InfrastructureofUkraine

Wednesday, June 7

The EU allocates €21B to develop Ukrainian infrastructure. Ukraine and the EU signed an agreement on participation in the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) program. The program’s total budget until 2027, including energy and digital parts, is €21B. The a...

Monday, January 16

A newly created state agency will manage Ukraine’s reconstruction. The government has created a new entity associated with the Ministry of Infrastructure called the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. As Prime Minister Denys...

Thursday, December 22

Poland will allocate an additional €60M to develop the Ukrainian border infrastructure. The Cabinet of Ministers approved changes to the previous agreement between Ukraine and Poland on providing Ukraine with soft credit for implementing investment projects. The Ministry of Reintegration...

Thursday, December 8

The government has allocated €340M to restore social and critical infrastructure in 10 regions. The money was provided to Ukraine under the financial agreement between Ukraine and the European Investment Bank (EIB) within the Ukraine Recovery Program. According to the Ministry of Regions, it is ...

Monday, November 28

The Ukrainian government has announced the energy sector’s exit from critical condition. There is not a single thermal or hydroelectric plant left in Ukraine that Russia has not damaged. Also, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhya NPP, remains occupied. Despite this,...

Thursday, November 17

The government allocates UAH 1.7B from the World Bank to individual regions for critical infrastructure repairs. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure and conditions of the budget subvention for the restoration of critical infrastructure, which will be financed by a loan from the IBRD from the World Ba...

Friday, October 21

Ukraine and the US will create a joint working group to involve American companies in restoring Ukraine’s infrastructure. Ukraine and the US signed a joint statement regarding Ukraine’s infrastructure sustainability and restoration through enhanced bilateral cooperation. The statement describes the creation of a jo...

Tuesday, October 11

Monday’s missile attack on Ukraine damaged 11 infrastructure facilities in 8 regions of Ukraine. On the morning of October 10, the Russian Federation damaged 11 critical infrastructure facilities in 8 regions including the city of Kyiv, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported. The head of the gover...

Friday, October 7

Ukraine wants to involve the World Bank to finance infrastructure “survival projects”. Currently, the possibility of providing $100M for railway and road construction projects, which can be implemented within 6-9 months, is being discussed, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Anna Yurchen...

Thursday, February 3

The government has allocated UAH1.17B for infrastructure projects in nine regions. The government has allocated a subvention from the state budget to implement projects under the “Emergency Loan Program for the Reconstruction of Ukraine” from the European Investment Ban...

Thursday, December 9

Ukraine will invest UAH 142 bln in infrastructure development. In 2022, UAH 141.8 bln ($5.22 bln) will be allocated for the construction and maintenance of state and local roads and the modernization of railways, airports, and river transport said the Deputy Fina...

Thursday, December 2

UAH 3.5 bln to upgrade train infrastructure. The draft state budget for 2022 includes an investment of UAH 3.5 bln ($130 mln) for the purchase of new passenger cars, including 70 cars for day high-speed trains, said the Ukraine Ministry of Finan...

Friday, November 19

The Parliament of Ukraine plans to allocate an additional UAH 2.5 bln ($95 mln) for roads and infrastructure projects. In addition to this allocation, the Parliament plans to amend the state budget for 2021 and provide for additional expenditures on social issues, implementation of infrastructure projects and developm...

Friday, October 8

Five projects for the construction of highways attract the interest of investors. Ukraine is actively looking for ways of effective cooperation between business and the state. Speaking at the Kyiv International Economic Forum, the Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, said, “Next year, I ...

Wednesday, October 6

Vinnytsa Airport to borrow UAH 300 mln ($11.32 mln) from Ukreximbank. The Vinnytsia City Council has signed a loan agreement to finance the reconstruction of Vinnytsia Airport. The loan will be used for construction in the amount of UAH 300 mln ($11.32...

Thursday, August 5

Maidan activist Mustafa Nayyem was appointed Deputy Minister of Infrastructure yesterday by the Cabinet of Ministers. Until May, Nayyem served as Deputy Director General of Ukroboronprom, the state defense manufacturing conglomerate. Yesterday, the Cabinet also appointed Vasily Oleksandro...

Thursday, May 27

The European Investment Bank is providing an additional €7 million grant to top up last year’s €340 million program to rebuild infrastructure in eastern Ukraine. Designed to benefit almost 14 million people, the program focuses on hospitals, schools, sewage systems and transport. The new funding was announced yesterday by the Ministry of Community and Territor...

Tuesday, March 30

The summer construction season has started, with work now underway on 215 roads and bridges across the country , Ukravtodor, the state highway agency, reports on Facebook. “The total length of facilities on which work has begun is 1,960 km,” the agency says. “The current plan for 2021 provides for the construc...

