summit will include:
– 6 conferences:
– “Agro Ukraine Summit” conference
– Conference “AgriTech Conference”
– Conference “Futurology or the future of grain storage”
– Conference “Effective livestock and poultry farming”
– Conference “Processing trends in crop production”
– Conference “Solar Agro Conference”
For more information, please visit the official website: https://agro-ukraine-summit.com
For partnership and participation in the exhibition, please contact the organizers:
+38 096 899 4272 | +38 067 243 3803 | proagro-inform@ukr.net
This year, Energoatom plans to continue the practice of reducing the timeframe for the repair campaign at Ukrainian NPPs, which was achieved in 2023-24, the company’s CEO Petro Kotin said.
“We manage to do this at an accelerated pace and, which is very good, without reducing the quality of repairs (…) We reduced the repair time last year. This year, we also plan to reduce the timeframe wherever possible,” he said on the Energo LIVE program.
As explained by the CEO, the main measure during scheduled outages at nuclear power units is nuclear fuel reloading.
“Nuclear fuel reloading is what a nuclear power unit needs to ensure that it operates continuously for one year afterwards,” he said.
Along with the transshipment, the company is carrying out repair work to restore the equipment and bring it to the highest standards.
As reported, in 2024, Energoatom continued the practice of reducing the total duration of scheduled repairs of power units, reducing them by another 59 days. The repair campaign was planned so that all nine power units located in the territory controlled by Ukraine could operate during the cold season.
Currently, Energoatom operates nine power units at South Ukrainian, Rivne and Khmelnytsky NPPs with a total capacity of 7880 MW. All of them are located in the territory controlled by Ukraine.
Zaporizhzhia NPP with six VVER-1000 power units with a total capacity of 6,000 MW has not been generating electricity since September 11 of the same year after its occupation on March 3-4, 2022.
PJSC Dneprospetsstal Electrometallurgical Plant (Zaporizhzhia) reported a net loss in 2024 and is to consider a decision to liquidate.
According to the company’s announcement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) about holding a remote general meeting of shareholders on April 29, according to the draft decisions, a copy of which is available toInterfax-Ukraine, it is planned not to distribute money, not to accrue dividends and not to make contributions to the reserve fund due to the lack of net profit. The losses will be covered by the profit of future periods.
“To make a decision to liquidate the company in accordance with and in fulfillment of the requirements of Part 2 of Article 16 of the Law on Joint Stock Companies,” the draft decisions state.
It is also planned to confirm a number of transactions.
At the same time, according to the company’s clarification sent to Interfax-Ukraine, it is stated that on March 24, 2025, the company posted a notice in accordance with the procedure provided for by the current legislation on holding an annual general meeting. In connection with the decrease in the company’s net assets, the agenda includes, among other things, issues in accordance with the requirements of Article 16 of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies”, in particular, consideration and approval of measures to be taken to improve the financial condition of the company, in accordance with and pursuant to the requirements of Part 2 of Article 16 of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies”. Also, on the liquidation of the company, in accordance with and pursuant to the requirements of Part 2 of Article 16 of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies”.
In addition, it is noted that the company is obliged to include in the agenda the issue of measures to improve the financial condition and liquidation at the same time, as provided for in Article 16 of the law. At the same time, the company’s management and shareholders do not intend to make a decision on the company’s liquidation, but rather to approve measures to be taken to improve the company’s financial condition.
“It should be noted that the adoption by the general meeting of the decision on issue No. 6 “On measures to be taken to improve the financial condition of the company” automatically excludes voting on issue No. 7 “On liquidation of the company” (the condition of interconnectedness of issues is defined in the decision of the Supervisory Board on holding the general meeting of shareholders),” the statement concludes.
According to the third quarter of 2024, its shares are owned by Wenox Holdings Ltd. 47.1128%, Boundryco Ltd. 11.0131%, Gazaro Ltd. 16.5197%, Crascoda Holdings 6.6826% and Middleprime Limited 9.7901% (all Cyprus).
Earlier it was reported that in May 2008 the international investment and consulting group EastOne sold its stake of about 30% in Dneprospetsstal, which was previously under the group’s mandate. The new shareholders of the plant are linked to VS Energy International, whose beneficiaries are several Russian businessmen.
The authorized capital of the company is UAH 49.720 million.
Revenues from the sale of alcoholic beverages in Ukraine in February 2025 amounted to UAH 11 billion, which is UAH 1 billion (8%) less than in January 2025 and UAH 5.5 billion (33%) less than in December 2024,
Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, said on his Telegram channel.
He noted that the number of licenses issued in the first two months of this year increased by 18,435 units compared to December 2024.
At the same time, the average amount of revenue per license in February 2025 is UAH 106.8 thousand, which is UAH 8 thousand (7%) less than in January 2025 and UAH 88.3 thousand (45%) less than in December 2024.
“As you can see, the trade in alcoholic beverages shows a similar trend to the trade in another excisable good – tobacco products. We are tracking the reasons for such dynamics,” the head of the parliamentary committee summarized.
As reported, Hetmantsev drew the attention of law enforcement agencies to the reduction in February 2025 in revenue from the sale of tobacco products to UAH 9.6 billion, which is 8% (UAH 0.8 billion) less than the previous month. At the same time, the number of valid licenses for the retail sale of tobacco products increased by 12488 units in the first two months of the year and reached 75613.
