Moderate rain is expected on the night of September 11 in northeastern Ukraine and in some areas of the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions; on Friday afternoon, most of the western regions and the Kharkiv region will see rain, with heavy rain and thunderstorms in some areas of Transcarpathia and the Carpathian Foothills, while the rest of the country will remain dry.
According to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, winds on this day are expected to be predominantly northwesterly, at 5–10 m/s. Nighttime temperatures will range from 10–15°, reaching up to 19° along the coast; daytime temperatures will range from 20–25°, and 26–31° in the south and southeast of the country.
In Kyiv on September 11, there will be no precipitation. The wind will be from the northwest at 5–10 m/s. Nighttime temperatures will range from 13–15°, and daytime temperatures from 22–24°.
According to data from the Boris Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, over the entire period of meteorological observations conducted in Kyiv since 1881, the highest temperature recorded in the capital on September 11 was 33.6° in 1898, and the lowest—at night—was 4.7° above zero in 1935 and 1968.
On Saturday, September 12, moderate and, in some places, heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected in the western and northern regions, as well as in Vinnytsia Oblast and, during the day, in Cherkasy and Poltava Oblasts. No precipitation is expected elsewhere. Fog is expected in some areas in the south and east of the country at night and in the morning.
The wind on this day will be southeasterly, shifting to northeasterly, at 5–10 m/s. Nighttime temperatures will range from 10–15°, reaching up to 19° along the coast; daytime temperatures will range from 20–25°, with 26–31° in the south and 13–18° in the western and northern regions.
In Kyiv on September 12, there will be moderate rain at night and heavy rain during the day. The wind will be southeasterly, shifting to northeasterly, at 5–10 m/s. Nighttime temperatures will range from 13–15°, and daytime temperatures from 15–17°.
As of July 1, 2026, the Poltava region ranked first in Ukraine in terms of the average amount of tax debt per debtor company.
According to data from the State Tax Service cited by Opendatabot, the average tax debt per company in Poltava Oblast is approximately 2.78 million UAH.
Kirovohrad Oblast ranks second in this metric, with an average of about 2.2 million UAH per company in debt.
These figures significantly exceed the national average. In total, 218,731 companies owe the state 263.32 billion UAH, meaning the average debt is approximately 1.2 million UAH per company.
However, the largest number of debtors and the largest absolute amount of debt are concentrated not in the Poltava region, but in Kyiv. There are 58,056 debtor companies registered in the capital, with a combined debt of 96.06 billion UAH.
Thus, regional statistics reveal a significant difference between the number of debtors and the size of the debt: Kyiv dominates in terms of absolute figures, while Poltava Oblast leads in terms of the average debt per company.
Source: Opendatabot
In August of this year, 4,200 electric vehicles (new and used) were added to Ukraine’s vehicle fleet, which is 47% fewer than in the same month last year, according to a report by “Ukravtoprom” on its Telegram channel.
At the same time, compared to July of this year, electric vehicle registrations rose by 7.7%.
As usual, passenger cars accounted for the majority of registered electric vehicles—4,074, of which 503 were new (-73%) and 3,571 were used (-37%).
Of the 160 commercial BEVs, only two were new (in August 2025, 24 out of 175 were new).
The most popular new electric vehicles in July 2026 were the BYD Sea Lion 06 EV—102 units; the Zeekr 001—46 units; the Zeekr 7X—44 units; the MG4 EV—36 units; and the Toyota BZ4X—33 units.
Among used vehicles, the most frequently first-registered models were the Tesla Model Y—494 units, the Tesla Model 3—480 units, the Nissan Leaf—454 units, the Chevrolet Bolt—199 units, and the Hyundai Ioniq 5—160 units.
As previously reported, a sharp increase in demand for electric vehicles began last summer due to plans to introduce a value-added tax (VAT) on the customs clearance of electric vehicles starting January 1, 2026. Specifically, in December—the last month during which electric vehicles could be cleared through customs without
VAT—demand for them increased 8.6-fold compared to December 2024, reaching 32,800 units.
In total, 110,200 electric vehicles were added to Ukraine’s vehicle fleet in 2025—twice as many as in the previous year. New vehicles accounted for 20% of the total, compared to 24% in 2024.
The scale of Ukrainian law enforcement operations against fraudulent call centers significantly exceeds the number of cases that have already resulted in court convictions, according to a comparison of data from the National Police and Opendatabot conducted by the Experts Club think tank.
On August 12, 2026, the National Police reported that in just one week, law enforcement conducted 411 searches and shut down 94 suspected fraudulent call centers in various regions of Ukraine. The operation was carried out jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
At the same time, according to Opendatabot data published on September 9, only 18 convictions related to the activities of fraudulent call centers have been identified in the court registry since the beginning of 2022. These cases involve 27 defendants.
