KYIV, May 22 – Ukraine increased power exports by 15% (by 319.4 million kWh) in January-April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, to 2.449 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, May 22 – S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its 'B-' long-term issuer credit rating on the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev.

The outlook is stable, it said.

KIEV, May 24 – The Deposit Guarantee Fund estimates that the total sum of guaranteed compensation payments to 90,000 individuals who kept their deposits with Kiev-based Fidobank, which was later declared insolvent, is UAH 1.82 billion, the Fund said on its website.

KIEV, May 23 – U.S. experts in counter-smuggling will provide practical assistance to Ukrainian customs officers at airports and ports of Ukraine, said Roman Nasirov, head of Ukraine's State Fiscal Service.

KIEV, May 23 - The State Property Fund intends in early autumn to start the sale of controlling stakes in six regional energy supply companies, namely Ternopiloblenergo, Khmelnytskyoblenergo, Kharkivoblenergo, Mykolaivoblenergo, Zaporizhiaoblenergo and Cherkasyoblenergo and expects to obtain a total of about $300 million, SPF chief Ihor Bilous said.

KIEV, May 23 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny fully lost control over Ukrtatnafta after the law on joint-stock companies (JSC) was changed, Naftogaz chief Andriy Kobolev said in an interview with ZN.UA.

KIEV, May 23 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev has called for the introduction of a financial readjustment plan for Ukrnafta. A key element of the plan should be the differentiation of royalty collected from the company, depending on global oil prices, he said in an interview with ZN.UA.

KIEV, May 23 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Ukrainian City of Kharkiv's Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'CCC.'

KIEV, May 21 – EnergoAtom has filed an application with the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate to extend its license to operate power unit No. 1 at Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

KIEV, May 21 – A conference to plan the joint international exercise of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) to respond to emergencies, "Ukraine 2015," is being held in Lviv.