KIEV, April 8 - The armed conflict in Donbas has caused 1.5 million Ukrainians to face the threat of hunger, according to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).

"Two years of conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the fact that 1.5 million Ukrainians faced the threat of hunger. Some 300,000 people are experiencing severe food shortages and are in need of urgent assistance," the UN News Center reported.

KIEV, April 8 – Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman has promised the ambassadors of the G7 countries to bring Ukraine's laws in nuclear security in line with international standards.

KIEV, April 10 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced his resignation Sunday in the wake of a months-long political crisis that has paralyzed the government and frozen the release of vital Western aid, AFP reported.

KIEV, April 10 – The investigations unit of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has included data in a unified register of pre-trial investigations on a criminal offense committed by Andriy Kliuyev, the former head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration.

WASHINGTON, April 10 – Structural reforms in Ukraine could promote the country's economic growth, as it will give a signal to investors about the efforts of authorities to create a favorable business climate, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Laura Tuck said.

KIEV, April 10 - Parliament passed a law on Thursday to end corruption in government purchases and promote transparency in tenders, a move aimed at helping the country to secure a $14 billion to $18 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

MOSCOW, April 10 - President Vladimir Putin has informed several European leaders about the "critical situation" over Ukraine's natural gas debt and about a possible impact on the transit of gas to Europe, Russian news agencies said on Thursday.

PRAGUE, April 10 - Russia must pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border as a first step to start dialogue over the crisis there, NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 10 - Ukraine will not prosecute pro-Russian separatists who seized government buildings if they surrender their weapons and disperse, the country's president said on Thursday, in a bid to ease a crisis that has stoked fears of the country's break-up, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 9 – The presidential administration expects that the Agreement between Ukraine and EU on visa regime simplification will come into effect in May.