Discussions underway since January had focused on guaranteeing central bank independence, uprooting corruption, overhauling the judicial system and also ensuring standard corporate governance.

Fitch Ratings confirmed the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) of PrivatBank at “B” with a positive outlook. The stability rating was confirmed at “B”.

VF Ukraine is the second-largest in Ukraine's three mobile operators, accounting for around a 35 percent subscriber share.

The country's revenues from gas exports rose by 56 percent year-on-year to $2.95 billion.

Fitch confirmed Ukreximbank’s resilience rating to “B-“, and the long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) of the state-owned PrivatBank, Oschadbank, Ukreximbank, and Ukrgasbank at “B” with a positive outlook.