KYIV, Sept 14 – On Tuesday, September 13, Ukrainian engineers resumed operation of the third backup power line to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Almost 50% of the entire state budget for 2023 will be directed to the security and defense sector, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal has said.

KYIV, Sept 14 – The draft state budget for 2023, which the government approved on Tuesday, is based on a forecast of 4.6% growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) and 37% nominal growth with inflation up to 30% and an average annual exchange rate of UAH 42/$1, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Sept 14 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is considering the possibility of returning its permanent representative to Kyiv, Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund Vladyslav Rashkovan said at a discussion organized by the Centre for Economic Strategy on Tuesday.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Ukraine has signed a memorandum of understanding on suspension of payments on state and state-guaranteed debt with a group of Ukraine's official creditors from the G7 countries and the Paris Club in order to mitigate the economic consequences of Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 14 - Ukraine is likely to accumulate 15 billion cubic meters of natural gas in underground gas storage facilities ahead of the winter, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 14 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched Ukraine’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that highlights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

KYIV, Sept 15 – Europe's demand for the supply of Ukrainian electricity in anticipation of the most difficult heating season ranges from 1,000 to 4,000 MW, but without work in the power grid of the Zaporizhia NPP, it will be extremely difficult to provide it, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 15 – Ukraine received the first payments of EUR 500 million of immediate assistance to address the country's urgent needs under the second package of Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response from the European Investment Bank (EIB) totaling EUR 1.59 billion.

KYIV, Sept 15 – The deficit of the state budget of Ukraine, according to the draft approved by the government on September 13, is estimated at about $38 billion, and the main sources of its financing are planned to be the United States – $18 billion, the IMF and the EU – up to $12 billion each, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.