KYIV, July 17 - The National Telecommunication Networks Operation Center has issued an order, according to which mobile operators must ensure the availability of mobile communication services during 10 hours of lack of power supply, the press service of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 18 – Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada passed a bill on the phased increase of excise duty on motor fuel with 231 votes, MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak reported on Telegram on Thursday.

KYIV, July 18 – The pace of the hryvnia weakening over the past few weeks may create additional risks for the resilience of the foreign exchange (FX) market and, consequently, for price stability, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, July 18 - A boom in the construction of new distributed generation should be expected next year, electricity deficit in winter at average temperatures is expected to be 1.5 GW, which is lower than in July of this year, says advisor to the prime minister, member of the supervisory board of Ukrenergo Yuriy Boiko.

KYIV, July 18 - In conditions of electricity shortages, FDI McDonald's Ukraine Ltd., which is developing the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain in Ukraine, has already equipped more than 70% of restaurants with generators, and also updated production processes, the company's operating director Dmytro Korbut commented on the situation to the Interfax-Ukraine agency.

KYIV, July 18 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Metinvest B.V.'s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'CCC', the agency said on its website.

KYIV, July 20 - Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group has a negative attitude to the decision of the Hungarian government structures to deny it access to the sale of the country's largest steel producer Dunaferr (formerly ISD Dunaferr), which was part of Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD), due to which Hungary lost millions of dollars.

KYIV, July 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has decided to withdraw Sense Bank (formerly Alfa-Bank) from the market and turned to the government with a proposal to nationalize it, NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyy said.

KYIV, July 20 – Ireland's Ryanair, Europe's largest low cost airline, announced its commitment to resume flights to/from Ukraine at low fares within 8 weeks after the opening of Ukrainian airspace and plans to deploy up to 30 new Boeing 737 MAX costing more than $3 billion in Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa.

KYIV, July 20 – Some 30% of the land bank of Nibulon (Mykolaiv), one of the largest operators of the Ukrainian grain market, has been mined, Mykhailo Rizak, the director for government relations and sustainable development of the land trader, said.