At its meeting on February 5, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) granted Landex Agro LLC permission to acquire direct control over Zemli Slobozhanshchyny LLC.
According to the regulator’s Facebook post, this involves the acquisition of assets that provide control over the enterprise.
Lands Agro LLC (Lozova, Kharkiv region) was registered at the end of 2023. The ultimate beneficiary of the company is businessman Alexander Katsuba, former deputy chairman of the board of Naftogaz of Ukraine. Given the purchase of a number of agricultural enterprises in the Kharkiv region, he is currently forming a new agricultural group.
In particular, in December 2025, Katsuba formed a land bank by purchasing more than 6,000 hectares of land in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region from the Novaagro group. In addition to the agricultural business, where he also owns the companies Ivak Agro, Lozovsky Agropromtechservice, and the agricultural firm Podolevskaya, Katsuba is the owner of the gas production company Alfa Gas and the online publications Avtocenter and AvtoBazar.
Zemli Slobozhanshchyny LLC was established in 2023 and has its headquarters in Kharkiv. It specializes in real estate transactions and auxiliary activities in crop production.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) plans to consider granting permission to Nadiya LLC (Kharkiv region) to acquire direct control over the agricultural limited liability company (STOV) Sosonivka-Agro (Kharkiv region).
According to the draft agenda of the regulator’s meeting on January 29, published on its website, the deal would give the buyer sole control over the agricultural enterprise.
According to Youcontrol, LLC “Sosonivka-Agro” (Sosonivka village, Krasnohrad district, Kharkiv region) was registered in March 2008. It specializes in growing grains, legumes, and oilseeds, and is involved in auxiliary activities in crop production and wholesale trade in agricultural raw materials. Its authorized capital is UAH 51,500.
According to the service, Nadiya LLC (Pokrovske village, Berestinsky district, Kharkiv region) was registered in 2002. It specializes in growing cereals, legumes, and oilseeds, as well as vegetables and root crops, and auxiliary activities in crop production. In addition, the company produces instant cereals and flakes, which it sells under the Holm’s trademark in Ukraine and exports to 10 countries. The company’s production capacity is 3,000 tons of cereal products and 1,000 tons of flakes per month.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has allowed ADP-Agro LLC (Lozivsky district, Kharkiv region) to acquire one of the enterprises belonging to the AgroGeneration agricultural holding, Podolivska LLC (Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region), according to the press service of the agency.
“ADP-Agro LLC has been granted permission to acquire direct control over Podolivska LLC,” the statement said.
According to data from the Opendatabot service, Podolivska LLC specializes in growing grains, oilseeds, and perennial crops. The company’s founder is Agrarian Company Agronova Ukraine LLC (owned by AgroGeneration). The ultimate beneficiary of Podolivska Agricultural Farm LLC is Serhiy Polumysny, a member of the board of AgroGeneration, which represents Novaagro.
ADP-Agro LLC grows grain, oilseed, and perennial crops and is owned by Oleksandr Katsuba, former deputy head of Naftogaz.
AgroGeneration was founded in 2007. Before the war, it owned a land bank of 56,000 hectares located in the Lviv, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions. Currently, according to various estimates, it farms 30,000 hectares. The company specializes in growing grain and oil crops. In 2024, NovaAgro acquired 56.90% of AgroGeneration’s share capital and voting rights. In 2025, the AMCU approved this deal.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has fined two manufacturers of dietary supplements for distributing misleading information about the properties of dietary supplements for a total of UAH 11.1 million.
According to the AMCU, VORVARTS PHARMA LLC was fined for distributing information on packaging and marketplaces about the properties of the dietary supplement ZAFAKOL IQ to improve intestinal function, which did not correspond to reality.
In turn, LLC “ERSEL PHARMA UKRAINE” distributed information about the properties of the dietary supplement “A-KETON” to eliminate the causes of acetone in children.
At the same time, AMCU notes that both companies provided publications on the properties of individual components of dietary supplements and/or articles on the use of dietary supplements in complex therapy with other drugs.
However, according to the position of the Ministry of Health, “such articles are not a sufficient basis for confirming the properties of dietary supplements, publications on the properties of individual components of dietary supplements do not confirm their presence in a dietary supplement as a whole.”
