KYIV, July 5 - Ukraine, as part of the post-war reconstruction, aims to build 7.1 GW of renewable energy facilities, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said.

KRAMATORSK, July 5 - The governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine’s control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country.

KYIV, July 5 - Ukraine, the United States, Poland and Lithuania will hold a large military exercise in the western part of Ukraine later in July, the Ukrainian military said on Monday, the second round of war games involving Kyiv and foreign partners in a month, Reuters reported.

KYIV, July 3 – Ukraine lifted restrictions on government wages at the end of June following easing of the coronavirus lockdown and in line with an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, officials said.

KYIV, July 3 – Politicians and government figures wanted the central bank to weaken the hryvnia against the U.S. dollar to benefit exporters and to increase inflation targets, said Yakiv Smolii, who last week resigned as the central bank governor.

KYIV, July 5 – Ukraine’s new governor of the central bank will be selected within days and the selected candidate will meet criteria from international donors, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Sunday.

KYIV, July 3 – Some 36% of Ukrainians are satisfied with the activities of President Volodymyr Zelensky, while 52% are not satisfied, according to a survey conducted by the Sociological Group Rating on June 24-28, 2020.

KYIV, July 3 – The Board of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will remain a team and is ready to work further, adhering to the current policy to maintain the stability of the economy in Ukraine, but subject to maintaining their right to make decisions independently, First Deputy Governor of the NBU Kateryna Rozhkova said Thursday.

KYIV, July 3 – Most of Ukrainians see the war with Moscow-backed separatists in Donbas as the country’s biggest problem, followed by low wages and high utility costs, according to a recent opinion poll.

KYIV, July 3 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has proposed introducing criminal liability for smuggling.

According to the information on the Ukrainian parliament's website, relevant bill No. 8543 on amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedural Codes of Ukraine on the criminalization of smuggling of goods was registered in Parliament on Tuesday, but has not yet been included in the parliament's agenda.