WASHINGTON, Sept 28 - The House late Thursday night overwhelmingly approved $300 million in new aid to Ukraine. The 311-117 vote came after House GOP leaders on Wednesday stripped the Ukraine assistance from a Pentagon funding bill. All “no” votes came from Republicans, The Hill reported.

KYIV, Sept 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed on the signing of an agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the establishment of a project office in the country to provide it with technical and humanitarian assistance in the face of Russian military aggression.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukrainians support accession to the EU and NATO and consider the fifth President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko the most effective in international politics, according to the results of a sociological study conducted by the Socis Center.

KYIV, Sept 28 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) hopes for extension of the program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 6-9 months, Governor of the NBU Kyrylo Shevchenko has stated.

BUDAPEST, Sept 28 - A diplomatic conflict between Hungary and Ukraine deepened on Tuesday when the two countries summoned each other’s ambassadors over Budapest’s decision to sign a long-term contract to purchase Russian gas, something Ukraine considers a blow to its economic and national security interests, AP reported.

KYIV, Sept 28 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) suggested that the government lay more conservative parameters in the national budget for 2021, Deputy Governor of the NBU Dmytro Sologub said.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Ukraine’s large 2021 budget deficit target will most likely to restrict lending to the private sector and will slow down economic growth, Dmytro Sologub, deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), said.

KYIV, Sept 28 – Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov said that over the past five years the number of cybercrimes has increased 2.5 times, and cyberspace has become the fifth area of warfare, in connection with which a large recruitment of specialists is announced to the Cyberpolice.

KYIV, Sept 25 – Ukrainians say corruption is one of the country's biggest problems and most prevalent in the nation's judiciary and parliament.

The findings are based on the results from a monitoring study, dubbed "The State of Corruption in Ukraine," conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) from May through September 2018. Results of the survey were published on KIIS's website on Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 – Russia will play no role in Ukraine’s decision to join NATO alliance despite Moscow’s strong opposition to the move, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday.