KYIV, Feb 20 - The Ukrainian agricultural sector is 60-70% export-oriented and at the same time export-dependent - this is a reality that world consumption depends on Ukrainian agricultural exports, said First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky.

KYIV, Feb 20 - The volume of natural gas imports to Ukraine will depend on the volume of its own production losses as a result of Russian attacks on gas infrastructure, according to Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Andriy Gerus.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine found a solution regarding the use of Starlink satellite communication systems by Russian occupiers at the front and offered it to SpaceX, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukraine will again offer foreign traders up to 10 billion cubic meters of capacity of its underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in 2024.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukrainian Defense Industry signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the leading company in the development and production of missile systems – MBDA Deutschland, the press service of JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry reported.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The number of bank employees over the last two years decreased by 24,000, or 19.8%, and reached 97,000 at the end of 2023, according to data from a review of the banking sector by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Feb 17 – Although the sentiment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has worsened, 76% of its representatives plan to expand this year, these are the results of the Small Business Sentiment Index survey for 2022, conducted by the European Business Association (EBA) as part of the Unlimit Ukraine project.

KYIV, Feb 20 – Ukraine plans to increase natural gas production to almost 19 billion cubic meters in 2023, Oleksiy Chernyshov, head of the board of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, has said.

KYIV, Feb 20 – In 2022, Ukrnafta reduced oil production with condensate by 8.6% compared to 2021, to 1.37 million tons, the CEO of the company Serhiy Koretsky has said.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The Dolphin Black Sea shelf section, the competition for production sharing agreement (PSA) for which is planned to be announced in March, could be put up for sale divided into several lots, Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel said.