KIEV, Jan. 22 – Avdiyivka by-product coke plant (Donetsk region), part of Metinvest Group, is operating at less than 25% of its capacity and the plant cannot supply coke to the holding's Mariupol Illich Steel Works and Azovstal Steel Works.

LONDON, Jan. 22 - Ukraine's sovereign dollar bonds slumped on Thursday after the government said it would seek talks with bondholders to "improve debt sustainability,“ interpreted by many as a call to restructure the debt, Reuters reported.

BERLIN, Jan. 20 - The creation of the Black Sea Grain Committee by Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will make it possible to increase these three countries' share of world grain exports to 30% from the current 20%, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov believes.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The reduction in prices for Russian gas will not influence heat tariffs for the population, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Services Andriy Bilousov said in an interview with First National TV Channel.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Cypriot Komisiano Investments Ltd., founded in 2012 by Vadim Novinsky, could acquire 100% of Cypriot Withine Investments Ltd., receiving control over Ukrainian BM Bank (Kiev).

LONDON, Jan. 22 - Fitch Ratings could revise Ukraine's sovereign rating in late February, Paul Rawkins Fitch Senior Director Sovereigns said at a teleconference on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - A court considering a lawsuit filed by the Ukrainian Trade Unions' Federation which asked for compensation for the damage caused to its property by protestors has frozen all the bank accounts used to raise funds for the Euromaidan and Automaidan, the Law and Business newspaper said on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The trade union of air stewards, aircraft mechanics, and pilots of AeroSvit Airline will picket the Presidential Administration on Tuesday, January 22.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – The Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has said that requirements on the moisture content of poultry should be introduced.

"Ukrainian-reared poultry will become more competitive on the foreign market if Ukraine introduces the single requirement on the moisture content [of poultry]. The regulation of moisture content will help protect Ukrainian consumers from poultry with increased levels of moisture," the ministry said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine’s largest power and coal mining group DTEK on Tuesday fired six senior officials at its Komsomolets Donbassa coal mine after a probe showed safety rule violations caused a fatal methane explosion earlier this month.