KIEV, Jan. 18 ??“ LG International Corp, a South Korean engineering group, signed a preliminary agreement Tuesday calling for $1.7 billion modernization of UkrTatNafta, Ukraine??™s largest oil refinery, company officials said.

KYIV, Dec 18 – Ukrainian communities nationwide continue to install and activate energy equipment provided by international partners for the heating season, with over 50% of the supplied equipment already in operation.

KYIV, Dec 18 – International rating agency Fitch affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy at 'CC', Naftogaz reported.

KYIV, Dec 18 - Decarbonization Fund of Ukraine, which began financing energy efficiency and renewable energy development activities in September 2024, as of December 15, has financed 16 projects for UAH 178.9 million, 17 projects for UAH 268 million are in progress, said head of the board Olesia Mischenko.

KYIV, Dec 18 – The former CEO of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU), Serhiy Makohon, has advised Naftogaz Ukrainy to begin importing natural gas in January 2025 to avoid depleting gas storage facilities during the peak winter months.

KYIV, Dec 15 – Thirteen containers with spent nuclear fuel have already been placed into the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF), the pilot operation of which began in 2023, acting Chairman of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) Oleh Korikov has said.

KYIV, Dec 15 – Some 24% of participants in the survey of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (AmCham) expect the end of the war in 2024, while 40% believe that it will end in 2025, 17% – in five years, and the rest chose a different answer, the chamber said in a press release on Friday.

KYIV, Dec 16 – The International Financial Corporation (IFC) has announced a new $2 billion bailout package to help boost the vitality of the Ukrainian private sector and support the well-being of Ukrainians in response to Russia's invasion of the country.

KYIV, Dec 17 – The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has tripled its portfolio of projects in Ukraine over the past two years and is currently working on at least 17 projects, BSTDB President Dmytro Pankin said.

KYIV, Dec 17 – Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Group has refuted claims of involvement in the control of assets in Crimea.

"We are addressing all mass media, which have published or cited the article 'Unrecognised Children's Camp,' with a demand to refute any involvement of SCM in the control over the assets located in Crimea. SCM continues exercising every available remedy to defend our property rights in international courts and arbitration institutions," SCM said in a statement.