KYIV, Aug 19 – Skyrizon Aircraft, a Chinese private company, and Xinwei Technology Group listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange under the terms of agreements with Ukroboronprom state concern will provide Ukraine's aircraft manufacturing industry with grant financing in the amount of $100 million in case of obtaining permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) to purchase more than 50% of shares in PJSC Motor Sich (Zaporizhia), an informed source in the government has told Interfax-Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrtransgaz has redeployed its 9,500 employees involved in the technical operation of the gas transmission system (GTS) to its subsidiary GTS - Transmission System Operator of Ukraine LLC (TSO of Ukraine), UTG press service reported. | More

KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukrtransgaz and Moldovagaz, together with the gas transportation system operators of other countries, have agreed on the necessary technical solutions to create new import capacities based on the south-north trans-Balkan pipeline system (reverse through the Transit-1 pipeline). | More

PARIS, Aug. 20 - French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed changes in Ukraine had bolstered the chances of peace in its east, AFP reported. | More

KYIV, Aug. 20 - Israeli and Ukrainian leaders have come to the defense of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife Sara after she appeared to toss away a piece of bread offered to her at an official Ukrainian welcoming ceremony, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Aug 20 – Asian smartphone brands held 85.2% of the Ukrainian smart phone market in the second quarter of 2019, according to an analytical study of the market of smartphones from Vodafone Retail, a subsidiary of the mobile operator Vodafone Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Aug 20 – Ukrspecexport, part of the Ukroboronprom State Concern, and the Turkish company Baykar Defense are developing a next generation unmanned aerial vehicle Akinci.

"The new generation strike UAV Akinci is being developed in accordance with the requirements of armed conflicts of the 21st century and is intended primarily for both Turkish and Ukrainian armed forces. | More

KYIV, Aug 15 – Ukrainian Power Bridge Company Limited (UPBCL, a consortium of Westinghouse Electric Sweden AB, Polenergia International S.àr.l. and EDF Trading Limited) has been named the winner of a competition to select a private partner for the Ukraine-EU Energy Bridge Project, according to information in the protocol of the commission conducting the competition. | More

KYIV, Aug 15 – The number of plots of land suitable for building cottage estates 5-10 km from Kyiv has decreased by 65% over the past decade, and will continue to decline over the next five to seven years, says Vladislav Kononov, Managing Partner of AVM Development Group. | More

KYIV, Aug. 18 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the traditional bread-and-salt gesture of hospitality from young Ukrainians dressed in embroidered attire after he and his wife Sara landed in Kyiv on Sunday for a two-day visit to Ukraine, RFE/RL reported. | More