Anastasia Radina, head of the Ukrainian parliament's anti-corruption committee called for the resignation of Defense Minister Rustem Umerov after he fired the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA), Maryna Bezrukova.
Pro-reform lawmakers and anti-corruption activists are accusing Umerov of attempting to undermine the independence of the DPA, which was established in 2022 to increase transparency in defense procurement and combat corruption.
Military activity has significantly degraded surface water quality in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, raising concerns that key rivers and canals used for drinking water and irrigation could become unsafe for human consumption, according to new research. A study by a group of Ukrainian scientists found an increase in concentrations
FortuneGuard, a Ukrainian InsureTech startup that has developed an AI-powered war risk insurance solution for Ukraine, is now in talks to raise capital and take the model to new markets and product lines. The solution, launched in partnership with UK reinsurance broker McGill and Partners and ARX Insurance, a
