KIEV, Feb. 22 – The Ukrainian energy sector has no alternative to anthracite coal for the next three years, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a government meeting.

"In the medium term outlook – one, two and three years – we do not have an alternative to anthracite coal," he said.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - Ukraine's cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is important in the context of monetary stability because the cost of the sowing campaign for farmers depends on the hryvnia exchange rate, of Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko said.

KIEV, Feb. 18 – U.S. business will be able to invest and share solutions with the Ukrainian defense industry only if Ukraine continues to press ahead on critical reforms and tackles corruption, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – The Economic Development and Trade Ministry plans to send trade missions to Poland, Turkey, China and India this year.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – The Financial Prosecutor’s Office of Mexico has removed its seizure order from the Titan-2 vessel belonging to state-run enterprise Chornomornaftogaz (currently registered in Kiev), Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – Natural gas supplies to rebel-occupied areas in eastern Ukraine have resumed, says Andriy Kobolev, the head of Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – The debt owed by the militant-controlled areas of Donbas for gas amounts to some UAH 7.5 billion and UAH 3.5 billion for electricity, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said in an interview with Focus magazine published on Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 20 - Ukraine is in talks with China on expanding the use of a $3.6 billion loan and amending the list of the previously approved projects in the oil and gas sector, Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Ihor Didenko said.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK energy holding has contracted 330,000 tons of coal from South Africa, the holding reported.

"In the difficult situation of full consumption of coal stocks at Prydniprovska thermal power plant [TPP] DTEK has signed contracts to supply 330,000 tons of coal from South Africa.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – International investors are concerned about Russia's participation in the expected restructuring of Ukrainian eurobonds, analysts from Nomura investment bank said after meetings with investors in New York.