The “Autostrada” Group of Companies purchased 100 new Mercedes-Benz Arocs dump trucks with a total value of 1 billion UAH, according to the group’s founder, Maksym Shkil.
“Autostrada continues to systematically invest in expanding its fleet and its own production capabilities. The company has purchased 100 new Mercedes-Benz Arocs 5 4142 K (8×4) dump trucks. This is one of Autostrada’s largest investments in fleet modernization since the start of the full-scale war—it totals 1 billion hryvnia,” Shkil wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
According to him, the group has invested over 10 billion hryvnia in vehicles, specialized equipment, and production facilities since the start of the war.
Shkil emphasized that a key component of this particular deal was comprehensive protection for the vehicles against military risks: all vehicles have full insurance coverage, including comprehensive coverage (CASCO), civil liability, and additional insurance against military risks.
The new dump trucks have already been dispatched to Autostrada’s construction sites throughout Ukraine.
Mercedes-Benz Arocs trucks are designed for intensive use and heavy loads. The 421-ks OM 471 engines, 8×4 wheel configuration, and MEILLER Halfpipe bodies provide the necessary performance for operating in challenging road and working conditions.
“Even amid the war, we continue to develop our own technical infrastructure, implement modern technologies, and invest in our team. This approach allows us to control key production processes, reduce dependence on external resources, and ensure on-time delivery, quality, and results at every stage of project implementation,” Shkil emphasized.
The purchase was financed in partnership with OTP Leasing Ukraine, with which Autostrada has been collaborating for 10 years.
The Autostrada Group of Companies is a leader in infrastructure construction in Ukraine. Its areas of activity include road construction, bridge construction, industrial construction, underground construction, and design.
According to data from YouControl, in January–June of this year, Autostrada Group LLC reported 2.4 million UAH in net profit (compared to 91.1 million UAH for the same period in 2025) and 1.92 billion UAH in net revenue (5.13 billion UAH).
As previously reported, a missile strike on “Autostrada’s” production facility in Kyiv in early August destroyed and damaged more than 20 pieces of equipment, a concrete plant, a service center for equipment repairs, production facilities, and a laboratory complex.
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The Ukrainian infrastructure company Autostrada has sponsored the audiovisual art installation “The Future Remembers,” dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.
As the company announced on August 21, the installation was realized on the “Motherland” monument in Kyiv. Through large-scale light projections, the monument is transformed into a dynamic canvas that, through images of historical memory and the experiences of different generations, illustrates the connection between Ukraine’s past, present, and future.
Autostrada noted that its support for the project is rooted in the values of sustainability, unity, and the preservation of historical and cultural heritage.
“We know very well that any complex engineering structure requires a solid foundation. For a nation, that foundation is its historical and cultural heritage. It is culture that preserves memory, maintains the connection between generations, and shapes shared meanings,” the company stated.
The “The Future Remembers” art installation will be on display daily from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. until September 1.
The “Motherland” monument, on which the light installation is displayed, is one of Kyiv’s most recognizable landmarks and part of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II.
Autostrada is a Ukrainian group of companies specializing in infrastructure construction. Its main areas of activity include road, bridge, industrial, and underground construction, as well as design. According to the company, its team consists of over 8,000 employees, its fleet includes more than 5,000 pieces of equipment, and its own production base comprises over 60 enterprises and manufacturing facilities.
Amid the full-scale war, Autostrada is participating in the restoration of transportation infrastructure and engineering structures. According to the company, during this period, more than 3,000 km of roads and over 200 bridges have been repaired, and approximately 50 infrastructure facilities have been restored. Among the company’s current major projects are the construction of the metro line to Vynohradyr in Kyiv and work on the Podil-Voskresensky Bridge.
Autostrada was founded by businessman Maksym Shkil. The company is part of the MS Capital holding company he established.
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Water is already being supplied from Zaporizhzhia to the pumping and filtering station in Marhanets (the first branch), where it is purified and distributed to consumers – the Marhanets, Myrivska, Shyrokivska, and Tomakivska communities. The second branch will supply water to Nikopol, Pokrovske and Chervonohryhorivka (Dnipropetrovska oblast), said Maksym Shkil, owner of Autostrada.
Autostrada completed the construction of the water pipeline and its preparation for launch in February. All this time, they had to wait for the identification of the facility’s balance sheet holder and for a constant voltage supply.
The modern water supply system is fully automated and computerized, and is now fully powered by a constant power supply. A centralized control room for the entire water supply system has been set up, based on modern automation equipment and data transmission systems. This minimizes the involvement of operational staff and increases the reliability and efficiency of the water supply system.
Autostrada built the main water supply system from scratch in 7 months – from design to implementation. This is a record-breaking time. It takes up to a year and a half to develop projects of this level. We didn’t have this time, given the humanitarian catastrophe in which the region found itself due to the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
At the same time, we were designing, obtaining technical specifications, approvals and permits, and building the project – designers, surveyors, and builders worked in parallel and in a coordinated manner – directly at the site, 24/7!
These were extremely difficult tasks, but we solved them!
The length of the network is 77.9 km. The design capacity of the water supply system is 150,000 m3 of water per day. It was important to ensure water intake from the Dnipro, the largest Ukrainian river with a constant inflow of living water. Since access to the Dnipro riverbed is limited in many areas due to constant enemy shelling, it was decided to take water from Zaporizhzhia, a large industrial city with a difficult terrain. The designers were actually drawing the routes based on maps, as the survey would have taken a lot of time. And only after the route was laid did they refine it with geodesy. Pipes were laid where it was impossible to do so in an open way, and under roads, railways and rivers, punctures were made using horizontal drilling – a drilling rig drills a well into which a steel pipe casing is pulled, and then a fiberglass pipe is pulled into the casing.
The facility has built:
– 6 water pumping stations. Each pumping station is equipped with four powerful pumping units (from 315 kW to 800 kW). The volume of water that can be pumped by the pumps is up to 3300 m3 per hour,
– 46 “Plunger” chambers (for bleeding air in the network),
– 47 “Outlet” chambers (for draining water from the system),
16 switching chambers (for switching the water flow in the system between the pipeline lines),
– 3 meter chambers,
– 1 distribution chamber (for distributing water flow between networks – from 800mm to 500mm/700mm).
To ensure power supply to the water supply system, a total of 26 kilometers of main and backup power supply lines of 6kV and 35kV networks were constructed, and transformer substations with a voltage of 6/0.4 kV and 35/0.4 kW were equipped at each water supply system.
To ensure uninterrupted power supply, 2 diesel generators with a capacity of up to 1 MW were installed at each substation as an alternative (backup) power source.
Fiberglass pipes made of fiberglass-reinforced polyester were used in the construction of the water supply system. Such pipes can withstand pressures of up to 26 atmospheres, are lightweight and durable, and are more resistant to high temperatures and chemicals.
To protect the water supply system from shelling, almost the entire system of main pipelines and pumping stations was hidden underground.
Upon completion of the work, the roads used by the construction equipment were repaired, the territories were landscaped and planted.
In the absence of timely financing, the construction was carried out using the company’s credit and working capital. Despite the water pipeline’s one hundred percent completion in February, the state’s debt to Autostrada for this facility alone is UAH 1.5 billion.
