KIEV, Oct. 6 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday threatened to veto the 2007 budget unless the government improves budget transparency, increases spending on defense and stops controversial programs that favor particular enterprises.

KYIV, Sept 5 - The first visit of the monitoring mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to one of the Ukrainian electrical substations significantly damaged because of the Russian attack will take place next week.

KYIV, Sept 5 - The Swedish government has approved an additional SEK 500 million ($49 million) to support heating and electricity in Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 5 - Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of a new foreign minister Thursday, two lawmakers said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to breathe fresh life into his administration with the war against Russia poised for what could be a pivotal phase.

KYIV, Sept 7 – For the first time, the United States will transfer to Ukraine assets confiscated from sanctioned Russian oligarchs, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

KYIV, Sept 8 – Over UAH 1 trillion will be allocated to the security and defense sector of Ukraine in 2023, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

"Over UAH 1 trillion next year will be directed to the security and defense sector. This will be the number one priority," Zelensky said in a video statement.

KYIV, Sept 8 - SCM Investment Group on September 7 signed a memorandum with Mariupol City Council on the establishment of a project office and the launch of a project to develop a vision, mission, manifesto, and subsequently a plan for the revival of Mariupol.

KYIV, Sept 8 – The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine does not consider a complete shutdown of all six nuclear power units of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the conditions of its occupation as a priority option, according to the website of the inspectorate.

KYIV, Sept 8 - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the Biden administration ramped up military aid by more than $2.8 billion to Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.

KYIV, Sept 8 - Belarusian authorities drove prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova to the border with Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after she was snatched from the street in Minsk, but she tore up her passport so they could not force her to cross, Reuters reported citing two of her allies.