KYIV, May 10 - Ukraine will seek to prevent Russia from using the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as an element of a hybrid war both against Kyiv and against Europe, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KYIV, May 11 – Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli urged Ukraine to continue the fight against corruption to attract foreign investment and accelerate economic growth.

KYIV, May 10 – President Petro Poroshenko disclosed the results of his talks with the leaders of European countries and European Council President Donald Tusk, which were held in Aachen, Germany, the presidential press service reported.

KYIV, May 12 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said she was deeply concerned by repeated breaches of a ceasefire between government forces and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, AFP reported.

KIEV, May 12 - Members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) conducting round-the-clock monitoring at the Gukovo and Donetsk border checkpoints have reported intense truck and rail traffic in both directions.

KIEV, May 13 – NATO trust funds which were set up in September 2014 will bring the Ukrainian Armed Forces in line with NATO standards within two years, according to information obtained by Interfax-Ukraine from a NATO source.

BERLIN, May 13 - The Minsk agreement is a "pseudo-ceasefire," President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview on German television channel ZDF aired on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, May 12 – NATO could help Ukraine to strengthen its defense reforms and the protection of critical infrastructure, and NATO's greatest responsibility is to protect and defend the populations and territories of its members, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Poland on May 8.

KIEV, May 12 – Ukraine is ready to provide the financing of coal companies in 2014 in full, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said at a briefing in Kiev.

"We have funds to fully cover the operation of the coal sector in 2014," the minister said.

KIEV, May 12 – Ukraine's GDP will drop by 6.5% in 2014, according to the International Center for Policy Studies.

"The drop in Ukraine’s GDP will be 6.5% in 2014 [taking into account Crimea in the study] If we take into account the annexation of Crimea, and remove the contribution of Crimea in GDP [the regional contribution of Crimea in Ukraine's GDP is 3.7% on average], GDP will drop to over 10%," reads a report on the center's Web site.