KYIV, July 16 – It will take at least three years to restore the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (Dnipro HPP) in Zaporizhia, which was shelled by the Russians on the night of June 1, 2024, Ihor Syrota, General Director of PrJSC Ukrhydroenergo, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 16 – The largest Ukrainian hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) are reliably protected from attacks from outside, and the scenario of destruction by Russian troops of the Kyiv and Kaniv hydroelectric power plants is highly unlikely, Ihor Syrota, General Director of PrJSC Ukrhydroenergo, said in an interview with Forbes Ukraine on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 15 – The U.S. Department of Commerce has canceled the agreement signed with Interpipe in July 2014 and later extended to suspend the antidumping investigation regarding pipes in exchange for price commitments in terms of the supply of these products to the country.

KYIV, July 15 – The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods in January-May 2019 increased by 27.4% compared with January-May 2018, to $2.63 billion, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, July 16 – Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has announced the cancellation of some of flights from Kyiv from August 3 to August 20, 2019, over delays in the delivery of aircraft.

SIMFEROPOL, July 16 - The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has requested additional information regarding the dispute between Ukraine and Crimea's museums over the so-called Scythian gold and may issue a final judgment in the case in 6 to 9 months' time.

KYIV, July 16 – The successful placement of eurobonds by Naftogaz Ukrayiny for a total of over $1 billion will allow the company to both acquire the necessary volumes of natural gas for its injection into underground gas storage facilities and transfer the full amount of dividends to the national budget.

KYIV, July 16 – Turboatom has completely replaced Power Machines (the Russian Federation) from the segment of supply of turbine equipment for Energoatom, Viktor Subotin, the director general of the company, has said, when commissioning reconstructed hydraulic unit No. 2 at Kyiv hydroelectric pumped storage power plant in Vyshgorod (Kyiv region).

KYIV, July 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in July might reduce the refinancing rate by at least 0.5 percentage points (p.p.), to 17% per annum, bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine believe.

KYIV, July 17 – Energoatom, which was obliged by the government to sell 90% of generated electricity outside the competitive market with the launch of a new model of the electricity market on July 1, is ready to increase supplies to the biggest industrial consumers complaining about power rates hikes, Energoatom President Yuriy Nedashkovsky said.