Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and I would like to welcome you to MHP Second Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call on the 28th of September 2026. [Operator Instructions] So without further ado, I would like to pass the line to Anastasiya Sobotyuk, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, ma’am.
Anastasiya Sobotyuk
Director of Investor Relations, International Communications & ESG Compliance
Thank you, Rafael. Dear stakeholders and partners, good day to you, and thank you for joining MHP’s conference call covering second quarter and 6 months of the year. My name is Anastasiya, Investor Relations Director, and I’m joined today by Viktoriia Kapeliushna, CFO of MHP. Together, we will present and discuss the company’s operational and financial performance for the reporting period. Please note that today’s discussion is based on the press release, financial statements and investor presentation published earlier today.
During the call, we may also discuss our outlook, strategic priorities and future plans. These statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions and assessments of market conditions and are, therefore, subject to risks and uncertainties. We encourage you to consider these factors when evaluating the information presented today. With that, let us begin.
We are on Page #3 of the presentation. Let me start with a brief overview of the macroeconomic environment in Ukraine. The operating environment remains challenging, but the economy continues to demonstrate a degree of resilience. In the second quarter of 2026, real GDP increased insignificantly less than 1% year-on-year and by less than 1% compared with the first quarter. This