KYIV, Oct 1 – Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ukraine-based electricity generation company DTEK Renewables B.V.'s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B' from 'B-', the outlook is stable, the rating agency said on its website.

KYIV, Oct 1 – The National Bank of Ukraine indicated on Tuesday it will step up purchases of U.S. dollars on the forex market in order to prevent a rapid appreciation of the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia.

KYIV, Sept 29 – Metinvest B.V., a company that incorporates mining and steel assets of the wealthiest Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, in July reported revenue up 1.7% from the previous month, to $732 million.

KYIV, Sept 29 – The Parliamentary committee for financial policy and bank operations has started drawing up a bill that would allow determining the status of cryptocurrencies in Ukraine, Committee Head Serhiy Rybalka said.

KHARKIV, Sept 28 – Ukraine should maintain in state ownership the controlling stake of 51% in the nuclear power turbine producer Turboatom, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KYIV, Sept 28 - Real wages in Ukraine in August 2017 increased by 17.2% compared to August 2016 and decreased by 3% compared to July 2017, the State Statistics Service has said.

KYIV, Sept 29 - Power generation in Ukraine increased by 2.2% year-on-year in January-August 2017, to 102.162 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 29 – A new ammunition plant in Ukraine could be created through international cooperation, Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine Yuriy Brovchenko has told Interfax-Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Sept. 29 – Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviation) has informed Ukrainian airlines that they have been banned from flying to Russia.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – The decision of the Ukrainian government to apply average prices and benchmarks of the customs value of imported goods could be taken by the international community as the application of indicative prices, and could result in the application of trade sanctions against Ukrainian exports by other countries-members of the World Trade Organization, the European Business Association said.