# Business
In 2025, Ukrnafta drilled 25 new wells and increased resource production by 3.39%.
The company significantly increased its drilling pace during wartime and achieved record results in recent years. New wells, intensification and equipment upgrades have increased oil and gas production and reduced construction time.
ESBU announced a tender for rebranding worth almost 300,000 hryvnias
The Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine plans to update its visual identity and brand book using state budget funds. The procurement of services for the development of a new style has already been announced in the Prozorro system.
SpaceX acquires xAI: Musk combines space technology and artificial intelligence into a single ecosystem
SpaceX has announced the acquisition of Elon Musk`s startup xAI. According to analysts, the deal creates a vertically integrated technology giant focused on AI, space, and satellite communications.
Russian attack damaged Philip Morris tobacco factory in Kharkiv region
On the night and morning of 30 January, Russian troops struck civilian infrastructure in the Kharkiv region, damaging part of a tobacco factory and a warehouse and causing a large fire, but no casualties.
The AMCU has allowed Kyivstar to acquire the Tabletki.ua service
The Antimonopoly Committee approved the deal on the third attempt. Kyivstar will gain control over Ukraine's largest medicine search and booking service with a million-strong audience and high profitability.
Lukoil agrees to sell international assets to US fund Carlyle
The Russian oil company announced an agreement with a US investment fund after the introduction of blocking sanctions. Assets in Kazakhstan were not included in the sale.
Ukraine's shadow economy: where and how are funds leaking from the budget?
Illegal cigarette production, envelope wages, equipment smuggling, business fragmentation into sole proprietorships in food retail, and conversion centres are just some of the schemes that cause the state budget to lose up to 400 billion hryvnia annually. These are resources that could be directed towards defence, energy, medicine, or education.
Companies from the Intergal-Bud group transferred ownership to Tajik citizens after granting multi-million dollar loans to a newly established firm.
Companies linked to one of Ukraine's largest property developers transferred hundreds of millions of hryvnia to a new company, which subsequently went bankrupt, while the companies themselves changed ownership to foreign investors.
Stress test for the ESBU: how the certification of Economic Security Bureau employees will take place
ESBU Director Oleksandr Tsivinsky approved the procedure for conducting a one-time certification of Bureau employees.
Most banks forecast growth in business lending in early 2026
Demand for loans from businesses and individuals grew throughout 2025, and banks expect this trend to continue in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine.
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih plans to shut down its blooming mill in the second quarter of 2026
The metallurgical plant in Kryvyi Rih is preparing for the forced shutdown of one of its key divisions due to the loss of part of the EU market and a sharp increase in the cost of electricity. The decision is linked to the launch of the CBAM mechanism without exceptions for Ukraine.
The court upheld the fine imposed on the Yabko chain for selling Apple products without proof of origin.
The Lviv District Administrative Court dismissed the claim of the owner of the Yabko store and upheld the fine of nearly 200,000 hryvnias for the lack of documents certifying the origin of Apple equipment.
