KYIV, Feb 16 – Parliament approved the launch of a nationwide program to provide Ukrainians with drinking water through the development and reconstruction of centralized water supply and sanitation systems in settlements throughout the country in 2022-2026, in total, UAH 28.59 billion will be provided for its implementation from the budgets of all levels.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Integration of the Ukrainian power system with ENTSO-E will allow Ukraine to increase its generating capacity from renewable energy sources (RES) by 5 GW by 2030, according to a press release from DTEK Energy on Thursday, citing CEO Maris Kuniskis.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Autostrada Group of Companies has started the construction of the Yampilsky Bridge in Vinnytsia region, which will connect Ukraine with Moldova.

KYIV, Feb 17 – A group of Chinese investors updated their lawsuit against Ukraine to seek $3.6 billion in damages, up from $3.5 billion, after the authorities have blocked a hostile takeover of aerospace firm Motor Sich.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Three major warehouse complexes near Kyiv will be available on the market in 2021 to help expand logistics real estate offerings in Ukraine, Colliers Ukraine has reported on Wednesday.

KYIV, Feb 17 – Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continue discussing possible ways to overcome problems in the energy sector, acting Minister of Energy Yuriy Vitrenko has said.

WASHINGTON, Feb 17 - Several U.S. Representatives on Wednesday raised pressure on the State Department to share plans on potential sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline Russia is racing to finish to take fuel to Europe. Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 16 – McDonald's Ukraine Ltd. plans to expand a pilot program for sorting waste in restaurant halls to the entire chain in Ukraine by the end of 2021, the company reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Feb 16 – Metinvest B.V. (the Netherlands), the parent company of the Metinvest international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group, increased its share in Pivnichny mining and processing plant (Kryvy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region) up to 100% from 96.8% in 2020.

KYIV, Feb 16 – The NBU's international reserves as of February 16 amounted to $28.5 billion, compared with $28.8 billion at the beginning of the month, head of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine Bohdan Danylyshyn reported.