KYIV, Sept 26 – Ukraine is behind in several areas in the fulfillment of the EU Association Agreement, including transportation, environmental policy, intellectual property protection and improvement in customs legislation, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said.

KYIV, Sept. 27 - The top U.S. military commander has said he recommended that the United States provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine to help the country "protect [its] sovereignty" amid a conflict with Russia-backed separatists, RFE/RL reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – Half of Ukrainians are against granting special status to Donbas, according to an opinion poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre for Sociological Research in September.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – Ukraine, which lost three places in the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) published by the World Economic Forum a year ago, has fallen six places more and now ranks 85th among 138 countries.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – Israeli businessmen are interested in the privatization in Ukraine to take place in 2016 and 2017, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – The restoration pace of the Ukrainian economy is predictable and insufficient, IMF Resident Representative Jerome Vacher said.

The economy has achieved macroeconomic stabilization, the IMF sees a gradual improvement of the economy – an increase of 1.5%, as the IMF predicts for 2016, he said. But it’s a moderate recovery and the IMF would like to see a more sustainable one, he said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, Sept. 28 – The missile that downed flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine was transported from Russia, a criminal inquiry revealed Wednesday, announcing about 100 people were being investigated for playing "an active role" in the disaster, AFP reported.

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron in New York City to coordinate positions ahead of a 'Normandy format' meeting due in Paris on October 2, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported.

MOSCOW, Sept. 28 - Russia on Monday said it would close its airspace to Ukrainian airlines from October 25 in reprisal for a ban that Ukraine has slapped on two Russian firms, AFP reported.

KIEV, Sept 28 - Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn indicated on Monday that the price Ukraine was willing to pay Russia for gas supplies in the fourth quarter was less than $228, a price lower than Russia had earlier announced, Reuters reported.