KYIV, Feb 11 - Ukrainian prosecutors on Monday charged a high-ranking local Kherson official over a deadly acid attack on a prominent anti-corruption activist, BBC reported.

KYIV, Feb. 10 – Ukraine’s opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili says he is the victim of an international plot to “squeeze” him out of Ukraine following his vocal criticism of the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko, The Guardian reported.

KYIV, Feb 8 - Kyiv authorities plan to commission two new subway stations of Kyiv Metropoliten - Prospekt Pravdy and Mostytska - within three years, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

KYIV, Feb 8 - The Japanese government will provide free of charge assistance in the amount of $300,000 to Ukraine for the implementation of four health care and education projects.

KIEV, Feb. 9 - Inflation in Ukraine accelerated to 0.9% in January from 0.7% in December, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – The political crisis in Ukraine poses a threat to economic growth in 2016, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said at a meeting with heads of the country's 40 largest banks on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - The International Monetary Fund threatened to cut crucial financial aid to cash-strapped Ukraine Wednesday because of the country's "slow progress" in fighting corruption, AFP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 11 – President Petro Poroshenko has proposed that the heads of banks, their end beneficiaries and other owners be punished by a term of up to five years in prison for making banks insolvent if the financial damage amounts to over UAH 170,000 for the state or creditors.

ISTANBUL, Feb. 11 - Ukraine has asked Russia to agree to a debt restructuring, but Russia is not prepared to reschedule or postpone repayment of the debt, because it is interested in getting back the foreign currency it has invested in Ukrainian eurobonds, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told journalists.

KIEV, Feb. 11 - Ukraine and a team from the International Monetary Fund could reach an agreement on further financial aid for the country's war-battered economy in the next 48 hours even though talks are proving tough, its prime minister said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.