KYIV, Sept 2 – Foreign companies have brought their natural gas reserves in underground storage (UGS) facilities in Ukraine to 7.9 billion cubic meters, which is 30.9% of the stocks accumulated on August 31 (25.6 billion cubic meters), the press service of Ukrtransgaz (UTG) reported.

KYIV, Sept 3 – The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ruled in favor of the offshore companies of the Surkis brothers on executing the 2017 court ruling ordering the state-owned PrivatBank to service their deposits, the debt for which the plaintiffs estimate at $350 million, Law Adviser to PrivatBank Andriy Pozhydayev said Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 3 – Japan Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I) has upgraded Ukraine's foreign currency issuer rating from B to B+, rating outlook is stable.

KYIV, Sept 2 – Ukraine’s state-owned enterprise Market Operator, which maintains intraday and "day-ahead" trading of wholesale power market may soon integrate with power markets of Southeastern Europe, the company said.

KYIV, Sept 2 – Ukraine may start getting about 1 billion cubic meters of gas after the launch of the interconnector between Ukraine and Poland, and then the volumes could further increase as Poland seks to expand terminal capacity, Energy and Ecology Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said.

KYIV, Sept 2 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with Polish and Ukrainian business owners during his trip to Poland as he seeks to attract more investments in Ukraine, according to the presidential press service.

KYIV, Sept 3 – Deposit Guarantee Fund will hold a repeated auction on September 24 to sell liabilities on credit agreements of Delta Bank on the Debt Exchange, Inc. (DebtX, Delaware) increasing the starting price up to UAH 4.98 billion (5.7 times).

KYIV, Sept 2 – Energy efficiency is one of the priority tasks for Ukraine, Energy and Environment Minister Oleksiy Orzhel said Monday.

"One of the top priorities is energy efficiency. In particular, we are laying down the logic according to which certain steps will be taken so that energy efficiency at the infrastructure level becomes a driver of economic growth in Ukraine," he said at a briefing in Kyiv.

KYIV, Sept 3 – France's Auchan Holding, chain of supermarkets and trade centers in Ukraine, has confirmed it has lost land plots in the village of Lymanka, Odesa region, said it was going to defend its rights.

KYIV, Aug 31 – The Cabinet of Ministers plans to finance the subvention for Kyivenergo, in particular, thanks to redistribution of funds foreseen for public administration reform, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Oleksandr Sayenko said.