Today and tomorrow EU holds a meeting (an European Council summit) to discuss Ukraine's hastened entry into the EU and further support of the war effort.
Apparently there are some who wants Ukraine to step into the EU early on.
Meanwhile I heard a curious number. Apparently Ukraine halted privatization as the war begin but then they restarted it with unusual vigor later. I heard up to date they sold 3700 state owned companies, only 100 remains.
I'm trying to dig up some numbers. I don't expect to find anything fresh.
For now here is this from 2022 October:
https://chambers.com/articles/ukraine-relaunches-privatization-future-belongs-to-the-brave
It offers important information.
They estimate state-owned enterprises to 3300, and also the state holds "one million real estate objects".
First they created a new legal basis of a quicker process: "On 19 August 2022, the new Law No. 2468-IX on privatization" which simplified the whole thing. Then they appointed a new stooge to
execute a will in the person of Rustem Umerov, who became the Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine. He declared what was expected from him, they are there to "make privatization as easy as possible for foreign investors". I bet they did not have Russians in mind but "investors" from the US and EU. Indeed with the various sanctions it is harder for Russians to buy stuff abroad, especially in Europe.
After the foundation was laid they started to sell everything starting from 2022 September 19, when they held the first auction. They don't say how many properties and enterprises were sold, but note that in October they gave another 800 state-owned enterprises to the State Property Fund to sell.
>The bidding usually starts from the asset book value, which is usually much lower than the actual market one. It gives an investor an excellent opportunity to buy good assets cheaply.
And considering prices shouldn't be too high, for the war it probably plummeted, all these assets could be bought cheap as fuck. The State Property Fund has a website which lists all the available lots, with photos, info in English, price and whatnot. I think this is the site:
https://privatization.gov.ua/en/product-category/velyka-pryvatyzatsiya-en/
Quick, Bernd, open the purses not much left!

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