Thursday, February 25

Tourism Tourism – work starts on repairing 320 km of mountain roads in the Small Carpathian Ring project, a tourism route in Lviv and Zakarpattia regions.

Social Social – 500 projects: 95 schools, 70 kindergartens, 80 sports facilities, 20 cultural facilities, 35 hospitals, 200 outpatient clinics.

Ukrposhta Ukrposhta – “100% digitalization” of the state postal operator; launching of 2,000 mobile post offices, five automated mail hubs and 10 sorting depots

The Kyiv School of Economics estimates this injection of money into construction will increase Ukraine’s GDP by 2.2% over the next five years The Kyiv School of Economics estimates this injection of money into construction will increase Ukraine’s GDP by 2.2% over the next five years. The study cites: increases in investment in transport, co...

Foreign investors are to get the chance to invest in this massive spending by buying sovereign-backed infrastructure bonds in a new $3 billion state fund Foreign investors are to get the chance to invest in this massive spending by buying sovereign-backed infrastructure bonds in a new $3 billion state fund, reports Ukravtodor, the state highway agency....

“Similar funds operate in most developed countries “Similar funds operate in most developed countries – Build America, Infrastructure Canada, Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund, Polish Development Fund and more,” said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, d...

Private investors would buy sovereign-backed bonds issued by Ukravtodor Private investors would buy sovereign-backed bonds issued by Ukravtodor, Tomas Fiala, CEO of Dragon Capital told the forum. “It is expected that the amount of investment attracted under state gu...

With the traditional March start of the roadbuilding season, Ukraine will see this year the largest amount of road construction since Independence 30 years ago. With the traditional March start of the roadbuilding season, Ukraine will see this year the largest amount of road construction since Independence 30 years ago. In all, 4,678 km of roads are to be reb...

Ukraine plans to disconnect from the electricity grid with Belarus and the Russian Federation by the end of 2023 Ukraine plans to disconnect from the electricity grid with Belarus and the Russian Federation by the end of 2023, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Tuesday at a press conference in Kyiv with Lithuan...

As outlined this week at the Presidential forum As outlined this week at the Presidential forum ‘Ukraine 30. Infrastructure’ the highlights of this year’s $5.3 billion ‘Great Construction’ are:

During this month’s cold snap, Russia and Belarus supplied about 3% of Ukraine’s electricity needs During this month’s cold snap, Russia and Belarus supplied about 3% of Ukraine’s electricity needs. Underproduction of electricity at nuclear power plants and a shortage of coal at thermal power plant...

Kyiv’s 150 km Ring Road Kyiv’s 150 km Ring Road – work starts on two sections; tenders are to be prepared on the other three sections

Despite this dependence Despite this dependence, Acting Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko told the Rada last month: “Reasonable import restrictions should be imposed right now.” Two weeks ago, he told the European Business Asso...

Kyiv-Odesa highway Kyiv-Odesa highway – the southern half will be rebuilt/repaired; for safety reasons, 21 of 23 left hand turns will be eliminated; most pedestrian crossings will be replaced with bridges or underpasses...

Ukraine started vaccinating yesterday against Covid-19 Ukraine started vaccinating yesterday against Covid-19, targeting doctors, nurses and soldiers. The first 500,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Kyiv Tuesday from the Serum Institute o...

Dnipro road bridges – Dnipro road bridges – work continues on the Zaporizhia bridges; work starts on the Kremenchuk bridge; Ukravtodor offers to take over from the Kyiv City Administration the 28-year-old Podil-Voskresensk...

Windrose Airlines plans to expand its domestic flight network this summer to have flights from Kyiv Boryspil to at least nine regional capitals, Windrose Airlines plans to expand its domestic flight network this summer to have flights from Kyiv Boryspil to at least nine regional capitals, Volodymyr Kamenchuk, Windrose CEO, said yesterday at th...

Border checkpoints Border checkpoints – 250 km of approach roads are to be upgraded; a bridge replace a ferry over the Dnistr, linking Yampil, Vinnytsia, and Cosăuți, Moldova. The Kyiv-Chisinau road will be upgraded to ...

Cement roads Cement roads – work is to double, focusing on southern roads where overloaded trucks headed to Black Sea ports damage asphalt in hot weather

M-30 highway M-30 highway – to be Ukraine’s longest road, stretching from Stryi, Lviv region to Luhansk, this 1,400 km East-West road is numbered after this year’s Independence anniversary

High speed charging stations for electric vehicles – increase stations on the most popular highways High speed charging stations for electric vehicles – increase stations on the most popular highways: Kyiv-Lviv, Kyiv-Odessa and Kyiv-Dnipro; add charging stations to the Orlivka, Ukraine terminal of t...