KIEV, March 9 ??“ The government will reduce 2005 budget deficit to 1.54% of the gross domestic product, down from 10.8%, when the revised budget draft is submitted to Parliament later this month, officials said Wednesday.

BERLIN, March 9 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko proposed Wednesday that Germany join Ukraine and Russia in building a natural gas pipeline that would boost gas supplies from Russia and Central Asia to Europe.

KIEV, March 9 ??“ Former President Leonid Kuchma will be questioned by the Prosecutor General??™s Office in connection with the murder of Heorhiy Gongadze, a television channel reported Wednesday citing a PGO spokesman.

KYIV, Feb 10 – Ukraine possesses mineral resources, but "that does not mean we are giving them away to anyone, not even to our strategic partners," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

PARIS, Feb 10 - President Donald Trump’s senior advisers are expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to discuss the path toward ending Russia’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 10 - Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that Lithuania will supply Ukraine with American Stinger man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and portable thermal imagers, and would continue to increase defense support.

KYIV, Feb 10 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is protesting against Russia's decision to block part of the Black and Azov Seas and the Kerch Strait under the pretext of conducting naval exercises, the ministry said in a statement.

KYIV, Feb 10 - The level of the shadow economy in Ukraine in January-September 2021 amounted to 31% of GDP, which is 1 p.p. less compared to the corresponding period in 2020, the Ministry of Economy said on its website, citing preliminary calculations.

KYIV, Feb 10 – Russia has been putting psychological pressure on Ukraine by accumulating thousands of troops on the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

KYIV, Feb 10 - Russia launched what's being called its largest military exercise since the Cold War on Thursday, holding joint maneuvers with Belarus. The White House said the operation is yet another escalation of tensions along the Ukraine border, NPR reported.