KYIV, Aug. 6 - Four Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives in the latest clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country's east, two weeks after a cease-fire has been declared to allow grain harvesting in the region.

KYIV, Aug 3 – Some 31% of senior managers at agriculture companies believe a risk of illegal seizure of their businesses is high, according to a study presented by a representative of the Ukrainian Agrarian Council Andriy Dykun at the Anti-Raid Forum on Friday.

KYIV, Aug 2 - Ukraine’s wheat harvest will drop to 23 million metric tons in 2018 against 26.2 million tons in 2017, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported.

KYIV, Aug 2 - UDP Renewables, part of UFuture Group of wealthy entrepreneur Vasyl Khmelnytsky, built a solar power plant with an installed capacity of 18 MW in Kherson region, the businessman said on his Facebook page.

KYIV, Aug 2 - The debt of the population of Ukraine for housing and utilities services in May 2018 increased by 6.6% from May 2017 and amounted to UAH 38.5 billion (excluding electricity).

KYIV, Aug 2 – U.K.-based Ferrexpo plc, which in Ukraine controls Poltava and Yeristovo ore mining and processing enterprises (GOK), in January-June 2018 slightly reduced the share of sales of pellets in natural terms compared to January-June of the previous year in Central and Western Europe, Turkey, as well as in the macro-region of Northeast Asia, but increased in China, and Southeast Asia.

KYIV, Aug 2 - Metinvest, a mining and metallurgical group, in January-June 2018 increased output of steel by 4% compared to the same period in 2017, to 3.794 million tons, cast iron by 14%, to 4.292 million tons, total production of coke by 25%, to 2.664 million tons, while decreasing production of commercial coke by 18%, to 800,000 tons.

KYIV, Aug 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with easing of the rules for confirming and registration of deals on the interbank currency market will publish only daily hryvnia exchange rate announced at noon, the NBU reported.

KYIV, Aug 2 - The largest 25 Ukrainian banks (in terms of net assets) in January-June 2018 posts a total of UAH 7.56 billion net profit against UAH 1.76 billion in loss for the same period in 2017.

KYIV, Aug 3 – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said the amount of outdoor advertisement would be reduced in Kyiv.

"We found a compromise with all the key players in the advertising market and agreed that there should be less outdoor advertising in the city. Today, for example, you will not see so-called cross street banners in the center of Kyiv.