{
  "id": 13154536,
  "title": "Ukrposhta opens 11 rural branches across 4 regions, plans further expansion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ukrposhta-opens-11-rural-branches-across-4-regions-plans-further",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:54:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/telecom/1217405.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukraine's national postal service, Ukrposhta, has opened eleven new rural post offices in four regions this fall. The initiative aims to expand further beyond current regions and frontline areas. The CEO, Igor Smelyansky, cited growing demand and supportive local communities as reasons for the strategic locations in Volyn, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, and Rivne regions. Each village has a population over 1,200 and requires more postal services. Smelyansky also confirmed a 12th office will open soon in Rivne. Mobile post offices will serve areas with insufficient services. The Ministry of Restoration, Infrastructure, and Transport confirmed five offices in Volyn, four in Ternopil, and one each in Khmelnytsky and Rivne. Services include parcel and letter delivery, international mail, money transfers, bill payments, and pension and social benefit collection. In the first half of the year, Ukrposhta's revenue increased by 4.2% to UAH 6.776 billion, with a net profit of UAH 92 million, marking a shift from a net loss of UAH 312 million in the same period last year. The operator has 7,200 customer service locations, including 2,000 mobile post offices, serving 21,300 settlements, with an average workforce of 25,800 employees, earning an average salary of UAH 20,300.",
  "summary": "Ukraine's national postal operator, JSC Ukrposhta, opened 11 new rural post offices this fall in Volyn, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Rivne regions, with plans to extend the initiative to other regions of the country beyond the border and frontline regions currently covered.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}