ASHGABAT, Oct. 26 ??“ Ukraine, which has been for years seeking to reduce dependence on Russian energy, admitted on Wednesday it will have to secure Russia??™s approval to a plan to double gas imports from Turkmenistan.

MOSCOW, Oct. 26 ??“ Fitch Ratings has affirmed Naftogaz Ukrayiny??™s senior unsecured foreign currency and local currency ratings at 'BB-' (BB minus). The outlook is Stable. At the same time, the agency has also affirmed the 'BB-' (BB minus) rating of Naftogaz's $500 mln loan participations notes maturing in 2009, the agency said in a statement.

LONDON, Oct. 26 -- Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Mittal Steel Company N.V.'s ("MS") ratings at Senior Unsecured 'BBB' and Short-term 'F2'. The Outlook remains Stable.

KYIV, Sept 25 – Kyiv Court of Appeals has upheld the first-instance court's ruling to detain businessman Ihor Kolomoisky with the alternative of putting up a UAH 509 million bail.

KYIV, Sept 26 – The explosion on the main gas pipeline in Poltava region on Tuesday will not affect domestic gas supplies to Ukrainian consumers, as well as its transit.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukrainian insurers can be involved in insurance of military risks, for example, in the so-called secondary military risks or risks inherent in business in Ukraine in the liberated territories, Lesia Burbel, head of the Insurance Regulation Methodology Department of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has said.

KYIV, Sept 26 - Exports of organic products from Ukraine to the countries of the European Union and Switzerland in January-June 2022 increased by 19.4% compared to the first half of 2021 - up to 160,020 tons from 128,840 tons, this happened despite problems with logistics and the blockade of Ukrainian seaports due to full-scale Russian aggression.

KYIV, Sept 26 – Horizon Capital, a U.S. private equity firm investing in fast growing export-oriented companies in Ukraine and the region, has announced the formation of a new Horizon Capital Growth Fund IV, L.P. (HCGF IV), which attracted $125 million at the first stage.

KYIV, Sept 24 – NPC Ukrenergo has certified the battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Zaporizhia TPP (PJSC DTEK Dniproenergo) with a capacity of ± 1 MW to participate in the market of ancillary services, the company reported on its website on Friday.

KYIV, Sept 24 – Ukraine continues to harvest grain and leguminous crops, as of September 23, 1.1 million tons of corn were harvested (a rise of 0.69 million tons in the week starting on September 16 and ending on September 23) from 226,800 hectares (4% of planned areas), the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said on the website on Friday.