KYIV, Jan 8 - The dispatcher center of Ukrenergo has recorded a very rapid increase in consumption since mid-Monday and calls for economical consumption of electricity.

KYIV, Jan 8 – The morning massive missile attack by the Russian aggressors did not have critical consequences for the energy system, NPC Ukrenergo reported.

KYIV, Jan 8 – Japan purchased for Ukraine, as part of supporting the energy sector, large-sized equipment with a total capacity of about 200 MW, in particular five gas turbine units and seven large transformers.

KYIV, Jan 9 – Electricity consumption continues to grow due to significant cooling throughout the country: as of 09:00, its level is 5.8% higher than yesterday’s figure, which was already quite high, Ukrenergo reported.

KYIV, Jan 9 – The privatization of state-controlled banks, the number of which has increased to five, and the market share in terms of assets to 56% based on the results of January-September 2023, can begin even before the end of the war, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kateryna Rozhkova has said.

KYIV, Jan 9 – Primary registrations of used passenger cars in Ukraine doubled in 2018 compared with 2017, to 116,800, the Ukrautoprom association has reported, reminding that the market of new passenger cars last year fell by 0.6%, to 81,800 cars.

KYIV, Jan 9 – Turboatom at the end of December 2018 signed a contract on supply of blades made of titanium alloy for turbines of reactors of Khmelnytsky and Rivne nuclear power plants (NPPs) with National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom.

KYIV, Jan 9 – Ferrexpo Plc, which controls Ukraine’s largest iron ore producing facilities, in 2018 increased total pellet production by 1.6% compared with 2017, to 10.607 million tons.

KYIV, Jan 9 – Ukrainians will be able to buy and sell foreign currency not only at banks or currency exchange outlets, but also at postal offices, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said.

KYIV, Jan 10 – The growth of consumer prices in Ukraine in 2018 slowed to 9.8% compared with 13.7% in 2017, the State Statistics Service reported.

As reported, the inflation growth rates in the previous years were as follows: 12.4% in 2016, 43.3% in 2015, and 24.9% in 2014.