KYIV, May 6 – As of May 1, 2022, according to preliminary data, Ukraine's international reserves amounted to $26.945 billion (in equivalent), which is 4% less than at the beginning of April ($28.107 billion), according to the data National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), released on Friday.

KYIV, May 9 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak and his deputies, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and members of the government took part in a meeting on topical issues of the executive branch, where they addressed issues of fuel security of the country.

KYIV, May 9 – In April 2022, Ukraine exported 1.09 million tons of grain mainly through Romanian ports, which is more than five times higher than in March, but in the summer the country will face problems when exporting grain through Romania due to increased transshipment of this agricultural products from other countries in the region by the ports.

KYIV, May 10 – Losses of Oleh Bakhmatiuk's Ukrlandfarming group of companies due to Russian aggression amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars, and 40% of the sown areas were under occupation or are located in territories where active hostilities were fought and where it is impossible to carry out sowing, the holding said.

KYIV, May 10 – Shares of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company, dropped more than 1% on Monday following a report the company’s Ukrainian subsidiary had been facing systemic pressure from the authorities for months.

KYIV, May 8 – Ukraine plans to build 15 modern reinforced concrete ammunition storage facilities this year.

The construction of the facilities was considered on Tuesday as part of the inspection by Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak of the military arsenal in Khmelnytsky region, the ministry said on its website.

KYIV, May 8 – The national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny has annulled a tender to select services to manage the unbundling project, including accompanying the unbundling of gas storage and gas transportation activities, with the expected cost of up to UAH 168 million.

KYIV, May 8 – Turboatom (Kharkiv) and Japan's Toshiba Energy Systems in June 2018 plan to sign a memorandum of understanding as part of stepping up cooperation between Japan and Ukraine in the nuclear energy sector, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, May 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) jointly with the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine (NABU) has started working on joint approaches to implement ISO 13616 (International bank account number, IBAN) standard and ISO 9362 (Business identifier code, BIC) by Ukrainian banks, the central bank said.

KYIV, May 10 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has left unchanged its forecast for Ukrainian economy growth in 2018 at 3% and expects that the same pace would be retained in 2019, the bank has said in a survey.