KYIV, Nov 8 – The Ukrainian economy continues to recover in 2023 amid ongoing attacks on infrastructure and its growth could reach 3.2% next year and 6.5% in 2025, but the duration and intensity of the war present a considerable risk to the economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund has said.

BRUSSELS, Nov 8 - Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia received positive news on Wednesday about their quests to join the European Union, but countries in the volatile Balkans region that have waited years longer to become members of the world’s biggest trading bloc appeared to slip back in the queue.

KYIV, Nov 8 – The draft state budget of Ukraine for 2024 provides for $41 billion in external financing, of which there is currently no confirmation of the receipt of $29 billion; next year, it will be necessary to look for additional internal sources of income, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said.

KYIV, Nov 9 – The UK will provide a batch of winter equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to help them defend their country in grueling winter conditions, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

WASHINGTON, Nov 9 - America's top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia's military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv's armed forces "probably" suffered a similar level of casualties in the war, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Nov 9 - One of Russia's most prominent officials in Ukraine was killed in a car crash on Wednesday, a further blow to Moscow in the southern Kherson region amid an impending withdrawal of Russian forces.

KYIV, Nov 9 - Russia’s military said Wednesday it will withdraw from the only Ukrainian regional capital it captured, but Kyiv was skeptical and an analyst warned this could be a ruse to lure the country’s forces into a deadly trap.

KYIV, Nov 9 – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) over the weekend delivered to Ukraine 2,930,300 doses of mRNA vaccine from COVID-19 manufactured by Moderna, the Health Ministry of Ukraine said on its website.

KYIV, Nov 9 – Ukraine’s gross domestic product is projected to increase to between $300 billion and $460 billion within the next 10 years, up from $136 billion in 2019, according to the government’s forecast released Friday.

KYIV, Nov 9 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Monday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, and the finance minister, the defense minister and Zelensky’s top aide were also reported to be infected.