WASHINGTON, May 27 - Two U.S. senators said on Wednesday they could draft further sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline if Moscow finishes laying pipes for the project, Reuters reported.

KYIV, May 27 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in telephone talk with President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev has offered to draw more attention to the work of GUAM (Organization for Democracy and Economic Development) with the participation of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.

KYIV, May 28 – The High Land Court of Oldenburg, Germany on Wednesday denied the extradition to Ukraine of former member of parliament Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Deutsche Welle has reported.

KYIV, May 28 – The government plan to stimulate the economy to overcome the consequences of COVID-19 contains a number of clearly protectionist measures that are unlikely to lead the economy out of the crisis, said Professor at Columbia University Willem Buiter.

WASHINGTON, May 28 - The Pentagon has notified Congress that Ukraine's government has made the necessary progress on key institutional reforms, thereby justifying an additional $125 million in new military assistance, CNN reported Thursday.

BRUSSELS, May 27 – The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague (the Netherlands) from June 10 to June 14 will hold the first hearings in a dispute between Ukraine and Russia regarding Moscow's violation of international maritime law in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait to determine jurisdiction.

KYIV, May 27 – President Volodymyr Zelensky relies on attracting investment to accelerate economic growth, which will become impossible if default is announced, Zelensky's advisor on macroeconomic policy, Executive Director of the Bleyzer Foundation Oleg Ustenko has said.

KYIV, May 28 – Ukraine's new president has given citizenship back to former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili almost two years after it was removed, BBC reported Tuesday.

KYIV, May 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said inflation pressure has weakened, but the central bank decided to retain the refinancing rate at the previous level – 17% per annum.

WARSAW, May 28 - Five ex-presidents from Poland and Ukraine have issued a joint appeal for reconciliation between their countries amid growing nationalism and provocations from Russia that have strained their relations, RFE/RL reported.