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
A delegation from the Generalitat of Catalonia, led by President Salvador Illa i Roca, signed documents on long-term partnerships with the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Lviv regions during a visit to Kyiv on September 3, according to the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain.
Specifically, Catalonia signed memoranda of understanding with the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as a letter of intent with the Lviv region. The documents cover cooperation in the areas of healthcare, energy, economic development, science and innovation, and the restoration of critical infrastructure and basic services.
A separate area of focus involves strengthening the institutional capacity of Ukrainian regions, specifically preparing them to access EU structural and cohesion funds, as well as aligning with European legislation.
“Interregional cooperation is one of the most effective tools for Ukraine’s recovery. A direct partnership between Catalonia and our regions means not just one-time aid, but sustainable cooperation involving specific projects, the exchange of expertise, and preparation for EU membership,” noted Yulia Sokolovska, Ukraine’s ambassador to Spain.
Medicine remains one of the most developed areas of cooperation. Catalan hospitals have already treated Ukrainian military personnel and civilians with combat injuries, and have provided Ukrainian medical facilities with hospital beds, ventilators, and other equipment. Ukrainian doctors have also completed internships at Catalan medical institutions, specifically at the Guttmann Institute and the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital in Barcelona.
During this visit, the parties announced the launch of a specialized training program for Ukrainian medical professionals in the fields of reconstructive surgery, the treatment of severe injuries, amputations and prosthetics, burns, and psychological trauma.
The President of the Generalitat of Catalonia emphasized that cooperation must be mutual: Catalonia is ready to share its own and Spain’s collective experience with Ukraine, but at the same time is interested in the unique practices that Ukrainian medical professionals have developed during the war.
At the same time, a delegation from the Barcelona City Council, led by Mayor Jaume Colboni, is visiting Ukraine. As part of the visit, the mayor of Barcelona and the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, renewed the cooperation agreement between the two cities. The document covers issues of energy sustainability, accessibility, urban development, education, healthcare, culture, transportation, and public safety.
Barcelona also delivered a shipment of equipment and vehicles to Kyiv for the fire and rescue service. Starting in 2023, Kyiv will have priority city status in Barcelona’s municipal grant program for civil society organizations.
As noted by the Embassy of Ukraine in Spain, the agreements reached signify a shift in Catalonia’s support from individual humanitarian projects toward a permanent institutional partnership focused on the reconstruction of Ukrainian regions and their integration into the EU.
Original source: Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Spain
More than half of all notaries in Ukraine are concentrated in Kyiv and the country’s four largest regions, according to an Experts Club analysis based on data from the Unified Register of Notaries.
As of the end of August 2026, there were 6,156 notaries in Ukraine. Of these, 3,162, or about 51.4%, were registered only in Kyiv and the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv and Odesa regions.
Kyiv remains the absolute leader, with 1,365 notaries. Thus, the capital accounts for more than 22% of all specialists in the country, meaning that in practice every fifth Ukrainian notary is based there.
There are 460 notaries registered in the Kharkiv region, 457 in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 449 in the Lviv region, and 431 in the Odesa region.
According to Experts Club, this structure reflects the high concentration of demand for notarial services in the country’s largest economic and business centers, where real estate transactions, corporate deals, inheritance cases and other legally significant transactions are concentrated.
At the same time, the highest growth rates over the past year were recorded not in major centers, but in frontline regions with a low comparison base.
In the Luhansk region, the number of notaries increased from 4 to 22, or 5.5 times. In the Kherson region, it rose from 33 to 84, or 2.5 times. In the Donetsk region, the figure increased from 48 to 63, and in the Zaporizhzhia region, from 114 to 147.
One of the reasons for this dynamic was changes to the rules governing the work of private notaries. Since June 2025, specialists whose workplaces are located in territories of possible or active hostilities have been allowed to change the address of their workplace within their region while retaining the notarial district specified in their registration certificate.
Thus, the formal increase in the number of notaries in frontline regions partly reflects not the emergence of new demand, but the adaptation of professional infrastructure to wartime conditions and the relocation of specialists.
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.
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.
In the first half of 2026, 8,352 thousand births were registered in Kyiv—about 11% of the total number of newborns in Ukraine.
Lviv Oblast took second place, with 6,617 thousand children born. Next were Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with 5,611 thousand newborns and Odesa Oblast with 5,450 thousand.
At the same time, the birth rate declined not only in frontline regions but also in relatively safe regions. In the Vinnytsia, Lviv, and Ternopil regions, the number of births decreased by approximately 20% compared to the first half of 2025.
The sharpest decline was recorded in the Donetsk region, where the number of newborns fell by about three times. In the Zaporizhzhia region, the figure dropped by 23%.
In total, 73,292 births were registered in Ukraine from January through June 2026, which is 16% fewer than a year earlier, OpenDataBot reported on July 22, citing data from the Ministry of Justice.
