KIEV, Sept. 19 - Ukraine’s power exports to the European Union will probably increase by 4.5% to 4.83 billion kilowatt-hours in 2008, compared with 4.62 billion kWh exported in 2007, according to a forecast released by the government Friday.

Ukraine is exporting power to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland within the EU, but also to Moldova.

Ukraine plans to supply 2.57 billion kWh of power to Moldova in 2008, down from 2.93 billion kWh exported in 2007, according to the forecast.