KIEV, Sept. 14 - Ukraine’s third-largest producer of ammonia, Azot Severodonetsk Amalgamation, on Friday shut its methanol unit following an explosion that destroyed a wall and injured a worker, the emergency ministry reported.

KYIV, Aug 9 – The transit of oil and gas from the Russian Federation through the territory of Ukraine enables the Russian military machine to operate, and accordingly, this must be stopped, head of the President's Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak said.

KYIV, Aug 9 – After law enforcement agencies halted the operations of illegal or semi-legal cigarette factories, revenue from excise taxes to the state budget increased by 33.6%, reaching UAH 4.6 billion in June-July, reported Yaroslav Zhelezniak, a member of parliament from the Holos party.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Consumer price growth in Ukraine dropped to zero in July 2024, following a surge to 2.2% in June from 0.6% in May, the State Statistics Service reported on Friday.

KYIV, Aug 12 – The probable cause of the fire at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) could be the negligence of Russian occupiers or deliberate arson, but no violations of safety boundaries or conditions of safe operation have been detected, according to the state-owned Energoatom.

KYIV, Aug 12 – Naftogaz is continuously working to enhance the protection of Ukraine's underground gas storage (UGS) facilities, according to a statement from the company's press service, citing the head of the group, Oleksiy Chernyshov.

KYIV, Aug 12 – The Group of Creditors of Ukraine (GCU) welcomes the agreement in principle reached between Ukraine and its bondholders (ad hoc creditor committee) on Eurobond Debt Restructuring Terms, according to a posting on the website of Canada's Department of Finance.

KYIV, Aug 13 - In its August report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) increased the forecast for the wheat crop in Ukraine in the 2024/2025 marketing year (MY, July 2024/June 2025) by 10.8% - to 21.6 million tons, and exports - by 7.7%, to 14 million tons.

KYIV, Aug 13 – The growth rate of foreign currency loans to legal entities in July for the first time since October last year exceeded the growth rate of hryvnia loans: 1.8%, respectively, to $6 billion and 1.1%, to UAH 557.57 billion, according to statistics from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, Aug 13 – The implementation of the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, approved by the government, requires $20 billion in investments, according to the Ministry of Energy.