KIEV, June 11 – The world's largest transport aircraft, the Mriya An-225, operated by Kiev-based Antonov Airlines, transported the longest cargo in the history of cargo transportation by air, state-run Antonov enterprise reported on Friday.

KIEV, June 11 – The United States Department of Agriculture has improved its grain harvest forecast for Ukraine in 2010 by two million tons, to 45 million tons, a level that corresponds to the 2009 harvest.

KIEV, June 14 – The latest steps of the National Bank of Ukraine to cut the discount rate, refinancing rates and deposit certificates rate not only give a signal to the market to cut the cost of borrowing, but also promote crediting and ensure the economy will recover thanks to offering an incentive to domestic consumption, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor.

KIEV, June 14 – Ukraine is to begin this autumn the shipment of first batches of military hardware to Iraq under a large-scale contract worth over $550 million struck in 2009.

The delivery of the first An-32 (P) aircraft for Iraq is scheduled tentatively for September, Dmitriy Kiva, the head of state-run Antonov Concern told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 14 – Ukraine will seek financing from the European Union to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Black Sea, Energy and Fuel Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, June 12 – Income of Ukrainian banks in January to May came to UAH 61 billion, while their expenditures stood at UAH 68.1 billion, according to a posting on official website of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, June 12 – Kyivenergo, which runs the energy system in Kiev, has stopped one of the two operating units of 250 MW capacity at the combined heat and power plant five due to problems with the purchase of fuel oil.

KIEV, June 11 – The Ukrainian air conditioner market, taking into account household and semi-industrial split systems, in 2009 could fall by some 60% year-over-year, to 160,000 units, the director of Kyiv-based Leacond Company, the official sales partner of Japan's producer of Daikin airconditioning equipment, Volodymyr Stepur has said.

KIEV, June 11 - EnergoAtom cut electricity generation in January to May by 14.3% or by 5.829 billion kWh year-on-year, to 34.903 billion kWh, EnergoAtom announced.

In the five months, the electricity generation target was over-fulfilled by 1.7%.

KIEV, June 11 - Cement plants in the Ukrcement association cut cement production by 57.7% in Q1 compared Q1 2008, to 1.097 million tons, while the total cement production fall in the industry was 59.6% (1.306 million tons), according to the association.