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Ukraine’s strongest fighters from the Security and Defence Forces: Automagistral-Pivden supports the Hard Combat tournament!
Hard Combat is a Ukrainian combat sports league that organizes spectacular professional tournaments in mixed martial arts and boxing.
The league’s signature feature is a unique team fighting format rarely seen in competitions worldwide – 2 vs. 2, where athletes compete in team-based bouts.
Hard Combat was founded by representatives of Ukraine’s Defence and Security Forces. The league’s tournaments bring together top fighters from military and law enforcement special units, competing against world-class athletes.
Automagistral-Pivden consistently supports Ukraine’s Defence Forces. As part of this commitment, the company sponsored the anniversary Hard Combat tournament in the city of Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad Region, marking five years since the project was launched.
A total of 9 bouts took place – 5 K-Combat fights and 4 Hard Combat 2 vs. 2 team bouts. The tournament featured 18 fighters, including representatives of the operational units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), National Police officers, and final-year cadets of the Institute of Air Assault and Naval Infantry Forces of the Odesa Military Academy.
Two fighters travelled to the tournament from Türkiye: Murat Avci “Iron” (90 kg) – a two-time Muay Thai world champion – and Ibrahim Halil Yalcin (70 kg), a renowned professional fighter and winner of numerous international professional tournaments.
Learn more about Hard Combat: hardcombat.com.ua
Перший 30-метровий шляхопровід (внутрішні габарити: 6 м на 4,5 м) завершено, влаштовуємо перехідні плити.
У роботі ще три тунелі, призначені для проїзду сільськогосподарської техніки.
✅На другому тунелі виконуємо армування та монтаж опалубки для другого етапу бетонування перекриття, влаштовуємо гідроізоляцію та застінний дренаж.
✅На третьому готуємося до бетонування перекриття.
✅Четвертий тунель — завершили влаштування 116 забивних паль; готуємося до армування та бетонування ростверків.
Міст через Оріль: насип земляного полотна вже наближається до цієї штучної споруди.
❓Чому на Н-31 велика кількість штучних споруд?
🚩Н-31 проєктувалася за всіма світовими стандартами для швидкісних автошляхів. Усі перетини траси і транспортні розв’язки — виключно дворівневі! Це мінімізує ризик виникнення ДТП і дозволяє встановити максимально допустимий швидкісний ліміт.
🚩Саме тому на 30-кілометровій ділянці другої черги будівництва передбачено 5 шляхопроводів тунельного типу (внутрішні габарити: 6 м на 4,5 м), призначених для проїзду сільськогосподарської техніки.
Будівництво декількох тунелів розпочалося ще у 2021 році, але після початку повномасштабного вторгнення роботи були вимушено зупинені.
ІСТОРІЯ ПРОЄКТУ
🚩У 2022 році відкрився рух першою ділянкою новозбудованої траси Н-31 «Дніпро — Царичанка — Кобеляки — Решетилівка» у межах Дніпропетровської області. Це сучасна швидкісна дорога першої категорії, побудована нашою компанією за світовими стандартами.
Роботи на другій черзі проєкту — 30-кілометровій ділянці від каналу Дніпро — Донбас до межі з Полтавською областю — після початку війни були заморожені.
Відповідно, транспорту все одно доводиться рухатися старим напрямком — зношеною вузькою дорогою через населені пункти.
🚚Інтенсивний рух вантажного транспорту руйнує дорожнє покриття та створює дискомфорт і небезпеку для місцевих мешканців.
Стан старої дороги є аварійним, вона вже давно потребує капітального ремонту.
У 2021 році на другій черзі будівництва наша компанія виконала значний обсяг робіт:
✅знято рослинний шар ґрунту;
✅влаштовано виїмки глибиною до 12 метрів;
✅відсипано понад 1,4 млн кубічних метрів насипів;
✅змонтовано 27 із 28 водопропускних залізобетонних труб різних діаметрів;
✅на 90% побудовано 3 монолітні шляхопроводи;
✅повністю виконано монолітний шляхопровід тунельного типу для проїзду сільськогосподарської техніки, інші перебувають на етапі бетонування опорних стін;
✅змонтовано 4 металеві гофровані шляхопроводи;
✅влаштовано опори 600-метрової естакади;
✅влаштовано 6,9 км шарів основи, а також 5,2 км нижніх та середніх шарів асфальтобетонного покриття.
З огляду на вже виконаний обсяг робіт, є можливість докласти зусиль і до кінця року частково відкрити проїзд ділянкою 2-ї черги будівництва траси Н-31, нехай і з певними обмеженнями.
