KYIV, Nov. 6 - The Ukrainian economy lost about $1 trillion in unrealized potential over the past 10 years due to rampant corruption, stalled economic reforms and poor governance, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday.

KYIV, Nov. 7 – The U.S. assured Ukraine on Thursday that it will continue supporting its military through supplies of hardware, training and holding joint exercises, the U.S. Department of Defense said in statement.

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 - U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the “regime” of former President Barack Obama for Ukraine’s loss of its Crimean Peninsula, which was seized and annexed by Russia in 2014, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Nov 7 – Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy has met with a group of experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by the head of the IMF's Mission to Ukraine Ron Van Rooden to discuss the prospects for adopting the state budget of Ukraine for 2019.

KYIV, Nov 8 – President Petro Poroshenko and European Commission Vice-President for Euro and Social Dialogue, Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Valdis Dombrovskis have discussed the implementation of all six conditions by Ukraine to receive a first tranche of macrofinancial assistance from the European Union in the amount of EUR 500 million.

KYIV, Nov 8 – Ukraine asked China to consider negotiations over free trade agreement in a bid to boost economic cooperation between the two nations, First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv said.

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 - The U.S. imposed sanctions Thursday on three men and nine entities, including a luxury hotel on the Black Sea, as it seeks to increase pressure on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea and human rights abuses in Ukraine, the Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Nov. 7 – Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili said Tuesday he had received confirmation from the Ukrainian authorities that his stay in the country is legal, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Nov 6 – A resolution is likely to be adopted next week in the European Parliament with recommendations for the Eastern Partnership summit, which will include an article on the so-called 'Marshall Plan' for Ukraine, the former prime minister of Lithuania, a current member of the Seimas, Andrius Kubilius, said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - A new round of violence in Ukraine could lead to a chlorine gas disaster in the country, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s team warned Tuesday, Washington Examiner reported.