Business news, entrepreneurship and startups in Kyiv region
On the territory of a legendary film studio, there are attempts to allocate a plot of land for office construction. The Prosecutor's Office qualifies this as an attempt to embezzle state property.
Beauty and household goods retail network increases investments by 20% — a signal that major retailers are betting on domestic market resilience.
The Cabinet of Ministers transferred authority to the State Special Transport Service as the sole customer for works and procurement related to frontline roads — routes used for military equipment movement, evacuation of the wounded, and supply delivery. The decision eliminates parallel subordination that previously slowed down the start of operations.
Irpin Water Supply and Sewage Company has launched legal proceedings against non-payers — 10% of subscribers have failed to make any payments. However, the company itself has outstanding debts to Kyiv Water Supply and Sewage Company.
Since August 2025, Ukrainian drones have struck 16 of 38 Russian oil refineries, limiting processing by more than one million barrels per day and reducing diesel exports to 2020 levels — below pre-war figures.
A strike on April 3rd destroyed nearly an entire street in a city that is one of the key railway hubs on the route from Kyiv to the West. One person killed, seven wounded — among them three children.
Norwegian analysts calculated that to redirect Yamal LNG supplies to Asia following the EU ban, Russia lacks between 25 and 35 tankers. They cannot be obtained anywhere — neither built nor chartered under sanctions pressure.
# Investigation Reveals Entrepreneur Forged Power Distribution Contract An investigation has established that an entrepreneur forged a power distribution agreement and listed a residential building as the consumer facility, when in fact the electricity was being supplied to a shopping center. The difference between residential and commercial electricity rates became a systematic financial gain that continued for nearly five years.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has completed its investigation and submitted an indictment to the High Anti-Corruption Court. Two suspects are accused of causing damages to a state-owned company amounting to nearly 12 million hryvnias.
UKAB has recorded a 12.2% year-over-year increase in the cost of homemade Easter bread. However, the real record holder for price increases is not eggs, but milk, which has surged by almost 50%.
March 2026 set a record for diesel imports since 2021: fuel supplies will be sufficient, but traders are still uncertain about prices in April.
Dmytro Natalukha conducted the first audit after 18 months of leaderless management at the Fund — and received a bleak picture: most of the objects in the privatization queue are not worth the paper spent on them. But the real problem lies not in the waste, but in what remains.
During April 4-5, more vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz than at any time since the onset of regional tensions. The figure is straightforward — the conclusions are more complex.
Bout arrived at the company when it had ten employees, and is leaving behind 90+ billion hryvnias in sold public assets. Who will manage the system going forward remains an open question.
# Saudi Aramco Raises Arab Light Price Amid Strait of Hormuz Tensions Against the backdrop of the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Aramco has raised the price of Arab Light crude for Asia to $19.50 per barrel. The market had anticipated $40 — and this gap is more significant than the record itself.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), and the Office of the Prosecutor General have announced suspicions against the head of a private company and an official of a state-owned enterprise. A forensic economic examination assessed the damages at 295 million hryvnias.
The Persian Gulf is closed, gas prices have soared 70%, oil prices up 50%. The European Commission is already urging countries not to do what they did three years ago — and what caused inflation to spiral out of control.
After five strikes in ten days, the Baltic port resumed operations. The restoration of logistics does not mean the restoration of infrastructure — eight of eighteen Novatek storage tanks remain damaged.
In March 2026 the price per square meter in Zakarpattia’s new developments fell by 7.5% — the largest drop among all regions. The paradox: the very market that had been heated for three consecutive years by wartime migration was the first to start cooling.
Solid rocket propellant is one of the key shortages in Europe's rearmament. Ukrainian Fire Point is building a plant specifically for this—next to an F-35 base and with the ambition to meet the needs of the entire continent.
Trump promised to open the Strait of Hormuz and "take the oil." U.S. intelligence disagrees: control of the strait is arguably the only thing that makes Iran a serious player in negotiations with Washington.
2025: Ukraine produced 16.97 billion cubic meters of gas — 10% less than a year earlier. Behind the figure lie destroyed infrastructure, forced shutdowns of wells, and the question of whether private investment will manage to compensate for losses from missile strikes.
BYD chairman Wang Chuanfu openly called the rise in oil prices caused by the Middle East conflict a catalyst for the company's international sales. The forecast: up 15%. Behind the figures lies a question that is uncomfortable for everyone.
For the first time in eight years, none of the 17 designated highways will receive a seasonal increase in speed limits. The figures show it's not just about potholes after winter, but a deliberate logic of reduction: 8 sections in 2024, 4 in 2025, and zero in 2026.
The Kyiv Metro has finally received the state expert conclusion for the major overhaul of a subsiding tunnel on the blue line. The repair, which had been planned for 2024, will cost nearly two billion — and this amid the war.
As of March 31, Polish gas stations are not allowed to sell 95-octane gasoline for more than 6.16 zloty per liter. The fine for violations is up to 1 million zloty. How it works and whether prices will hold going forward.
Ukrzaliznytsia is holding five auctions on Prozorro.Sales on April 7 — the starting price is 4.48 million hryvnias. Behind the numbers is a question the company has yet to resolve.
Ukraine is almost tripling rapeseed oil exports — but at the expense of farmers who lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to artificially low purchase prices. A victory for the processing industry or a subsidy at someone else's expense?
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti‑Corruption Court (VAKS) reduced Yevhenii Dykhne’s sentence to four years and lowered the assessed damages from UAH 11 million to UAH 1.3 million — but upheld his guilt. The case, which since 2020 has raised questions about the line between a state enterprise manager’s risk‑taking and abuse of office, remains precedent‑setting.
Slow exports could leave more grain in storage than during the export blockade of 2022. In July, old stocks will coincide with the new harvest — then prices will slump, and there may not be enough storage space.