Daily News


February 15 2022
State Duma appeals to Putin to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk republics

Recognition would shred the Minsk-2 Agreements...

February 15 2022
Russia announces partial pull-back from Ukrainian border

The continued maneuvers give ample cover for troop movements that can initiate ...

February 14 2022
Diplomatic, military and political updates as of mid-Feb. 14

Our base-case scenario is that the Russian armed forces will partially leave their military exercise grounds north of the Ukrainian border next week...

February 14 2022
Metinvest steel prices rose last week

The rebound in steel prices might falter on monetary tightening in many regions...

February 11 2022
Normandy Four meeting ends in stalemate on Donbas

The failure at this point might be in the expectation that the negotiators come to an agreement “at any cost”...

February 11 2022
Kernel rating affirmed by Fitch, outlook down to stable

Kernel might have some extra cash to spend during FY23-24 beyond of its current USD 250 mln buyback program...

February 11 2022
Ferrexpo changes board roles for independent directors

Ferrexpo’s board has the time and the resources to strengthen its support among independent shareholders...

February 11 2022
Metinvest subsidiary Pokrovske Coal output might rise from mid-2022

Daily output at Pokrovske Coal might rise a bit m/m in February, but no large increases should be expected until mid-year...

February 11 2022
No Omicron-related lockdown in Ukraine

Lyashko is in the enviable position of not having overflowing hospitals, at least not yet...

February 10 2022
Ukraine consumer inflation stays at 10% in January

The inflation of food prices picked up significantly...

February 10 2022
Ukraine considers hiking natural gas royalty on progressive scale

In the short term, the proposed mechanism will not impact greatly upon DTEK Oil & Gas’ credit profile...

February 10 2022
European security crisis at "the most dangerous moment, Johnson says

The British effort today in particular has taken an objective in the media part of the asymmetric war...

February 10 2022
White House comments on Putin rape allusion

The remark is relevant to the business community in Ukraine, and it needs to be kept in mind...

February 9 2022
France to provide Ukraine EUR 1.2 bln loans, Zelensky says

Next week, German Chancellor Scholz is visiting Ukraine, and we now expect that he also won’t come empty-handed...

February 9 2022
Ukrainian Railways, Alstom sign protocol on EUR 0.9 bln project

If the deal is realized Ukrainian Railways will receive modern locomotives at the expense of the state budget, which will benefit the company...