# Business
OnlyFans and taxes: a model from the Odesa region has lost her appeal over more than 1.7 million hryvnias
The Fifth Administrative Court of Appeal has upheld the decision to impose additional taxes and fines totalling over 1.7 million hryvnias on a resident of the Odesa region who received income from the OnlyFans platform but failed to declare it.
The ESBU has reduced the amount of damages in the case involving the Lviv-based fruit importer by two-thirds
In the case involving a Lviv-based businesswoman who imported fruit, the amount of losses established by the investigation has been reduced from over 49 million hryvnias to 13 million hryvnias. The Economic Security Bureau has not explained the reasons for these changes.
Ukraine and Norway have agreed to jointly produce mid-range strike drones
Ukraine and Norway have signed an agreement to launch joint production of unmanned aerial vehicles. The agreement involves the manufacture of several thousand mid-strike drones for the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
“It hasn’t been done, so get out,” said the MP, adding that senior officials at the ESBU and the SBI should be held personally accountable for their failure
Danylo Getmantsev, a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, has stated that the heads of state bodies should bear personal responsibility for the effectiveness of the bodies they lead. And, in the event of poor performance, they should resign from their posts.
The level of counterfeiting of hryvnia banknotes has fallen by a third in Ukraine
By the end of 2025, the level of counterfeiting of national currency banknotes had fallen by two-thirds compared with 2024. The most commonly seized counterfeit banknotes were those in denominations of 500 and 200 hryvnias.
Meta is laying off 10% of its workforce to fund AI projects
Meta has announced plans to cut 10% of its workforce, amounting to approximately 8,000 people, and to cancel thousands of job vacancies.
Over the next five years, the number of billionaires worldwide could rise by 25% — The Guardian
By 2031, the number of billionaires worldwide could reach 3,915. The world’s wealthiest individuals are accumulating wealth at an accelerated pace thanks to technological advancements, particularly in artificial intelligence.
In the Chernobyl exclusion zone, radioactive land was sown, and the harvest was sold at the market
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has referred a case concerning the unlawful use of land in the Chernobyl exclusion zone for profit to the courts.
Kyivstar is testing messaging apps via Starlink’s direct satellite connection
Kyivstar, Ukraine’s leading mobile operator, is launching trials of data transmission in Light Data mode via the Starlink satellite network.
The ESBU has uncovered a scheme to fragment a retail chain in the Poltava region
Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau have carried out searches at a large chain of grocery stores operating across several regions of Ukraine. Investigators believe the company used thousands of sole traders to minimise its tax liability.
The AMCU has frozen the accounts of one of the largest pharmaceutical distributors, Optima-Pharm
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has ordered the freezing of the accounts of one of Ukraine’s largest pharmaceutical distributors. The company in question is Optima-Pharm.
Condom prices could rise by 30% due to the war in Iran — Reuters
The Malaysian company Karex Bhd, the world’s largest condom manufacturer, plans to raise its prices by 30% if the war in the Middle East continues.
