MOSCOW, Oct. 8 - Russia on Tuesday rejected the idea of involving the United States in talks to help resolve the conflict between the Kyiv government and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct. 8 - Slowing inflation and a desire to make bank loans more affordable to industry will prompt Ukraine’s central bank to cut its main interest rate for the fourth time this year, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 4 – Parliament registered a draft law on the ratification of the memorandum of understanding and the credit agreement between Ukraine and the EU regarding macro-financial assistance in the amount of up to EUR 1 billion.

KYIV, Oct. 5 - Andriy Sadovyi, the mayor of Lviv and leader of the Self-Reliance Party, will run in next year’s Ukrainian presidential election, challenging the incumbent, Petro Poroshenko, Politico reported.

KYIV, Oct 5 – Ukraine's former president, Leonid Kuchma, has said in the context of the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project that Ukraine should develop a strong economy, rather than rely on the United States or Europe.

KYIV, Oct 8 – The reformation of the emergency healthcare system that will start in 2019 with a pilot project in five regions will be a priority for the introduction of changes in the healthcare system, the press service of Ukraine's Health Ministry reported.

TBILISI, Oct 8 - Parliamentary Speakers Irakli Kobakhidze of Georgia, Andriy Parubiy of Ukraine and Andrian Candu of Moldova signed a charter of the Interparliamentary Assembly, which has been founded by the parliaments of the three countries, in Tbilisi on Friday.

KYIV, Oct. 8 - Ukraine has opened a series of large-scale air-force exercises with the United States and seven other NATO countries, the Defense Ministry reported Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 7 – National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva, at a monthly meeting with the heads of the largest Ukrainian banks, said that the macroeconomic situation in the country has stabilized and the monetary policy of the regulator has been mitigated, the NBU said on its Facebook page late on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 8 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law which states that February 20, 2014 was the beginning of the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, the president's website has reported.