MOSCOW, Dec. 6 – Russia’s Transneft will pay Ukrtransnafta 106.7 billion rubles for oil transport services through Ukraine for 10 years, at the Central Bank of Russia's euro/ruble rate on the date of the deal, the Russian oil pipeline monopoly said in a statement.

KYIV, Dec. 6 – Ukraine’s foreign exchange reserves increased 2.5% on the month to $21.93 billion as of the end of November amid the country’s robust exports helping businesses earn hard currency, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KYIV, Dec 5 – Kernel, one of the largest Ukrainian agricultural holdings, acquired the Ellada oilseed processing plant's Kropyvnytsky-based facilities the holding has been using since 2016 under a tolling agreement.

KYIV, Dec 6 – Energoatom plans in 2020 to send fuel from three power units of nuclear power plants (NPP) to the central spent nuclear fuel storage facility, Yuriy Nedashkovsky, the president of the Ukrainian Nuclear Forum association, the ex-head of the company, has said.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – The unsuccessful repeated tender to sell 99.567% of shares in public joint-stock company Odessa Port-Side Plant has showed the inability of Ukraine's State Property Fund and its current managers to effectively conduct privatization, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – Ukrenergo chief Vsevolod Kovalchuk at a meeting with representatives of international financial institutions in Kiev on Tuesday discussed the creation of an independent supervisory board in the company and corporate management reform.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Mobile communications operator lifecell has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Ericsson and Huawei to develop 4G mobile communications in Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Israel is ready to accept 20,000 Ukrainians to work in construction. Employment will be formalized through the Public Employment Service.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Oil price hikes on the global market in the near term would not considerably affect the retail prices at Ukrainian filling stations, An-95 Consulting Group Director Serhiy Kuyun said.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – Ukraine's Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has sent a letter to the World Bank in which it outlined its vision of reforming Naftogaz Ukrayiny: the company must be engaged only in trading, Ukrtransgaz should remain under the control of the ministry, while Ukrgazvydobuvannia is to enter the state holding set up by the Economic Ministry.