KYIV, June 7 - U.S. President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that he will stand up for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity ahead of a summit between Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.

KYIV, June 8 – Planting one billion trees under the Green Country project in the next three years will require UAH 2 billion, which will be attracted through forestry activities, the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Roman Abramovsky told the Green Deal portal.

KYIV, June 8 – Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said city’s municipal companies have been facing relentless pressure from law enforcement agencies in what may be political pressure and corruption from the central government.

BRUSSELS, June 8 - Russia has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine for political reasons, immediately after announcing the completion of a new pipeline to Germany, EUObserver reported Monday.

KYIV, June 8 – Egypt, according to forecasts, in 2021 will be visited by about 8 million foreign tourists, of which about 1.5 million are Ukrainians, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Ayman Ahmed Mokhtar Elgammal told Interfax-Ukraine in an exclusive interview.

KYIV, June 9 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that integration with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) will open up additional prospects for the development of "green energy" in Ukraine.

KYIV, June 8 – Ukraine is studying the situation with trade restrictions on the part of Belarus and will try to settle it without escalating restrictions, Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka has said.

KYIV, June 9 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba asked Germany to reconsider support for Nord Stream 2 as it potentially threatens Ukraine’s energy security, and asked Bundestag to recognize that famine in Ukraine in 1932-1933 was an act of genocide by the Soviet regime.

KYIV, June 8 - If the presidential elections were held in Ukraine in the near future, 40.9% of Ukrainians surveyed said they would vote for the current head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

KYIV, June 8 – Some 46.1% of Ukrainians believe that the country should strive to join the European Union, 13.1% in the Eurasian Economic Union, while 28.3% do not want Ukraine to join any economic alliances.