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Russian invaders use thermobaric ammunition that destroys and burns everything in its path near the town of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region, but Ukrainian troops control the city.

The Ministry of Finance is drafting a bill to increase the military tax and value-added tax (VAT), as well as to introduce a military tax for individual entrepreneurs.

Poland may face potential economic losses due to the repatriation of Ukrainian men of military age, who make up a significant portion of the country's labor force.

Naftogaz of Ukraine plans to accumulate at least 13 billion cubic meters of domestically produced gas in preparation for the heating season, which will be enough to meet the consumption volumes in the regulated market segment.

Almost all the land received by the ATO participants is now being cultivated, taxes are being paid, and jobs are being created, unlike the previous illegal lease of state land by the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine for cash without proper rights.

Mykola Solsky states that the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine illegally leased state land and received money for it. In many cases, it could not even confirm its right to use these land plots.

MHP, an international food and agro-technology company, has been named one of the top ten best employers in Ukraine by Forbes and received the Breakthrough of the Year award, moving up from 34th place in last year's ranking.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov has been detained on suspicion of bribery in connection with construction projects, including in occupied Mariupol.

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.

Taylor Swift has officially become a billionaire with a net worth of $1. 1 billion, making her the first musician to achieve billionaire status solely through songwriting and performing.

Volodymyr Nosov, founder of the WhiteBIT crypto exchange, received a unique award made of limestone and sand from UNITED24 signed by Zelenskyy for his significant donations totaling more than 415 million hryvnias to support Ukraine during the war.

A grant program from PIN-UP and Forbes Ukraine is launched for frontline businesses.

Deputies in Vinnytsia are demanding additional payments from the city budget for Vinnytsia residents who have joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

US congressmen call on Elon Musk to explain why the US military in and around Taiwan does not have access to Starlink communications under the Starshield program funded by the US Department of Defense.

Ukraine's SBU and GUR intelligence services launched a drone strike on a large metallurgical plant in Novolipetsk that supplies raw materials for Russian military production.

Two grocery chains, Myasomarket and Döner Market, have been ranked among the top 10 largest franchises in Ukraine according to a study by the Ukrainian Retailers Association.

MHP shares details of culinary business development for this year.

An NGO close to the party of former Prime Minister Groysman received more than half a million hryvnias from the Vinnytsia city budget to organize a futsal competition, despite recent scandals involving the misuse of community funds.

The DOT believes that trust in the system of supplying the Armed Forces with food will increase if orders are fulfilled by companies known to the public.

The media article reports that Vinnytsia is manipulating the figures of the city budget funds to be allocated this year to support the Ukrainian armed forces.

In Vinnytsia region, only 11% of local community budgets in 2023 were allocated to improve Ukraine's defense capabilities.

Soon Ukraine will start mass production of kamikaze drones, similar to Russian Lancet drones with a range of up to 40 km.

Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was killed in a helicopter crash, and three other passengers survived.

A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed that since October last year, Russia has amassed about 40,000 troops and 500 tanks near Kupyansk, but noted that not all of these forces are currently engaged in combat and that the Ukrainian defense is holding back the Russians.

Ukraine responds to Forbes article on Russian offensive in the Kupyansk sector.

Russia plans to capture the city of Kupyansk in Kharkiv region by March 2024 as a gift to Putin before the presidential elections in Russia, deploying 500 tanks and more than 40,000 troops.

MHP remains the largest taxpayer in Ukraine's agricultural sector, paying over UAH 6 billion in taxes in 2023, up 31% year-on-year.

An explosion at a Russian drone factory in August may have disrupted the production of deadly Lancet drones, leading to fewer attacks on Ukrainian troops.

The United States plans to provide Ukraine with weapons by transferring them to Greece with the understanding that Greece will then transfer some of its surplus weapons to Ukraine.

The Avdiivka Coke Plant will be impossible to rebuild after the war ends due to the destruction caused by Russian shelling, Metinvest CEO Ryzhenkov said. The plant's main consumers, Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, also face an uncertain future.