In 2025, Tekom Agro Group increased its land bank by 1,270,000 hectares, bringing its total area to more than 26,000 hectares, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
Sergey Shtyrbulov, deputy head of the agricultural association for production, noted that in 2025, winter crops, in particular rapeseed, barley, wheat, and peas, occupied 80% of all areas, while 20% of the areas were allocated for sunflowers and lentils.
“We are already planning to sow lentils, sunflowers, and a new crop for us — flax. It will be sown in the Chernomorets division and partly in the north. In the spring, as soon as we conduct a survey of the meter-deep soil layer and find out the amount of precipitation, we will make a decision on crop rotation. If there is up to 100 mm of precipitation, we will most likely exclude sunflowers. However, this will allow us to expand the area under flax and lentils,” said Shtyrbulov.
According to him, the condition of winter crops in the agricultural association is currently assessed as satisfactory, and in some places better than satisfactory.
According to Shebulov, Tekom Agro Group began implementing Verti-till technology in 2025, which helped reduce cultivation costs by approximately $1 million. In fields where conventional tillage was used, yields were half those achieved with Verti-till.
Tekom Agro Group is a modern agricultural association operating in the Podolsk, Odessa, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, and Razdelnyansky districts of the Odessa region. The management company, Telekom Agro Group LLC, was founded in 2021. The group unites four farms: Yasnye Zori LLC, Chernomorets LLC, Agrofirma Pivdenna LLC, and Liman LLC. It specializes in growing grain and oil crops. It owns two elevators with a total simultaneous storage capacity of about 100,000 tons.
The group is part of the sphere of influence of the shareholders of Pivdenny Bank. Its ultimate beneficiaries are Yuriy Rodin and Mark Becker.
S1 REIT has published the results of a scheduled revaluation of S1 VDNG fund assets as of the end of 2025. According to the conclusions of an independent appraiser, the market value of real estate in the fund’s portfolio shows stable positive dynamics.
Key valuation indicators:
Value dynamics: the average price per square meter increased from $2,124 (at the time of acquisition) to $2,244 (as of December 31, 2025).
Net capitalization amounted to +5.7% in currency terms for the reporting period.
The growth in the value of S1 REIT’s assets correlates with general market trends. According to LUN, the secondary real estate market in Kyiv showed positive price dynamics in 2025. The average price per square meter increased by 11% in currency terms.
“S1 VDNG is primarily an income fund where investors receive ‘live’ money every month. However, it is important to understand that the total return on our instrument consists of two parts: regular dividends from rental activities and the capitalization of the asset itself. We buy real estate that not only works but also becomes more expensive every year thanks to its successful location and effective management,” comments Viktor Boichuk, commercial director of S1 REIT.
The S1 VDNG fund continues to demonstrate stable payments. Since April 2025, investors have been paid dividends totaling UAH 1,229,818.99. The price of one investment certificate as of January 14, 2026, is UAH 1,100.4, which is 10.04% higher than the price of the certificate as of April 9, 2025.
“We are grateful to investors who believed in the REIT model in Ukraine. Today, we see synergy: according to the results of 2025, the fund received 8.4% per annum in dollars or 11.7% in hryvnia from leasing. And the total annual return, taking into account rental activity and capitalization, is 16.9% in dollars or 20.5% in hryvnia,” adds Viktor Boichuk.
About us:
S1 REIT is a real estate investment fund specializing in income-producing real estate in the Build-to-Rent format. The fund operates under the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) model, providing investors with the opportunity to participate in the ownership and income generation of income-producing properties without directly managing the assets.
Currently, S1 REIT has two funds in its portfolio: S1 VDNG and S1 Obolon. The funds’ assets are apartments in income-generating buildings from the developer Standard One.
* Past performance of the fund is not a guarantee of future returns. Before investing, please read the terms and conditions and consult with a financial advisor.
The rise in global oil prices, coupled with the depreciation of the hryvnia against the euro and the dollar, could lead to higher fuel prices in the retail market as early as January, said Sergey Kuyun, director of the consulting company A-95.
“The exchange rate has added one hryvnia, and global prices have added one and a half. The market is holding steady for now, but I think that if nothing changes, there will be some correction, or more precisely, a price increase as early as January,” he said during a briefing at the Media Center of Ukraine in Kyiv on Thursday.
According to the expert, the price of gasoline on the wholesale market has already risen by 2 hryvnia per liter, and the price of diesel fuel, in particular its Arctic brand, which has seen a sharp increase in demand with the onset of frost, is showing similar growth dynamics.
As reported, the increase in excise taxes on fuel from January 1, 2026, did not lead to an increase in prices at gas stations at the beginning of the year, as the decrease in the purchase cost of fuel in December due to the decline in world oil prices offset the tax increase.
In Ukraine, the third stage of the planned increase in excise taxes on motor fuel took place on January 1, 2026, in particular, on gasoline – by UAH 1.75/liter, on diesel fuel – by UAH 2.25/liter, and on autogas – by UAH 1.5/liter.
Prior to this, on September 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, there was a two-stage increase in excise taxes on fuel, as a result of which the tax on autogas increased by 6.4 UAH/liter, on gasoline by 3 UAH/liter, and on diesel fuel by 4 UAH/liter.
According to Serbian Economist, Serbia is discussing the possibility of holding presidential and parliamentary elections on the same day, although the next elections are scheduled for 2027.
Political experts link the possible appointment of elections to an earlier date, including 2026, with the political calculations of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and the results of regular public opinion polls, rather than with formal calendar frameworks.
Combining the presidential and parliamentary elections could give Vučić the opportunity to head the parliamentary list and position himself as a candidate for prime minister, but the nomination of a strong candidate in the presidential election potentially creates a separate center of political capital within the ruling coalition.
At the same time, the leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, Miloš Vučević, has previously stated that combining parliamentary and presidential elections “is not an issue” on which there is currently a decision or a specific plan, and that such issues are resolved “in accordance with the law and the Constitution,” taking into account the overall political and social situation.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) will ask the High Anti-Corruption Court to impose a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of 50 million hryvnia for the head of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction Yulia Tymoshenko, who is suspected of attempting to bribe a number of MPs, the SAP told Interfax-Ukraine.
“The hearing on the imposition of a preventive measure will take place on Friday. The prosecutor’s office will ask the court for bail in the amount of UAH 50 million,” the anti-corruption prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.
The VAKS press service confirmed that the hearing will take place on Friday at 9:00 a.m.
“In response to numerous requests from media representatives, we would like to inform you that the consideration of the motion to apply a preventive measure to the People’s Deputy, the head of the parliamentary faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is scheduled for January 16, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at the VAKS premises at 41 Beresteisky Avenue,” the Telegram channel said.
NAEK Energoatom and IC Persha on behalf of the Nuclear Insurance Pool of Ukraine (NIPU) on January 13, 2026 concluded a contract of compulsory insurance of civil liability for nuclear damage that may be caused as a result of a nuclear incident.
According to the Prozoro e-sales system, the value of the contract is UAH 167.913 million, with a validity period from January 29, 2026 to January 28, 2027.
A similar contract was concluded on January 17, 2025.
PJSC Insurance Company Persha has been operating in the insurance market of Ukraine since 2001. The main specialization is automobile insurance. It is a member of the ITSBU, the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine, the National Insurer of International Road Transport Books (TIR).
JSPU was established in September 2003 to insure nuclear risks on terms of joint and several liability. Its members are 14 insurance companies of Ukraine.
