KYIV, March 7 – Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has said Russian troops are trying to concentrate forces and resources for a new wave of attacks.

WASHINGTON, March 8 - U.S. intelligence leaders on Tuesday floated the idea that Vladimir Putin may seek an exit from Ukraine if his war effort continues to stall, but that escalation of the conflict is likely to happen before the Russian president considers ending his attacks.

WASHINGTON, March 8 - President Biden banned imported oil and other energy sources from Russia to punish the country as it intensified its military campaign in Ukraine, a move that will add pressure to already record U.S. gasoline prices and the economic recovery, The Wall Street Journal reported.

WARSAW, March 8 - The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland’s offer to give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, in a rare public display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters while avoiding getting caught up in a wider war with Russia, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, March 5 – New missile boats for the Ukrainian Navy will be designed in the UK as part of a previously signed memorandum on re-equipping the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Defense Attache at the British Embassy Tim Woods said.

KYIV, March 9 - Ukraine has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac, Reuters reported Tuesday citing the health ministry.

Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Lekhim - one of Sinovac’s partners - has an agreement with the manufacturer to deliver 5 million doses of the vaccine in Ukraine, including 1.9 million via a state procurement scheme.

KYIV, March 5 – The Verkhovna Rada has ratified a framework agreement between the governments of Ukraine and France on the official support for the strengthening of maritime security and coast guard in Ukraine.

KYIV, March 9 - The trial has opened in the Netherlands of three Russians and a Ukrainian - still at large - for the murder of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, shot down over Ukraine in 2014, BBC reported.

KIEV, March 7 - Ukraine's losses due to the blockade of trade in coal with occupied Donbas are between UAH 2 billion and UAH 4 billion, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

BERLIN, March 9 - Germany wants the Nord Stream-2 project to be implemented, but it also sees the need to ensure the reliability of gas transit through Ukraine and gas supplies to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.