Відтак будівництво вже відновлено. Наразі компанія:
✅виконує відсипання земляного полотна; планування шлакового щебеню, влаштування шару ЩПС укріпленої цементом та двох шарів асфальтобетону
✅добудовує монолітні тунелі для сполучення місцевих населених пунктів;
✅виконує гідроізоляцію залізобетонних труб системи водовідведення;
✅влаштовує бортовий камінь на ділянці, де вже укладено два шари асфальтобетону.
M-09 Road: Reconstruction of the Bridge in Rava-Ruska Nears Completion
The reconstruction of the M-09 road between Lviv and the Rava-Ruska – Hrebenne border crossing includes 10 bridge structures:
• 6 bridges (18–24 metres) are being reconstructed with complete replacement of their structures.
• 4 bridges are being replaced with reinforced-concrete culverts.
Works at 9 structures have already been completed, and traffic has been fully restored.
We are now completing the works on the last bridge in Rava-Ruska:
• 9-metre deck slabs have been installed on two spans (pictured). Reinforcement of the cast-in-place deck slab is underway.
• Construction is underway on a 66-metre reinforced-soil retaining wall with gabion boxes.
By the end of September, we plan to complete the cast-in-place deck slab. All major works on the bridge in Rava-Ruska are scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.
On the M-05 Kyiv–Odesa highway, the formwork has been removed and the height restriction for oversized vehicles has been lifted.
Currently, we are:
• constructing monolithic sidewalks, abutment walls and transition slabs;
• installing safety barriers, kerbs and drainage channels;
• completing other associated works that will allow the viaduct to be opened for construction traffic.
We are preparing for the installation of expansion joints, waterproofing of the deck and asphalt paving.
🚩 As a reminder: in summer 2025, our company completed the first stage of construction of the Vita-Poshtova interchange – the underpass and the roundabout on the Boyarka side. Drivers can now safely turn or make a U-turn towards Kyiv.
Completion of the second part of the interchange – the U-turn “horseshoe” – will allow drivers travelling towards Kyiv to safely turn towards Boyarka.
We are gradually expanding the scope and types of works being carried out on the 42-kilometre section of the road between the cities of Cahul and Cantemir.
The detours for two bridges have already been completed. On the third bridge, embankment works and construction of the pavement structure layers are underway, including soil, two crushed stone layers and an asphalt concrete layer.
The R-34 reconstruction project provides for the reconstruction of 6 bridges:
• 4 new bridges are being built in place of existing structures;
• 1 bridge is being constructed next to the existing bridge, as the project provides for straightening the road, which currently has a 90-degree bend;
• 1 existing bridge is being reconstructed, including strengthening and widening of the carriageway.
Works have started on removing the road pavement at the locations where culverts will be installed. Around 50 culverts are planned in total, with a combined length of more than 1.1 kilometres.
On the sections of the first construction stage, pavement structure works continue according to two types of design.
The first type involves complete replacement of the pavement structure:
• milling;
• removal of the existing road base;
• cement stabilisation of the soil (M-20);
• construction of two drainage layers of crushed stone (0–63 mm);
• construction of a cement-treated crushed stone–sand mixture (35%) with the addition of milled material (65%) using cold recycling technology;
• construction of two asphalt concrete layers (6 cm and 4 cm).
The second type is used on sections where the road is being widened. While the standard road width is 8 metres, in many locations the existing carriageway is only 7 metres or less. The widened section of the road comprises 6 pavement structure layers:
• cement-stabilised soil;
• two 20-cm layers of crushed stone (0–63 mm);
• cement-treated crushed stone–sand mixture with milled material;
• two asphalt concrete layers (6 cm and 4 cm).
On the existing part of the road, the base remains in place. Only a 20-cm crushed stone layer (0–63 mm), a cement-treated mixture with milled material, and two asphalt concrete layers (6 cm and 4 cm) are constructed.
Currently, 70 units of equipment and 230 workers are involved in the works on the R-34.
❗️Completion of the N-31 Highway: Nearly 300 Reinforced Concrete Piles Installed!
The 30-kilometre section of the N-31 “Dnipro — Tsarychanka — Kobeliaky — Reshetylivka” highway includes several structures, including underpasses for special-purpose vehicles and grade-separated interchanges.
The construction of these structures starts with the installation of reinforced concrete piles. More than 300 piles are planned for the second section, and the majority have already been driven.
✅ At the underpass at km 26+200, 100 six-metre piles have been driven.
✅ At the underpass at km 25+300, 116 ten-metre piles have been driven.
✅ At the grade-separated interchange at km 28+700 (the turn from N-31 towards Tsarychanka), more than half of the nearly 100 ten-metre piles have already been driven.
