The President of Ukraine signed Law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Simplifying the Procedure for Allocating Land Plots for the Development of Digital Infrastructure" No. 4321-IX of March 25, 2025, which provides for deregulation in the telecom sector at the legislative level.
The provisions of the Law introduce a number of norms that will contribute to obtaining high-quality mobile communications in rural areas by reducing the time for obtaining plots for the construction of base stations from 6 to 3 months and legislating the possibility of using mobile base stations without the risk of dismantling, especially important for restoring communications after hostilities.
It is also possible to use land plots for the placement of electronic communication network infrastructure under the right of land easement.
The result of implementing the provisions of the Law should be an increase in the coverage of fourth-generation communications and mobile high-speed Internet throughout Ukraine, in particular on highways and in villages.
At the same time, a mechanism is being established for the forced alienation of land plots and other real estate objects in the territory of the Uzhhorod district of the Transcarpathian region during the martial law period for the transfer of these land plots for use by strategically important enterprises (including relocated ones).
This mechanism provides for the granting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of the authority to forcibly alienate land plots located in the specified area, with payment to the owners of their value in an increased amount.
In addition, the specifics of the formation and state registration of land plots in the territories of hostilities and temporarily occupied territories are established, in particular, it is determined that this occurs without conducting land management works in kind (on the ground). At the same time, it is established that it is mandatory to clarify the information of the State Land Cadastre about such land plots after the termination of martial law.
The deadline for establishing and changing the intended purpose of land plots is also postponed (from 2025 to 2028) without developing comprehensive spatial development plans for the territories of territorial communities.
The procedure for developing planning schemes for individual parts of the territory of Ukraine is being improved, in particular, it is established that the said schemes are developed in the event of a decision to develop them by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.
The absence of these schemes is not an obstacle to the development of other types of urban planning documentation.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the rules for supporting livestock farming. The state will reimburse agricultural producers up to 25% of the costs of construction or reconstruction, in particular, of farms and milking parlors. The relevant decision aimed at the development of livestock farming was adopted by the Government at a meeting on August 6, 2025.
According to the resolution, up to 25% of the cost of expenses (excluding VAT) for the construction or reconstruction of farms, milking parlors, or facilities for processing animal by-products is provided for.
Compensation will be available for facilities whose construction and/or reconstruction began no earlier than February 24, 2022 and were put into operation from January 1 to September 30, 2025.
In the future, such support will be provided for facilities put into operation in October - December of the previous year and January - September of the current year.
Acceptance of applications will begin after the publication of the relevant announcement in the State Agrarian Register and will continue until October 20 of this year.
The documents will be reviewed until December 5, 2025.
Additional state support for livestock will stimulate the maintenance of breeding stock of cattle and promote the development of livestock farming; reduce costs for the construction and reconstruction of livestock farms and complexes, and strengthen the food security of the state.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has expanded the program of compensation of 15% of the cost of Ukrainian industrial machinery and equipment: the list of equipment has been supplemented with new items – from industrial boilers and machine tools to components for drones, and the list of recipients includes utility companies. This decision was made at a government meeting on August 4, 2025.
The compensation program has been updated. In particular, the list of equipment has been expanded: for communities – garbage trucks and other wheeled equipment, sorting lines, road repair installations. For businesses - industrial boilers, pumps, CNC machines, packaging equipment, components for unmanned systems. For the first time, the list of recipients includes utility companies that previously could not receive compensation, although they are the ones who most often purchase special equipment. This gives communities the opportunity to update infrastructure, enterprises – to work on more modern equipment, and machine-building plants –to receive more orders.
The National Bank of Ukraine, by Resolution No. 94 of August 1, 2025, approved the provisions regulating the activities of lenders (financial companies and credit unions) in providing consumer loans with the participation of credit intermediaries, as well as the activities of the relevant credit intermediaries.
The new Regulation on the Regulation of Consumer Credit Provision with the Participation of Credit Intermediaries – Providers of Financial Services (hereinafter – the Regulation) will replace the relevant requirements of the National Commission for State Regulation of Financial Services Markets (hereinafter – the National Commission for Financial Services) and, in particular, provides for:
- requirements for impeccable business reputation of credit intermediaries, as well as for the level of knowledge of relevant legislation on consumer lending;
- presence of an internal regulation on the provision of consumer loans with the participation of a credit intermediary, concluded between the credit intermediary and the lender, as well as an intermediary agreement, which must provide for mandatory conditions;
- requirements for mandatory disclosure of information about a credit intermediary and the content of the relevant information;
- cases in which a credit intermediary does not have the right to carry out intermediary activities in the interests of the lender ;
- obligation of the lender to monitor the activities of credit intermediaries with whom it cooperates.
Lenders and credit intermediaries have been given a three-month period to bring their activities into line with the updated requirements.
At the same time, from August 6, 2025, in accordance with Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine No. 93 of August 1, 2025 the requirements for credit intermediaries approved by the National Committee for Financial Services will cease to be valid .
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has updated the mechanism of state support for farmers using reclaimed land in frontline territories. The relevant resolution No. 930 “On Amendments to the Procedure for Using Funds Provided in the State Agricultural Budget for Providing State Support to Commodity Producers Using Reclamated Land and Water User Organizations” was adopted at a regular meeting.
From now on agricultural producers and water user organizations working on irrigated lands in frontline areas will have the opportunity to benefit from state support .
Agricultural producers who use reclaimed land can take advantage of the budget subsidy – up to 50% of costs (no more than 26,500 UAH) per hectare of cultivated land for work on the reconstruction or construction of reclamation systems carried out from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025.
As well as water user organizations – up to 50% of the cost of reconstruction and overhaul of pumping stations that were put into operation from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025.
Applications will be accepted through the State Agrarian Register. The start of submission of applications for support will be announced additionally on the website of the Ministry of Economy.
The implementation of the resolution will ensure the provision of state support to agricultural producers and water user organizations that, in particular, are registered and conduct economic activities on the territory of Ukraine, except for the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine (the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol) and territories where hostilities are or were conducted or temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, approved by order of the Ministry of Development, and for which the date of completion of the temporary occupation has not been determined.
The National Bank of Ukraine, by Resolution No. 88 of July 30, 2025, updated the requirements for the methodology for valuing assets and liabilities for the purposes of calculating the insurer's regulatory capital.
The relevant amendments to the Regulation on determining the methodology for valuing assets and liabilities for the purposes of calculating the insurer's regulatory capital provide for:
- establishing a procedure for the National Bank to verify the value of a real estate object used by the insurer for calculating regulatory capital and the consequences of the insurer's failure to provide documents for such verification in the form of applying a zero value for the relevant object;
- expanding the requirements for valuation entities, in particular regarding their experience and impeccable professional reputation, which is confirmed by the absence of violations of the requirements of regulatory legal acts in the field of valuation activities and negative reviews of valuation reports compiled by valuation entities by applying to the State Property Fund of Ukraine and the National Bank;
- clarification on determining the value of domestic government bonds and external government bonds for calculating regulatory capital taking into account accumulated coupon income;
- insurer's definition in internal documents of the type of data it uses when determining the value of external governmebt bonds for calculating regulatory capital.
The changes also provide for a transition period for insurers to bring their activities into line with the new requirements until December 31, 2025.