“The AMCU found that the information disseminated regarding the dietary supplements ZAFAKOL IQ and A-KETON may affect consumers’ intentions to purchase such products. At the same time, the information disseminated regarding these products may be perceived as properties that are inherent to a medicinal product,” AMCU noted.
AMCU did not specify the amount of the fine imposed on each of the companies.
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) adopted four decisions recognizing the actions of juice producer TB Fruit Capital LLC as a violation of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition,” the agency reported.
The AMCU noted that in July 2021, the company acquired 100% stakes in the authorized capital of Arsenal Invest Khmelnytsky LLC, Arsenal Investgroup Vinnytsia LLC, Arsenal Investgroup LLC, and Arsenal Investgroup Gorodok LLC without obtaining the necessary permission from the committee. Consequently, the AMCU initiated proceedings for violations related to the company’s implementation of the aforementioned concentrations without prior permission.
The agency reminded that a concentration requiring permission in accordance with Part 1 of Article 24 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” is prohibited until permission is granted for its implementation. Until such permission is granted, the participants in the concentration are obliged to refrain from actions that may lead to a restriction of competition and the impossibility of restoring its initial state.
The AMCU recognized such actions of the company as violations of paragraph 12 of Article 50 of the Law “On Protection of Economic Competition” in the form of concentrations without obtaining the relevant permits from the committee, the presence of which is necessary, and as a result of considering four cases, fined it a total of UAH 39,103,231.
According to Opendatabot, TB Fruit Capital LLC is registered in the city of Gorodok, Lviv region. It specializes in the production of fruit and vegetable juices, baby food, and the processing and canning of fruits and vegetables. The beneficiary of the company is Taras Koliankovsky.
At its meeting on Friday, the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) recognized the actions of Lirans LLC, Torgovy Dom Morshinski Dzherela LLC, and Shayanski Dzherela LLC as violations of the law on protection against unfair competition due to the dissemination of false information about the drinking waters Aqua Baby, Aqua Karpaty, and Shayanska Kremniyeva, the agency’s press service reported.
The AMCU noted that it had initiated proceedings based on complaints from Oskar CJSC, which complained about the actions of its competitors, Lirans LLC and Morshynski Dzherela Trading House LLC. According to the applicant, the companies disseminated false information on product labels, websites, and/or online marketplaces, in particular about the origin of such waters from the Carpathians and/or the Morshyn deposit, about the products’ classification as mineral waters and/or waters intended for baby food, the method of production, consumer properties, and certain characteristics of Aqua Baby and Aqua Karpaty waters.
Liran LLC and Trading House Morshynski Dzherela LLC did not provide evidence to confirm the information about these waters posted in the places of distribution during the consideration of the cases. Therefore, the committee used the information provided by the Western Scientific Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
During its inspection, the AMCU identified violations in the actions of Shayanski Dzherela LLC, which is the producer and distributor of Shayanska Kremniyeva drinking water, positioned as natural mineral table water, as indicated on its label. In addition, the following information about the properties of this water is distributed: “Cares for the brain” with the note “Saturates blood vessels with silicon, makes them more elastic, thereby promoting cognitive recovery.”
Shayanska Dzherela LLC also failed to provide the AMCU with evidence to support the information distributed on the labels of Shayanska Kremniyeva water. At the same time, the State Scientific and Research Institute of Rehabilitation and Resortology of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reported that Shayanska Kremniyeva water cannot be classified as natural mineral table water, since the institute has not verified the stated properties of this water.
Based on the results of consumer surveys, the AMCU determined that the information disseminated about Shayanska Kremniyeva, Aqua Baby, and Aqua Karpaty water could influence consumers’ intentions to purchase such products.
Liran LLC, Trading House Morshynski Dzherela LLC, and Shayanska Dzherela LLC, in this way, are convinced by the committee, may gain unfair competitive advantages over producers and/or sellers of natural mineral table and drinking waters that are manufactured in compliance with the requirements for the production of baby food products, as well as processed bottled drinking waters.
The AMCU recognized such actions by the companies as a violation of the law on protection against unfair competition, imposed appropriate fines on them, and obliged Torgovy Dom Morshynski Dzherela LLC and Shayanski Dzherela LLC to cease the violations.
