KYIV, Feb 15 - Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly, together with President and CEO of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Ray Washburne and President of Energoatom Yuriy Nedashkovsky, attended the ceremony on signing documents related to the financing of the construction of the centralized spent nuclear fuel storage facility in Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 15 - The growth of Ukraine's real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 was 2.2% compared to 2.3% in 2016, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade wrote on its Twitter page, with reference to preliminary estimates from the State Statistics Service.

KYIV, Feb 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine has not yet received a package of documents for approval of the acquisition of a large stake in Prominvestbank, the NBU reported.

The NBU said that it is impossible to buy a large stake in a bank without the approval.

KYIV, Feb 19 - Ukrainian coal producers in January 2018 reduced production by 27.3%, or 1.001 million tons, compared to January 2017, to 2.659 million tons, the Energy and Coal Industry has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 19 – Almost 6.3 million hectares (87%) of areas planted with winter grain crops are in good and fair condition, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Maksym Martyniuk has written on his Facebook page.

KYIV, Feb 19 – Ukrzaliznytsia is mulling the possibility of issuing eurobonds in 2018, acting Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov said.

KYIV, Feb 19 - Gas stocks in Ukraine's underground storage facilities have declined by 5.9 billion cubic meters (bcm), to 11.07 bcm since October 24, 2017 when the current heating season began, through February 17, 2018, according to public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – The Ukrainian banking system, other than PrivatBank, will begin to show a profit this year, the National Bank of Ukraine predicted.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – The Ukrainian power grid will be able to stably operate without any blackouts until March 15-20, Ukrenergo head Vsevolod Kovalchuk said.

KIEV, Feb. 16 – President Petro Poroshenko has pointed to the need to immediately start the work to switch thermal power plants (TPP) from using anthracite coal, which is delivered from the occupied areas of Donbas, to gas coal, which is available in areas under government control.