Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide can be prevented, according to a joint statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) following a new global analysis.
According to the authors’ estimates, 37% of all new cancer cases in 2022, or about 7.1 million cases, were linked to preventable causes. The analysis covers 30 modifiable risk factors, including tobacco, alcohol, high body mass index, low physical activity, air pollution, and ultraviolet radiation, as well as, for the first time, nine infections that can cause cancer.
The WHO indicates that tobacco remains the leading preventable cause of cancer (about 15% of new cases), followed by infections (about 10%) and alcohol consumption (about 3%). Lung, stomach, and cervical cancer are among the most significant contributors to preventable morbidity.
The organization notes that the proportion of preventable cases is higher in men than in women – 45% versus 30%. Regional differences are also significant: among men, the highest proportion is recorded in East Asia (57%), the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean (28%), and among women, the range is from 24% in North Africa and West Asia to 38% in sub-Saharan Africa.
WHO and IARC emphasize the need for prevention, including strengthening tobacco control policies, alcohol regulation, HPV and hepatitis B vaccination, improving air quality, improving occupational safety, and creating a healthier environment for nutrition and physical activity.
On February 19, the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) decided to classify the state-owned PIN Bank as insolvent. As in the case of Motor Bank, the reason was the failure to comply with the regulator’s written request to submit a revised financial recovery plan, taking into account the comments made after the bank was classified as problematic, according to the NBU website.
The National Bank also emphasized that PIBank is not systemically important (its share in the sector is 0.01% of assets) and was classified as problematic on December 16, 2025, due to a violation of the minimum regulatory capital requirements.
The bank’s regulatory capital on the date of the decision was UAH 73 million, while the National Bank’s minimum requirement was UAH 200 million.
The Deposit Guarantee Fund will reimburse depositors in full, including interest, as of the end of the day before the start of the procedure for withdrawing the bank from the market, except in cases specified by law.
As reported, in February 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine seized 88.89% of the shares of PIN Bank, which belonged to Russian businessman Yevgeny Giner, in favor of the state.
According to the National Bank, at the beginning of the year, the financial institution ranked 59th (UAH 212.7 million) among 60 banks in Ukraine in terms of total assets, and its loss for 2025 amounted to UAH 63.2 million.
The volume of agricultural production in Ukraine in January 2026 increased by 3.2% compared to the same period last year, according to the State Statistics Service (Gosstat).
According to the agency, the growth was driven exclusively by the livestock sector. Data on crop production for this period is traditionally unavailable.
The main driver was agricultural enterprises, which increased production by 11.9%. The best dynamics in this segment were shown by Vinnytsia (25.7%), Lviv (25.1%), and Kirovohrad (19.7%) regions. Overall, growth was recorded in 18 regions.
However, there was a decline in private households: production volumes fell by 15% compared to January 2025. The largest decline in the private sector was recorded in Zakarpattia (index 54.6%), Donetsk region (60.5%), and Lviv region (75.1%).
In regional terms, the largest decline in all categories of farms was recorded in Donetsk (index 60.5%), Zakarpattia (68.3%), and Chernivtsi (82.9%) regions. At the same time, Vinnytsia (+22.9%) and Lviv (+22.7%) regions became the leaders in overall growth.
As reported, at the end of 2025, agricultural production in Ukraine decreased by 6.8% compared to 2024. The decline in crop production was 7.5%, and in livestock production, 4.1%. Only Chernihiv, Sumy, and Vinnytsia regions maintained positive dynamics over the past year.
The UPG gas station network increased the number of gas stations under its own management almost sixfold in six months in 2025 — from 87 in July to 529 in December, the company said in a press release on Thursday.
“Some of these facilities have already been put into operation. During this period, UPG launched 102 new facilities, most of which previously operated under the ANP and Avias brands,” the document says.
Along with the business, its contribution to the state economy also grew – over the year, the company paid UAH 19 billion in taxes, which is UAH 5 billion more than a year earlier.
“The UPG team has grown by 44% and now has more than 5,300 employees. On average, about 200 new employees joined the company every month,” the network noted.
According to the State Tax Service, UPG is among the top five largest gas station chains in terms of average salary, which is UAH 33,200.
