Over 70% of сars imported to Ukraine in 2024 are used
Source: Opendatabot
In the first seven months of 2024, Ukraine imported over 228,000 cars, which marks a 14.2% increase from last year. The report by Opendatabot found that 71% of these vehicles were used, with an average age of 9 years. Among the used cars, with 42% of all the imported cars are older than 10 years.
Kyiv saw the highest number of newly imported cars registered, accounting for 13.7% of the total, followed by Lviv region at 10.2% and Odesa region at 7.4%.
The most sought-after brands are Volkswagen with 25,498 cars (11.2%), Renault with 17,479 cars (7.7%), and Audi with 13,173 cars (5.8%).
To commemorate the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion, “Bukvy” has compiled data on the largest donors supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Among them there are charitable foundations and businesses. The list includes, in particular, foundations that provide assistance exclusively from their own resources, without fundraising (such as SCM by Rinat Akhmetov, Epicenter, etc.).
In just 1.5 months, Ukrainian specialists have created an innovative protective shell for the control modules of anti-aircraft missile systems (AMS) Patriot and Iris-T SLM. This development was another step in strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities, aimed at protecting key elements of the air defense system from debris damage.
Military serviceman of the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine with the call sign “Paradox” is the crew commander of the American M113 armored personnel carrier. He is a master at using it and is constantly improving, because the legionnaire’s skills are tested every day in battle. You have to drive to the front lines, often under artillery fire and drone attacks.
Notorious supporter of the concept “in order for a cow to eat less and give more milk, it needs to be fed less and milked more” “Servant of the People” Danylo Hetmantsev, under the guise of “business requirements”, registered a draft law on the collection of VAT on all foreign purchases, regardless of their value. In other words, every Ukrainian, buying goods of any value and purpose abroad, when sending them to Ukraine, will have to pay an additional fifth part, or 20% of the cost of the goods.
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