KIEV. Jan 12 – Odessa Regional State Administration chief Mikheil Saakashvili has dismissed advisor Volodymyr Reznyk, alleging illegal actions committed by him.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - Ukraine said on Wednesday it would launch the first test shipments of goods this week to Kazakhstan that would bypass Russia because of the Kremlin's new trade embargo on Kiev, AFP reported.

MINSK, Jan. 13 - Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed to a new truce deal Wednesday that goes into immediate effect and replaces one broken just hours after its signature at the end of last month, AFP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – Ukrainian Sports and Youth Minister Ihor Zhdanov doubts that EuroBasket 2017 will be held in Ukraine.

"We talked to Volkov [President of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine (BFU) Oleksandr Volkov] about this situation. While we are at war, there will be no EuroBasket for us. For now, holding EuroBasket in Ukraine isn't realistic, as well as doing it in 2017, as it requires money," he said during an Internet conference on xsport.ua website on Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – From February 6 to 8, the Bavarian capital will once again be the focus of the international community, as it hosts the 51st Munich Security Conference.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – President Petro Poroshenko and American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and founder of the Open Society Foundations George Soros met in Kiev on Tuesday, and agreed to continue their dialogue at the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that restrictions on movement of people across the line of clashes in the east will be toughened.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – The National Bank of Ukraine’s monetary policy in 2014 was unacceptable, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

"Last year the central bank financed 40% of consolidated revenues of the national budget. This monetary policy is unacceptable, even in the conditions of hostilities. In 2015, our credit and monetary policy should be more thoughtful," the central bank wrote on its Facebook page, referring to Gontareva, who was speaking at a meeting with bankers on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Estonia, Pavlo Klimkin and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, have discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine and cooperation on European integration.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - A further escalation of the internal and external geopolitical crisis in Ukraine brings a risk of default on external and internal liabilities of the country, Moody's Investors Service has said.