KIEV, May 23 ??“ McDonald's Ukraine is planning to almost double the number of its fast-food restaurants to 100 in five to seven years, McDonald's Ukraine Director General Igor Delov has said.

McDonald's ran 57 outlets in 16 cities in Ukraine in early 2007 after investing $93 million since 1997.

"In a period from five to seven years we'll increase the number of restaurants to 100," he told reporters at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday.