KIEV, March 2 – The outflow of funds from banking deposits has totaled UAH 17.2 billion since early 2015, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

MOSCOW, Feb. 27 - Russia's VTB is suspending new lending in Ukraine, the bank's chief, Andrei Kostin, told a press conference.

Kostin said the bank had decided "not to provide new money" in Ukraine to retail and corporate borrowers alike.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – The Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense faction has called for the creation of a temporary parliamentary commission to investigate the Livela fuel trader.

KIEV, March 1 – The Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry of Ukraine is planning to call for environmental pollution charges to be brought against Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery, which is 100% controlled by RUSAL (Russia).

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine plans to put two heat generating companies and five or six electricity supply companies up for sale in 2011, according to Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko.

KIEV, March 1 – The Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan violates competition on the Ukrainian petroleum product market and creates obstacles for the operation of international businesses in Ukraine and for the economies of some countries of the European Union, according to the EU-Ukraine Business Council.

KIEV, March 1 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative has included Kiev multimedia market Petrivka into the 17 most notorious marketplaces in which pirated or counterfeit goods are available.

KIEV, March 2 - Russia’s oil major TNK-BP may shut down its Lisichansk Oil Refinery in Ukraine unless the government moves by March 15 to introduce duties on imports of gasoline and diesel fuel, a senior company official said.

KIEV, March 2 - An international consortium led by U.S. oil company Vanco Energy plans to sign an amicable agreement with Ukraine “soon” and to start oil and gas exploration offshore the Black Sea within months.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine stopped commercial supplies of electricity from the Burshtyn Energy Island to Europe on March 1, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan announced on Monday.

"The ministry did not receive bids from exporters and, of course, we face a shortage of coal," he said.