KIEV, July 9 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport but said that the situation in Luhansk region is quiet.

NEW YORK (UN), July 9 – Malaysia on Wednesday circulated a draft UN resolution on establishing an international tribunal that it said would guarantee an independent trial for those behind the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine.

KIEV, July 9 – The Crimea issue remains open for the international community and the occupation of the peninsula by Russia will never be recognized, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KIEV, July 7 – Law enforcers have established that Member of Parliament (Regions Party faction) Oleksiy Azarov, the son of former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, has affiliation to L.A.D.A. Holding Anstalt, and this company's real estate worth about EUR 5 million in Vienna and the Land of Styria was arrested by an Austrian court on the basis of EU sanctions, the Austria Press Agency reported.

KIEV, July 8 - The European Court of Human Rights is considering two lawsuits lodged by Ukraine against Russia due to the events in Crimea and Donbass, whereas other international courts are demanding the preliminary consent of Russia, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

BRUSSELS, July 8 - The European Union has taken note of the latest developments in eastern Ukraine, notably endorsing the retaking of control by the Ukrainian authorities over a number of towns previously held by illegal armed groups.

KIEV, July 9 - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was confident of receiving further aid under a $17 billion IMF bailout but appealed to Western institutions and donors for further cash and credit to rebuild the east, shattered by separatist conflict.

KIEV, July 9 - Ukrainian government forces on Wednesday warned separatists in the eastern town of Donetsk that a plan was now in place to take back the territory they occupy, but defiant rebels reported a steady flow of new recruits who were ready to fight, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 8 – Parliament has adopted a bill on social television and radio broadcasting that is needed for Ukraine to sign an Association Agreement with the EU.

KIEV, July 9 - The judicial and law enforcement systems are the most corrupt spheres in the eyes of Ukrainians, according to the Global Corruption Barometer, a survey conducted by Transparency International and Gallup International Association.