KIEV, Oct. 5 - Ukraine reduced imports of natural gas by 22.8% over the past three days after a local gas distributor had started to restrict supplies to heat producers that fail to make timely payments.

KYIV, Sept 6 – Ukraine’s international reserves as of September 1, 2022 amounted to $25.436 billion (in equivalent), which is 13.6% more than at the beginning of June ($22.757 billion), according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 6 - ENTSO-E, the European association for the cooperation of transmission system operators (TSOs) for electricity, has boosted the available throughput capacity from 250 MW to 300 MW for exporting electricity from Ukraine to the European Union during peak hours, Ukrenergo posted in a message on its Telegram channel.

KYIV, Sept 6 – Ukraine's real GDP will fall by 31% in 2022 and recover by 8% in 2023 if by the end of 2022 half of the current main negative factors are resolved, and by the end of 2023 they will come to nothing, Concorde Capital investment company predicts.

KYIV, Sept 6 – Ukrhydroenergo announced that it had connected the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant (HPP) to the power grid after the plant was shut down on September 5 as a result of hostilities.

KYIV, Sept 7 – Preliminary studies by Ukrenergo have confirmed the technical feasibility of synchronous operation of the Ukrainian and European power systems, the Ministry of Energy has said.

KYIV, Sept 7 – Major businesses operating in Ukraine expect a transparent dialogue with the Verkhovna Rada and is ready to finalize several initiatives, the European Business Association (EBA) said in a release.

KYIV, Sept 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine’s foreign exchange reserves as of September 1 rose to $31.614 billion, which is 9.2% more than at the beginning of August this year ($28.951 billion) according to the data of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Sept 7 – Ukraine will sell a major property and industrial assets of Bilshovyk plant in the city of Kyiv on October 27 in a privatization auction that may rake in UAH 1.39 billion from the sale, officials said.

ODESA, Sept 7 – Continental Farmers Group has sent a Panamax class cargo ship with 60,000 tons of wheat from the Chornomorsk seaport to Saudi Arabia.