In the soybean segment of Ukraine’s oil and fat industry, positive trends continue in the 2025/26 marketing year in terms of both physical volumes and foreign exchange revenue, according to the Ukroliyaprom association.
According to the association’s data, from September to February of the current season, foreign exchange revenue from soybean oil exports rose by 19.3% compared to the same period of the previous marketing year.
Revenue from soybean meal exports for the same period increased by 21%, while physical volumes of meal shipments rose by 38%.
The association attributes the growth in the soybean segment to increased domestic processing and the industry’s overall shift toward higher-value-added products.
“Ukroliyaprom” notes that it was precisely the increase in soybean and rapeseed processing that helped the industry mitigate the effects of the decline in sunflower yields and maintain stable operations at processing facilities.
According to the association, oil and fat products account for 34.4%, or $7.737 billion, of Ukraine’s agricultural and food exports totaling $22.515 billion, confirming their systemic role in the country’s foreign exchange earnings.
Rush LLC, the owner of the EVA chain in Ukraine, increased its net revenue by 18% in 2025 compared to the previous year, reaching 31.8 billion UAH, its press service reported to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to the report, EVA opened 73 new retail locations in 2025. Specifically, two new premium-format EVA Beauty stores were opened in Dnipro and Chernivtsi, as well as 10 stores of the new “EVA Poruch” format. By the end of the year, the chain had a total of 1,167 retail locations.
At the same time, 15 of the chain’s stores were closed due to security concerns, and two more locations in Kyiv were destroyed by enemy shelling, the press service noted.
In total, the company invested UAH 1.1 billion in its development last year, specifically in scaling and modernizing the retail network, rebranding retail locations, and developing logistics infrastructure. As a result, the productivity of the retail network’s warehouses increased by 10%, and the e-commerce segment by 29%.
“The company modernized the processes of order picking, inspection, and packing, automated the tracking of consumables in the WMS, and created a unified system of management dashboards for operational control and analytics,” the statement noted.
The company also continued to expand the use of hybrid self-service checkouts. By the end of 2025, 116 such checkouts had already been installed in retail locations, used by approximately 15% of the chain’s customers. According to EVA, the share of electronic receipts rose to 85.3% compared to 82.13% in 2024.
According to the chain’s press service, the share of online sales in the company’s revenue structure exceeded 12%. Last year, traffic grew by 28% compared to 2024, the number of orders by 32%, and turnover by over 50%. The EVA.UA platform’s product range reached 500,000 SKUs by the end of 2025. About 45% of orders are placed via the mobile app.
According to the network, the share of private labels in total sales in 2025 increased by 2.3 percentage points compared to the previous year—to 38.5%.
Last year, over 600 new jobs were created; the company’s workforce now totals 14,700 people. The amount of taxes paid in 2025 was 5.1 billion UAH.
Rush LLC, which manages the EVA chain, was founded in 2002. As of early 2026, the chain has 1,167 stores in operation.
According to the YouControl analytical system, the owner of Rush LLC is listed as the Cypriot company Incetera Holdings Limited (100%), with Ruslan Shostak and Valeriy Kiptika as the ultimate beneficiaries.
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, increased its EBITDA in 2025 by 30% to UAH 27 billion, which is a 25.8% increase in US dollars to $648 million, according to the company’s annual report on Friday.
“We continue to invest in Ukraine’s digital future, maintaining our market leadership and executing our long-term strategy as a digital operator,” Kyivstar CEO and President Alexander Komarov said in the document.
According to the Kyivstar Group Ltd report, the company increased its revenue in 2025 by 30.3% compared to 2024, to UAH 48.2 billion, and in dollars, the growth was 25.9%, to $1.157 billion.
Adjusted net income for 2025 increased by 1.1% to $286 million (in hryvnia, the growth was 3.9%), and earnings per share were $1.32.
At the same time, unadjusted net profit decreased by 56.2% to $124 million (by 54.7% in hryvnia), earnings per share to $0.57, and the difference with the adjusted figures was due to non-cash expenses of $162 million related to the listing of Kyivstar in the third quarter of 2025.
