KIEV, April 29 – Some Ukrainian metals companies could face great difficulties during the current economic crisis due to low prices of metals, shortages of their own raw material base and their large debt burden, according to Serhiy Haida, an analyst from Dragon Capital Investment Company.

KIEV, April 29 – The fall in electricity consumption in Ukraine in the middle of April against the same period in 2008 was 13.7%, while a week earlier the indicator was better, at 12.4%.

KYIV, March 27 – The indicators of the Ukrainian foreign exchange market and the methodology for their calculation correspond to the conditions and needs of the market, at the same time, it is advisable to supplement them with the calculation of the reference value of the hryvnia to euro exchange rate as of 12 o'clock and move on to a unified – daily – list of currencies to establish the official exchange rate hryvnia, this recommendation was made by the Council of Oversight of the Money and FX Market Indicators.

KYIV, March 28 – Two thermal power plants of the DTEK energy holding – Burshtynska and Ladyzhynska (Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia regions) – were severely damaged in an attack by Russian aggressors on the Ukrainian power system on March 22, said DTEK CEO Dmytro Sakharuk.

KYIV, March 25 – The Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA), having analyzed the situation with the partial loss of external power supply to Zaporizhia nuclear power plant due to hostilities in the region, called for the urgent repair of two damaged power lines.

KYIV, March 25 – The Kakhovka HPP, occupied by Russian invaders, is under the operational control of Ukrhydroenergo and continues to work for the needs of the IPS of Ukraine, General Director of the company Ihor Syrota has said.

KYIV, March 25 – Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic have prepared a 10-step plan to support Ukraine and end the war, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said.

KYIV, March 28 – The Ministry of Finance is negotiating with international partners on support in the form of loans and grants in the amount of up to EUR 6 billion, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said.

KYIV, March 27 – The sowing campaign amid quarantine started quite well in all regions of Ukraine, the pace is approximately the same as in 2019, with a slight advance due to early spring, Director General of UkrAgroConsult consulting agency Serhiy Feofilov has said.

KYIV, March 27 – Ukraine’s grain output will probably decline to 72-73 million tons in the 2020/2021 marketing season, down from 74.6 million mt in 2019/2020, due to lack of moisture in the soil, agriculture analysis agency UkrAgroConsult reported Friday.