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.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – Ukraine has stopped exporting military-purpose products to Russia, Ukraine's Security Service chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.

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.