MOSCOW, Dec. 7 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has assigned a long-term foreign currency issuer credit ratings of 'B+' to the City of Dnipropetrovsk and 'B+' to the City of Ivano-Frankivsk, in Ukraine (foreign currency BB-/Stable/B; local currency BB/Stable/B; Ukraine national scale uaAA), reads a S&P press release.

BUDAPEST, Dec. 7 - OTP Bank, Hungary's largest bank, said that it is looking for further acquisition opportunities in Ukraine after having lost out in a bid to buy UkrSibbank, the country's fifth-largest bank, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Dec. 6 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said Monday he will take a three-week leave from office as he prepares for a showdown with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in a repeated presidential runoff election Dec. 26.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, during five hours of talks with European mediators Monday, refused to dismiss the government of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, one of the top demands of the democratic opposition.

KIEV, Dec. 7 ??“ The opposition-minded 5th Channel has seen its ratings soar on Ukrainian television since the start of Ukraine's political crisis two weeks ago, as viewers flip over from previously government-controlled state and private stations.

KYIV, Nov 7 – The administration of current U.S. President Joseph Biden plans to "urgently" send $6 billion of the U.S. aid that remained to help Ukraine before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, Politico reports.

KYIV, Nov 7 - President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said it would be "unacceptable" for Europe to offer the Kremlin concessions to halt its invasion of Ukraine, after Moscow demanded the West enter direct talks on ending the war, AFP reported.

KYIV, Nov 7 – The Russian occupiers produce about 100 missiles monthly and have so far accumulated about 800 units that can be used for strikes on the territory of Ukraine in winter, said representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.

KYIV, Nov 7 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is initiating the creation of economic conditions for the import of electricity to compensate for its possible shortage in the Ukrainian energy system in the coming winter.

KYIV, Nov 7 – The decree on the entry into force of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on additional measures to strengthen the stability of the functioning of the energy system and prepare the national economy for work in the autumn-winter period of 2023/2024 was signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.