«The end of the Transatlantic Alliance»: EU starts issuing disposable «anti-spyware» phones to workers traveling to the US
The European Commission has begun issuing disposable phones and basic laptops to some staff traveling to the United States to avoid espionage, a security measure traditionally applied only to travel to China or to war-torn Ukraine for fear of Russian tracking.
Megogo launches vertical series — first 19 available with episodes up to 1.5 minutes
Megogo became the first Ukrainian OTT service to integrate a vertical content viewing format — similar to that used by TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts.
The 10 largest IT companies in Ukraine earned ₴56.48 billion in a year, but revenue grew by only 1%
According to by the Opendatabot 2025 indexThe total revenue of the top ten largest IT companies in Ukraine amounted to ₴56.48 billion, with growth of only one percent.
«Ukrzaliznytsia» resumed the operation of online services — 89 hours after the cyberattack
«Ukrzaliznytsia» resumed the operation of online ticketing services in a backup format — after a large-scale cyberattack that occurred on March 23.
Failure «Ukrzaliznytsia» — electronic ticketing is not working, the company is strengthening offline services
It hasn’t been working since this morning online ticket sales on trains «Ukrzaliznytsia», in particular through «Army+». The company is reinforcing stations, and tickets are available from train managers.
Ukraine creates a reconnaissance satellite group together with the Czech Republic
The formation will include both existing satellite models and those created in the Czech Republic specifically for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Internet in Ukraine «has accelerated» to 83.81 Mbps, and the number of users has grown to 31.5 million people — DataReportal report
Research company DataReportal has released a global report Digital 2025, which, among other things, shares data on the use of services and devices in Ukraine.
Four EU companies are competing to replace Starlink in Ukraine, and one — is the clear leader
The EU governments are negotiating with 4 European satellite companies to provide relevant services to Ukraine instead of Starlink.
Elon Musk: «The cyberattack on X (Twitter) was carried out from the territory of Ukraine»
Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter), said that yesterday’s social networking site outage was due to a large-scale cyberattack, which was carried out by a «large coordinated group and/or country» and later Fox Business comments clarified that it was organized by «IP addresses originating from the territory of Ukraine». As…
National cashback brought Ukrainians an average of ₴210 in December and January, and a maximum of ₴3000 was accumulated by 1200 people
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy Danylo Hetmantsev shared with the latest figures on the implementation of the program «National Cashback» from the Ministry of Economy, characterizing the initiative as a «disappointing experiment».
HIMARS’ last strike: Spectacular video of Russians being hit by cluster munitions and why it may not happen again
The video of the defeat of the Russian occupiers’ manpower over a large area is published by the media and social networks. However, due to the deterioration of relations with the United States, such strikes may no longer occur.
Ukraine has launched the «Ukrenergo» — application for monitoring the state of the grid and electricity availability in the regions
The mobile application «Ukrenergo» has been launched in Ukraine to help users balance electricity consumption and receive information about the state of the grid in their region.
Ukrainian 4A Games denies its own renaming and congratulates Reburn on the announcement of La Quimera
4A Games denies reports that the Ukrainian studio has been renamed Reburn. The latter is a separate brand and former 4A Games developers are indeed working there.
4A Ukraine, developer of Metro, renamed itself Reburn and presented a trailer for its new game La Quimera
Metro developers from the Ukrainian branch of 4A Games became an independent studio Reburn and showed a trailer for the fantastic shooter La Quimera.
Automatic shooting down «Shahed» — Ukraine is developing military application
Automatically shoot down «Shahedis» with anti-aircraft FPV drones with minimal human intervention? If you think about it, it is possible.
Speedtest publishes Internet speed ranking — Ukraine ranks 71st
The creators of Speedtest published ratings of the average Internet speed by country and individual cities. Both of them take into account mobile and fixed Internet separately.
Contracts for volunteers aged 18-24 have been launched in Ukraine: with payments of up to 2 million and the right to travel abroad after service
Ministry of Defense presented project «Contract 18-24» for young Ukrainians who want to voluntarily join the army.
