Trans-Caspian Fund Launched to Draw Private Infrastructure Cash

(WASHINGTON, USA) – The United States government has committed $201 million to launch the Trans-Caspian Entrepreneurship Fund, a vehicle designed to draw private sector investment into infrastructure along a trade corridor running through the South Caucasus and Central Asia. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio inContinue Reading

Ukraine Farm Demining Costs Average $1,525 Per Hectare

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Mine clearance operators cleared 210 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine during July under a state programme that compensates the cost of humanitarian demining, the Ministry of Economy and Environment has reported. Two agreements for the clearance of farmland were completed during the month. Operators received 13.2Continue Reading

Moscow Aims to Choke Ukraine’s Overland Exports

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Russia is shifting its targeting from Ukraine’s sea export routes to land corridors in a deliberate attempt to further disrupt grain and other commodity shipments and damage Ukraine’s economy, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Russian forces likely struck a bridge near Maiaky inContinue Reading

Zaporizhzhia Plant Suffers Two Power Cuts on Saturday

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, under Russian military control, lost all external electricity supply twice in a single day, forcing it to rely on emergency diesel generators to maintain critical safety functions. Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom reported the incidents on Saturday, 8 August 2026. The firstContinue Reading

Central Bank Eases Loan Terms for Farms Hit by War in Ukraine

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s central bank has moved to shield agricultural businesses from loan defaults, responding to severe damage to export infrastructure caused by intensified Russian attacks. The National Bank of Ukraine announced new rules allowing banks to avoid classifying a borrower as in default if the debtor completes aContinue Reading

Ukraine Summer Harvest Eases Food Inflation

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s summer harvest sharply reduced prices for many staple vegetables in July, helping ease food inflation as domestic supplies from open field farms replaced imported produce and greenhouse crops. However, prices remained uneven across the fruit and vegetable market, with some berries, greenhouse vegetables and imported fruitContinue Reading

Ukraine Widens Economic Front with Strikes on Russian E-Commerce Hub

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian drone strikes against logistics centres belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, are opening a new front in the economic dimension of the war. The attacks aim not only to disrupt supply routes used by the Russian military but also to weaken a major private businessContinue Reading