“The pace of network expansion has also affected logistics: in six months, UPG’s trucks traveled more than 25.6 million km, a distance comparable to 641 laps around the Earth,” the company added.
In addition, in 2025, UPG continued to implement large-scale social initiatives in cooperation with its partners. In particular, the company provided fuel for targeted evacuations by the Superhumans Center, which allowed 47 people to be transported from frontline areas to special clinics, and provided free lunch boxes and fuel discounts to residents of Dnipro during the winter blackout. UPG also partnered with Ukraine WOW and donated a thousand tickets to internally displaced persons and military families.
UPG (Ukrainian Petrol Group) is a Ukrainian group of companies specializing in the trade of petroleum products. UPG is one of the three largest operators in Ukraine in terms of the number of stations. The group has its own logistics infrastructure and supplies fuel directly from leading refineries in Europe and the US. The founder of UPG is Volodymyr Petrenko.
As part of its energy independence strategy, KSG Agro commissioned a cogeneration plant (CGU) with a capacity of 1.2 MW and 1 MW of heat at one of its pig farms, the agricultural holding’s press service reported.
“In the context of full-scale war, the issue of energy independence is shifting from a strategic advantage to a critical necessity. This is especially true for livestock enterprises in frontline regions. Creating our own energy complex allows us to guarantee continuity of production and predictability of costs,” the press service quoted KSG Agro Chairman of the Board of Directors Serhiy Kasyanov as saying.
The equipment installed by the Czech company RSE meets the entire energy demand during the autumn and winter period. The launch of the KGU is the first stage in the creation of a single energy complex for the holding, which will also include a solar power plant (SPP) and an electricity storage facility (ESF).
According to the company’s plan, the SPP is to be built in 2026 and all elements are to be integrated into the EMS (Energy Management System) control system. The program will coordinate generation sources in real time and optimize energy consumption.
The plan is to fully provide the agricultural holding with its own electricity and heat at optimal prices by the end of the year.
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.
Insurance company “Arsenal Insurance” (Kiev) for 2025 collected UAH 5.06 billion of insurance premiums, which is 60% more than in 2024, according to the insurer’s website.
It is also noted that last year the strategic focus of the company was concentrated on CASCO insurance, for which it is among the top 2 players in the Ukrainian market. In total for 2025, the volume of premiums on CASCO amounted to UAH 2.78 billion – 40% more than in 2024. The share of Arsenal Insurance in the CASCO market is approaching 20%.
According to the report, last year the company’s performance in MTPL insurance grew significantly. In 2025 “Arsenal Insurance” issued 50% more policies than in 2024 – and the volume of premiums on MTPL amounted to UAH 1.25 billion.
Premiums on VHI increased by 32% – up to UAH 459 mln. More than 200 corporate clients are clients of the company’s medical service, and the number of insured is about 45 thousand people.
In addition, premiums on cargo insurance for 2025 have grown by 26% – up to UAH 229 mln, on property insurance – by 22%, up to UAH 211 mln.
The total volume of last year’s payments increased by 41% and approached UAH 2 billion. Payments under CASCO amounted to UAH 1.26 billion (+34% to 2024), under CMTPL insurance – UAH 298 million (+78%), under health insurance – UAH 241 million (+39%). More than 16 thousand payments were made under CASCO, under MTPL – more than 8 thousand.
The company informs that in 2025 it made payments for military risks in the amount of more than UAH 26 mln. In particular, for damage to a solar power plant and several business centers.
At the end of the year, the net financial result of Arsenal Insurance amounted to UAH 354 mln – almost three times more than in 2024.
The company emphasizes that in September 2025 received the status of a full member of the ITSBU, which allowed to start selling international auto insurance policies “Green Card”.
During the year, corporate spaces in Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Lutsk and Kropivnitsky were renewed. In total, Arsenal Insurance has offices in 29 cities in Ukraine.
“For 20 years we have reached many heights, and the most important of them is leadership in CASCO. But our ambitions are not limited only to profit and places in ratings. Now our goal is to become a lovemark in the insurance industry,” says Sergey Avdeev, majority shareholder and CEO of Arsenal Insurance.
