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Ukraine has received the first tranche of $1.5 billion from the IMF under the new four-year EFF program. The funds will be used to finance priority budget expenditures and support macrofinancial stability.
As part of the PREPARE project, preparations have begun for the expansion of the M-15 Odesa–Reni highway. The project covers more than 300 km of road and includes the development of a feasibility study, an environmental impact assessment, and an investment justification.
The government has allocated an additional 3 billion hryvnia for the repair of state highways. The priority is international and national routes, logistics routes, and roads in frontline regions.
In 2026, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to repair more than 1,000 km of tracks throughout Ukraine. The work will cover key logistics, transit, and frontline routes.
Ukraine and Austria have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of renewable hydrogen. The parties plan to develop hydrogen production, storage, and transportation infrastructure and attract investment in energy projects.
The National Bank of Ukraine has put three new commemorative coins from the “We Are Strong. We Are Together” series into circulation, dedicated to the Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions. The series is intended to highlight the country’s unity and the resilience of the frontline regions, as well as to preserve these symbols in the national memory.
“Kernel” plans to invest approximately $400 million over the next two years in wind and solar power generation, as well as energy storage systems, with a total capacity of approximately 600 MW.
The Ministry of Development and JICA have identified priorities for cooperation in 2026. The focus is on energy sector recovery, community resilience, railway modernization, construction equipment, and infrastructure projects.
The e-Sick Leave service has been operating in Ukraine for five years now, replacing paper sick leave forms with digital documents. During this time, 45 million medical reports and over 38 million electronic sick leave forms have been issued through the ESOS system.
