The Uber ride-sharing company is launching its Uber BLACK service, which offers premium-class cars to customers, in Ukraine.

Uber’s General Manager for Ukraine and the CIS Alexei Stakh announced this in Kyiv, the CFTS correspondent reports.

"UberBLACK will begin operation today. The base fare is UAH 85 plus charges of UAH 10 per kilometer and UAH 1 per minute. The minimum fare is UAH 130. For passengers with special requirements, there is Uber SELECT and now UberBLACK. Audi A6, BMW 5 Series, and BMW X5 vehicles are used," Stakh said.

He also announced that the Uber application has been downloaded about 1 million times since the Uber service launched in Ukraine a year ago.