MINSK, March 9 – The visa-free regime between Ukraine and Belarus hasn't changed, but Minsk intends to hold consultations with Kiev over the use of Ukrainian ID cards under the current agreement, Belarus foreign ministry spokesman Dmitry Mironchik told Interfax-West.

BRUSSELS, March 9 - The European Union will extend for a further six months until September sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals over the conflict in Ukraine.

KIEV, March 5 - As of March 16, Russians will be temporarily allowed to enter Ukraine through international and inter-country checkpoints only.

"…To impose temporary restrictions on the crossing of the Ukrainian national border by residents of Russian border regions. As of March 16, 2015, Russian Federation citizens who live in border regions will be allowed to enter Ukraine via international and inter-country checkpoints only, using their foreign travel documents, and to stay in Ukraine up to 90 days during a 180-day period from the date of first entry," according to a Ukrainian Cabinet decree dated March 4.

KIEV, March 5 – Ukraine's international reserves decreased by 12.4% in February, to $5.625 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine.

"Given the fact that Ukraine is expecting a positive decision from the International Monetary Fund on providing a new fiscal aid package on March 11 this year, at present Ukraine's international reserves are sufficient to fulfill its commitments and the government's and the NBU's current operations in a short term," reads the report.

KIEV, March 5 – The Cabinet of Ministers has worsened its macroeconomic forecast for 2015, expecting Ukraine's GDP fall to hit 11.9%.

The corresponding forecast was stipulated in government decree No. 76 of February 14, the text of which is available on the Cabinet website.

KIEV, March 5 – Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavicius has expressed hope that Parliament by March 30 will pass 10 laws which allow receiving $800 million under the Second Development Policy Loan (DPL-II) from the World Bank in April.

BRUSSELS, March 5 – Ukraine continues to accuse Russia of illegally supplying gas to the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.

"In the agreement between Gazprom and Naftogaz the procedure according to which the supplies are provided is clearly defined: how a request for gas volume is made, for which supply lines and by what means they are approved.

MOSCOW, March 6 – The European Union should assume some of the costs of filling underground gas storage facilities in Ukraine if it wants to safeguard itself against a worst-case scenario in the winter, Energy and Coal Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn told The Wall Street Journal.

WASHINGTON, March 9 - The International Monetary Fund's bailout program for Ukraine assumes Kiev will be able to get $15.4 billion from talks with its creditors, according to four sources familiar with the IMF's documents, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 9 - Ukraine accused pro-Russian separatists Monday of using mortars and a tank to fire on government positions near the eastern port of Mariupol in clashes that lasted several hours, violating a nearly month-old ceasefire, AFP reported.