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US may target Russia’s energy, finance with new sanctions, Zelenskyy aide says

The United States may impose sanctions on Russia’s energy and financial sectors, including its shadow tanker fleet and banks aiding sanctions evasion, to curb Moscow’s aggression, Ukraine’s presidential sanctions commissioner, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, told Radio Liberty on May 28.

28 May 2025, 12:29 PM

Poroshenko’s bank slapped with biggest fine in sweeping NBU crackdown

Ukraine’s National Bank in March fined six banks a combined 59.55 million hryvnias for violating anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws, the regulator said.

8 April 2025, 11:35 PM

Foreign investment in Ukraine falls sharply, lagging far behind Poland

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Ukraine continue to decline as the country received just $351 mln in the first two months of 2025, Danylo Hetmantsev, the Parliament’s Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy Committee head wrote on April 4.

4 April 2025, 02:27 PM

NV reveals which top officials earned the most in 2024

NV reviewed the 2024 financial disclosures of top government officials and identified those with the highest incomes.

3 April 2025, 11:57 AM

Ukraine's national debt sees modest growth amid external pressures

As of Feb. 28, 2025, Ukraine's state and state-guaranteed debt amounted to UAH 7,019.5 billion, or $169.1 billion, Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax, and Customs Policy head, Danylo Hetmantsev, reported on Telegram on March 28.

28 March 2025, 02:59 PM

Payment chaos: PrivatBank glitch leaves customers stranded

Ukrainian bank customers faced widespread payment issues and ATM outages caused by a system failure, PrivatBank confirmed on March 9.

9 March 2025, 02:45 PM

Zelenskyy: Russia looting Ukraine’s rare earth wealth for free

It is important to protect Ukraine's territories from Russia, both in security and financial terms, and to prevent rare earth minerals from being taken for free by Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The Guardian posted on YouTube on Feb. 12.

12 February 2025, 01:56 PM

Serhiy Marchenko breaks record for longest serving Finance Minister in Ukraine

Serhiy Marchenko set a record as Ukraine’s longest-serving finance minister, holding office for 1,767 days as of Jan. 30, 2025, according to Viktoria Strakhova, advisor to the President's Office.

30 January 2025, 04:55 PM

Russia moves to seize Ukrainian business, alleging ‘anti-Russian campaign’

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has filed a lawsuit seeking to confiscate and transfer to state ownership the assets of Ukrainian alcohol producer Bayadera Group located in Russia, The Moscow Times reports, citing Kommersant.

20 January 2025, 12:31 PM

World Bank cuts Ukraine’s 2025 GDP forecast to 2% as war rages on

The World Bank has downgraded its 2025 GDP growth forecast for Ukraine to 2% from 6.5% in its June report but raised the 2026 forecast to 7% from 5.1%, according to its Global Economic Prospects report published on Jan. 17, 2025.

17 January 2025, 01:47 PM

Biden strengthens Russia sanctions days before Trump takes office

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has launched a mechanism of secondary sanctions against all contractors of major Russian companies in a sweeping effort to close loopholes in existing restrictions, Treasury Department wrote on Jan. 15.

16 January 2025, 11:56 AM

Ukraine's international reserves grow by 9.7% in December 2024

Ukraine's international reserves increased by 9.7% in December 2024, reaching $43.788 billion, thanks to financial aid from international partners, the National Bank of Ukraine reported on Jan. 7.

7 January 2025, 07:24 PM

After grain and cement, Poles rally against another Ukrainian product

The Polish Association of Poultry Producers has called for reducing import quotas on Ukrainian chicken from 137,000 tons to 90,000 tons after June 2025, Pulz Biznesu reported on Dec. 23, citing Dariusz Gościński, president of the National Poultry Council of Poland.

23 December 2024, 12:28 PM

Ukraine underutilizing its defense industry by up to 50%, expert says

Ukraine is still not making full use of its domestic defense industry, Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former adviser to Ukraine's defense minister and a corresponding member of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told NV Radio on Oct. 29.

30 October 2024, 02:12 AM

New war bonds available in Diia app

Two new issues of war bonds are now available in Ukraine’s Diia e-governance app, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on Oct. 23.

24 October 2024, 12:37 AM

Hryvnia no longer reacts to Russian attacks, central bank governor says

The financial markets in Ukraine have stabilized despite the ongoing war, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Andriy Pyshnyy, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Oct. 15.

15 October 2024, 01:50 PM

Shmyhal discusses Cabinet plans for 2025 budget

The Cabinet of Ministers expects state budget revenues to rise nearly 30% in 2025, while expenditures are projected to grow by 20%, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced this during a recent government meeting.

20 September 2024, 05:25 PM

Rising prices will continue: National Bank of Ukraine lists causes of inflation acceleration

Consumer inflation in Ukraine rose to 5.4% year-over-year in July 2024, up from 4.8% in June.

7 September 2024, 07:26 PM

Rada approves increase in defense spending by UAH 500 billion in first reading

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved in the first reading the bill No. 11417, which increases the 2024 state budget by UAH 500 billion.

3 September 2024, 04:36 PM

PrivatBank to dismiss CEO early

The Supervisory Board of PrivatBank has decided to terminate CEO Gerhard Boesch’s contract early, effective Nov. 1, which will be his last working day at the bank.

2 September 2024, 04:00 PM

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