KYIV, Aug 27 - President Petro Poroshenko believes that rapprochement with the European Union and strengthening of Ukraine's economic independence will not allow the Russian Federation to blackmail it.
KYIV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine said two of its soldiers have been killed and six others wounded in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east, RFE/RL reported.
The Defense Ministry said on August 27 that the fighting also left three separatists dead and seven wounded.
KYIV, Aug. 28 – Ukraine seeks to acquire an air defense system from the U.S. in a deal that may be worth over $2.25 billion, Valeriy Chaly, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday.
The deal was discussed earlier this year between President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Donald Trump, and most recently with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton during his trip to Kyiv.
BERLIN, Aug. 28 — The leaders of Germany and France said Monday that despite renewed efforts to bring about a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, the situation “has not significantly improved,” The Associated Press reported.
KYIV, Aug 28 – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko will present the project of completing the Podilsko-Voskresensky Bridge to investors at an investment forum in Germany, Kyiv City State Administration has reported.
BERLIN, Aug. 29 - The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland agreed on Sunday there should be greater international efforts to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters.
KIEV, Aug. 25 – Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski has expressed his regret that Ukraine didn't get the visa-free regime with the EU during his tenure as the ambassador to Kiev.
KIEV, Aug. 25 – The Cabinet of Ministers, Federation of Employers of Ukraine (FEU) and Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (FPSU) have signed a general agreement on regulating the key principles and standards for implementing the social and economic policy and labor relations in the country for 2016-2017.