KIEV, Aug. 22 – The expenses on the start of mass production of the Ukrainian Oplot main battle tank at the Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant are estimated at $30 million, which is about one-fourth the expenses on the start of mass production of similar modern tanks in other countries, Malyshev Plant Director General Vadym Fedosov said.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – The switch of the Federal Customs Service of Russia back to normal customs clearance will require time before it eliminates the backlog at the borders, the Federation of Employers of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Odessa oil refinery, Ukraine’s third largest oil refinery by capacity, will resume operation in October and will run at full capacity by the year-end, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Ukraine plans by the end of September to sign a production sharing agreement (PSA) with an ExxonMobil-led consortium to tap a major Black Sea offshore natural gas field, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytskiy said Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Lvivorgsyntez general partnership company plans to build a complex producing diesel fuel from solid household waste in Nova Kakhovka (Kherson region), the State Agency for Land Resources reported.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – The Central Election Commission has approved an agreement on the development of a video surveillance system for the October 28 parliamentary elections in Ukraine and instructed CEC Chairman Volodymyr Shapoval to sign it.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – The city of Kiev has announced a tender to sell a 29.9% municipal stake in Borschahivka chemical and pharmaceutical plant, the fifth-largest Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturer, at a starting price of UAH 278.331 million, reads a report in the mass media published on August 21, 2012.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Zaporizhia regional administration head Oleksandr Peklushenko has asked the president and prime minister to help in settling the issue of the transfer of the Ferroalloy 2 substation from Zaporizhiaoblenergo to Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Works, which will allow the company to switch from the second to the first electricity consumption class and reduce expenses on electricity.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Vasyl Danyliv, a businessman and colleague of former Economy Minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, has been detained on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Serhiy Diadechko, the former vice-president of Rodovid Bank, Channel 5 has reported.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine's gross domestic product grew by a preliminary 2% year-over-year in January-July, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.