MOSCOW, Nov. 27 - The Russian and Ukrainian energy ministries and heads of state energy companies on Thursday discussed Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine and gas transit further into Europe, the Russian energy ministry said on Thursday.

KYIV, Nov 27 – Ukraine International Airlines (UIA, Kyiv) has completed the reduction of its flight program to save costs and now plans to analyze the economic effect of the cuts, UIA Vice President Serhiy Fomenko said.

KYIV, Nov 27 – The volume of remittances by labor migrants to Ukraine this year is expected to exceed $11 billion, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Oleg Churiy said.

KYIV, Nov 28 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said that an international tender to build a bridge in Zaporizhia has been announced, the Cabinet press service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 28 – Lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky, a member of the Servant of the People Party, has accused the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) of extra strengthening of the hryvnia exchange rate, as there are no grounds for this.

KYIV, Nov 26 – Ukraine in 2022 would increase grain and oilseeds production from 90 million tons in 2018 to 100 million tons, President of the Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) Mykola Horbachev said.

KYIV, Nov 27 – Consumer confidence in Ukraine in October decreased to the level of early 2018, and the downward trend touched all indexes, apart from devaluation expectations.

KYIV, Nov 28 – The supply of imported coal to Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPP) and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) in January-October 2018 amounted to 4.287 million tons, which is 27.2% more than in the same period of 2017 (3.371 million tons).

KYIV, Nov 27 – The escalation of the conflict in the Azov Sea and the introduction of martial law brings largest risks to the fish sector, as well as exports logistics, First Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk has said.

KYIV, Nov 27 – Imposing martial law in 10 regions of the country would entail an additional pressure on the hryvnia exchange rate, but there would not be deep devaluation of the national currency, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.