KIEV, Sept. 17 - Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy, a prominent businessman and a former Economy Minister, was Saturday elected the head of Inter Television's Supervisory Council, suggesting he may have become the largest shareholder in Ukraine's largest network.

MOSCOW, Sept. 18 ??“ Ousted Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Sunday night appeared on the Kremlin-controlled NTV Russian television for an interview.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - The Ukrainian government is planning to raise oil and gas royalties in 2006, First Deputy Finance Minister Anatoliy Maksiuta told reporters, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - The largest asset-management company in Ukraine, System Capital Management (based in Donetsk), plans to invest about $4 billion in the development of its basic mining and smelting mills within the next five years, SCM's senior manager Ihor Syry said during a press conference in Donetsk.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Kharkiv-based UkrSibbank announced it has signed a letter of mandate with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank AG London and Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG, to organize a syndicated loan worth $75 million for trade financing, Interfax-Ukraine reproted.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - French natural gas company Gaz de France (GDF) may start storing undisclosed amount of gas in Ukrainian underground gas tanks, according to a preliminary agreement reached earlier this week, a Naftogaz Ukrayiny official said.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The procurement agencies of the Ministry of Defense have signed contracts for the supply of weapons and logistics equipment worth more than UAH 280 billion from the 2024 state budget, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Aug 17 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Kyiv’s allies on Saturday to lift remaining restrictions on using Western weapons to attack targets deeper in Russia, including in Kursk, saying his troops could deprive Moscow “of any ability to advance and cause destruction” if granted sufficient long-range capabilities.

KYIV, Aug 18 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

KYIV, Aug 16 – In August, the Ministry of Finance expects more than $5 billion in external assistance compared to $1.7 billion in July and $4.4 billion in June, the main donor in August will be the United States - $3 billion, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.