MOSCOW, July 31 - Some foreign investors have recently loaded up on Ukrainian government bonds despite difficult negotiations between Kiev and its creditors, according to the Wall Street Journal.

KIEV, July 31 – PrivatBank (Dnipropetrovsk) has asked its investors to approve the postponement of payment of eurobonds worth $200 million from September 23 to December 1.

KIEV, Aug. 3 – The balance of assets in Ukraine's treasury account as of August 3 was estimated at UAH 33.27 billion, a fivefold year-over-year increase, the State Treasury Service reported on Monday.

DONETSK, July 30 - Even as the fighting rages in east Ukraine, the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic says it's pushing on with ambitious plans to roll out a fully independent financial system within two months, AFP reported.

MOSCOW, July 30 - Russia fought back on Wednesday over new U.S. and EU sanctions imposed over Ukraine even as G7 leaders warned of further steps, while Ukraine's government accused pro-Russian rebels of placing land mines near the site of a crashed Malaysian airliner to prevent a proper investigation, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, July 30 - The European Union targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle for the first time Wednesday for the Kremlin's actions in Ukraine, subjecting three of his long-time associates to EU-wide asset freezes and travel bans, AP reported.

KIEV, July 29 – Mariupol Illich Steel Works and Azovstal Steel Works, both part of Metinvest Group, have had to switch to a reduced regime of operation at some divisions due to problems with supplies of raw materials, Metinvest reported in the corporate newspaper Illichivets.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – Holtec International (the United States) will finish construction of a waste nuclear fuel storage facility 2 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant no earlier than November 2016, said Serhiy Bozhko, head of the State Nuclear Regulation Inspectorate.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – Parliament has approved a Cabinet of Ministers proposal providing UAH 430 million to compensate the rates on credits taken to realize investment projects by Ukrainian farmers, energy and engineering companies, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Aug. 1 - The Ukrainian parliament has supported a Cabinet of Ministers proposal to introduce a temporary war tax of 1.5% on the wage fund through January 1, 2015, Batkivschyna parliamentary faction leader Serhiy Sobolev said at a briefing.