Court restricts Ukrainian’s right to drive a car at the request of the TCC for the first time — case details
Currently, there are at least 41 court cases in Ukraine that provide for restrictions on the right to drive due to violations of military registration rules — however, according to OpendatabotIn most cases, the courts sent the cases back (mainly due to problems with filing claims or non-payment of court fees by the TCC).
Starting February 1, Ukrainian banks will introduce new limits on card-to-card money transfers: what will change?
Starting tomorrow, Ukrainian banks will introduce new restrictions on money transfers, primarily for clients with unconfirmed income.
«Building Amazon in the Ukrainian format»: Ukrposhta will automate parcel processing by 100%, and delivery will be reduced to 1 day — from February
The CEO of JSC «Ukrposhta» said that from February 3, the operator will switch to a fully automated parcel processing process, which will significantly reduce delivery times across the country.
Tesla Cybertruck confiscated in England as a banned car — meanwhile, the pickup truck is driving freely in Odesa
Police confiscated Tesla Cybertruck because the vehicle is “illegal in the UK”. The vehicle was registered abroad, which is also prohibited in the country.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has «two scenarios» for launching chip production in Ukraine, and the required budget is at least $1 billion
On January 14th, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the Innovation Strategy until 2030, which, among other things, includes the launch of chip manufacturing in Ukraine.
Ukraine will punish media for negative comments of readers about officials if they are not removed within 3 days, — new law
On January 14, the Verkhova Rada adopted the bill №11321, which, among other things, specifies the punishment process for the media for “not removing” negative comments about officials under the news.
The most viewed articles on Wikipedia by Ukrainians in 2024 — for the first time, «living» personality is in the lead
The public organization “Wikimedia Ukraine” published a ranking of Wikipedia articles that were of most interest to Ukrainians in 2024.
Ukraine is ready to provide jobs with reservations for men returning from abroad, — head of the Ministry of Unity
The Ministry of Unity plans to set up job centers where Ukrainians abroad can find employment at defense enterprises in Ukraine — with exemption from mobilization.
44% of Ukrainians donated from every salary in 2024, and learned about the collections from friends, — Rakuten Viber survey
According to a recent Rakuten Viber survey involving around 30,000 users, 63% of Ukrainians are actively donating in 2024, while 27% are helping “in other ways.”
Glovo’s biggest fan spent UAH 274,000 on food, and the record-breaking courier drove 23,000 km, — service results for 2024
Following Uklon and Bolt, the courier service Glovo has also summed up its year.
Nova Poshta handled a record 2.24 million parcels on Christmas Eve. What did Ukrainians send most often?
December 23, right before Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Nova Poshta set a historic record for its service by processing 2,245,336 shipments.
TOP-5 Ukrainian IT companies that hired juniors most often in 2024 (DOU survey)
In 2024, over 30 Ukrainian IT companies, surveyed by the DOU site, hired 2,970 juniors in the field — for comparison, back in 2022 the figure was a thousand higher, but about 40 enterprises participated in the survey then.
12% of IT professionals in Ukraine work two jobs, — DOU survey
About 12% of Ukrainian IT pros (out of 13,000 surveyed by DOU website) have a side gig — and that number has significantly increased compared to last year.
In Lviv, taxis are most often called with iPhones, Kyiv residents are generous with «tips», and Kherson residents like to take early trips, — Uklon
This year, Ukrainians have traveled over 842 million kilometers and spent nearly 14 million hours on the road using the taxi service Uklon.
Vodafone to increase prices for Ukrainians by UAH 70-120 starting December 24 — initially in four tariffs
Hot on the heels of Kyivstar, Vodafone announced a hike in tariff prices too.
Only 4% of Ukrainians donate «Winter eSupport» to the Armed Forces, the rest — pay for utilities or mobile communications
So, as part of the “Winter eSupport” program, 1,000 UAH has been credited to the cards of 1.8 million adults and 520,000 children.
Ukrainians searched for electronics on Google in Russian in 78% of queries, but Ukrainian is growing every year, — Promodo
According to a study by Promodo (via Forbes), e-commerce searches in Ukrainian on Google grew by 5% in 2024, while in 2025 — they are forecast to grow to 36.6%.
