KYIV, July 1 – Total wage arrears in Ukraine in May 2019 increased by 3.9%, and as of June 1, 2019 amounted to UAH 2.718 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, July 2 - Ukrgazvydobuvannia in June 2019 opened new fields in Kharkiv and Poltava regions.

According to the press service of the company, in particular, in Kharkiv region, after testing an exploratory well with a depth of over 3,700 meters, an oil inflow was obtained. Oil resources in the field are about 130,000 tons.

KYIV, July 1 – Ukraine in April-June 2019 launched renewable generation facilities with a capacity of 656 MW, which is six times more than a year ago.

The National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) published the information on June 27.

KYIV, July 1 – Ukraine from April 4 to June 29, 2019 had increased its natural gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 54.1% (by 4.730 billion cubic meters), to 13.475 billion cubic meters, according to recent data from JSC Ukrtransgaz.

KYIV, July 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine in accordance with the updated methodology has increased the number of systemically important banks to 14, whereas since 2016 their number remained unchanged at three, including state-owned PrivatBank, Oschadbank and Ukreximbank, the regulator has said.

KYIV, July 1 – The consolidated balance of payments of Ukraine in May 2019 saw a deficit of $750 million against a deficit of $45 million in April, a surplus of $652 million in March 2019 and $266 million in May 2018, which is associated with large payments on public debt and an increase in cash outside banks.

KYIV, June 26 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) received a package of documents for approval of the indirect acquisition of a large stake in Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank (Kyiv) from Paritetbank (Belarus), the press service of the NBU reported.

KYIV, June 26 – Private oil and gas company Ukrnaftoburinnia has reached the production rate of over 2 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas at the well No. 20 drilled on the Sakhalynske field, the company reported.

KYIV, June 26 – The state gas shipper Ukrtransgaz announced a tender to select a company to reconstruct the Yahotyn compressor station with the expected cost of UAH 2.5 billion, the company reported.

KYIV, June 26 - Russian gas transit shipments via Ukraine are important to the European Union's energy security, but it is necessary to start discussion over supplies after 2019, Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, said.