KYIV, March 11 – President Petro Poroshenko has tasked design bureaus and defense enterprises with developing a high-precision, long-range missile system.

KIEV, March 11 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered the Justice Ministry of Ukraine to send a trailer of the movie "Crimea – Return to the Motherland (also known as 'Crimea. Homeward Bound')" to the Hague Tribunal as it contains materials on the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014.

KIEV, March 12 – The Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry plans to launch the Clean Ukraine national program to recycle waste, Kostiantyn Yarmolenko, an advisor to the Ecology and Natural Resources Minister for international issues, wrote on his Facebook page.

KIEV, March 12 – The Ukrainian government has created the position of national debt management commissioner.

The corresponding decision was formalized by Cabinet of Ministers order No. 88 dated March 11, the transcript of which has been posted on the government's website.

KIEV, March 12 – The outflow of funds from the Ukrainian banking system continues but a positive downward trend has been observed, the National Bank of Ukraine wrote on its Facebook page, referring to assessments made by bankers.

KIEV, March 12 – Ukraine's real GDP is expected to contract by about 5.5% in 2015 with inflation spike to about 27% temporarily in response to the exchange rate depreciation and gas and heating tariff increases, the International Monetary Fund said.

KIEV, March 12 – Ukraine will begin consultations on foreign debt restructuring with creditors on Friday, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

"The ministry's agenda highlights the need to reduce pressure on public finances that the state debt exerts.

KIEV, March 12 – President Petro Poroshenko met a U.S. Congressional delegation in Ukraine and discussed the political and economic reforms in the country, according to a post on the president's website.

KIEV, March 12 - Efforts to restore financial stability in Ukraine face "exceptionally high" risks from further conflict and disgruntled creditors, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 12 - A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would impose strict sanctions on Russians involved in Moscow's intervention in Ukraine, provide aid to the new government in Kiev, and implement reforms of the International Monetary Fund, Reuters reported.