The company specified that in the fourth quarter of last year, it increased EBITDA by 23.1% to UAH 7.2 billion, with revenue growing by 30.1% to UAH 13.5 billion, while in dollars, EBITDA grew by 21.7% to $172 million, and revenue grew by 28.4% to $321 million.
Net profit in the fourth quarter of 2025 decreased by 3.2% to $90 million (by 2.2% in hryvnia).
According to the report, Kyivstar increased its net cash flow from operating activities by 29.8% to $558 million (34.2% in hryvnia) last year, and its capital investments amounted to $351 million, including $128 million in the fourth quarter.
It is noted that revenue from digital platforms in 2025 increased 4.9 times to UAH 5.2 billion, and in dollars, this growth was 4.7 times to $124 million, reaching 10.7% in the revenue structure.
In particular, in the fourth quarter of 2025, revenue from digital platforms jumped 6.4 times to UAH 2.1 billion, or 6.1 times in dollars to $50 million, reaching 15.7% of total revenue.
The number of Kyivstar multiplay customers grew by 18% last year to 7.3 million, or 35% of the number of active mobile customers during one month, while the total number of mobile subscribers decreased from 23 million to 22 million, and the number of fixed-line subscribers increased from 1.1 million to 1.2 million.
At the same time, ARPU for the past year increased by 19.3% to $3.6 (by 23.5% in hryvnia).
The report also states that the total number of monthly active digital users reached 15 million by the end of 2025 (13.5 million in the third quarter). In particular, Uklon had 3.8 million users (3.6 million), Helsi had 2.5 million (2.5 million), KyivstarTV had 2.5 million (2.1 million), and MyKyivstar had 6.2 million (5.2 million).
The online taxi service Uklon, which was consolidated into Kyivstar’s financial statements in April 2025, generated UAH 3.4 billion or $80.2 million in revenue last year, with EBITDA of UAH 1.1 billion or $27.6 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Uklon generated revenue of UAH 1.4 billion or $33.7 million, with EBITDA of UAH 386 million or $9.2 million.
The number of Uklon trips in 2025 amounted to 166.6 million, deliveries – 4.7 million, including 43.6 million and 1.3 million in the fourth quarter.
It is noted that KyivstarTV generated revenue of UAH 351 million, or $8.4 million, in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the number of user sessions increasing by 25.4% to 891 million, and the time spent per user per active day increasing by 6.9% to 257 million.
The Helsi medical information system increased its revenue in the fourth quarter of 2025 by UAH 95 million, or $2.3 million. The number of active specialists and doctors in the program increased by 7.5% to more than 42,000, healthcare facilities by 4% to more than 1,700, appointments made by patients through the platform reached 2.4 million, and the number of solvent customers exceeded 57,000.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Kyivstar’s big data and cloud services generated UAH 250 million in revenue, up 66.5% from the previous year. The report states that the growth was driven by large-scale products and solutions for big data analytics, advertising technologies (AdTech), cloud productivity and collaboration services, as well as API-based connectivity and data exchange services.
Kyivstar Cloud introduced a range of services enhanced with practical applications of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as an additional service that provides expert advice on adapting AI-based solutions to specific business needs.
The company specified that the number of registered customers of the AdTech Adwisor self-service platform increased from over 3,500 at the end of the third quarter of 2025 to over 3,800 at the end of the year.
Kyivstar expects revenue growth of 15%-18% and EBITDA growth of 12%-15% in hryvnia in 2026, while in dollars – 8%-11% and 5%-8%, respectively.
Capital expenditure intensity for 2026 is expected to be 23%-26% of revenue, compared to 30.3% in 2025.
The company recalled that in February it acquired Tabletki.ua, a leading Ukrainian online platform for the sale of medicines and medical products, for $160 million, and the internet provider Shtorm.
VEON, the majority shareholder of the Kyivstar group, and some other shareholders sold 14.375 million shares at a price of $10.5 per share for a total of $150.9 million as part of a secondary public offering (SPO). As a result, VEON’s stake in Kyivstar decreased from 89.6% to 83.6% following the SPO.
According to unaudited financial statements, Ukrtelecom, the country’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its total revenue by 7% in 2025 compared to 2024, to UAH 5.2 billion, the company said in a statement.
