KYIV, Nov 17 - Antonov State Enterprise will modernize a heavy An-124-100 Ruslan aircraft with a cargo carrying capacity of 150 tons operated by Maximus Air (the UAE).

KYIV, Nov 20 – Ukraine purchased nuclear fuel for a total of $331.06 million in January-September, the State Statistics Service reported.

Ukraine purchased $220.87 million worth of Russian fuel in the period and $110.19 million worth of Swedish-made fuel, the service reported.

KYIV, Nov 20 - Ukraine imported 10.057 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas for a total of $2.266 billion in January-September, according to the State Statistics Service.

KYIV, Nov 21 – Kyivmiskbud, one of Ukraine’s largest developers, will invest in Svitlo Park, a huge residential complex project in downtown Kyiv, the company reported.

KYIV, Nov 21 - Metinvest, a mining and steel group owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the wealthiest Ukrainian, has repaid $56.7 million on eurobonds with maturity on December 31, 2021, the group reported.

KYIV, Nov 21 - The total amount of subsidies intended to compensate household expenses in Ukraine in January-October 2017 amounted to UAH 3.49 billion, which is 8.6% (or UAH 279 million) more than the January-October 2016.

KYIV, Nov 21 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman instructed First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv to make sure state shipbuilding companies affiliated with defense group Ukroboronprom clear wage arrears to workers, the government reported.

KYIV, Nov 20 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a four-year loan in the hryvnia to ProCredit Bank Ukraine for the amount equivalent to $25 million, the EBRD reported.

KYIV, Nov 20 – Consumer confidence of Ukrainians in October 2017 improved by 3.6 points compared with the September figure, to 62.6 after five months of stability, according to a study of GfK Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Oleh Churiy links the gap between the hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market and cash market with "lagging" of the latter in satisfying splashes of demand.