ASTANA, June 12 – The European Union supports Ukraine in preserving the status of a transit country, but stresses the need for reforms, Deputy Minister of Energy and Coal Industry for European Integration Issues Natalia Boiko said following a meeting with Vice President of the European Commission on Energy Union Maros Sefcovic.

KIEV, June 14 - President Petro Poroshenko is to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington sometime before next month’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, three Ukrainian officials in Kiev and Washington told RFE/RL on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, June 14 - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signaled on Wednesday that the United States could back away from the Minsk agreement to end fighting in Ukraine, telling a congressional hearing the Trump administration does not want to be "handcuffed," Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 11 – The Ad Hoc Committee of Creditors, which represents Ukraine's international commercial creditors, is ready to hold talks with the Finance Ministry on restructuring the country's foreign debts, however the committee sees an obstacle in stance of the ministry, the committee has said in a letter, a copy of which has been sent to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 13 - Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates, AFP reported.

KIEV, June 11 - The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate has lost control over 65 institutions which use ionizing radiation sources in the “Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone."

STRASBOURG, June 14 – The European Union wants to sign the Association Agreement with Ukraine but is waiting for Kiev's actions, and not explanations, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule said.

KIEV, June 14 - Ukraine will be able to significantly reduce its spending on natural gas imports within the next two years as it moves to diversify gas supplies, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Serhiy Arbuzov said.

KIEV, June 14 – Germany and other European governments put pressure on Ukraine in January 2009 by insisting on the quick signing of a controversial natural gas agreement with Russia, Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko said on Thursday.

KIEV, June 14 – Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko has held talks with his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini as part of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Trieste, Italy, on June 10, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.