“In 2025, we continued to invest in network stability: in optical infrastructure, energy independence, and cyber protection,” said Yuriy Kurmaz, CEO of Ukrtelecom, in the release.
It is noted that EBITDA in 2025 exceeded UAH 1.2 billion, which is 31% more than in the previous year, and EBITDA margin increased by 4.3 percentage points (pp) to 24%.
The operator emphasized that capital investments in 2025 amounted to about UAH 500 million and were directed toward the development of optical infrastructure and energy sustainability of the network. The company also transferred almost UAH 1.6 billion in taxes and fees to budgets of all levels over the past year.
According to the release, 4.5 thousand km of fiber-optic cable were laid during 2025, and the total length of the optical network reached almost 93 thousand km. As of the end of 2025, the company’s optical coverage covers 3.4 million Ukrainian households, and 1,400 medical and 1,900 educational institutions use modern optical services.
Ukrtelecom specified that by the beginning of 2026, the share of fiber optic internet users exceeded 80% of the operator’s total internet subscriber base, and revenue from providing fiber optic internet services grew by 12%.
The company added that on January 1, 2026, it introduced a new speed standard for households—up to 1 Gbit/s based on GPON.
Among other achievements last year, the operator highlighted more than UAH 550 million in revenue from commercial leases (excluding reimbursement of electricity, heat, and other utility costs), with leased properties totaling nearly 590,000 square meters.
It is noted that in 2025, the mobile operator TriMob, founded by Ukrtelecom, introduced LTE/4G mobile communication services.
“In 2025, Ukrtelecom became the first Ukrainian company to join Connect Europe, which brings together leading European operators,” the release also notes.
Home appliances and electronics retailer Comfy (Comfy Trade LLC) reported an increase in revenue to UAH 55.8 billion at the end of 2025, which is 17% more than in 2024.
According to the company’s press release, the total number of customers in the chain grew by 8% to over 12.4 million. Online sales accounted for 33% of total revenue, while online sales made through the retailer’s app grew to 25%.
It is noted that last year the company continued to invest in an omnichannel customer experience, service personalization, and digital product development. At the end of the year, the NPS customer loyalty index was 65%, and the SCI service satisfaction index reached 95%.
The Black Friday period last year is mentioned separately, as it was one of the most successful in the company’s history. Revenue for the week during which the promotion was running increased by 12% year-on-year, the number of orders grew by 15%, and the average check increased by 5%. At the same time, during Black Friday week, Comfy ranked first in Google search results for home appliances and electronics, the retailer notes.
In 2025, Comfy opened six new stores in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Chernivtsi, and Mukachevo, as well as renovated and reformatted three stores, focusing on barrier-free retail spaces and providing areas for online order pickup. By the end of the year, the chain had 115 stores in 56 cities across Ukraine.
It is noted that the company created more than 500 new jobs throughout Ukraine, expanding its staff to 4,640 employees.
During the year, the company paid UAH 2.3 billion in taxes and fees to the state budget.
According to YouControl, Comfy Holdings Limited (100%, Cyprus) is the owner of Comfy Trade LLC, and Stanislav Ronis and Svitlana Hutsul are the ultimate beneficiaries.
According to the results of 2025, Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, increased its revenue and EBITDA by 24-26%, exceeding the forecast announced in November 2025, according to a press release from telecommunications holding company VEON, the main shareholder of Kyivstar Group with an 89.6% stake.
According to preliminary unaudited estimates, capital expenditures in 2025 are expected to be in the range of 29-31% of revenue.
VEON expects the results to exceed the 2025 forecast published on November 10, 2025, along with the financial results for the third quarter of 2025, the release said.
As reported, Kyivstar served 22.5 million mobile subscribers in the third quarter of 2025, down 3.6% from the previous year, while the number of 4G customers grew by 2.4% to 15 million.
In the third quarter of 2025, the company’s EBITDA was UAH 7.1 billion, which is 21.5% more than in the third quarter of 2024, and in dollars, the growth was 20.4% to $171 million.
In the first half of 2025, Kyivstar increased its EBITDA by 32% to $06 million, while its revenue grew by 28% to $539 million.
In August 2025, Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV) announced the completion of its listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and the start of trading in the shares of the largest mobile operator Kyivstar under the ticker KYIV.
