KYIV, Aug 16 – The share of state-owned banks in the total assets of the banking system in the first half of 2022 increased from 49.8% to 53.4%, including by 1.7 percentage points (p.p.) in the second quarter, according to a review of the banking sector, published by the National Bank.

KYIV, Aug 16 – The war with Russia is turning into a protracted battle of attrition, so it is necessary to reformat economic policy priorities for a long game, including taking decisive measures to reduce the state budget deficit and its non-equity financing, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kyrylo Shevchenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 16 - Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Aug 17 – Ukraine’s armed forces, veterans, volunteers and doctors are four most trusted groups of people in the country, according to a survey by the Social Monitoring Center released on Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 17 - A Ukrainian soldier was killed in the latest attacks launched by pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine’s breakaway east, AFP reported Tuesday citing the country’s military.

KYIV, Aug 17 - Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday he had recalled the ambassador to Belarus for consultations to assess the prospects of further bilateral relations between the two neighbors “in the new reality,” Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The Ukrainian Armed Forces need funding at the level of at least UAH 112 billion in 2019, Chief of the General Staff and Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Viktor Muzhenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 16 - The World Bank at the request of the Ukrainian authorities is preparing a policy-based guarantee (PBG) to support key policy and institutional reforms to promote economic growth, fiscal sustainability, and improved governance.

KYIV, Aug. 16 - Ukrainian prosecutors in the treason trial against ex-President Viktor Yanukovych have asked the court in Kyiv to sentence the pro-Russian former leader to 15 years in prison, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Aug 16 – Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has become a co-owner of the television channel Espreso.TV, according tot information contained in the State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs.