KIEV, May 25 ??“ Ukraine??™s budget gap widened by UAH 1.6 billion hryvnias in April to a cumulative UAH 3.2 billion in the first four months as spending continued to outpace revenue, the Economy Ministry reported.

KIEV, May 27 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko may visit Donetsk, the stronghold of a major opposition party, on Tuesday to introduce a recently appointed governor and to ease rising tensions between the region and the central government.

KIEV, May 28 ??“ Three pro-Western parties, which are expected to form the government in Ukraine, made an important progress on a key foreign policy issue of joining NATO, a negotiator said Sunday.

KYIV, April 26 – The Danish government and parliament have agreed to increase military support to Ukraine by another DKK 4.4 billion (EUR 590 million) this year, the press service of the Danish Ministry of Defense has reported.

KYIV, April 26 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a U.S. proposal to use interest earned on $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine could gain broad support from countries concerned about outright asset confiscation, Reuters reports.

KYIV, April 27 - Ukraine’s troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat from three villages in the embattled east, the country’s army chief said Sunday, warning of a worsening battlefield situation as Ukrainian forces wait for much-needed arms from a huge U.S. aid package to reach combat zones.

KYIV, April 28 - The Ukrainian parliament is on track to pass legislation by June 1 to unlock loans from the International Monetary Fund under a $5 billion program, the parliamentary faction chief of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party told Reuters on Wednesday.

KYIV, April 28 – Ukraine may be able to get between $5.5 billion and $8 billion under the Extended Fund Facility lending program from the International Monetary Fund, Ihor Umanskiy, a former finance minister, said.

KYIV, April 28 – The World Bank on Tuesday approved $135 million in financing to help Ukraine fight coronavirus pandemic by upgrading emergency rooms in 40 hospitals along with adding high-tech equipment, the bank reported.

KIEV, April 28 - The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on France to not change its official position on sanctions against Russia.