KIEV, Sept. 10 – Trade liberalization between Ukraine and the European Union will have a positive impact on Ukraine-Russia trade relations, according to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry.

KIEV, Sept. 10 - Bogdan Corporation has seen its output fall by almost two-thirds year-over-year in January-August, to 5,421 vehicles, company spokesman Serhiy Krasulia said.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - Sea Launch Consortium reports it has signed a launch services agreement with a proprietary customer to liftoff its spacecraft on the Sea Launch Zenit 3SL vehicle from the ocean-based launch platform in 2016.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – Ukraine's petrochemical industry, at current prices for raw materials, needs comprehensive modernization to overcome its technological backwardness and ensure profitable operations, but the government can't do this due to a lack of budget funds, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Sept. 11 - Russian oil company Lukoil plans to invest $81.5 million in seven projects at its Ukrainian petrochemical plant LLC Karpatnaftokhim.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - Ukraine plans to accumulate 18 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities ahead of the high demand season, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - Ukraine and Royal Dutch Shell by the end of the week will sign an operational agreement that will open way for actual drilling for shale gas, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Sept. 10 - The International Center for the Enrichment of Uranium (ICEU) has imported natural uranium from Ukraine for subsequent enrichment.

A statement issued by the center says that fuel sufficient to load roughly half the active zone of a 1000 mWt reactor.

KIEV, Sept. 10 - Ukraine reduced its natural gas imports 34.05% to 21.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) in January-August, Ukrtransgaz reported.

KIEV, Sept. 10 – Ukraine hopes to settle the issue of the abolition of vehicle recycling tax on the import of cars introduced by the Russian Federation at the summit of CIS prime ministers in Yalta on September 28.