Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Lviv regions accounted for more than half of all marriages registered in Ukraine in the first half of 2026. In total, 79,516 marriages were registered nationwide over the six-month period, OpenDataBot reported on July 31, citing data from the Ministry of Justice.
The highest number of marriages was registered in Kyiv—19,928, or approximately one in four of the total. Compared to the same period last year, the capital’s figure rose by 38%.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, 15,545 thousand couples got married. This is 2.7 times more than in the first half of 2025. Lviv Oblast ranked third with 8,909 thousand marriages, marking a 1.9-fold increase.
In fact, these three regions accounted for about 56% of all marriages registered in the country.
One possible explanation for this concentration may be the operation of the Digital Civil Registry Offices in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Lviv. During the first half of the year, 30,488 thousand couples got married remotely.
In other regions, the number of marriages mostly decreased. This means that official regional statistics reflect not only the place of residence of the newlyweds but also the concentration of the digital infrastructure for civil registration.
On Thursday, July 30, Kyiv will host the Ukrainian Investment Congress and the 17th All-Ukrainian Annual Architectural Competition “Interior of the Year 2026.”
The event will take place on the third floor of the “Parkovy” Congress and Exhibition Center at 16a Parkova Road.
The Ukrainian Investment Congress is positioned as a professional platform for investors, developers, representatives of the construction industry, architects, designers, and company executives operating in the Ukrainian real estate market to meet.
According to the organizers, the congress program is expected to attract over 6,000 visitors and more than 100 speakers, feature 15 panel discussions, and include over 50 exhibition booths. The main objectives of the event are to identify partners and investors, present new projects and technologies, develop business contacts, and discuss the prospects of the Ukrainian investment and construction market.
At the same time, the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Center will host the 17th All-Ukrainian Annual Architecture Competition “Interior of the Year 2026,” organized by the DMNTR media group. The competition brings together interior designers, architects, developers, entrepreneurs, and investors and aims to promote completed architectural and interior design solutions.
The competition features projects for residential interiors of various sizes, private homes, offices, commercial spaces, HoReCa establishments, and public and administrative buildings. Separate categories are dedicated to product design, landscape architecture, lighting, and unbuilt projects and visualizations.
The organizers note that the competition aims to showcase solutions that increase the added value of real estate properties, facilitate their sale, and set new quality standards for residential and commercial spaces.
The event program and registration are available on the website: www.ibc-ua.info/program.
Contact numbers:
+380 77 777 25 47
+380 44 461 91 28
Venue: “Parkovy” Exhibition and Convention Center, 16a Parkova Road, Kyiv, third floor.
Interfax-Ukraine is the information partner.
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According to Apostrophe, political and media circles in Kyiv are discussing the possible appointment of Brigadier General Dmytro Usov as head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.
There is currently no official confirmation of this information, and other potential candidates mentioned include Kyrylo Fesyk, head of the Obolon District, and the head of the Desnianskyi District.
Usov is a brigadier general and secretary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War; he has also served in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
As the publication notes, supporters of this personnel change say that his experience in law enforcement agencies and his military background would strengthen the security component of the capital’s administration, where civil defense and crisis response are critically important.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to replace the leadership of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA). Timur Tkachenko is stepping down after a year and a half in office.
Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of parliament from the “Eurosolidarity” party, stated that Tkachenko may take over as head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, replacing Mykola Kalashnyk, who was appointed Minister of Recovery, Infrastructure, and Transport of Ukraine.
On July 21, Andriy Tkachov, first deputy head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, temporarily assumed the duties of KMVA head.
On July 22, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the appointment of the former head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA), Timur Tkachenko, to the position of head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration (RSA).
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Kyiv ranked first among Ukraine’s regions in terms of net growth in the number of companies in the first half of 2026, according to Opendatabot, citing data from the Unified State Register.
The number of legal entities in the capital increased by 5,338 thousand over the six-month period. Thus, Kyiv accounted for over 40% of the total net increase in companies in Ukraine, which amounted to 13,195 thousand.
Lviv Oblast took second place with an increase of 1,220 thousand companies, while Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came in third, where the number of legal entities rose by 1,177 thousand.
An increase in the number of companies was recorded in 23 regions of Ukraine, while a decrease was observed in four.
The largest decreases were observed in regions near the front lines. In the Donetsk region, the number of companies decreased by 157, and in the Luhansk region, by 73.
Among the largest companies by revenue that have ceased operations or are in the process of liquidation, “PromoFly” leads the list with revenue of 3 billion UAH for 2025. The company is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.
Next are “Vasaris-K” and “Volynmet,” each with revenue of 1.8 billion UAH. Both companies are also undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.
The top ten companies in the process of dissolution also include “Power UA,” “Luminovik Group,” “Grovbudgroup,” “Merezha-Service Lviv,” “Intropack Plus,” “Volt Age Plus,” and “Proteya-K.” All of them were in the process of liquidation at the time this study was prepared.
Residents of Ukraine’s capital purchased 11,484 thousand new passenger cars from January through June of this year, and this regional market for new passenger cars remains by far the largest, according to a report by “Ukravtoprom” on its Telegram channel.
As previously reported, according to the association’s data, nearly 33,000 passenger cars were sold in Ukraine during the first half of the year, meaning Kyiv’s share accounts for 35% of total sales.
The Kyiv region ranked second in sales volume with 3,276 units, followed by the Dnipropetrovsk region with 2,273 units, the Kharkiv region with 1,852 units, and the Lviv region with 1,810 units.
In total, these regional markets accounted for 63% of new passenger car sales in Ukraine.
The best-selling model in these markets during the first half of the year was the Renault Duster compact crossover.
As reported, according to data from “Ukravtoprom,” sales of new passenger cars in January–June of this year rose by 0.5% compared to the same period in 2025, with vehicles equipped with traditional engines (gasoline and diesel) accounting for nearly 62% compared to 56.5% last year, while the share of electric vehicles fell to 8.3% from 18.9%.
According to the results for 2025, the top five regions by sales were Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Odesa Oblast, and Lviv Oblast, followed by Kharkiv Oblast.
At the same time, Lviv Oblast recorded the highest number of registrations of used passenger cars imported from abroad last year.
Over the most recent available period—from October 2025 to March 2026—approximately 15,800 housing purchase and sale agreements were concluded in Kyiv, according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine, citing the National Information Systems. This is the highest figure among the country’s regions.
By comparison, approximately 19,100 transactions were registered in the capital from January through September 2025. In the Kyiv region, 17,000 contracts were signed during this period; in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 16,800; and in the Kharkiv region, 14,000.
The NBU notes that in the fourth quarter of 2025, overall activity in Ukraine’s housing market was the highest since 2022; however, in the first quarter of 2026, the number of transactions declined significantly. Cumulatively over the last four quarters, housing sales increased by 11% year-over-year.
The NBU’s figures cover housing purchase and sale agreements in both the primary and secondary markets; therefore, they should not be equated solely with sales of apartments in new construction projects.
