KYIV, Oct 20 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has kept its inflation forecast for 2022 to 30% and expects it to decline to 20.8% in 2023 (against 20.7% in the previous forecast) and to 10% in 2024 (earlier to 9.4%), the press service of the regulator said on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 20 – In connection with the latest Russian terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure facilities, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has included rolling blackouts throughout the country in the upcoming heating season in its macro forecast, but believes that the energy system will generally cope with its passage.

KYIV, Oct 20 – On behalf of President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is actively working with international partners to supply Ukraine with energy equipment that will help overcome the consequences of terrorist attacks by the Russian Federation on life support systems, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, Oct 20 – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier intends to visit Ukraine, his visit is being prepared, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

KYIV, Oct 20 – President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with representatives of the largest U.S. investment company Goldman Sachs during their visit to Kyiv the possibilities of attracting investments for the needs of Ukraine, which arose as a result of Russia's full-scale aggression.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 - The White House said Thursday that Iranian troops are “directly engaged on the ground” in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine’s power stations and other key infrastructure, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Oct 20 - Russian and Ukrainian troops appeared Thursday to be girding for a major battle over the strategic southern industrial port city of Kherson, in a region which Russian President Vladimir Putin has illegally annexed and subjected to martial law.

KYIV, Oct 22 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday defended his idea of running a nation-wide poll on Sunday to learn public opinion on five important issues, but added the poll would not have any legal power.

KYIV, Oct 22 – A conservative estimate by the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture envisages a 3.7% GDP growth in 2020, while under an optimistic scenario - 4.8% growth, Deputy Minister Serhiy Nikolaichuk has said following the preparation of an updated macroeconomic forecast.

KYIV, Oct. 22 - Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Tuesday they had sentenced a journalist to 15 years in prison after a court found him guilty of spying on behalf of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service, Reuters reported.