KIEV, Oct. 4 – Timber exports from Ukraine increased by 22% in H1, from 900 tons to 1.1 million tons despite the moratorium on exports of round timber, parliament Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship Chairman Viktor Halasiuk said at a round table dedicated to the moratorium on exports of round timber.

KIEV, Oct. 5 - Ukraine’s anti-monopoly committee on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in a Ukrainian court seeking to enforce the payment of an 86 billion hryvnia ($3.4 billion) penalty earlier imposed on Russian gas company Gazprom.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - Twelve of Ukraine's 19 largest banks need additional capital according to stress tests conducted in July, the International Monetary Fund reported on its website.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Energoatom expects that dispatch restrictions could be imposed on power generation by its reactors in January through March 2017 due to the high likelihood of extra power generation in the Ukrainian power grid, Energoatom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – A first display test auction to sell assets of insolvent banks was held on Tuesday as part of preparations for the launch of the pilot operation of the ProZorro.Sales system (http://www.prozorro.sale/).

KIEV, Oct. 5 – The Economic Development and Trade Ministry has proposed the possible sale of a minority stake in Antonov State Enterprise to a foreign strategic investor to promote the company to the competitive global markets is considered.

OSLO, Oct. 3 - Norwegian energy firm Statoil has signed a deal to sell gas to Ukraine state gas firm Naftogaz, the Nordic firm said on Friday, providing another source of gas for Ukraine after Russia cut off supplies, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 2 - VAB Bank (Kiev) has delayed the payment of $2 million in interest on eurobonds of an amount of $88.252 million, the bank told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Ukraine must pay some $2.1 billion in October-December 2014 on currency-pegged liabilities, Deputy Finance Minister Vitaliy Lisovenko has said.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Russia's VTB Bank is planning to sell Kiev-based BM Bank, which the bank owns through Russia's Bank of Moscow, Andrei Kostin, president and chairman of VTB Bank, said in an interview with Kommersant newspaper.