MINSK, Dec. 18 - Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists failed Wednesday to reach an agreement on a prisoner exchange and troops pullback after several hours of tense talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the AP reported.

KYIV, Dec 18 – Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (TSO of Ukraine) and Romania's Transgaz have signed an interconnection agreement meeting European rules to start cooperation from January 1, 2020.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The total volume of imported electricity in November 2019 first since the launch of the new electricity market exceeded the total volume of exported electricity – by 5%, the press service of national energy company Ukrenergo reported.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The adoption of bill No. 2543 on amendments to the conditions of the preliminary power purchase agreements (pre-PPA), which is being discussed in parliament, would result in possible restrictions for electricity generation by nuclear power plants (NPPs) in April-May 2020 in the amount of up to 3GW.

KYIV, Dec 19 – The Energy Community has registered a dispute between the Ministry of Energy and the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) and the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency (EUEA) over upcoming changes to the existing system of guaranteed feed-in tariffs (FIT) in Ukraine, stabilization measures and possible solutions to the crisis of the Ukrainian renewable energy sector (RES).

KYIV, Dec 19 – PrivatBank on December 18, on its third nationalization anniversary, initiated a new $600 million lawsuit in the Tel Aviv District Court in Israel against former owners of the bank and other defenders.

KYIV, Dec 18 – Ukrainian banks in 2018 would likely to see a record profit in the past 10 years, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kateryna Rozhkova said on Monday.

KYIV, Dec 18 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed with the Ukrainian government on a series of new financing operations, in particular, the sides signed an agreement on lending EUR 50 million to finance transport infrastructure improvements throughout the country and a grant of EUR 10 million to finance the implementation of the Ukraine Higher Education Project, the bank has said in a press release.

KYIV, Dec 18 - Ukraine in January-October 2018 decreased consumption of natural gas by 0.8% (by 200 million cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2017, to 24 billion cubic meters.

KYIV, Dec 18 – The Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Tuesday approved resolutions on holding more than 10 open tenders to sign product sharing agreements (PSA).