KIEV, June 25 - Ukraine will be able to meet its own demand for natural gas within the next 5 to 7 years by tapping new and boosting output from existing gas fields, Naftogazvydobuvannia, the country’s largest privately owned gas producer, said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to toughen the obligatory reservation of accounts and deposits in foreign currency of companies and individuals from 3% to 5% for long-term deposits, from 9% to 10% for short-term deposits, and from 10% to 15% for called deposits and current accounts of individuals in foreign currency.

KIEV, June 25 – The Defense Ministry has stopped financing the development of the Sapsan multi-purpose missile system, despite the fact that the program and all legal instruments to create the missile system have been approved, Director of Ukraine's Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies Valentyn Badrak told the Ukrainian weekly, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror of the Week).

KIEV, June 25 – Top executives of German RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, which has been shipping gas for Naftogaz Ukrayiny since November 2012, have denied the reports they are in talks on giving up re-exporting of Russian gas in order to get lower prices in long-term contracts with Gazprom.

KIEV, June 25 – Kherson shipyard, part of Smart Maritime Group, has finished building a tanker of Project RST-27, which is the third vessel of the series of tankers being built under an order from the SVL Group (Malta), the shipyard has reported.

ODESSA, June 25 – Russia is interested in participating in a consortium to buy Odessa Port-Side Plant and Turboatom if the consortium were created.

LUXEMBOURG, June 25 – European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said that there is no alternative to the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement at the Vilnius summit, adding that the window of opportunity for this is limited.

KIEV, June 21 - A floating plant for importing liquefied natural gas may be delivered to Ukraine in July 2014, and imports of LNG can begin shortly afterwards, Vladyslav Kaskiv, the head of the state agency said Friday.

KIEV, June 25 - The second sea-based natural gas and oil drilling rig, purchased by state-owned ChornomorNaftoGaz last year, is expected to arrive and to start operation in the fourth quarter of 2012, ChornomorNaftoGaz reported Monday.

KIEV, June 25 - Russian oil major TNK-BP is seeking to sell its Ukrainian oil refinery and there are two unidentified investors that have expressed interest in the assets, the Luhansk government reported Monday.