KYIV, April 24 – Ukraine’s market for pet food may contract 20% by the end of 2020 due coronavirus pandemic triggered economic crisis, CEO of Kormotech Rostyslav Vovk said citing the pessimistic scenario.

KYIV, April 24 – The share of overdue loans by individual borrowers rose by 4.3 percentage points to 26.6% since the start of coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine, with the figure significantly accelerating in April, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported.

KYIV, April 23 – Belarus has been forced to suspend exports of light oil products to Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic states due to its receipt of low-quality Russian oil, the deputy head of BelOil, Sergei Grib, told journalists in Minsk on Tuesday.

KYIV, April 22 – Ukraine's GDP growth in 2019 will slow down from 3.3% last year to 2.7% this year and 2.6% next year with the hryvnia exchange rate weakening to UAH 30.5 per $1 by the end of 2019 and UAH 31.5/$1 by the end of 2020, Morgan Stanley forecast.

KYIV, April 22 – Ukraine must immediately submit a bill to create strategic reserves of oil and petroleum products after Russia’s threats to ban supplies, a lawmaker said Monday.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry has decided not to ban flights of passenger planes with the age of over 20 years as it was announced in summer last year, but the ministry would toughen control over its technical conditions by the State Aviation Service of Ukraine.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukraine is forced to deploy a large number of natural gas power generating units to balance growing number of solar power plants and wind farms, Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk said.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukrainian importers would be able to change the sources of oil and fuel supplies without serious problems, if Belarus provides on time the details on the situation around the quality of oil imported to the country, the scale of damage caused to Mozyr Oil Refinery and the time needed for their removal.

KYIV, April 23 – The Cabinet of Ministers and national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny have agreed on the reduction of the price of natural gas for households and heat suppliers from May 1, 2019 by 3.5%, to UAH 8,247 from UAH 8,550 per 1,000 cubic meters, the press service of Naftogaz has reported.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukraine's Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said the launching of a middle-sized reconnaissance ship built at the Kuznya on Rybalsky shipyard in Kyiv is a major achievement.