KYIV, June 17 – A Chinese company that tried to secretly acquire a controlling stake in Ukraine’s aircraft engine manufacturer has strong connections to the Chinese military, South China Morning Post reported Sunday. | More

WASHINGTON, July 15 - The U.S. government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved $250 million in political risk insurance on loans to Naftogaz Ukrayiny towards natural gas imports, OPIC reported Friday. | More

KYIV, June 15 – U.S. Trident Acquisitions Corp organized as special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) held an initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange and raised $201.25 million. | More

MOSCOW, June 14 – Russia has put its naval forces in the Black Sea on heightened alert on Thursday with sources explaining the move by the need to protect the soccer World Cup tournament that gets underway. | More

KYIV, June 14 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny will seek to reverse a ruling by a Swedish appeals court that had recently suspended the Stockholm arbitration court ruling in dispute with Gazprom, the Ukrainian company reported Thursday. | More

BRUSSELS, June 14 - The European Union is seeking a date in early July to mediate talks between Russia and Ukraine over future gas transit to Europe once their contract expires in 2019, the EU’s energy chief told Reuters on Thursday. | More

WASHINGTON, June 13 - An associate of Paul Manafort in 2012 proposed recruiting former politicians from Belgium, Germany and Spain for a covert lobbying effort on behalf of the Ukrainian government, Politico reported Wednesday. | More

KYIV, June 13 – A group of Ukrainian defense companies are seeking $12.7 million investment from the government to start production of advanced helicopters, an industry source said Wednesday. | More

KYIV, June 13 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is preparing the new Ukraine Sustainable Energy Lending Facility (USELF-III) for the amount of EUR 250 million, the bank reported. | More