🔺 Pile-driving works are being carried out using a MAIT HR 260 in a pile-driving configuration equipped with a diesel hammer. This is a true “heavyweight”, weighing approximately 75 tonnes.
🔺 A unique BAUER RTG RM20 piling rig is also being used. This is the only machine of its kind in Ukraine.
👷‍♂️ The key advantage of the BAUER RTG RM20 is that, through the combination of BAUER technologies — hydraulic HRS-series hammers and the electronic B-Tronic control system — the operator can smoothly adjust the impact energy (force) and impact frequency directly from the cab.
🚩 Unlike mechanical or conventional diesel hammers, where the impact force depends mainly on the weight of the ram and its drop height — and is often adjusted manually or cannot be changed at all — RTG HRS hydraulic hammers are fully electronically controlled.
🚩 When a pile passes through soft soil layers, the operator can reduce the impact force to prevent the pile from penetrating too quickly or becoming damaged. When the pile reaches hard rock or dense soil layers, the impact force can be increased to the maximum level.
🚩 At the beginning of pile driving, when the pile is not yet firmly embedded in the ground, strong impacts can cause it to crack or deform. The RM20 starts operation at minimum power — the so-called “soft start” — and gradually increases the impact energy.
🚩 The system allows operators to adjust not only individual impact energy but also the optimal impact frequency (the number of blows per minute) to achieve maximum penetration speed without overheating the equipment. With conventional piling rigs, changing the impact force often requires stopping the operation, adjusting the pressure settings on the hammer itself, or even changing the ram weight. With the BAUER RM20, all these adjustments can be made simply by pressing buttons or moving a joystick on the B-Tronic touchscreen.
Recreation and Wellness in the Carpathians: Our Company Continues to Support the Country’s Best Youth Handball Team, “Automagistral-Pivden Ivanivka”!
“We once again felt the support of people who genuinely care about our boys. Thanks to the company, which consistently supports young athletes, and personally to Yurii and Oleksandr Boiko, an opportunity was found to organize a wonderful recreation and wellness programme for the team at the beautiful Emeli Resort. Thank you for helping children remain children, play sports, dream and win during these difficult times,” said the team’s coach, Serhii Latushkov.
According to Serhii, for the children this is much more than just a holiday. It is an opportunity to regain their strength, take a break from air-raid alerts, spend time together, enjoy positive emotions and return to training with renewed energy.
This week also brought another important achievement for the team — our boys were awarded the title of Candidates for Master of Sport!
We sincerely congratulate the Ivanivka team on this achievement!
After their holiday, the team will travel to Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Region, for a training camp to prepare for the new competitive season.
🚩 Let us remind you: “Automagistral-Pivden” has been supporting the “Automagistral-Pivden Ivanivka” team for many years. The village of Ivanivka in Odesa Region is the native home of the company’s founders, and many of our specialists also come from this area.
Serhii Latushkov, a coach at the local Youth Sports School, dreamed of creating the best children’s handball team in the region — and perhaps in the entire country. The Boiko family enthusiastically supported this idea.
“For children from a small town, sport is a path to a bigger world. I am grateful to the Boiko family for taking us under their wing. The team has been provided with uniforms and sports equipment, and they support us with trips to training camps and competitions,” says Serhii Latushkov.
For four consecutive years, “Automagistral-Pivden Ivanivka” has become the Odesa Region champion among youth teams. In 2023, the team travelled to Denmark, where they won a prestigious international tournament featuring more than 350 participants. Last year, the Ivanivka team won an all-Ukrainian competition in Bucha, where 22 teams from across the country competed.
At the end of last year, the company presented the young athletes with another gift — a complete set of sports equipment, including mid-season jackets, tracksuits, two sets each of match and training uniforms, polo shirts, backpacks, sports socks and professional match balls.
In 2026, our sponsored team won the Ukrainian Youth Handball Championship in the 2011–2012 age category.
In the final stage of the tournament, held in Odesa and Uzhhorod, the Ivanivka team defeated eight of the strongest youth teams in Ukraine. Among them was an experienced Kyiv-based team that brings together promising players from across the country and develops talent for the national team.
H-31 Highway “Dnipro – Tsarychanka – Kobeliaky – Reshetylivka”: over 800,000 cubic meters of earthworks completed!
Pavement layer construction is ongoing along nearly the entire length of the 30-kilometer section!
Our equipment is equipped with the Topcon 3D automatic machine control system. This transforms bulldozers and motor graders into robotic systems that independently control the blade hydraulics.
The system operates based on a digital 3D project model loaded into the onboard computer.
