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Poland to Continue Paying for Starlink in Ukraine

Poland and Germany are the two European countries covering subscription fees for about 50,000 Starlink terminals in Ukraine, ensuring reliable satellite internet access across the country. Each year, both governments...

Jakub Karoń to Lead Nova Post

Nova Post has appointed Jakub Karoń as CEO of its Polish operations — the company’s first time bringing in a local executive to a top leadership role. The decision marks...

Ukraine Produces 3,000 Long-Range FP-1 Drones Monthly — Cheaper Than Shaheds

Ukraine’s new long-range FP-1 drone is being manufactured at a rate of 3,000 units per month, roughly 100 per day — on par with Russia’s production of Shahed drones, but...

UNITED24 Launches U24 App: Like Patreon, But for Military Support

UNITED24 has launched a new mobile app designed to allow people to support Ukraine’s military directly. The Ministry of Digital Affairs announced the launch. The U24 App works much like...

Ukraine Restricts Public Access to Legal Entity Data in E-Registers

On August 21, the Verkhovna Rada approved bill No. 11533, which limits public access to information in Ukraine’s e-registers during martial law and for a year afterward. The move aims...

Ukraine’s Rada Passes Key Bills to Launch Defence City Initiative

On August 21, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada passed two key bills in their second reading, setting the stage for the Defence City initiative, aimed at strengthening the country’s defense-industrial complex. The...

Canva’s Valuation Hits $42 Billion

Australian design platform Canva has reached a new business valuation of $42 billion. The company didn’t raise new capital. Instead, it allowed employees to sell a portion of their shares....

Russia Strikes American Flex Factory in Mukachevo, 10 Injured

During the massive Russian missile strike on Ukraine on the night of August 21, a plant operated by American electronics manufacturer Flex was hit. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, confirmed...

N-iX Hit Again in Russian Attack

On the night of August 21, Russia carried out another massive attack on Ukraine, striking eight regions across the country. According to N-iX employees who spoke to Scroll.media, the building...

Brave1 to Receive UAH 2.7 Billion for Defense Innovations

Ukraine’s parliament has approved budget changes to boost funding for defense technology development. Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov announced that UAH 2.77 billion has been allocated for the Brave1...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Launches on PlayStation 5 This November

GSC Game World has officially announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will arrive on PlayStation 5 on November 20, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvVeekzITc Pre-orders are already open on the PlayStation Store, with the standard...

Ukrainian SalesTech Startup Big Sister AI Receives $100,000 at Texas AI Challenge

Ukrainian SalesTech startup Big Sister AI has taken first place among AI startups at the Texas AI Challenge, securing a $100,000 prize, as announced by founder Valentyn Yaromenko. The Texas...

10 Most Profitable IT Companies in Ukraine (H1 2025 Results)

DOU has published the top 10 Ukrainian IT companies by revenue for the first half of 2025 and analyzed how their performance has evolved since 2022. Together, these companies generated...

Kyivstar’s Market Cap Surpasses $3.5B on Nasdaq

Kyivstar Group (for simplicity referred to here as Kyivstar) began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange on August 15. Since its debut, the company’s market capitalization has already grown by...

Fintech Farm Launches Neobank in Uzbekistan. Why This Market?

Ukrainian company Fintech Farm has entered the Uzbek market with the launch of Tezbank, a digital bank built in partnership with local commercial lender Hamkorbank. Uzbekistan marks Fintech Farm’s fifth...

Two Investors in Yaroslav Azhnyuk’s The Fourth Law Revealed: 1991 Ventures and DTI

In July, Ukrainian defense tech company The Fourth Law (TFL) announced that it had secured investment. Until now, neither the amount of funding nor the investors had been disclosed, as some...

Ukrainian AI Startup Contera.ai Joins Techstars Tokyo, Secures $120K Investment

Ukrainian startup Contera.ai, which automates marketing using AI, has successfully completed the Techstars Tokyo acceleration program and secured a $120,000 investment. According to the founder Emin Aliekpierov, Contera.ai is the...

Danish-Ukrainian Dropla Tech Raises €2.4M for Autonomous Mine-Clearing Systems

Danish-Ukrainian startup Dropla Tech has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed funding from Maj Invest Holding, the Danish Export Investment Fund (EIFO), and Final Frontier, the company announced. According to InVenture,...

13 Ukrainian Startups Receive $475,000 in Grants from USF

Thirteen Ukrainian startups have secured a total of $475,000 in funding from the Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF), the organization reported. The final pitch days of the Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF)...

Netpeak Becomes FRACTAL

Artem Borodatiuk, founder of Netpeak Group, announced that the company’s umbrella brand is now officially called FRACTAL. Borodatiuk joked on podcasts and Q&A sessions that this is likely the most...