KYIV, March 13 - Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that he had travelled into Ukraine to meet Chechen troops attacking Kyiv, Reuters reported.

KYIV, March 13 - Russia escalated attacks in western Ukraine on Sunday with a deadly airstrike on a military base where Ukrainian troops had trained with NATO forces, bringing the conflict closer to Poland and prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to renew his pleas for a no-fly zone, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, March 12 – President Petro Poroshenko has identified the main areas of work of the newly appointed National Security and Defense Council Deputy Secretary Serhiy Kryvonos, in particular, instructed to be decisive in fighting corruption in the defense-industrial complex.

KYIV, March 13 - The impending demise of a Cold War-era arms control treaty has sparked pledges from the leaders of both Ukraine and Russia to develop and field more intermediate-range missiles.

KYIV, March 13 – The draft defense budget of the United States for 2020 may assign $250 million for Ukraine to strengthen the security and defense of the country, the Ukrainian Embassy to the U.S. said.

KYIV, March 12 - Austrian Federal President Alexander van der Bellen and his wife Doris Schmidauer are to make an official visit to Ukraine this week, along with Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl and a large delegation to discuss economic and cultural issues.

KYIV, March 12 – The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new macro-financial assistance (MFA) program for Ukraine worth up to EUR 1 billion to support economic stabilization and structural reforms.

KYIV, March 12 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to insist on the adoption by the Ukrainian authorities of legislation on the Anti-Corruption Court in accordance with the country's obligations under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) cooperation program.

KYIV, March 12 - The European Union pressed Ukraine on Monday to create an independent anti-corruption courts with the power to prosecute and convict officials guilty of state graft, AFP reported.

KYIV, March 12 – Ukraine's Ministry of Information Policy has drawn up a new list of websites with recommendations that they be outlawed in the country, the ministry said in response to a request from Interfax-Ukraine.