KYIV, May 10 – A slight decrease in harvest winter crops is possible due to a lack of moisture in soil in southern regions of Ukraine, Head of the agrometeorological department of the Ukrainian weather center Tetiana Adamenko told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 5 - Ukraine's international reserves as of the beginning of May amounted to $17.175 billion (in equivalent), which is 13.57% more than a month earlier, according to the relevant preliminary data posted on the website of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KIEV, May 5 - Ukroboronprom will present the promising developments of the Ukrainian defense industry at the 13th International Defense Industry Exhibition IDEF 2017, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 9-12, the press service of the state concern said.

KIEV, May 10 – Ukrenergo has approved a development strategy for 2017-2026. One of the key goals of the strategy is integration into the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E).

KIEV, May 10 - Ukrainian coal mining enterprises in January-April increased production of run-of-mine (ROM) coal by 3.3%, or 439,900 tons, year-over-year, to 13.066 million tons, Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 10 – The U.S. Department of Commerce during the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese imported from Ukraine has preliminarily found that subject merchandise has been sold in the United States at prices below normal value and the 163% duty is kept.

KIEV, May 10 – A consortium of international companies headed by Rothschild & Co. will be involved in restructuring and return of loans of PrivatBank (Kiev) issued to affiliated persons (insider loans), the press service of PrivatBank has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, MAY 10 – Vnesheconombank (Russia), which controls some Ukrainian mining and metal assets which it acquired control of as a creditor, including Industrial Union of Donbas, has intensified the search for a buyer of these assets, the Kommersant newspaper reported, citing sources.

LVIV, May 10 – Some 20 mobile interagency groups to combat smuggling in Ukraine will be created soon, Roman Nasirov, head of the State Fiscal Service, said at a briefing at the Krakovets border checkpoint.

KIEV, May 10 - A deputy director of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's confectionery empire is a beneficiary of a company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), according to new information from the leaked "Panama Papers."