KYIV, Oct 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects that if active hostilities with the Russian forces continue through the middle of 2024, the harvest of grain and leguminous crops in the country will decrease (under a pessimistic scenario with a blockade of its ports) to 51.5 million tons per 2023 (40% less compared to 2021), and to 52.5 million tons in 2024 (38.7% less).

KYIV, Oct 28 – The amount of funding Ukraine has received from international partners to cover the state budget deficit amounted to $23.12 billion between Feb. 24 and Oct. 26, the Ministry of Finance reported. The amount is 65% of the pledged assistance of $36.959 billion.

KYIV, Oct 30 - Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what U.S. President Joe Biden called a “really outrageous” act.

KYIV, Oct 28 – Ukraine’s economy will probably shrink 35.6% on the year in the fourth quarter, accelerating from 34.4% contraction recorded in the third quarter, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Oct 28 - The World Bank has established a new trust fund for the purposes of the priority recovery of Ukraine - Ukraine Recovery Trust Fund (URTF) – and has begun structuring the first three projects for financing through this fund, Roman Kachur, World Bank Alternate Executive Director for Ukraine, told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 29 – Delegations of Ukraine and the European Commission following the regular trilateral meeting on gas issues including Russia in Brussels presented the common position over a contract on Russian gas transit through Ukraine starting from January 1, 2020, the Foreign Ministry reported.

KYIV, Oct 29 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Tuesday that economic reforms and deregulation started by his government will result in faster economic expansion in 2020.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 - A White House National Security Council official who listened to President Donald Trump's July call with the Ukrainian president told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that he was so "concerned" by Trump's comments he reported his concerns to a White House lawyer, ABC News reported.

KYIV, Oct. 29 - Ukraine's military said the withdrawal of government and Russian-backed rebel troops started on Tuesday in Zolote, a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct 28 – Ukraine will be able to sell state assets in the spirit sector after lawmakers approve legislation on de-monopolization of the industry next week, a top official at President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said Monday.