KIEV, Aug. 29 - Ukraine and India are working on expanding military and technical cooperation, and the parties are in talks on cooperation in modernization of T-72 armored vehicles for the Armed Forces of India, a source in the Ukrainian defense sector told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 30 – Ukraine's operating banks posted UAH 9.3 billion in net loss for the period of January-July 2016, which was 70% down from the same period of 2015 (UAH 30.2 billion), the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – Ukraine's Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, the Energy Ministry of Kazakhstan and Kazakh National Nuclear Company Kazatomprom have agreed to establish a joint venture for uranium mining in both countries, Ukrainian Energy Minister Ihor Nasalyk said.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development supports the new approach of the Ukrainian government towards the privatization of state-owned facilities and continues to discuss the provision of technical help on the issue, EBRD Director in Ukraine Sevki Acuner told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – Ukraine plans to export 17 million tons of corn in the 2015/16 agricultural year (July-June), 9.75% less than the previous agricultural year (18.837 million tons), said Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko.

KIEV, Aug. 31 – Ukrainian banks, jointly with the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine (IABU), have drawn up a single concept on restructuring currency-pegged credits for housing purchases, IABU CEO Olena Korobkova said at a roundtable talk devoted to the first results of the bank currency-pegged credit restructuring campaign.

KIEV, Aug. 29 - Coal Energy S.A. (Luxemburg) has warned investors of existing problems with the preparation of its financial report due to the situation in eastern Ukraine, in the region the company’s assets and headquarters are located.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – EnergoAtom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky and President of Westinghouse Electric for EMEA Region Yves Brachet last week in Kiev discussed a possibility of expanding cooperation and the realization of current joint projects.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – The operation of 18 gas distribution stations has been suspended in the counterterrorist operation zone and the Amvrosiyivka-Horlivka-Sloviansk section of the trunk pipeline is disconnected, as it was damaged, Ukrtransgaz reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – LuhMash-43 LLC Luhansk mechanical engineering plant specialized in production of high precision mechanical parts and engineering assemblies has relocated its production to Russia's Chuvash Republic, according to 'Vesti' Russian Internet publication.