The Management Board of the National Bank of Ukraine has decided to classify JSC “RVS Bank” as insolvent, Mezha.net reported. According to the regulator’s press service, the corresponding decision was published on 4 November 2025 under No. 398-rsh/BT. It noted that previously the bank had been in the troubled category, but continued risky activities and violated prudential norms, in particular capital adequacy norms. At the same time, the management and owners of a significant stake did not take measures to prevent insolvency.

State-owned Ukrainian Railways has prepared a recovery plan that includes raising freight tariffs to help control its debt amid intensified Russian attacks and falling cargo deliveries, CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said in an interview, Reuters reported. The company, which employs 170,000 people and dominates freight and passenger transport in Ukraine, has seen cargo traffic almost halved since early 2022, while operation costs are rising because of war damage.

The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it has completed its eighth review of Ukraine's $15.5 billion four-year support program, paving the way for a disbursement of an additional $500 million to the war-torn country, Reuters reported. That will bring total disbursements to $10.6 billion, the IMF said in a statement, following its board's approval of the review of Ukraine's Extended Fund Facility. It warned of ongoing and "exceptionally high" risks to the country's outlook. “Russia’s war continues to take a devastating social and economic toll on Ukraine.

Ukraine has incurred a sovereign credit default after electing not to make payments owed Monday to holders of $2.6 billion of its debt securities, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported.

Ukraine is starting to consider a shift away from the U.S. dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering of global trade and its growing ties to Europe, Central Bank Governor Andriy Pyshnyi told Reuters.

Ukraine said Thursday that it failed to strike a deal to restructure $2.6 billion of debt securities, heightening its risk of default, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Ukraine’s finance ministry said it didn’t accept a proposal from a group of investors holding warrants linked to the country’s gross domestic product ahead of a payment due around the end of May. Ukraine intends to continue to engage with warrant holders and consider all available restructuring options, the finance ministry said.

Ukraine’s debt-management chief cautioned investors against betting on a quick and tidy resolution to the conflict with Russia based on Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week, Bloomberg News reported. “If you look at our yield curve, people expect some quick, positive outcomes,” Yuriy Butsa, Ukraine’s government commissioner for public debt management, said on the sidelines of the Invisso CEE Forum in Vienna on Tuesday.

The Biden administration transferred $20 billion to Ukraine on Tuesday, providing an urgently needed economic lifeline in the form of a loan that will be repaid using interest earned from Russia’s frozen central bank assets, the New York Times reported. The transfer of the funds comes as Ukraine is facing a period of grave uncertainty with President-elect Donald J. Trump poised to take office next month and Russia’s war continuing unabated. Mr.