ASHGABAT, Oct. 26 ??“ Ukraine, which has been for years seeking to reduce dependence on Russian energy, admitted on Wednesday it will have to secure Russia??™s approval to a plan to double gas imports from Turkmenistan.

MOSCOW, Oct. 26 ??“ Fitch Ratings has affirmed Naftogaz Ukrayiny??™s senior unsecured foreign currency and local currency ratings at 'BB-' (BB minus). The outlook is Stable. At the same time, the agency has also affirmed the 'BB-' (BB minus) rating of Naftogaz's $500 mln loan participations notes maturing in 2009, the agency said in a statement.

LONDON, Oct. 26 -- Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Mittal Steel Company N.V.'s ("MS") ratings at Senior Unsecured 'BBB' and Short-term 'F2'. The Outlook remains Stable.

KYIV, Sept 26 - Transit of Azerbaijani gas through Ukraine to Europe will not protect the Ukrainian gas transportation system from Russian shelling, believes Serhiy Makogon, the general director of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) in 2019-2022.

KYIV, Sept 26 – Naftogaz enterprises plan to produce around 14.7 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2024, according to the group's consolidated financial report for the first six months of the year.

KYIV, Sept 26 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has maintained its 3% GDP growth forecast for Ukraine in 2024, but has lowered it for 2025 from 6% to 4.7%.

KYIV, Sept 25 – Kyiv Court of Appeals has upheld the first-instance court's ruling to detain businessman Ihor Kolomoisky with the alternative of putting up a UAH 509 million bail.

KYIV, Sept 26 – The explosion on the main gas pipeline in Poltava region on Tuesday will not affect domestic gas supplies to Ukrainian consumers, as well as its transit.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Ukrainian insurers can be involved in insurance of military risks, for example, in the so-called secondary military risks or risks inherent in business in Ukraine in the liberated territories, Lesia Burbel, head of the Insurance Regulation Methodology Department of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), has said.

KYIV, Sept 26 - Exports of organic products from Ukraine to the countries of the European Union and Switzerland in January-June 2022 increased by 19.4% compared to the first half of 2021 - up to 160,020 tons from 128,840 tons, this happened despite problems with logistics and the blockade of Ukrainian seaports due to full-scale Russian aggression.