KYIV, Feb 19 – After a 4.1% decline last year, Ukraine's economy will grow by 4.2% this year, with inflation rising from 5% to 7.2%, according to the updated macroeconomic forecast of the Concorde Capital investment company.

KYIV, Feb 22 – Russian companies InduSoft LLC and ISS-Soft LLC were included in the sanctions list by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) and the decree of the President of Ukraine dated February 19, 2021.

KYIV, Feb 20 – More than 90% of large Ukrainian companies see the need to boost spending on IT security following several devastating cyber attacks from Russia last year, an opinion poll indicated.

KYIV, Feb 20 - Naftogaz Ukrainy from March 1, 2018 will reduce the price of gas sold to industrial consumers on a prepayment basis by 14.1% (by UAH 1,300) compared to February, to UAH 7,896 for 1,000 cubic meters (including VAT).

KYIV, Feb 20 – Two former owners of major Ukrainian banks that went bankrupt have agreed to repay their debts alleviating the pressure on the state deposit guarantee fund, a senior official said.

KYIV, Feb 21 - Horizon Capital, which manages $500 million in assets with private equity funds, plans to invest $100-200 million in Ukraine within the next five years, Horizon Capital founder and CEO Lenna Koszarny said.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has interrogated Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov as part of an investigation into a case with audio recordings by Oleksandr Onyshchenko that allegedly confirm that Parliament members were bribed by the Ukrainian presidential administration, the political news portal Ukrayinska Pravda has reported with reference to the NABU press service.

KIEV, Feb. 21 - Ukraine's State Service of Geology and Deposits has complained about pressure from representatives of iron ore miner PJSC Evraz-Sukha Balka, who have been staging a picket outside the agency for several days, preventing its work and demanding the illegal prolongation of special permits for iron ore extraction.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Ukraine says it is interested in cooperation with Qatar in developing port infrastructure.

Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry has reported that that this was discussed at a meeting of Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan and Minister of Transport and Communications of Qatar Jassim Bin Saif Al-Sulaiti held on February 21, 2017 in Geneva as part of the 79th session of the Inland Transport Committee (ITC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Exports of key types of arms by Ukraine in 2016 totaled $528 million, according to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).