23 ‒ 27 March 2026
Dear friends of Ukraine,
Ukraine is in many respects a normal country. This also applies when oil prices rise due to the war in Iran. Ukrainian motorists are unhappy, competition regulators have to scrutinise prices and suppliers, and ultimately the state steps in. Between 20 March and 30 April, Ukrainians will be reimbursed for part of their fuel bills.
Interesting figures from the Ukrainian Defence Procurement Agency reveal that Ukraine's share of domestically produced weapons in total procurement increased from 46 per cent in 2024 to 76 per cent last year. Ukraine is becoming increasingly self-sufficient and less dependent on imports. As a result, there is also a diminishing willingness to yield to American pressure. During peace negotiations, the Americans repeatedly focus on the Anchorage Agreement, in which the American President appears to have made deals at the expense of third parties.
At our Annual Members’ Forum last week, we presented our position paper. We had compiled companies’ requests to the government across six key areas. We would like to thank Deputy Minister Yehor Perelygin, MP Oleksiy Movchan and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank Yuriy Heletiy for the fruitful discussion. Our ‘position paper’ (to be adopted by our Board in May) can be found here. We look forward to your comments on it.
Kind regards
P.S.: Please send feedback to nataliia.hryshchenko@ukraine.ahk.de and / or reiner.perau@ukraine.ahk.de.
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