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Vodafone Ukraine Increased Its Half-Year Net Profit by 4.3%

6 August , 2026  

“VF Ukraine” (“Vodafone Ukraine,” VFU), Ukraine’s second-largest mobile operator, increased its net profit by 4.3% in January–June 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching 2.161 billion UAH.

According to the company’s interim condensed financial statements, its revenue grew by 10.3% to 13.869 billion UAH.
According to the report, gross profit for the first six months of this year rose by 4.4% to 7.998 billion UAH, while operating profit decreased by 2.4% to 4.321 billion UAH.

OIBDA for the first half of 2026 increased by 3.8% compared to the same period in 2025, reaching 7.331 billion UAH, while the OIBDA margin stood at 53%, down from 56% last year.
The mobile operator’s capital expenditures for the first six months of this year decreased by 0.8% to 3.169 billion UAH.

It is noted that during January–June 2026, VF Ukraine provided non-repayable financial assistance to its subsidiary, Farlep-Invest PJSC, in the amount of 160 million UAH, compared to 310 million UAH for the corresponding period in 2025.
According to the report, as of June 30 of this year, the mobile operator’s investments in “Farlep-Invest” were valued at 1.808 billion UAH, in LLC “Frinet”—677.4 million UAH, and in LLC “Ukrainian Network Solutions”—3.242 billion UAH.

VF Ukraine’s equity as of mid-year stood at 15.583 billion UAH, compared to 14.123 billion UAH at the beginning of the year.
The report notes that VF Ukraine’s net profit in the second quarter of 2026 increased by 5.4% compared to the same period last year—to 1.254 billion UAH—amid a 10.3% rise in revenue to 7.102 billion UAH.

In the second quarter of 2026, VF Ukraine’s gross profit rose by 5.9% to 4.212 billion UAH, while operating profit decreased by 1.3% to 2.392 billion UAH.

The company added that in June of this year, it also entered into a supplementary agreement with its parent company, Telco Investments B.V., to increase a U.S. dollar-denominated credit line from the equivalent of 660 million UAH to the equivalent of 1.32 billion UAH. The credit line carries a fixed interest rate of 10% per annum and is due for repayment in 2028. As of the reporting date, the company had received 693.4 million UAH, which was deposited into the mobile operator’s foreign currency account at a foreign bank to repay bond debt.

Among other things, the report mentions the completion of construction of a new submarine cable system across the Black Sea, which will connect Ukraine to the international transit route between Europe and Asia (the “Kardesa” system). Completion is expected within five years, and the total amount of expenditures the company plans to incur is estimated at approximately EUR 65 million.

As of June 30, 2026, project expenses related exclusively to construction-in-progress assets, which were not material for these interim condensed separate financial statements, the company clarified. “An impairment test was conducted, and the results showed no signs of impairment,” the operator emphasized.
As previously reported, “Vodafone Ukraine” increased its net profit by 12% in January–March 2026 compared to the same period last year, reaching 778 million UAH.

In 2025, the company increased its revenue by 14% compared to the previous year—to 27.8 billion UAH—while its net profit rose by 18%—to 4.18 billion UAH.

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