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.

KYIV, March 26 – Ukraine’s five-star hotels record largest losses in the hotel market of Ukraine as a result of coronavirus quarantine, according to a survey of Ukrainian hotel market players conducted by Colliers International (Ukraine) and Vertex Hotel Group.

KYIV, March 26 – Interpipe, a Ukrainian industrial company, announces a possible reduction in product sales in the second and third quarters of this year by 30-50% due to lower oil prices and lower activity of major consumers of oil and gas pipes, as well as an epidemic of coronavirus in the world.

KYIV, March 26 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a telephone conversation with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu have agreed on the protection of Ukrainian citizens in Romania during traffic restrictions and uninterrupted transit of Ukrainian goods through Romanian territory, the Foreign Ministry said.

KYIV, March 28 - Marcopolo Commodities S.A. grain trader (Switzerland) has decided to open its representative office in Ukraine by July in order to improve the efficiency of work of the Black Sea market.