KYIV, Dec 21 – The Kyivstar mobile communications operator has launched the Mobile ID service, allowing the digital identification of persons for obtaining e-services using the mobile number.

KYIV, Dec 21 – The Naftogaz Group in 2018 due to debts under public service obligations (PSO) and debts of regional gas suppliers for balancing services to Ukrtransgaz has negative net cash flow and will enter 2019 with the smallest amount of cash on the balance sheet, which complicates purchase of gas in the peak of the heating season, national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Pivdenne, the rocket design bureau, has equipped the its computer center with the most powerful super computer in Ukraine into operation, the press service of the bureau reported on Thursday.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Donbasenergo has signed a contract with Dongfang Electric International Corporation (China) for reconstruction of unit No. 6 of the Sloviansk thermal power plant (TPP) with its division into units 6A and 6B of 330 MW each.

KYIV, Dec 21 – Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Plant (ZFP) could halt from January 1, 2019 over the absence of the approval of the power supply contract by state-owned enterprise (SOE) Energomarket.

KYIV, Dec 21 – The state nuclear power generator Energoatom, U.S.-based Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and U.S.-based Central Storage Safety Project Trust (CSSPT) signed an agreement on a $250 million loan for the construction of a centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility.

KYIV, Dec 21 – The interagency commission for organization of signing and implementing the product sharing agreements (PSA) would soon present three projects at a tender with participation of international bidders aiming to attract an investor, the commission head, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – The expansion of EU export quotas for Ukrainian goods is a top priority for the government, Ukraine's Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – PrivatBank (Dnipro) this past summer became the owner of some assets of its shareholders used as collateral at the National Bank of Ukraine, observing the requirements of the central bank, including the Bukovel ski resort and Boeing planes, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – The National Bank of Ukraine in its address to the government on the nationalization of PrivatBank (Dnipro) proposed to write off liabilities of affiliated persons worth UAH 32 billion, while the Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund managed to write off UAH 29.4 billion, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.