KIEV, March 22 - Ukraine and the United States are preparing to open this May a plant for the disposal of solid rocket fuel and empty engine casings of intercontinental ballistic missiles at the Pavlohrad Chemical Plant (Dnipropetrovsk region), which is one of the key facilities under the program for the disposal of solid rocket fuel of the SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles.

KIEV, March 22 – International donors have already provided EUR 18 million for the implementation of a project for Ukraine's disposal of its stocks of melange, a toxic rocket fuel component, the Foreign Ministry said.

KIEV, March 22 - Ukraine is planning to spend UAH 728.271 million in 2013 on the decommissioning the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the transformation of its Shelter facility into an environmentally safe system.

KIEV, March 25 – As of Monday morning, Ukraine International Airlines has almost fully resumed flights that were canceled on March 24 because of severe weather conditions at Boryspil International Airport outside Kiev.

MOSCOW, March 25 - Ukraine’s plan to buy more gas from Europe and reduce imports from Russia will not work because European prices are rising, Russia’s OAO Gazprom said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 22 – State-run Zaporizhia titanium and magnesium combine (ZTMK) has got a potential investor that is ready to inject $700 million in the enterprise, according to President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, March 22 – Grain exports from Ukraine since the start of the current agricultural year (July-June) came to 14.65 million tons as of March 20, up 73.8% up year-over-year, according to the Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry.

KIEV, March 23 - Parliament is planning to introduce a special taxation regime for software companies.

A total of 336 out of 41 lawmakers registered in the session hall on Thursday supported at first reading the law on amendments to the Tax Code regarding a taxation regime for software industry companies.

KIEV, March 23 - President Viktor Yanukovych ordered the government to come up with a way to lower power tariffs for Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Plant (ZFP) in an attempt to prevent its shutdown next month.

ZFP warned earlier this month its operation was unprofitable and the company may shut down its operation in April unless power tariffs are lowered.

BRUSSELS, March 23 – EU Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger believes that the international financial institutions will be able to make a decision about investing in the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, with the first project coming in June or July.