KYIV, Aug 1 – The Moldovan parliament has approved an agreement with Ukraine on the construction of the Yampilsky bridge across the Dniester River, the project cost is about EUR60 million, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spinu said on his Facebook page.

KYIV, Aug 1 – The authorities plan to add 2.9 GW of capacity to the power system by December 2023, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

"We are preparing for winter and restoring the energy sector: generation, distribution networks, thermal power plants, combined heat and power plants, boiler houses. By December, we plan to add 2.9 GW of capacity to the power system," Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 1 - Poland’s government said that two Belarusian helicopters entered Poland’s airspace on Tuesday, an incident that comes amid rising tensions along the NATO member’s border with the Russian ally.

KYIV, Aug 2 – The real growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product in 2023 may be up to 5%, but, given the existing risks, the Ministry of Economy still conservatively keeps the growth forecast at 2.8%, Director of the Department for Strategic Planning and Macroeconomic Forecasting of the Ministry of Economy Natalia Horshkova has said.

UZHGOROD, Aug 2 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine's goal is to make its defense industry one of the strongest in Europe and noted that a strong diplomatic support is needed for this.

KYIV, Aug 2 - Russian drones on Wednesday hit a Ukrainian port city along the border with Romania, causing significant damage and a huge fire at facilities that are key to Ukrainian grain exports.

KYIV, July 31 – Iran has joined the negotiation process to establish all the circumstances under which the plane of Ukraine International Airlines was shot down on January 8, to bring all those responsible to justice and to pay all the necessary compensations, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, July 31 – Real GDP declined by approximately 11% year-over-year in Q2 2020, according to estimates of the National Bank of Ukraine outlined in its inflation report posted on its website on Thursday.

KYIV, July 31 – Ukraine is not included in the updated list of third countries, whose residents are allowed to enter the EU in context of the coronavirus pandemic, says the publication of the EU Council.

KYIV, Aug. 1 - Health officials in Ukraine, which has seen a spike in coronavirus cases this week, said on Saturday the outbreak could cause the nation’s death toll to reach 4,000, more than double the current fatalities, Reuters reported.