BRUSSELS, July 28 - Russia wants to strike a short-term deal with Kyiv on gas transit to Europe when the current 10-year agreement expires in order to buy time to complete pipelines that will bypass Ukraine, Reuters reported citing four sources familiar with Russian thinking.

KYIV, July 26 – Bogdan Motors has notified the ambassadors of the G7 countries and the office of the European Business Association (EBA) about "politically motivated actions" in relation to the company's enterprises on the part of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

KYIV, July 25 – Ukraine's former president and European Solidarity Party leader Petro Poroshenko said that he was questioned by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) regarding the sale of the Kyiv-based Kuznya on Rybalsky plant.

KYIV, July 26 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Alfa Smart Agro has been audited and received an ISCC certificate for the supply of corn and rapeseeds to the EU as raw materials for biofuel, the company has said.

KYIV, July 26 – Ukraine within the active development of renewable energy should introduce flexible power generation as quickly as possible, otherwise the power system will not be able to receive about 31% of renewable energy due to physical limitations.

KYIV, July 26 – General Electric (GE) and LongWing Energy SCA (Luxembourg) have formalized debt financing in the amount of $150 million for the first stage of a 98 MW wind plant in Zaporizhia region, GE has said.

KYIV, July 26 – U.S.-based Trident Acquisitions Corp. has been recognized the winner of the tender for the development of the Dolphin hydrocarbon section on the Black Sea shelf on the basis of a production sharing agreement (PSA), company CEO and one of its shareholders Ilya Ponomarev has said.

KYIV, July 26 – The Ukrainian Chemists Union considers it necessary to introduce quotas for imports of fertilizers, which will make it impossible for Russian manufacturers to bypass trade restrictions and load Ukrainian plants at full capacity.

KYIV, July 26 – Three enterprises of Group DF, namely Cherkasy Azot, Rivneazot and Severodonetsk Azot, intend for the autumn sowing campaign of 2019 to supply about 1.7 million tons of nitrogen fertilizers to the Ukrainian market with the domestic market demand being about 1.6 million tons.

KYIV, July 26 – The Cabinet of Ministers will submit to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine proposals for expanding sanctions against 24 enterprises involved in the construction of the Krasnodar Territory-Crimea gas pipeline, illegal production of hydrocarbons within the continental shelf of Ukraine.