Operators no longer need to rely on paper blueprints or surveying stakes, nor do they need to stop continuously to check elevations.
Executing subgrade and pavement layer construction using automated grade control systems delivers outstanding results with maximum precision relative to project design levels.
Modern technology, trained personnel, and professional management make it possible to perform an immense volume of work efficiently and to the highest quality standards.
H-31 “Dnipro – Tsarychanka – Kobeliaky – Reshetylivka”: We have completed the first monolithic agricultural underpass and are finishing the second one!
The H-31 highway was designed in accordance with international standards for high-speed roads. All intersections and interchanges along the route are grade-separated, with no at-grade crossings. This minimizes the risk of accidents and allows for the maximum permitted speed limit.
That is why the 30-kilometre section of the second construction phase includes five tunnel-type underpasses (internal dimensions: 6 m × 4.5 m) designed to allow agricultural machinery to cross the highway.
Construction of several of these underpasses began back in 2021, but following the outbreak of the full-scale invasion, the works had to be suspended.
This year, we resumed construction. In just one and a half months, we completed the first 30-metre underpass. The second identical structure (pictured) is now at the final stage of monolithic concrete works.
High construction productivity and quality have been achieved thanks to:
The use of powerful, modern equipment, including the Liebherr LTR 1100 telescopic crawler crane, with a maximum lifting capacity of 100 tonnes.
The retained team of highly skilled and experienced specialists who successfully delivered the construction of the first phase of the H-31 highway before the war.
Project Background
🚩 In 2022, traffic was opened on the first section of the newly constructed H-31 Dnipro – Tsarychanka – Kobeliaky – Reshetylivka Highway within the Dnipropetrovsk Region. Built by our company to international standards, it is a modern Category I highway designed for high-speed traffic.
Construction of the second phase of the project—a 30-kilometre section extending from the Dnipro–Donbas Canal to the border with the Poltava Region—was suspended following the outbreak of the war.
As a result, traffic continues to use the existing alignment: a narrow, deteriorated road passing through several populated areas.
🚚 Heavy freight traffic is accelerating pavement deterioration while creating inconvenience and safety risks for local communities. The existing road has reached a critical condition and has long required full rehabilitation.
Major Works Completed in 2021
Before construction was suspended, our company completed a substantial portion of the works on the second phase:
✅ stripping of the topsoil layer;
✅ excavation works, including cuttings up to 12 metres deep;
✅ placement of more than 1.4 million cubic metres of embankment fill;
✅ installation of 27 out of 28 reinforced concrete culverts of various diameters;
✅ approximately 90% completion of three monolithic overpasses;
✅ full completion of one monolithic tunnel-type underpass for agricultural machinery, while the remaining structures had reached the stage of concreting the retaining walls;
✅ installation of four corrugated steel underpasses;
✅ construction of the substructure for a 600-metre viaduct;
✅ construction of 6.9 km of pavement base layers and 5.2 km of lower and intermediate asphalt concrete layers.
Given the significant progress already achieved, it is now possible to complete the remaining works and partially open the second-phase section of the H-31 Highway to traffic by the end of the year, albeit with certain operational restrictions.
Construction Has Resumed
Work has now restarted, and the company is currently:
✅ constructing the road embankment, carrying out grading of slag crushed stone, placing the cement-treated crushed stone and sand mixture (CTCSM) base layer, and laying two asphalt concrete pavement layers;
✅ completing the construction of monolithic underpasses connecting local communities;
✅ applying waterproofing to the reinforced concrete culverts forming part of the highway drainage system;
✅ installing kerbstones along the section where two asphalt concrete layers have already been completed.

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Rehabilitation of the R-34 Road in Moldova: Building Temporary Bypasses for Bridges!
The rehabilitation of a 42-kilometre section of the road between Cahul and Cantemir includes, among other works, the reconstruction of six bridges.
4 new bridges will be built to replace the existing structures.
1 new bridge will be constructed next to the existing crossing, as the rehabilitation project provides for straightening the road, which currently has a 90-degree bend.
1 bridge will be rehabilitated through structural strengthening and widening of the carriageway.
Key differences of the new bridges:
The number of spans will increase from two to three. The road embankment will be raised by 30 cm after rehabilitation, which will also increase the length of the bridge crossings.
Sidewalks will be provided, increasing the overall bridge width to 12 metres: 8 metres for the carriageway and 2 metres on each side for sidewalks.
The load-bearing capacity of the bridge structures will be increased several times to meet modern design standards.
We are currently constructing temporary bypasses at two bridge crossings. At the location where the new bridge is being built next to the existing one, reinforced-concrete pile driving has been completed, and we are now constructing the pile caps.
