MOSCOW, Aug. 28 – Croatia is planning to supply 14 Mi-8MTV-1 military transport helicopters to Ukraine’s armed forces to support Kiev's ongoing military operation against Russia-backed separatists in the country’s eastern part, the U.S. Defense News portal reported, referring to Croatian daily Jutarnji List.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - In a desperate attempt to shore up Ukraine's currency, the country's Finance Ministry will sell $340 million to the National Bank of Ukraine to replenish Ukraine's foreign currency reserves, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

FRANKFURT, Aug 28 - European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Thursday the bloc was seeking to fill its gas storage facilities and de-escalate a row between Ukraine and Russia in order to safeguard its own gas shipments from Russia in the 2014/15 winter, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine's president said on Thursday that Russian troops had entered his country in support of pro-Moscow rebels who captured a key coastal town, sharply escalating a separatist war and prompting anger and alarm among Kiev's Western allies, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Aug. 26 – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has proposed the establishment of an international fund to support Ukraine's economy.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - The Foreign Ministry believes that before making a decision on the sending of humanitarian aid from Russia it is necessary to hold consultations with the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the trilateral contact group and the OSCE.

SIMFEROPOL, Aug. 27 – Mejlis, the representative body of the Crimean Tatar people, has said that the current Crimean authorities continue to violate human rights and the rights of the Crimean Tatars on a large scale.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 28 – The Ukrainian authorities are exerting every effort to make possible the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union this autumn at the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Kliuyev said in Brussels on Tuesday after a meeting with European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 28 – Any pressure on Ukraine related to its desire to sign the Association Agreement with the European Union is unacceptable, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said during talks with National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Kliuyev in Brussels.

KIEV, Aug. 28 – Ukraine will not drop its plans to sign free trade and political association agreements with the European Union despite Russia’s threats to impose trade restrictions, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday.