KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine will repair by early July a damaged section of a natural gas pipeline that carries Russian gas to markets in the European Union, an official from the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 24 - Ukraine and the European Union have to persuade Russia before winter to stop using natural gas prices as a tool of pressure against other countries, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 21 - Export-Import Bank of China has opened financing of the Air Express National Project, the State Agency for Investment and National Projects has reported, referring to its Head Vladyslav Kaskiv.

KIEV, June 21 – Ukraine in the new agricultural year (July 2013 – June 2014) could export 24-26 million tons of grain, the Agriculture Policy and Food Ministry reported.

KIEV, June 21 - The Wind Farms of Ukraine group of companies has built a first phase of the Krasnodon wind power plant in Krasnodon district of Luhansk region with two FL 2500-100 wind turbines, which total capacity is 5 MW, a representative of the group said at a meeting of the National Commission for Energy Regulation (NCER) in Kiev.

KIEV, June 21 - Ukraine imported 1.504 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia and Europe in April, paying a total of $641.524 million, according to State Statistics Service.

KIEV, June 21 – The VETEK group of companies and United Media Holding Group signed on Friday an agreement on the sale of a 98% stake in the media holding.

KIEV, June 21 – The owner of Phoenix Capital, Oleksandr Omelchuk, has left Ukraine after losing a case heard by the court of appeals against the State Tax Service, the wife of Omelchuk, the opposition lawmaker Lesia Orobets, has reported in her blog, saying that the court ruling was ordered by the authorities.

KIEV, June 24 – The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the State Food-Grain Corporation the right to write off funds from its accounts to Export-Import Bank of China if the corporation does not fulfill its liabilities under a $3 billion credit agreement.

DNIPROPETROVSK, June 21 – Ukraine is ready to discuss with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development the allocation of a loan to expand the Dnipropetrovsk subway network, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.