KIEV, July 20 - The union of milk factories of Ukraine has estimated Ukraine's losses in 2006 from Russia's ban on Ukrainian dairy products since January 2006 at over $300 million, the president of the union, Lidia Karpenko said at the Ukrainian-German milk forum in Kiev on Thursday.

KIEV, July 20 - A central nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine for three out of four of the country's nuclear power plants is being built ahead of schedule, according to Andriy Derkach, president of the national nuclear generating company EnergoAtom.

KIEV, July 20 - The National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom, the operator of Ukraine's nuclear power plants, in January through June increased electricity generation and sales compared to the same period in 2006, and cut operating violations at the country's nuclear power plants.

WARSAW, July 20 - Crude oil from the Caspian Sea region may reach European suppliers before the end of this year, using the Odessa-Brody pipeline and the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline going through Slovakia, Ukrainian Cabinet official Oleksandr Todiychuk said, according to The Wall Street Journal Polska.

KIEV/MOSCOW, July 20 - Ukraine's Interpipe denies it is not holding negotiations on a merger with Russia's Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK).

KIEV, July 20 - Ukraine’s EnergoAtom, the state nuclear power generator, and its Russian counterpart, Rosenergoatom, seek to cooperate in research of safe decommissioning of nuclear power reactors, the government reported Friday.

KIEV, July 20 – Ukraine’s dismal grain harvest, struck by severe drought, may be even poorer than previously expected, Agriculture Policy Minister Yuriy Melnyk said, citing preliminary reports from regions.

KIEV, July 21 ??“ Ukraine will seek to gain ownership of RosUkrEnergo AG, a trader that handles natural gas supplies to the country from Turkmenistan via Russia, the Energy and Fuel Minister said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 21 ??“ Ukraine will build a satellite for Japan and will launch two Japanese satellites into space in October, perhaps leading the way for $1 billion in Japanese investments, President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday.

TOKYO, July 21 - Ukreximbank and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation plan to sign an agreement on $50 millionfive-year loan, a bank official said Wednesday.