KYIV, Aug 9 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to resume the deal under the Black Sea Grain Initiative in an expanded format and called on Western countries to help turn this initiative into the basis of peace between Russia and Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.

KYIV, Aug 9 - Passage of the autumn-winter period of 2023/2024 will resemble the scenario of the last heating season, which took place in conditions of constant massive shelling of the energy system, says Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Industry Research Center (EIR Center).

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 - The Pentagon will provide Ukraine with $200 million in weapons and ammunition to help sustain Kyiv’s counteroffensive as troops on the front lines face significant hurdles against a well-entrenched Russian defense, according to two U.S. officials.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Ukraine cannot fully ensure the safety of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) occupied by Russian troops and requires urgent intervention of international institutions to carry out its complete demilitarization, head of Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Starukh has said.

KYIV, Aug 9 – Holders of approximately 93% of the notional value of outstanding value recovery instrument (VRI) were present at a meeting to approve Ukraine's proposals to defer payments and revise their conditions, and approximately 91% of such holders gave their consent.

KYIV, Aug 9 – After explosions rocked a Russian air base in occupied Crimea Tuesday, Ukrainian government officials warned the blasts were “just the beginning,” and vowed to liberate the territory, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

KYIV, Aug 6 – Ukraine has resumed PCR testing for unvaccinated travelers arriving to the country and has declared it’s mandatory to self-isolate after visiting Russia and India amid growing concerns over the Delta coronavirus strain.

KYIV, Aug 5 – Some 36% of Ukrainians are ready to strengthen the powers of the president by switching to a presidential form of government, according to a sociological study conducted by the Info Sapiens research agency commissioned by the Centre of United Actions in April-May 2021 and presented at the Interfax-Ukraine agency.

KYIV, Aug 9 – During the meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelensky and Joe Biden, which will be held in Washington on August 30, three blocks of issues will be discussed: political, economic and security ones, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

WASHINGTON, Aug 9 - President Biden has appointed close former adviser Amos Hochstein as a State Department energy envoy charged with implementing a U.S.-Germany deal allowing the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to be completed, sources familiar with the decision told Axios.