Welcome to our dedicated page for Kyivstar Group news (Ticker: KYIV), a resource for investors and traders seeking the latest updates and insights on Kyivstar Group stock.
Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) is the holding company behind JSC Kyivstar, which company disclosures describe as Ukraine’s leading digital operator and the first Ukrainian company to have its shares traded on a U.S. stock exchange. The KYIV news feed on Stock Titan aggregates company-issued updates and market news related to its telecom and digital activities.
Recent Kyivstar announcements highlight several themes: expansion of connectivity through Starlink Direct to Cell satellite technology, a 5G pilot zone in Lviv, large-scale 4G network modernization, and investments in Ukraine’s energy resilience via the acquisition of a solar power plant. News items also cover Kyivstar’s role as a strategic partner to the Ukrainian Government on a national large language model based on Google’s Gemma, as well as a cooperation memorandum with Mastercard focused on digital payments and financial infrastructure.
Investors and observers can use this page to follow Kyivstar’s earnings release schedules, interim financial updates referenced in Form 6-K filings, and operational developments across mobile and fixed-line services, digital TV, Big Data, cloud, and cybersecurity. Coverage also reflects the company’s wartime connectivity initiatives, including satellite-to-mobile services intended to support users during blackouts and in hard-to-reach or frontline areas.
By monitoring the KYIV news stream, readers can track how Kyivstar executes its stated investment program in Ukraine, its technology roadmap from 4G to 5G and satellite connectivity, and its collaborations with government and global partners. Bookmark this page to view new press releases, project milestones, and regulatory communications as they are reported.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) announced that 5 million customers have connected to its network via Starlink Mobile satellites as of March 6, 2026. Kyivstar reported >7 million SMS transmitted over the satellite link and 376,000 messages in frontline areas in the past 30 days. The company plans light data launches in 2026 and is testing satellite-enabled services for agriculture, demining, public safety, and financial POS transactions.
Kyivstar Group (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) board members visited Kyiv on Feb 21-24, 2025 to meet employees and reaffirm support on the fourth anniversary of the full-scale war. The visit highlighted network resilience amid recurring power outages, damage from shelling, and continued plans to invest in Ukraine.
The Board praised employee professionalism, paid tribute to staff killed or missing, and reiterated a commitment to Kyivstar’s development strategy and ongoing investments through 2027.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) completed the acquisition of Tabletki.ua for USD 160 million, to be paid in Ukrainian hryvnia in Ukraine. Tabletki.ua aggregates availability and pricing across >14,000 pharmacies and averaged 14 million online bookings per month in 2025.
The platform reported LTM GMV of UAH 57.3 billion (USD 1,191M), LTM EBITDA of USD 24M and LTM net profit of USD 20M, implying a PE of 8.0x. Kyivstar said the acquisition will expand its digital healthcare footprint alongside Helsi and MyKyivstar.
Kyivstar Group (Nasdaq: KYIV) closed a secondary public offering of 14,375,000 common shares at USD 10.50 per share on February 2, 2026. The Offering was oversubscribed 5x and included an overallotment exercise of 1,875,000 shares.
Selling shareholders included VEON Amsterdam B.V. and certain other holders (400,000 shares); following the Offering VEON's ownership stands at 83.6%. The registration statement on Form F-1 was filed January 28, 2026 and declared effective January 29, 2026.
Kyivstar Group (Nasdaq: KYIV) announced pricing of a secondary public offering of 12,500,000 common shares by VEON Amsterdam B.V. and other selling shareholders at a public offering price of US$10.50 per share. The Company itself is not selling shares.
The underwriters have a 30-day option for up to 1,875,000 additional shares. The registration statement was declared effective January 29, 2026 and the offering is expected to close on February 2, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) announced that its Starlink Direct to Cell satellite service reached 3.0 million subscribers since launch in November 2025 and has carried over 1.2 million SMS messages. The service is widely used in southern and eastern Ukraine and most active in Kyiv, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi and Dnipro. Kyivstar enabled iPhone support for devices on iOS 26.2+, and subscribers can test satellite SMS on existing SIM plans at no extra cost. Service currently supports SMS only and requires clear line of sight; data services are planned for the future.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) launched a 5G pilot in Lviv on January 12, 2026, operating on 3500 MHz and 700 MHz bands to test high-speed and wide-coverage use cases under real urban conditions.
The pilot—carried out within a framework set by the Ministry of Digital Transformation—recorded peak download speeds exceeding 2.4 Gbps in pre-launch tests. Kyivstar plans gradual expansion to Kharkiv and Borodianka, with Kyiv and Odesa planned for 2026, while noting a full-scale nationwide rollout depends on the end of the war. Kyivstar reaffirmed a USD 1 billion investment commitment for 2023–2027 toward rebuilding connectivity and digital infrastructure.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) confirmed it will release selected financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025 on Monday, March 16, 2026 at 06:00 EET (00:00 EST).
The company will host a results conference call with senior management on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Details on timing, webcast access, and the Q&A submission platform will be provided in later announcements.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) announced on Dec 16, 2025 the acquisition of 100% of SUNVIN 11 LLC, owner of an operational 12.947 MW solar power plant in Ukraine for UAH 347.57 million (≈ USD 8.24 million). Kyivstar said the move starts a strategic direction to develop its own energy-generating capacity, diversify energy sources, and reduce operational risks from supply instability.
The plant will supply electricity to Ukraine’s unified energy system under existing market and regulatory rules and is preliminarily estimated to generate about 4% of Kyivstar’s annual consumption. Kyivstar plans to evaluate further alternative energy acquisitions.
Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV) and the WINWIN AI Center of Excellence under the Ministry of Digital Transformation selected Google’s Gemma as the base model to train a national Ukrainian large language model, announced Dec 1, 2025.
Planned work includes improving the Ukrainian tokenizer, additional training on unique Ukrainian texts, and benchmark tests. Gemma is cited as multimodal, supports >140 languages, and offers a 128,000-token context window. Kyivstar will act as strategic partner and operational lead; the LLM will underpin AI public and business services and aims to optimize performance and costs.