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Co-founder of "Nova Poshta" Volodymyr Poperešnyuk 6 on August stated that Ukraine is entering a new phase of war — the mutual destruction of economies, and urged the authorities to respond with deregulation instead of new taxes. According to him, a destruction scale in the rear, when the country’s large employers are one step from bankruptcy, did not exist since the invasion began. The businessman emphasized that in the confrontation the winner is the one who adapts faster.
Poperešnyuk published the statement on his Facebook against the backdrop of a massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s logistics and trade infrastructure 5 in August. He compared the behavior of free business and the public sector during the crisis.
"Free business finds new paths, instantly retools logistics and rebuilds the damaged, while officials are still coordinating the next state plan," wrote Volodymyr Poperešnyuk, co-founder of "Nova Poshta," on Facebook.
The businessman reminded that Ukraine had tested a similar model before in 2022. Then, he said, the government lowered taxes, canceled duties and licenses, halted inspections, and removed regulatory barriers, which allowed the economy to "breathe" and saved it from collapse.
"Today the scale of losses is even greater, but government policy has become the opposite. Instead of freedom — new taxes, pressure on private entrepreneurs, excises, and endless checks. Squeezing business during shelling is helping the enemy destroy our economy," noted Poperešnyuk.
In the opinion of the Nova Poshta co-founder, for the economy to survive during the war a whole set of measures is needed. Among them he named:
simplification of international logistics;
permits for construction and connection to networks;
tax holidays for everyone whose property was destroyed by the enemy;
free economic zones on frontline territories.
Poperešnyuk stressed that the government is not capable of closing the sky from enemy missiles, but is fully able to free up the hands of its own business, and called this the only way to hold the economy.
Getmantsov opposed
People's Deputy Danylo Getmantsov did not agree with the businessman.
"Let’s imagine two situations. First. You are an entrepreneur, an investor, you have long worked and developed, pay taxes. One day an enemy rocket destroys your production, warehouse, product and you immediately incur colossal losses. But a state representative comes and says: We sympathize with you. Unfortunately, we did not manage to protect your property. You have developed our economy for years, paid us taxes, and therefore we would like to compensate you for the losses. But the state has no such possibility, so we reduce your future tax payments so you can recover and continue developing our economy and defense capability. And second. Getmantsov comes to the affected business and says: The state has no possibility to compensate business losses from Russian shelling. The only source of compensation at present remains future reparations. In which situation will the economy have more investments, development and recover faster?" Poperešnyuk answered this.
The government held an urgent meeting with affected business
After the night attack 5 in August, Prime Minister Serhiy Korchtsky held an urgent meeting with representatives of business, retail, and logistics companies to ensure uninterrupted supply of products, medicines, and other essential goods. The reason was systematic strikes by Russia on enterprises supplying millions of Ukrainians with goods. It ended with nothing. The only help promised by the prime minister was Tasking ARMA and the State Property Fund to find empty warehouse premises for the affected business. There was no mention of reducing tax pressure.
Russia’s attack destroyed warehouses of leading retail networks
Earlier, Informator reported that the massive attack 5 in August destroyed warehouses of Silpo, Puma, INTERTOP, Toyota and other major companies in Kyiv, leaving businesses without critical logistics infrastructure. It was also reported that in Brovary, as a result of the same strike, the most powerful Rozetka center was finally destroyed, handling up to 100 thousand orders daily, which threatens the company with serious operational problems.
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