KIEV, Oct. 12 – Chief of Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office Yuriy Lutsenko said at a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions from EU member states, the United States and Japan on Tuesday that the PGO does not intend to limit the independence of newly formed anti-corruption agencies.

BERLIN, Oct. 12 - Germany played down prospects of a summit with France and Russia on Ukraine taking place soon, after the three countries' leaders discussed the crisis there on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Oct. 12 - Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his government was “forced to defend the Russian speakers” of eastern Ukraine, despite previously denying that Moscow plays any formal role in the conflict in the Donbas regions, Newsweek reported.

KIEV, Oct. 9 – A conference on the development and regulation of gambling business in Ukraine will be held at Hilton hotel (30 Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard) in Kiev on October 13-14, organizer of the Game ON industry initiative for the return of gambling business to Ukraine Glyn Thomas said.

KIEV, Oct. 9 – Ukraine's finance minister has called for the United States, the EU and other international donors to double their financial commitment to the conflict-torn country next year, warning that a $40 billion rescue led by the International Monetary Fund would do too little to guarantee long-term economic stability.

KIEV, Oct. 9 – Following talks, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Ukraine-Kazakhstan Action Plan for 2015-2017 ("Roadmap-5"), which identifies the key vectors of bilateral cooperation for the near future, reads the two presidents' joint statement published on the official website of the Ukrainian president.

KIEV, Oct. 9 - Odessa Port-Side Chemical Plant and the State Property Fund have selected Swiss bank UBS at a tender to select an advisor for the privatization of the company, and 13 candidates have shown their interest in its privatization, fund head Ihor Bilous said.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – A political settlement of the situation in Donbas is only possible if elections are held there, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – President Petro Poroshenko said that the United States will continue to help Ukraine strengthen its defensive capability.

KIEV, Oct. 12 - President Petro Poroshenko warned Monday he had no trust in Russia's Vladimir Putin and urged the army to prepare "for the worst" despite a new truce in the separatist east, AFP reported.