01 May 2026
The restoration of damaged equipment at the Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant is being carried out at the expense of Euro-Reconstruction LLC, without using city budget funds.
As part of its latest mission to inspect substations critical to nuclear safety, the International Atomic Energy Agency will examine 14 such facilities.
The Security Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Prosecutor General's Office, has documented new instances of criminal activity by the former beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s largest banks.
As of the morning of May 1, Russian attacks have left consumers without power in the Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions.
Ukraine and the Netherlands plan to begin joint production of drones as early as this year; the drones in question are the Baton and K4 models. Details of the project have not been disclosed; in particular, the terms of the agreement remain confidential.
Following Sweden’s decision to confiscate the cargo ship Caffa carrying stolen Ukrainian grain, Ukraine is calling for systematic continuation of such measures to prevent illegal exports from occupied territories.
This year, Ukraine’s economy is expected to show more restrained growth.
One of the power units at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant has returned to operation following scheduled maintenance on April 28.
30 April 2026
Ukraine is developing a system to counter Russia's shadow grain fleet, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure have reached their highest monthly level since December last year.
The government has approved dividend payout ratios for state-owned companies and banks, with nearly UAH 50 billion expected to be transferred to the state budget based on 2025 results.
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to maintain the key policy rate at 15%.
29 April 2026
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine will go after Russia’s shadow grain fleet and its enablers across all geographic areas.
In the Kyiv region, 81 distributed gas generation units with a total capacity of 103 MW are currently in operation, while an additional roughly 150 MW is in the process of being installed.
Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery and Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksii Kuleba noted that in the process of implementing thermal decentralization, attention is being focused on Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Dnipro—large urban areas that rely on centralized heating systems.
The Riga City Court in Latvia fined a businessman EUR 10,140 for attempting to violate sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia.
28 April 2026
The export of Ukrainian weapons will become a reality, and any surplus beyond the amount needed by the Ukrainian military will be put up for sale.
As of the morning of April 27, many users in the Sumy region are without power due to Russian attacks; power outages are also affecting customers in the Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions.
27 April 2026
Kyiv and Warsaw will develop a “Polish model” of mutual cooperation in the defense industry by the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) at the end of June in Gdańsk, where the first contracts in the defense sector are expected to be signed.
Following a Russian attack on the Odesa region on April 26, a spill of sunflower oil was recorded in the waters of the port of Chornomorsk.
26 April 2026
Ukraine’s updated energy development strategy through 2050 envisions that at least half of the country’s electricity production will come from nuclear power plants.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have attacked substations critical to nuclear safety 155 times.
State-backed credit support for businesses is being scaled back in Russia.
Russian authorities are seeking new sources to replenish the state budget, including by increasing the burden on citizens and businesses.
25 April 2026
Ukraine has already repaired more than 5.7 million square meters of damaged road surfaces on international highways and state roads.
24 April 2026
Europe should finance Ukraine’s reconstruction by imposing taxes on Russian imports.
23 April 2026
The upcoming 21st package of EU sanctions will include increased pressure on Russia’s financial system, additional restrictions on energy exports, and new mechanisms to control the supply of dual-use goods.
On the second day of the Ukraine–EU Business Summit in Brussels, the European Commission and Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense signed a Declaration of Cooperation on investments in advanced and breakthrough technologies.
Ukraine has been working tirelessly to unlock the €90 billion European loan and implement the 20th package of sanctions against Russia.
The prosecutor’s office has foiled an embezzlement scheme involving the private joint-stock company NPC Ukrenergo, which operated between 2022 and 2024. Six individuals have been notified of the charges.