KYIV, Aug 21 – Power consumption in Ukraine in January-July decreased by 0.4% over the same period of 2018 to 88.16 billion kWh, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 21 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has recommended former CEO of Smart-Holding Oleksiy Timofeyev, one of the most successful managers in Ukraine, as Director General of defense group Ukroboronprom.

KYIV, Aug 21 – Expanding the agreement on a free trade zone (FTA) in the service sector between Ukraine and Israel will facilitate the purchase of Ukrainian IT services by the Israeli companies, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Israel-Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yevhen Shulhin said.

KYIV, Aug 21 – Large state monopolies such as Ukrzaliznytsia and Naftogaz should be broken up and sold off, presidential advisor on economic issues and Bleyzer Foundation executive director Oleh Ustenko said.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Burisma Group, which is controlled by businessman Mykola Zlochevsky, has discovered a new gas deposit in Kharkiv region (Veselkova field), the company's press service said.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Ukraine's state-owned Ukroboronprom Concern has begun shipments of serially produced 152mm artillery rounds to Ukraine's Armed Forces, plans to provide up to 360,000 rounds annually.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Ukraine intends to obtain Island-class coast guard boats from the United States for use in the Black Sea, Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly has said.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Ukraine and the United States share the view that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project has political objectives and its implementation needs to be opposed, Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly said.

KYIV, Aug 20 – Ukrainian aircraft engine producer Motor Sich said Russia's unfair competition is behind criticism expressed in an article published by The Washington Times about the company's cooperation with China, and in particular, the supply of AI-222 aircraft engines for Chinese JL-10 jet trainers.

KYIV, Aug 21 – The Ukrainian consumer confidence index in July 2018 dropped by 3.8 points, to 61.8 (on a scale of zero to 200) compared to June 2018, ending its four months' growth, however, the index increased 3.3 points year-over-year, according to monthly research by GfK Ukraine.