KIEV, Nov. 11 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko and tried to get his help on Ukraine's efforts to get redress from the Russians from international organizations, particularly the United Nations.

KIEV, Nov. 11 - The importance of acceleration of granting a visa-free regime to Ukraine and completing the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement was reportedly stressed by Parliament Speaker Andriy Parubiy at a meeting with head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli.

KIEV, Nov. 11 - Citing past praise by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his reforms, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili launched a new political party in Ukraine on Friday to fight corruption, just days after resigning bitterly as a regional governor, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 10 – The International Monetary Fund is ready to help the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) to check property of Ukrainian declarants located abroad, NACP head Natalia Korchak said.

KIEV, Nov. 10 – Ukraine and Denmark have agreed on visa facilitation and on the creation of a joint energy center, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

NEW YORK, Nov. 12 - The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday there needs to be greater international pressure on Russia to abide by a ceasefire in Ukraine, as Russia denied it was a threat to its neighbor, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 12 - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was redeploying troops in the east because of fears that separatists will launch a new military offensive, despite Russia's denials it has sent troops to reinforce the rebels, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – The names of 421 MPs elected at the early parliamentary elections held on October 26 in Ukraine have been published in the official parliamentary newspaper Holos Ukrainy (Voice of Ukraine).

KIEV, Nov. 13 – Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his promise to withdraw troops from the border with Ukraine, where there are currently 39,000 soldiers with weapons and military equipment, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Yuriy Serheyev said.

KIEV, Nov. 13 - Moscow and Kiev accused each other on Thursday of violating a ceasefire and the United States warned Russia the West might punish it further for its "military escalation" of the Ukraine crisis, Reuters reported.