KYIV, Feb 17 - The American Westinghouse has completed the first stage of the GAP analysis of power units No. 3 and No. 4 of Khmelnytsky NPP, which will allow ensuring their safety at the level of "3+" if these facilities are completed, Energoatom reported citing its head Petro Kotin on Monday.

KYIV, Feb 17 - Ukraine's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 1.5% in January, driven by the construction sector, manufacturing industry, and domestic trade, according to the Ministry of Economy's website.

KYIV, Feb 18 - The opening of IKEA stores in Ukraine is expected in 2025, the date will be officially announced by IKEA, said Dmytro Lashin, COO of the Lavina Mall and Blockbuster Mall trade centers.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Kyiv and Ankara are committed to expanding bilateral trade, setting an ambitious goal to increase mutual trade turnover by more than 1.5 times – from $6.2 billion in 2024 to $10 billion. This was announced by Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko, following a meeting with Turkish Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat.

KYIV, Feb 16 – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has collected evidence on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and his top managers in Ukraine, who supplied raw materials to the Russian Federation for the production of Iskander missiles, the SBU reports.

KYIV, Feb 17 - Analysts from BofA Global Research predict that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will revise inflation towards increase by 50 b.p. in April and another 50 b.p. by the end of the year, according to the BofA survey.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Naftogaz plans to invest $7.3 billion in hydrocarbon production in 2021-2025, boosting reserves by 1.8 times, Chief Operating Officer of the Naftogaz Group Otto Waterlander said.

KYIV, Feb 17 – The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) in Ukraine fell to 60.7 in January, down 5.2 points from December 2020, according to a study of Info Sapiens.

KYIV, Feb 18 – Former President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday acquired the Pershiy television channel for an undisclosed amount of money expanding his television assets as battle intensifies for control over media in Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 17 – National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom plans to increase the annual volume of electricity production to 95 billion kWh in two or three years, while the expected volume of electricity generation this year is 78 billion kWh, acting President of Energoatom Petro Kotin said at the forum Ukraine30 on Wednesday.