KIEV, Jan. 8 – Legislative support from the Communist Party, an opposition group, helped the pro-Western coalition led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to obtain approval for its 2008 budget draft in Parliament, narrowly meeting the year-end deadline.

KIEV, Jan. 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine steeply hiked a key interest rate from early January in reaction to reports showing the country’s 2007 consumer inflation had reached the highest level in the past seven years.

KYIV, Dec 6 – As of December 1, 2022, Ukraine's international reserves, according to preliminary data, amounted to $27.951 billion (in equivalent), which is 10.7% more than at the beginning of November ($25.244 billion), according to data from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) released on Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec 6 – Transmission system operator Ukrenergo has announced the gradual restoration of the Ukrainian power system after the eighth massive Russian attack on December 5.

KYIV, Dec 6 – Ukraine will need to import natural gas in February-March, given the increase in its use for heat and power generation due to damage of Ukraine's power system by Russian shelling, Lana Zerkal, adviser to the Energy Minister, said.

KYIV, Dec 6 - Drones struck inside Russia’s border with Ukraine on Tuesday in the second day of attacks exposing the vulnerability of some of Moscow’s most important military sites, experts said.

KYIV, Dec 7 – The shortage of electricity, which is observed in the power system due to its damage as a result of shelling by the Russian aggressor, will last until the end of March-mid-April, therefore, Ukraine will pass an autumn-winter period with schedules for limiting consumption, Dmytro Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, said.

KYIV, Dec 7 – The Russian aggressor fired more than 1,000 missiles and shells at Ukraine's energy facilities, as a result of which the power system suffered great damage, nevertheless it retains its integrity, board chairman of NPC Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky says.

KYIV, Dec 7 – In an appeal to the leaders of the G7 and the EU, Ukrainian entrepreneurs expressed concern that Russia could achieve the result of the destruction of the power infrastructure in the coming weeks, and to avoid this, the entrepreneurs are asking for long-range strike weapons.

KYIV, Dec 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will again keep its key policy rate at 25% at its December 8 meeting, most bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday predict.