DNIPRO, Nov 8 - The construction of railway lines to connect the Luhanska thermal power plant, which had to switch to natural gas instead of anthracite supplies from the Russian Federation, with the rest of Ukraine could cost about UAH 1 billion, DTEK Energy's CEO Dmytro Sakharuk said at a briefing in Dnipro.

KYIV, Nov 8 – Primary registrations of electric cars (new and used) in Ukraine in January-October 2018 grew by 89% year-over-year, to 4,214 cars, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

KYIV, Nov 8 - President of Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky does not see serious risks with providing nuclear power plants of Ukraine with nuclear fuel due to including Skhidny (Eastern) Ore Mining and Processing Plant (VostGOK) in the list of companies on which the Russian government imposed sanctions.

KYIV, Nov 8 – The proven and probable (2P) natural gas reserves of Naftogaz Ukrayiny as of the end of 2017 amounted to 304.06 billion cubic meters, oil and gas condensate reserves stood at 45.91 million tons, according to the preliminary prospectus for the issue of the company's eurobonds, available to Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Nov 8 – Kharkiv-based Turboatom and Westinghouse have extended a memorandum of understanding in the nuclear energy sphere for one year.

DNIPRO, Nov 8 - DTEK Energy plans in 2019 to increase gas coal production by 2% (by 500,000 tons) compared to the figure expected this year, to 25 million tons, company director Dmytro Sakharuk has told reporters.

KYIV, Nov 9 – Ukrainian airlines in January-September 2018 increased passenger transportation by 18.1% year-over-year, to 9.671 million people.

KYIV, Nov 9 – Industrial prices in Ukraine in October 2017 increased by 2.3% after an increase of 1.6% in September and 0.4% in August, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Nov 8 - Consumer prices in Ukraine in October 2017 increased by 1.2%, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, Nov. 9 - Lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday laying down rules for the privatization of 3,500 mostly loss-making state companies, meeting a condition for $17.5 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund, Reuters reported.