# Ukraine seeks foreign buyers for state assets, but investors are staying away

https://mins.news/en/item/20194

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-12 12:59 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-wants-foreign-investors-to-buy-its-state-assets-so-far-theyre-not-biting/

> Ukraine’s government is seeking to sell thousands of state-owned assets. Most are described as unprofitable, inefficient, nonoperational, or some combination of all three. Yet the effort faces a major obstacle: offering low prices has not been enough to draw the foreign investors Ukraine is hoping to attract.