KYIV, Jan 16 – Ukrainian Minister of Energy Herman Haluschenko considers the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) site safe for storing reactor cores intended for the completion of reactor 3 and reactor 4. He insists on expediently purchasing them from Bulgaria due to the expiration of the parliament's permission for such a sale on March 11.

KYIV, Jan 16 – Experts from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in their updated macro forecast have worsened their expectations for average annual inflation in 2025 to 12.1% from 8.8% in the previous October forecast, while maintaining their estimate for real GDP growth this year at 3.6%.

KYIV, Jan 16 – Some 84.1% of 302 representatives of the energy sector of Ukraine surveyed by Energy Club support the government project on completion of the power units of Khmelnytsky NPP.

KYIV, Jan 17 – In its Global Economic Prospects published on Friday, the World Bank downgraded its forecast for Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025 to 2% from 6.5% in the June report, but improved it for 2026 to 7% from 5.1%.

KYIV, Jan 17 - Ukraine has already spent about $2.5 billion on completing power units No. 3, 4 of Khmelnytsky NPP, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said.

KYIV, Jan 17 – The Supervisory Board of JSC National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom at its regular meeting after the July inaugural meeting elected Jarek Niewierowicz as its Chair and Michael Elliott Kirst as the Vice Chair, the company has reported.

KYIV, Jan 17 – In 2024, Ukraine increased its goods exports by 15%, reaching $41.7 billion, with agricultural exports contributing $20.9 billion, or 50% of total export revenue. This data was highlighted in a monthly report on Ukraine's wartime economy by the Centre for Economic Strategy (CES) in collaboration with the German Economic Team (GET).

KYIV, Jan 20 – In 2024, Ukraine transported approximately 11.36 million tons of Russian oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, a 16% decrease compared to the previous year.

KYIV, Jan 20 – Since the start of the full-scale invasion, DTEK Energy specialists have restarted thermal power plants (TPPs) from zero 49 times after enemy strikes, with nearly half of these cases occurring in 2024.

KYIV, Jan 20 – The total volume of natural gas reserves in Ukraine's underground gas storage (UGS) facilities stands at 8.9 billion cubic meters (bcm), former Energy Minister Olha Buslavets stated on Facebook late last week.