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Ukraine wants foreign investors to buy its state assets. So far, they’re not biting
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Ukraine wants foreign investors to buy its state assets. So far, they’re not biting

by Dominic Culverwell

Subscribe to the Newsletter Ukraine Business Roundup Subscribe Ukraine's government wants to sell thousands of state-owned assets that are overwhelmingly unprofitable, inefficient, or nonoperational — sometimes all three. But it's facing a problem. Low prices aren’t enough to attract the foreign investors Ukraine wants most, particularly those from Europe. As Ukraine positions itself as an investment opportunity rather than a charity case to foreign partners, the country's State P

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Trump imposes steep tariffs on drone imports

Trump's latest round of tariffs comes a few weeks after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he and Trump had reached an agreement on the sale of Ukrainian drones to the U.S.

Russian strikes leave Kyiv supermarkets with empty shelves

Ukrainian supermarkets have rarely hinted at the ongoing war, with grocery stores remaining well stocked with local and imported goods despite Russia's full-scale invasion. It all changed late last week. A deadly Russian ballistic missile attack on Aug. 5 targeted warehouses belonging to various supermarket chains and other civilian enterprises, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media. Since then, supplies of everyday products such as vegetables, dairy, and meat have been noticeably

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