M-09 Highway: Working 24/7
Works at the site are now being carried out in two shifts!
At night, we mostly lay the base course made of C7 crushed stone-sand mixture stabilized with M20 cement, along with the binder layer of coarse-grained asphalt concrete (10 cm). During the day — the wearing course made of SMA-15 (5 cm).
The objective is to complete asphalt paving works across all sections by the end of the year.
🚩 As a reminder, the M-09 highway is the main route from Kyiv to Warsaw, forming part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The length of the section under repair (from the village of Volia-Vysotska to the border crossing point) is 33.4 km.
Even before the war, the EBRD conducted a road safety audit, an economic feasibility analysis, as well as an environmental and social assessment. In 2020, a financing agreement was signed between Ukraine and the bank for a number of projects, including the major repair of the M-09.
During the war, the project became even more critical: traffic load increased while the road surface condition degraded.
The M-09 major repair project, implemented by our company, involves the reconstruction of 33.4 km of road (from the village of Volia-Vysotska to the border crossing point). We are executing the works in stages to avoid obstructing traffic.
What the project entails:
✅ Outside built-up areas, the road is being widened — an additional traffic lane is being added;
✅ Acceleration and deceleration lanes are being installed on both sides near bus stops, intersections, and junctions;
✅ The road base is being completely replaced, and a new surface consisting of three asphalt concrete layers is being laid;
✅ 6 bridges are being reconstructed (most of them structurally deficient), 4 bridges are being replaced with concrete box culverts, and a roundabout is being constructed;
✅ A drainage system for the roadway is being created;
✅ Sidewalks, cycle paths, and noise barriers are being installed.
Works at the site are now being carried out in two shifts!
At night, we mostly lay the base course made of C7 crushed stone-sand mixture stabilized with M20 cement, along with the binder layer of coarse-grained asphalt concrete (10 cm). During the day — the wearing course made of SMA-15 (5 cm).
The objective is to complete asphalt paving works across all sections by the end of the year.
🚩 As a reminder, the M-09 highway is the main route from Kyiv to Warsaw, forming part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The length of the section under repair (from the village of Volia-Vysotska to the border crossing point) is 33.4 km.
Even before the war, the EBRD conducted a road safety audit, an economic feasibility analysis, as well as an environmental and social assessment. In 2020, a financing agreement was signed between Ukraine and the bank for a number of projects, including the major repair of the M-09.
During the war, the project became even more critical: traffic load increased while the road surface condition degraded.
The M-09 major repair project, implemented by our company, involves the reconstruction of 33.4 km of road (from the village of Volia-Vysotska to the border crossing point). We are executing the works in stages to avoid obstructing traffic.
What the project entails:
✅ Outside built-up areas, the road is being widened — an additional traffic lane is being added;
✅ Acceleration and deceleration lanes are being installed on both sides near bus stops, intersections, and junctions;
✅ The road base is being completely replaced, and a new surface consisting of three asphalt concrete layers is being laid;
✅ 6 bridges are being reconstructed (most of them structurally deficient), 4 bridges are being replaced with concrete box culverts, and a roundabout is being constructed;
✅ A drainage system for the roadway is being created;
✅ Sidewalks, cycle paths, and noise barriers are being installed.

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❗️ Vita-Poshtova Interchange: Final Stage of Concrete Casting for the Monolithic Bridge Deck Slab
🚩 At the Vita-Poshtova interchange on the M-05 Kyiv–Odesa Highway, we are carrying out the second stage of concrete casting for the overpass.
During the first stage, the monolithic deck slab of the central span section was constructed using 560 m³ of concrete, followed by the post-tensioning of the slab.
To prevent moisture loss during the concrete curing process, the slab surface was treated with a special curing compound. This ensured that the monolithic structure cured under conditions as close as possible to those of a precast concrete production facility.
✅ At the second stage, the concrete casting of the side section on the Southern Cemetery side was completed earlier this week. In the coming days, we plan to complete the side section on the Boyarka side, with 330 m³ of concrete to be placed for each section.
✅ Meanwhile, work continues on the central span section, where waterproofing beneath the monolithic sidewalks is being installed, kerb blocks and curbs are being mounted, and reinforcement cages are being prepared for the next concrete pours.
🚩 As a reminder, in the summer of 2025 our company completed the first stage of the Vita-Poshtova interchange project, including the tunnel and the roundabout on the Boyarka side. This infrastructure has enabled drivers to safely make left turns and U-turns towards Kyiv. Upon completion of the second stage of the interchange—the loop ramp—drivers travelling towards Kyiv will also be able to safely turn towards Boyarka.