KYIV, Aug 28 - The total amount of funds that have already been allocated for carrying out road works in Ukraine in 2017 exceeded UAH 20 billion, while the length of repaired roads exceeds 750 kilometers, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said.

KYIV, Aug 28 - Ukraine has increased gas inventories in underground storage 80% or 6.47 billion cubic meters (bcm) since the end of the heating season, according to operational data from Ukrtransgaz.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Azovobschemash (Mariupol, Donetsk region), the flagship company of the leader of Ukrainian heavy engineering Azovmash Group, will ship 3,000 wagons to Iran, the Ukrainian Embassy in Iran reported.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The United States District Court for the Central District of California suspended a decision made by the court in 2015 to collect outlays of Boeing Corporation from Ukrainian and Russian founders of the Sea Launch international consortium.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine has revised some rules for the currency market, permitting foreign debt to be used as capital for Ukrainian companies and easing the purchase of foreign currency to pay for medical treatment of individuals abroad.

KHARKIV, Aug. 26 – Some 9 million more households could receive subsidies in the new heating season, Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva said.

"Now we anticipate up to 9 million more out of 15 million existing households due to the rise of tariffs," Reva said at a briefing.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry and China's Ministry of Commerce have made arrangements concerning mutual understanding in application of international trade safeguards tools.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – U.S. Halliburton would take part in a pilot project to digitize geological information in Ukraine, the State Service for Geology and Deposits of Ukraine reported after a meeting with representatives of Halliburton.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - The Yenakiyeve Metallurgy Plant in Donetsk region affiliated with the Metinvest group, suffered significant damage after being shelled, with its lime kiln and fire resistant facilities put out of operation, and significant damage has been caused to the converter and utilities plants and the railway transport department.

SIMFEROPOL, Aug. 27 - Activ Solar company, which has several large solar power plants in Crimea, owes some $300 million to banks, the head of the Crimean government, Sergei Aksionov, said.