Ukraine Tax Office Flags 500 Brands in Business Splitting Probe

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s State Tax Service has identified more than 500 brands and trademarks showing signs of artificial business splitting since the start of 2026. Preliminary estimates indicate potential state budget losses of at least 1.7 billion Ukrainian hryvnia, equivalent to roughly 40.8 million US dollars or 31.9 millionContinue Reading

Midas Case Probe Finds No Legal Role for Energoatom

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukraine’s state nuclear operator Energoatom does not hold the status of an injured party in the criminal proceedings known as the Midas case, despite investigators establishing that more than 100 million Ukrainian hryvnia moved through an alleged money laundering back office linked to the company. The sumContinue 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