KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukraine's gas transport system is technically prepared to operate in reverse mode after the contract for Russian natural gas transit to Europe expires at the end of this year, a government source said.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Following the restructuring of approximately $24 billion in eurobonds (including capitalized interest), Ukraine is expected to make payments on its new eurobonds, issued for a total of $15.2 billion, amounting to roughly $0.2 billion in interest in 2025 and $0.4 billion in 2026.

KYIV, Sept 23 – EUSTREAM (the Slovak gas TSO), Gas TSO of Ukraine (GTSOU), NET4GAS (the Czech gas TSO) and OGE (a leading German gas TSO) have joined forces to develop a hydrogen highway through Central Europe.

KYIV, Sept 23 - The supervisory board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny at a meeting last Monday approved the resignation of board members Otto Waterlander (Chief Transformation Officer) and Petrus van Driel (Chief Financial Officer), a government source told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukraine's accession to the European Convention on a Common Transit Procedure is expected at the end of the second quarter of 2022 to allow Ukrainian transport companies benefit from access to major market, Director of the Department for the Implementation of the International Transit System of the State Customs Service Serhiy Demchenko said.

KYIV, Sept 23 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny in January-June 2020 posted a net loss of UAH 11.541 billion versus UAH 24.704 billion of net profit for the same period last year.

KYIV, Sept 22 - The Ukrainian government has confirmed its intention to sell United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) this year, the corresponding paragraph is contained in its revised Priority Action Plan for 2020, approved by resolution No. 1133 dated September 9 and published on the government website.

KYIV, Sept 22 - Ukraine’s economy will probably contract 5.5% on the year in 2020, which is better than 7.2% contraction seen previously, according to the latest forecast from Dragon Capital investment bank.

KYIV, Sept 23 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree on urgent measures to stabilize the situation in the energy sector and further develop nuclear energy, the press service of the President's Office said.

LVIV, Sept 20 – Nova Poshta has opened an innovative sorting terminal in Lviv, the Interfax-Ukraine agency has reported.

The area of the terminal, the construction of which took almost a year and a half, is about 15,000 square meters.