KIEV, Feb. 19 ??“ Ukraine??™s Industrial Union of Donbas is in talks with Gazmetall, a Russian iron ore producer, to create the largest producer of steel in the former Soviet Union, a newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, Feb. 19 ??“ Stirol Concern plans to upgrade Stirolbiotech in Tripolie in Kiev region to produce 100,000 tons of bio-ethanol per year from molasses, according to the Board Chairman, MP Mykola Yankovsky.

KIEV, Feb. 19 ??“ One of the world's leading investment groups, Advent International, has won a tender for the sale of a controlling stake in Kiev-based soft drink plant Rosynka.

WARSAW, Feb. 19 - Italian UniCredit's Polish Bank Pekao will inject $50 million into UniCredit Bank Ukraine, the second such equity boost since mid-2006, Pekao said in a press release.

KIEV, Feb. 17 - Azovstal, Ukraine's third largest steel producer, placed a debut issue of $175 mln in five-year Eurobonds at 9.125% annually, the company said in a press release Friday.

WARSAW, Feb. 17 ??“ Some of Ukraine's underground natural gas storage facilities will probably be put under management of an undisclosed company, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 18 - Ukraine is making significant efforts to resume flights from Kyiv and Lviv, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Rostyslav Shurma said at a panel discussion at the Ukraine House in Davos on Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 18 – The telecommunications holding VEON, which owns the largest Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar, assessed the financial consequences of a cyber attack that disabled the Ukrainian operator’s network for eight days: the effect on consolidated annual revenue will be UAH 3.6 billion ($95 million).

KYIV, Jan 18 – According to the updated plan for the return of agricultural land to economic use, taking into account updated data from regional military administrations, 512,000 hectares of farmland are subject to priority inspection, clearance and demining in 2024, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada Office reported.

KYIV, Jan 18 – Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) at the end of 2023 increased the transportation of natural gas from the EU countries and Moldova by 140%, to 4.3 billion cubic meters (in 2022 it was 1.8 billion cubic meters).