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INTERVIEW “I don’t look Russians in the eye, I just win”: European fencing champion Svichkar on sports during the war and “neutral” Russians
Harvesting under fire: how Ukrainian farmers overcome the challenges of 2025

Despite the challenging security situation and drought in southern Ukraine, farmers continue to harvest and export grain. As of June 20, Ukraine exported over 4…

24 June 18:25 Iaroslava Lubyana
“We’ll harvest half as much wheat as in 2021”: how climate and war affected the 2025 harvest

This spring has been unusually difficult for Ukrainian farmers, with prolonged rains, frosts and uncertainty over European trade quotas forcing farmers to recon…

20 June 12:57 Iaroslava Lubyana
Russian buckwheat may be in Ukrainian stores again – if the state does not close the “hole” in imports

Against the backdrop of a possible crop failure, this could seriously hit small farmers and finally kill off a strategic crop that once fed half the world. Ukra…

19 June 17:15 Iaroslava Lubyana
Olga Nasonova: “We are spoiled for good service, but not ready to pay much”

The restaurant business has experienced many shocks in recent years - covid, a full-scale invasion, followed by emigration, occupation, and blackouts. Every yea…

18 June 12:53 Остафійчук Ярослав
Deep processing: how agribusiness creates added value for the Ukrainian economy

"Not just to grow, but to create a high value-added product in Ukraine." This is how the Ministry of Agrarian Policy formulates the tasks for itself and the Ukr…

17 June 19:08 Мандровська Олександра
Sugar as an export currency: Ukrainian farmers earned $419 million despite the war

Despite a full-scale war, logistical chaos and a decline in domestic consumption, Ukrainian sugar producers set a historical record in 2024: more than 746 thous…

13 June 15:59 Iaroslava Lubyana
Crimean political prisoner without sight. How Russia threw a disabled man into a Siberian prison for 17 years

Oleksandr Sizikov is one of the most striking examples of Russian repression in the occupied Crimea. His complete blindness did not prevent the FSB from recogni…

12 June 14:58 Марина Максенко
“The linden tree is not blooming for the first time in 45 years”: how war, climate and EU quotas are changing Ukraine’s honey map

Ukraine is one of the three largest exporters of honey in the world, despite the war, the loss of territories, logistical problems, and now restrictions imposed…

10 June 13:04 Iaroslava Lubyana
Cryptocurrency has minimal impact on the shadow economy, and most of the “shadow” is in trade, – Danylo Getmantsev

The shadow sector of Ukraine's economy is worth about UAH 800-900 billion a year. The shadowing of certain industries reaches 60%, which is a major obstacle to…

3 June 12:14 Остафійчук Ярослав