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Russia strikes warehouses of Puma, Bosch and other major retailers; Government proposes business support
Russian missile and drone strikes destroyed sportswear brand Puma's logistics complex in Kyiv and hit other major commercial distribution facilities, prompting Ukraine's new government to announce emergency measures aimed at helping businesses maintain supply chains during the war. The attacks killed at least 10 people and
How war in Ukraine gave birth to a new kind of reconstruction finance
Every month since Russia's full-scale invasion, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) officials have sat down with their Ukrainian partner banks to ask the same question: where are the gaps? Those routine questions have become an unlikely source of financial innovation. As Ukrainian banks identify problems
Private war-risk insurance market in Ukraine has quoted 1,000 assets and insured 100
Ukraine's private war-risk insurance market has expanded since the launch of its first large-scale commercial facility 18 months ago, with more than 1,000 industrial and commercial assets now quoted for coverage market-wide and more than 100 ultimately insured to date, according to FortuneGuard, the
Inside Eric Schmidt's investment in wartime Ukrainian real estate
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent On a Saturday evening, Piramida shopping mall in Kyiv's Pozniaky district is modestly busy. Cars continue pulling into the crowded parking lot as shoppers make their way inside, greeted by chilled air and the tinny soundtrack of pop music. But signs of war
Shopping between air raid alerts: A day at Piramida mall
By Iryna Fedets and Kateryna Malofieieva Piramida was never meant to be a destination. Unlike Kyiv's giant shopping malls, it serves the surrounding neighborhood. Residents stop in for groceries, collect prescriptions, eat with their families and browse familiar shops a short walk from home. That is precisely what
99 stock-buying ideas to invest in the reconstruction of Ukraine
Dear reader, As building materials manufacturers, mining companies, airlines, venture capitalists, investment bankers and others take note of the possibility of an end to the war and the start of the historic reconstruction, so too does the global stock-investing community. Ukraine Rebuild Newswire recently asked Swen Lorenz, the face
7 tips to keep up staff morale and output amid war, from JYSK Ukraine HR Manager Olena Marinko
For more than three years, Ukraine has survived a full-scale war with Russia that has killed hundreds of thousands, as well as the flight of more than 6 million people, mostly women and children, in a mass refugee crisis, and a military draft. Through crisis after crisis, even as
5 construction tips for investors who want to help rebuild Ukraine, from the US head of a Kyiv engineering firm
American Dan Aspleaf does not promise easy wins in Ukraine for foreign investors looking to actually build something. He knows the work can be messy, the boundaries unclear, and the bureaucracy infuriating. He also knows that, with forethought and good advice, companies looking to join the reconstruction of Ukraine can
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Exclusive: Tetra Tech lays off dozens of workers in Ukraine; US prime contractors face local office closures as work goes unpaid
Tetra Tech, the global consulting and engineering firm, has laid off dozens of workers in Ukraine and faces tens of millions of dollars in costs locally due to the USAID cuts, including a payment freeze on work completed, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company is one of