Business Ukraine magazine

24/01/2025

Tens of thousands of people are protesting tonight in Bratislava against Slovakian PM Fico’s pro-Kremlin policies. Fico’s decision to side with Russia against the West while Vladimir Putin wages the largest European war since WWII appears to have backfired disastrously

24/01/2025

Polish exports to Ukraine have surged since the start of the Russian invasion, driven by the defense and reconstruction sectors. Ukraine now ranks as Poland’s seventh-largest export market, accounting for 3.6% of total exports, up from 2.1% in 2021

The rise has been driven by supplies of defense and reconstruction items.

24/01/2025

Sales of US military equipment to foreign governments in 2024 rose 29% to a record $318.7 billion, the US State Department said on Friday, as countries sought to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major conflicts

Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments in 2024 rose 29% to a record $318.7 billion, the U.S. State Department said on Friday, as countries sought to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major conflicts.

24/01/2025

Пітер Дікінсон: Підтримка України сьогодні може бути дорогою, але це набагато дешевше, ніж зіткнутися з осмілілою Росією завтра

https://nv.ua/ukr/opinion/trivozhniy-prognoz-glavi-nato-shcho-vidomo-pro-zbilshennya-vitrat-na-oboronu-v-yevropi-50484367.html

24/01/2025

The sham presidential election in Belarus this weekend is a timely reminder that a brutal dictatorship continues to suppress basic freedoms in the geographical heart of Europe, writes Mercedes Sapuppo

READ MORE: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/european-parliament-and-united-states-condemn-sham-belarus-vote/

24/01/2025

“The current cost of supporting Ukraine’s defense will be dwarfed by the price of confronting a triumphant Russia if Putin is permitted to subjugate Ukraine.”

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned NATO leaders that a Russian victory in Ukraine would cost alliance members "trillions not billions," writes Peter Dickinson.

24/01/2025

A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network

A chunk of Russia’s oil tanker fleet is being forced to change the flag they sail under as US and UK sanctions heap pressure on Moscow’s shipping network.

23/01/2025

Hungary is expected to back down from its threat to block the EU from renewing its Russia sanctions after Trump menaced Moscow with even more penalties

Viktor Orbán has flirted with killing the EU’s Russia sanctions. But he didn’t get the ally he might have expected in Donald Trump.

23/01/2025

Ukraine is in the final stages of drafting recruitment reforms to attract 18- to 25-year-olds who are currently exempt from mobilization as it looks for ways to bolster its fighting force, says the battlefield commander recently appointed to the President’s Office

Ukraine is in the final stages of drafting recruitment reforms to attract 18- to 25-year-olds who are currently exempt from mobilization as it looks for ways to bolster its fighting force.

23/01/2025

“Zelenskyy is warning that without a long-term commitment from his western allies, Putin will use a ceasefire as an opportunity to rearm before launching another offensive down the line.”

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said any effective peacekeeping force deployed in Ukraine will need to include US troops, as he appealed to Donald Trump ahead of talks with Russia.

23/01/2025

BBC on the comedy boom in wartime Ukraine:

"Stand-up comedy is a budget version of psychotherapy. I like to relieve social tension with my jokes.”

Ukrainian stand-up comedians say humour can help people cope and raise money for the war effort.

22/01/2025

“Trump’s public criticism of Putin in recent days is unprecedented.”

Business Ukraine publisher Peter Dickinson joined Телеканал "Прямий" as Trump issues Putin with an ultimatum to end the war and accuses him of “destroying Russia”. Link to full interview: https://youtu.be/9spFd8oX5R0?si=NALp_IUFAmedsEpI

22/01/2025

Trump’s message to Putin: Stop the war now or face economic collapse

22/01/2025

Saint Michael’s Square in wartime Kyiv. January 2024. (Photo: Bradley Stafford)

22/01/2025

Today is Ukrainian Unity Day, marking the Unification Act signed by the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic in Kyiv on 22 January 1919

22/01/2025

Sweden’s armed forces have revealed a secret drone swarming program using software developed by Saab. Coming to Ukraine soon?

The system, developed over the past year, is designed for sub-25-kg (55.1 lb.) uncrewed aircraft systems.

22/01/2025

2025 Kyiv Real Estate Forecast: If the war shows signs of winding down or ending, rental prices in the center of Kyiv will rise sharply as more foreign specialists arrive and real estate owners become gripped by a mood of irrational exuberance

READ MORE: https://businessukraine.ua/2025-preview-kyiv-real-estate-market-awaits-potential-peace-dividend/