Russia’s war in Ukraine is mobilising industrial materials on a scale comparable with major commodity markets, placing heavy demands on some of the same supply chains critical to the country’s reconstruction, according to a new study. The researchers estimate that the war can mobilise 8 million to 10
A Russian attack has destroyed Ukrainian ice cream producer Fayni Lyodu’s distribution warehouse in Kyiv, disrupting a logistics hub that supplied the capital and 12 other cities, the company said. The warehouse was destroyed during Russia’s overnight attack on the night of Aug. 20, along with tonnes of
Ukraine is turning to energy companies themselves to help defend the country’s power infrastructure from Russian drones, creating a system that lets businesses fund and operate air defence but not control when it is used. The shift comes as passive defences such as fortifications prove insufficient against sustained Russian
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent Mountains of red mud, mine tailings, coal ash and metallurgical slag sprawl across Ukraine’s old industrial regions, the residue of decades of mining, metals production and Soviet-era heavy industry. Piled into dumps and tailings facilities and long treated as an environmental burden, that
Ukraine’s vast mine-contamination problem is creating a market that extends well beyond traditional clearance, with investment opportunities emerging across drones, satellite imagery, sensors, artificial intelligence, mapping software, robotics and heavy equipment, according to a new report from Pravo Intelligence. Roughly 139,000 square kilometers, or about 25% of
Ukraine is laying the groundwork for small modular reactors to form part of its post-war energy buildout, with Kyiv advancing regulatory changes, evaluating reactor technologies and considering destroyed thermal power plants as possible SMR sites. The effort comes as Ukraine looks beyond replacing generating capacity destroyed during the war
A Russian missile strike on ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has killed two people, injured 13 employees and contractors and forced the steelmaker to partially halt production, the company said. The attack, which hit the plant overnight on Aug. 15-16, damaged key facilities used in energy and blast furnace production. ArcelorMittal
