KIEV, Oct. 9 – The Ukrainian authorities are doing everything to prepare Ukraine for accession to the EU within three years, Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – Specialists from the European Union will help Ukraine to assess ravages in Donbas, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Volodymyr Hroisman said.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – The National Bank of Ukraine is ready to sell foreign currency from its reserves until the situation on the foreign exchange market completely stabilizes, first deputy NBU head Oleksandr Pysaruk said.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – President Petro Poroshenko introduced Hennadiy Moskal as the new head of Luhansk Regional Administration in Severodonetsk, which is currently performing the functions of the Ukrainian administrative center of Luhansk region, and called on the local authorities to coordinate their actions with the Cabinet of ministers and the army.

KIEV, Oct. 10 – President Petro Poroshenko has announced Serhiy Taruta's dismissal as head of Donetsk Regional Administration and Oleksandr Kikhtenko's appointment in his stead.

MOSCOW, Oct. 12 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in a sign of some tension easing before a key meeting next week.

The troop pullout came before an expected meeting between Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan next week, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 12 - President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday accepted the resignation of his defense minister, who had been under fire since a rout of government forces in the east forced Kiev to call a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), an organization representing over one million Americans of Ukrainian descent, has expressed outrage and strongly condemned Pechersky District Court's sentencing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the UCCA's press service reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to temporarily cancel making copies of ID documents when banks buy currency from the public.

"We permit banks to buy currency from individuals when persons present any ID document.

KIEV, Oct. 12 - Ukraine on Wednesday was temporarily suspended from trading emission units under the Kyoto Protocol amid reported problems with transparency of data gathering, a government agency reported.