In November 2025, a new season of the educational grant program "Living Towards" from PUMB was launched, aimed at supporting veterans in starting or developing their own businesses. Up to 20 winning teams will receive grants from UAH 500,000 to UAH 1 million, and applications are accepted until November 25, 2025.
On November 18, Delo. ua and Ekonomika+ held the GET Business Festival 2025, where 1,500 entrepreneurs, investors, and top managers discussed doing business in unstable conditions. Over 100 speakers on three stages touched upon digital transformation, production scaling, and partnerships.
The Verkhovna Rada appointed Tetiana Berezhna as Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy of Ukraine – Minister of Culture of Ukraine. This decision was supported by 266 people's deputies. Berezhna has been acting Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine since July 28, 2025.
The Parliamentary Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy recommended that the Verkhovna Rada appoint Tetiana Berezhna as Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy – Minister of Culture of Ukraine. The vote is expected in the coming days.
Tetiana Berezhna, acting Minister of Culture, may head the position of Vice Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy. Her candidacy was approved by the "Servant of the People" faction, with a vote expected next plenary week.
The US is trying to prevent Russian airlines from obtaining sanctioned spare parts.
Foreign businesses paid over $20 billion in taxes to the Kremlin in 2024, enough to finance a million Russian soldiers. Since 2022, this amount has reached $60 billion, which is half of Russia's military budget for 2025.
Serhiy Nikolaichuk was appointed First Deputy Governor of the National Bank on August 15, 2025. In this position, he will lead the "Financial Stability" reporting line, and temporarily – "Monetary Stability", replacing Kateryna Rozhkova.
Russia has depleted its vast stockpiles of Soviet-era weapons, leading to a reduction in supplies from military depots to the front lines to 2022 levels. The country is increasingly dependent on supplies from China, North Korea, and Iran to support its defense industry and army.
Oleksiy Sobolev, the newly appointed Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture, declared an apartment in Kyiv and last year's salary of over 1. 5 million hryvnias in his previous position. His wife owns a SUBARU XV car, and the minister himself has investment certificates and savings.
Procurement is gradually turning into a powerful strategic management tool that helps companies not only save money.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will open a conference on Ukraine's reconstruction in Rome this week, together with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The event aims to mobilize investments, particularly from the private sector, for Ukraine.
The public organization DeJure Foundation is accused of non-transparent use of over 108 million hryvnias in donor funds. Detailed financial reports are not publicly available.
According to the UN's baseline scenario, Ukraine's population may shrink to 23 million by 2100. To maintain stability, labor market reforms and increased social support are needed.
As a result of Russia's invasion, direct damage to Ukraine's infrastructure increased by $12. 6 billion to $170 billion. The largest losses were incurred in the housing stock ($60 billion), transportation ($38.5 billion), and energy ($14.6 billion).
Denmark will step up inspections of tankers due to the activity of older vessels transporting oil through the Danish straits. The decision comes amid threats from Russia's “shadow fleet” of more than 650 vessels.
The investigation revealed that one-third of Russia's “shadow fleet” consists of tankers sold by US and EU companies after the war began. The sale brought billions of euros to the former owners.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation reports an increase in the production capacity of Ukraine's drone industry from 300 thousand to 4 million units. Progress is being made in creating different types of drones and developing electronic warfare systems.
The volume of Russian oil transported by the shadow fleet increased from 2. 4 to 4.1 million barrels per day. 70% of Russian marine oil is transported by poorly maintained and insufficiently insured tankers.
The second edition of the Education of Wonderland forum expands its format to an educational festival. The event will combine a forum on the future of education and an exhibition of educational opportunities, bringing together more than 100 institutions and 30 speakers.
Russia's full-scale aggression has caused significant damage to the Ukrainian industry. The example of Brovapharma shows how businesses are adapting to the new realities and cooperating with local authorities to maintain production.
The Kyiv School of Economics has concluded that Ukraine is capable of producing 90% of the construction materials needed for reconstruction. The key is to attract investment in the construction materials industry right now.
Diia. Osvita has launched a series that teaches veterans how to apply for grants of up to UAH 1 million for business. The course includes 11 episodes on business planning and templates for grant applications.
Kirill Budanov, the head of the GRU, believes that russia will not attack the Baltic states as long as the war in Ukraine continues.
The Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine spoke to the graduates of the Kyiv School of Economics. Budanov emphasized that the war will end, but new important tasks will arise, and called on young people to be leaders.
Forensic experts have concluded that the damage caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine exceeds UAH 22 billion, which has launched a large-scale effort to prove Russian crimes in international courts.
The government is ready to invest $500 million in Ukraine's reconstruction, particularly in the construction sector, according to a KSE study.
The Ministry of economy presented an investment guide containing 95 projects worth more than 2 27 billion in various sectors, such as energy, transport, agro-industrial complex, metallurgy, Pharmaceuticals, aimed at attracting investment for the recovery and economic development of Ukraine.
Due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the energy sector suffered direct losses of 1 16. 1 billion and indirect financial losses of 4 40.1 billion, while restoration needs amount to 5 50.5 billion for the complete reconstruction of destroyed facilities.
Despite the sanctions, many large foreign companies, such as Leroy Merlin, Philip Morris, PepsiCo, Auchan, Nestle, Alibaba, Unilever, Mondelez and Xiaomi, continue to operate in russia, providing resources that could help the kremlin in its military actions against Ukraine.
