KYIV, Feb 14 – Deposits of vanadium, lithium, titanium, uranium, and salt, which are of strategic importance for the sustainable development of the economy and the defense capability of the state, will be provided for use under the terms of production sharing agreements (PSA), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Feb 11 – The price of Ukraine's VRIs (value recovery instruments) may rise by up to 140-170% thanks to the recovery of the Ukrainian economy compared to the current market price of 113%, analysts at Deutsche Bank said.

KYIV, Feb 12 - Energoatom in January 2021 reduced electricity production by 8.4% (656 million kWh) compared to the same period last year, to 7.17 billion kWh.

KYIV, Feb 12 - The mention of the need to preserve the independence of the National Bank of Ukraine in the resolution of the European Parliament correlates with the policy of President Volodymyr Zelensky, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian state Oleh Ustenko said.

KYIV, Feb 12 - Ukraine is in preliminarily negotiations with SpaceX to launch its Sich 2-30 (2-1) remote sensing satellite in December 2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Strategic Industries Oleh Urusky said.

KYIV, Feb 14 - Smart Maritime Group (SMG) of Smart-holding, uniting Kherson and Mykolaiv shipyards, plans to double consolidated sales revenue in 2018, to UAH 647 million, SMG reported.

KYIV, Feb 13 – The share of the shadow economy in Ukraine in January-September 2017 shrank to 33% of GDP, decreasing by 3 percentage points (pp) compared to the same period of 2016, according to the Economy Ministry.

KYIV, Feb 13 - Energoatom in January increased power generation by 9.3% (by 747.8 million kilowatt-hours) year-over-year, to 7.259 billion kWh, the press service of the company has said.

KYIV, Feb 13 – The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the Yalta European Strategy (YES) will host the 2nd Ukrainian lunch "Ukraine on the Frontlines of a New Kind of Warfare: Lessons for the West, and Prospects for Peace" in Munich on February 17.

KYIV, Feb 14 – Ukrzaliznytsia, the state railroad company, plans to increase prices of passenger tickets by 10% from April 1. The company plans to increase the prices two more times this year.