EasyPay turned off the refund function because Ukrainians «abused» it to convert «eSupport» into cash
EasyPay CEO Oleksiy Avramenko has announced that the payment service has disabled the refund option due to a “fraudulent scheme” with the “Winter eSupport” program.
2024 in Google queries: what did Ukrainians search for most often?
Google named the most popular search queries among Ukrainians in 2024 — and unsurprisingly, “power outage schedules” took the top spot.
The average salary in Ukraine «increased» to ₴21,946. The largest increase is in IT (+37,7%), while the education sector lags behind
According to State Statistics Service, the average salary of full-time employees in Ukraine in the third quarter of 2024 increased by 22.3% to ₴21,946.
«Kyivstar» will increase tariffs by 25% on average by the end of the year — «forced», but will offer more services
Kyivstar has already reviewed the tariff plans for contract mobile subscribers, and by the end of the year will update tariffs for prepaid as well.
PrivatBank customers spent ₴24 billion per week «Black Friday»: 80 thousand goods — in installments, including
During the week leading up to “Black Friday” (this year it fell on November 29), PrivatBank customers made 68.5 million non-cash purchases in the bank’s acquiring network, totaling over ₴23.7 billion (an increase of 22.5% compared to last year).
More than 600,000 Ukrainians have changed operators with number portability. One — is in the top by a huge margin
As of December 1st, 647,845 Ukrainians have used the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service since its launch. Such data is provided by the Mediasat publication with reference to the report from the National Commission that carries out state regulation in the fields of electronic communications, radio frequency spectrum, and postal services (NKEK).
The average check of Ukrainians on «Black Friday» started at ₴5000, and the top sellers are smartphones, TVs, and charging stations (Forbes report)
Forbes Ukraine analyzed what Ukrainians bought on “Black Friday” and how much sales increased in the biggest Ukrainian chains compared to last year.
The longest taxi ride in Ukraine cost ₴19,100, and the most popular place — Kyiv Railway Station (Bolt service results)
The Bolt taxi service was most frequently used from 7 PM to 8 PM, and the most popular drop-off and pick-up location was the Central Railway Station in Kyiv. The average tip this year was around 30 UAH.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 «revitalized» Ukrainian-language Twitch — with 1.3 million views in November (more than Dota 2 and Counter-Strike combined)
According to Streams Charts, Ukrainian-language streams of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 on Twitch generated 1.31 million views in November.
Ukrainians who have received UAH 1000 «eSupport» abroad will have to return it, — Prime Minister Shmyhal
The government plans to conduct an “audit” within the “Winter eSupport” program.
Monobank made 69,000 installment purchases on Black Friday. The strangest was a childbirth, and the most expensive cost ₴248,000
On Black Friday, monobank users made 69,000 purchases using the installment payment option, with an average receipt of ₴14,300 — according to statistics published by the neo-bank’s founder, Oleg Horokhovsky.
Ukraine plans to launch toll roads — 6 potential routes are being analyzed
In Ukraine, six main routes for the launch of toll roads are being analyzed — there is already a “developed” bill and agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
«We will write it off as a typo». Tax law in Ukraine will come into force on December 1 despite «accidental» early publication
Yesterday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a historic Law on Tax Increase in Ukraine, and within a few hours, it was published by “Voice of Ukraine,” causing panic among accountants across the country.
Electric cars imported to Ukraine this year cost almost $1 billion: most of them are used
In the first 9 months of 2024, Ukraine imported 45,361 battery electric vehicles (BEVs). This data is provided by the State Statistics Service. The total customs value of these vehicles amounted to $989 million.
The Cabinet of Ministers will ban the booking of specialists who have been working at the company for less than 3 months — EBA
According to the European Business Association, the Cabinet of Ministers will introduce a new additional criterion for booking employees.
Recruited through a Russian sect: IT specialist and teacher from Kyiv were sentenced to 13 years for cooperation with the FSB
Publication Watchers Media revealed details of an old case regarding the strike on the Ivano-Frankivsk airport, involving a rather strange trio — consisting of an IT specialist, a teacher, and a blogger, who were recruited by the FSB before the full-scale war.
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