However, in only two of these cases did the convicted individuals actually serve prison sentences. In 12 cases, the prison sentence was commuted to probation.
Experts Club emphasizes that the 94 shut-down call centers and the 18 court convictions cannot be directly compared. One figure reflects facilities uncovered during operational and investigative activities, while the other reflects criminal cases that have already reached the sentencing stage. Furthermore, a single case may involve multiple offices, and a single verdict may apply to several individuals.
However, this distinction clearly illustrates the length of the process from the detection of a fraudulent infrastructure to a final court ruling.
The scale of individual investigations also shows that, more often than not, these are not small, localized groups. In January 2026, the police reported an investigation into an international network of pseudo-investment call centers, whose potential losses exceeded 100 million UAH, and among the identified victims were 113 EU citizens.
In July, law enforcement officials reported uncovering a call center in Kyiv whose members, according to the investigation, defrauded U.S. citizens of more than $500,000.
In August, another group of 10 people was exposed in Kyiv; they are suspected of embezzling nearly 9 million hryvnias from Czech citizens.
Experts Club believes that to fully assess the effectiveness of the fight against fraudulent call centers, the state must publicly track the entire chain: identified center — registered case — suspicion — indictment — verdict — actual enforcement of the sentence.
It is this last indicator that currently stands out the most: of at least 18 sentences handed down since the start of the full-scale war, only two have resulted in the actual incarceration of the convicted individuals.
Source: Opendatabot
Courts in the Dnipropetrovsk region account for 10 out of 18, or about 56%, of the verdicts handed down in Ukraine since the beginning of 2022 in cases related to fraudulent call centers, according to an analysis by Experts Club based on data published on September 9 by Opendatabot.
Courts in the Kharkiv, Odesa, and Zakarpattia regions each handed down two more verdicts. Kyiv and the Kyiv region each accounted for one verdict.
The regional breakdown is as follows: Dnipropetrovsk region—10 verdicts; Kharkiv—two; Odesa—two; Zakarpattia—two; Kyiv—one; and the Kyiv region—one.
Experts Club notes that the Dnipropetrovsk region’s high share does not automatically mean that it accounts for 56% of all fraudulent call centers in Ukraine. The statistics reflect the location where the identified court cases were heard and depend on territorial jurisdiction, the work of investigative agencies, and the methodology used to search for rulings in the court registry.
However, Dnipro has repeatedly been implicated in major investigations into similar schemes. For example, on February 23, 2026, the National Police reported dismantling a network of fraudulent call centers in the city, which, according to the investigation, had been operating since November 2023 and targeted EU citizens. At that time, 11 people were detained, and law enforcement officials reported seizing nearly 21 million hryvnias, which they linked to criminal activity.
In addition, in August, the police announced the completion of a joint investigation with Czech law enforcement into another call center network run by a Dnipro resident, which, according to the investigation, caused approximately 12 million hryvnias in losses to the victims. An indictment in this case was filed with the court.
In total, 27 defendants are named in the 18 court verdicts identified by Opendatabot. Actual prison sentences were imposed in only two cases.
Experts Club believes that to assess the actual distribution of fraudulent call centers, it is necessary to compare several indicators at once—the number of investigations, the number of offices identified, indictments submitted to court, and final verdicts. The court registry alone primarily reflects the final stage of the criminal process.
Original source: Opendatabot, September 9, 2026.
JSC ‘Ukrnafta’ transferred 656.2 million UAH to the state budget based on the 2025 performance of PJSC “Ukrnaftoburinnya,” the company reported.
The funds were received under an asset management agreement signed between “Ukrnafta” and the Agency for the Search and Management of Assets (ARMA).
“In total, since 2023, thanks to the company’s work, over 2.5 billion hryvnias have been transferred to the state budget (…) I thank the team for their responsibility and daily work, and ARMA for its effective cooperation,” said Bohdan Kukura, chairman of the board of Ukrnafta.
For its part, ARMA states that the management of “Ukrnaftoburinnya” is one of the prime examples of the agency’s effective collaboration with the operator.
“Ukrnafta is duly fulfilling the terms of the agreement, and the result of this work is tangible—over 2.5 billion hryvnia directed to the state budget starting in 2023,” noted Yaroslava Maksymenko, acting chair of ARMA.
In July 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine transferred the corporate rights of PJSC “VK “Ukrnaftoburinnya” to the management of PJSC “Ukrnafta.” In December 2023, a court suspended gas production at the Sakhalin field, located in the Bohodukhiv District of Kharkiv Oblast; however, the company resumed operations in August 2024.
“Ukrnaftoburinnya” is one of the largest private gas production companies in Ukraine. Since 2010, it has been developing the Sakhalin oil, gas, and condensate field, which has reserves of 15 billion cubic meters of gas.
