KYIV, Oct 8 – Ukrposhta is negotiating an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that could enable deliveries from Amazon and other major marketplaces to Ukraine, said CEO Igor Smelyansky.

KYIV, Oct 8 – The European Investment Bank has approved the Ukraine Energy Rescue Plan, foreseeing up to EUR 600 million in EU-backed financing for critical energy projects in the public and private sectors to meet urgent heating and power needs of wartime Ukraine, EIB President Nadia Calvino announced.

KYIV, Oct 8 – The current cost of using the shorthaul service for transporting natural gas through interstate entry and/or exit points will remain the same during the first quarter of 2025, the press service of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) reported.

KYIV, Oct 8 – The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has received a credit line from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for a total of up to $150 million to support important projects and promote green initiatives in Ukraine, the press service of the Ministry of Economy reported.

KYIV, Oct 9 – Specialists of the distribution system operators (DSO) DTEK Grids in January-August of this year resumed the operation of 2,800 power facilities damaged due to military actions in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kyiv regions and the city of Kyiv.

KYIV, Oct 9 – The State Property Fund of Ukraine held an online privatization auction, selling a 100% stake in the authorized capital of JSC United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) for nearly UAH 4 billion.

KYIV, Oct 9 – The Supervisory Board of state-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) on October 7, 2024, selected Swedish banker Mikael Björknert as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following a very competitive international search process, replacing Gerhard Bösch, according to a bank press release on Wednesday morning.

KYIV, Oct 9 – At the end of September, the Bohuslav City Council granted permission to lease a 0.5-hectare plot of land to DTEK Kyiv Regional Grids for the construction of a 20 MW energy storage facility.

KYIV, Oct 6 – The Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka reported that its sales volume in 2023 would exceed the pre-war 2021 figures in foreign currency.

KYIV, Oct 6 – Thanks to the work of a temporary corridor established by the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the ports of Big Odesa, in September Ukrzaliznytsia increased the volume of grain exports to 1.075 million tons versus 800,000-880,000 tons in the period after the work stoppage of the grain corridor.