KYIV, Dec 5 – A tender to sell 78.289% stake in Centrenergo was announced long before martial law was introduced in the country, and the Ukrainian government hopes that all six companies that officially declared their plans to buy the stake will take part in the tender, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Oleksandr Saenko said.

"Preparations [for the privatization] was conducted before martial law, applications to the National Commission for Securities and the Stock Market [about intention to buy the stake] were filed before martial law was introduced...