MOSCOW, Oct. 17 – Ukraine's enterprises are ready to start the production of the An-124-100 Ruslan transport aircraft, Motor Sich CEO Viacheslav Bohuslayev said.

KIEV, Oct. 17 – The Finance Ministry plans to issue treasury bills worth UAH 2.6 billion in the hryvnia equivalent in 2014, said Halyna Pakhachuk, the director of the department for debt and international financial policy at the ministry.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk has said the best way to implement the project for the rehabilitation of the irrigation systems in Ukraine, which is expected to get financial support through a loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, will be through creating a separate state-run corporation.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – The clauses of a resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine on the expansion of the requirement to sell revenues in foreign currency apply to investment transactions, the Ukrainian Credit-Banking Union said, referring to the explanations of the central bank.

KIEV, Oct. 18 - Ukraine will increase grain output to 80 million metric tons annually by 2020 and will further increase its exports, the agrarian policy and food ministry reported Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – Italy's Eni, France's Electricite de France, Ukraine's state-run ChornomorNaftoGaz and Water of Ukraine LLC plan to develop under a production sharing agreement the oil and gas fields of Subbotina, Abikha, Mayachna and Kavkazka of the Black Sea shelf, the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry reported.

KIEV, Oct. 18 - Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. is considering launching production in Ukraine, said Thrithala Kizhakekalam Muralidharan, the head of the Ukrainian representative office of the company.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny and representatives of Mol Group (Hungary) have discussed the possibility of storing European gas in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities, the state holding reported.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Interpipe, a pipe and wheel company, has plans to put into operation the Dniprostal steel smelting complex (Dnipropetrovsk) in March 2012, Interpipe Chief Executive Officer Oleksandr Kyrychko announced at a press conference in Dnipropetrovsk.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Hydrosila APM (Kirovohrad), the largest axial-piston unit manufacturer in the CIS and part of the Hydrosila Group, says it could stop work completely due to delays with cargo customs clearance at the Odessa maritime merchandise port.

Serhiy Oliynyk, chairman of the company’s trade union committee, said that over 600 employees could be laid off.