KYIV, Sept. 25 - The U.S. Coast Guard will transfer two former 110-foot Coast Guard ships to Ukraine as the country is seeking to strengthen its naval forces amid escalating tensions with Russia.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie L. Yovanovitch has visited Kharkiv-based public JSC Turboatom, the enterprise's press service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – Agents of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Friday detained the director of LLC Zaporizhia titanium and magnesium combine (ZTMC) as part of an investigation on charges of abuse of office by the combine's top managers, which led to large-scale embezzlement.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – The key objective in the management of coal assets of DTEK private energy holding in the Donbas conflict zone remains logistics, DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – Delta Bank's attempt to buy Universal Bank, a subsidiary of Greek-based Eurobank Group, due to rejection of the move by Ukrainian authorities, Universal Bank said in a report.

KIEV, Sept. 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine has called on commercial banks to give an opportunity to the public to buy cash foreign currency within the administratively imposed restriction (equivalent of UAH 3,000).

KIEV, Sept. 24 - Skhidny Mining (Zhovti Vody, Dnipropetrovsk region) plans in 2013 to supply 1,000 tons of uranium concentrate to National Nuclear Generating Company EnergoAtom, Director General of Skhidny Mining Oleksandr Sorokin told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - Ukraine may increase its quota for imports of coking coal next year, according to a proposal prepared by the government, a person familiar with the plan said Thursday.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine will continue its dialog with the Visa and MasterCard international payment systems on the prospects for the Ukrainian national payment card transactions routing and clearing system, said Natalia Siniavska, the director of IT and payment systems at the NBU.

KIEV, Sept. 25 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny and OstChem Holding Ltd (Cyprus) imported 18.738 billion cubic meters of Russia natural gas worth $7.934 billion in January-July 2012, the State Statistics Service said.