News about Ukraine
European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius said at a meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Security and Defense that the first tranche of military aid to Ukraine, which will be transferred within the framework of the EU’s 90bn-euro loan, will be used to purchase Ukrainian-made drones.
The European Commission has postponed the start of payments to Ukraine in the amount of €90bn to the second half of 2026. This was announced by EC representative Bala Uyvari.
Having earlier announced the start of negotiations on the creation of a joint air defense system between Europe and Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy headed to Berlin. The topics of the discussions in the German capital have not been announced yet.
Ukraine has returned to negotiations on the creation of a free trade zone with Serbia, which would promote economic ties and could be a positive step in the context of the European integration of both countries.
Ukraine proposes to introduce a reduced VAT rate of 14% for basic food products. This measure is seen as a mechanism to curb food prices due to rising fuel prices.
In the 2026-27 marketing year, Ukraine will increase sunflower and rapeseed acreage at the expense of a decrease in soybean acreage. At the same time, the total area under oilseeds in this country will remain stable due to, among other things, relatively good weather conditions in spring of this year
On April 10, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution, which supplemented the list of international checkpoints across the Ukrainian-Moldovan state border with the automobile checkpoint “Yampol – Coseuti”.
In March, food prices in Ukraine increased by 1.3%, in Moldova – by 1%. On an annualized basis (compared to the indicator in March 2025), Ukrainian food prices increased by 9.5%, Moldovan – by 6.3%.
China has opened its market for imports of wheat flour from Ukraine. Negotiations on this issue between the authorities of the two countries lasted more than three years.
More than 45 kg of gold worth almost $7 million were purchased by residents of Ukraine in January-February 2026.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Damascus on his first visit since the fall of the Assad regime.
Romania no longer supplies gas to Ukraine.
Agricultural land has become significantly cheaper in Ukraine. In February 2026, the average cost per hectare amounted to 69,800 hryvnia, which is almost 26,000 hryvnia lower than in January.
In 2025-26 marketing year Ukraine will export 505 thousand tons of sugar, which is 19.7% less than in the previous season.
The Environment Ministry has reported the detection of a new transfer of oil products on the Dniester River. According to the ministry, new pollution spots were registered near the bridge near the village of Ungur in Ocnita district.
Moldova’s capacities in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine’s agriculture, infrastructure, logistics, energy and financial sectors were analyzed during the conference “Moldova as a partner in Ukraine’s reconstruction”. The discussion was based on a study by the Kyiv School of Economics, which analyzed the relevant potential of our country. The conference was attended by representatives of authorities, business and development partners.
Kernel, the world’s largest sunflower oil producer and Ukraine’s largest agricultural holding company, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of shares in the agricultural company Enselco controlled by Andriy Verevskyy, the chairman of Kernel’s board of directors. This is stated in the company’s announcement on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Yesterday, Polish financial and technical company ZEN.com won the tender “to withdraw the bankrupt PINbank from the Ukrainian market”. The company will buy 100 percent of the institution’s shares from the state Deposit Guarantee Fund. Apparently, a new foreign player will enter the Ukrainian market of financial services.
Moldova’s information space was “undermined” by a repost of a publication from a Ukrainian website stating that “Ukraine has mined the border with the Transnistrian region”. It would be strange if, in the fifth year of the war, Ukraine left open the border with the region where the Russian armed contingent is stationed. And it does not matter that it consists mainly of local residents who want to have paid jobs at home and are hardly eager to fight.
In Ukraine, users of the Internet application “Diya” have chosen the name “Siaivo” (“Siaivo”, “Shining”) for the national large AI language model (LLM).
