Within the framework of the International Arms Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2021), Ukraine’s Ukrspecexport and Pakistan have signed a contract for the repairs of T-80UD MBTs for a total of $85.6 million. “Although the closure of borders last year due to the global pandemic has taught us to work effectively online, Ukraine’s participation in one…
The construction of a new bypass road around Kyiv with a length of 150 km will begin this year, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has announced during the All-Ukrainian Forum “Ukraine 30. Infrastructure”. “We have several very ambitious, priority projects. One of them is the Kyiv bypass road. Since the beginning of independence, many have…
Ukraine’s military export agency, Ukrspecexport, which is a part of the Ukroboronprom defense giant, has unveiled the Sokil-300 (Falcon-300) strike drone at the biennial International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in UAE. The Sokil-300 surveillance and reconnaissance UAV with strike capabilities has been developed by the Kyiv-based LUCH Design Bureau for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.…
Ukraine in 2020 updated its absolute record for poultry meat exports, having supplied 431,000 tons abroad, however, revenue from the sales decreased to $555 million against $579 million in 2019. “A common trend in 2020 was the strengthening of the position of Ukrainian meat products on the foreign market due to chicken meat,” the press…
Trade between Ukraine and Turkey in 2020, despite pandemic restrictions and slowdowns, remained at pre-pandemic levels and amounted to about $5 billion, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrii Sybiha said at the first constituent meeting of the Ukrainian part of the Ukrainian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Last year’s turnover was about $5 billion. We have…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for 2021, the press service of the Social Policy Ministry reports. “At a government’s meeting on February 17, the budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for 2021 was approved by a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers,” reads…
The Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine is planning to rebuild 20,000 kilometers of public roads until 2023, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Kryklii has announced. “This year we will start from the real funding, which will be projected and we plan ambitious figures. But the goal is to rebuild 20,000 kilometers of public roads until 2023 inclusive,” said…