KYIV, June 13 – Ukrhydroenergo expects to complete the development of the project for the construction of a cofferdam at the Kakhovka reservoir by July 10 this year to start its implementation immediately after the de-occupation of the territory, General Director Ihor Syrota has said.

KYIV, June 13 – Russian occupiers can commit any crime at Zaporizhia NPP at any time, including similar to what occurred at Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP), President of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom Petro Kotin has said.

KYIV, June 13 – The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed on an EU guarantee that will allow the EIB to provide new loans to Ukraine worth EUR 100 million, the EU Delegation to Ukraine said on Tuesday.

KYIV, June 13 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told President Joe Biden at an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday that Ukrainians are “making progress” with their counteroffensive, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, June 14 - Ukraine calls on countries that have imposed restrictions on their own agricultural exports to reduce domestic inflation to refrain from such steps and ensure stable food supplies, while the obvious way to stop rising prices is to stop hostilities in Ukraine, Deputy Economy Minister - Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka said.

KYIV, June 14 – Russia is blocking grain and oilseeds exports from Ukrainian seaports with its warships, thus using the bread blockade as a weapon of war, and its foreign policy methods should be known in other countries, EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said.

KYIV, June 14 – A group of lawmakers suggested that the Verkhovna Rada apply to the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with a request to negotiate with foreign creditors to write off the public external debt.

THE HAGUE, June 14 - The leaders of seven NATO nations from across Europe pledged their support Tuesday for Sweden and Finland’s bids to join the alliance and for providing more heavy weapons to help Ukraine battle Russia.

KYIV, June 14 – President Volodymyr Zelensky considers that the imposition of the same demands on Ukraine by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as for other states is unfair, since there is a war in Donbas in Ukraine.

KYIV, June 14 – JPMorgan analysts said Ukraine will probably receive $3 billion by the end of 2021, as well as an increase in international reserves to $32.5 billion thanks to the excess of foreign exchange inflow over its outflow, growth of foreign exchange reserves by $600 million and additional issue of SDRs by $2.7 billion from the IMF.