KIEV, Aug. 30 ??“ Ukraine will increase international and domestic borrowing next year in order to finance its expanding budget deficit as the government plans massive investment to boost economic growth, the country??™s economic czar said Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 30 ??“ Russia apologized on Monday for keeping two U.S. senators on the way to Kiev waiting for three hours in a Russian airport after border guards expressed concerns about letting the U.S. military flight depart without an inspection of the plane.

KIEV, Aug. 30 - President Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party would score the most at election and jointly with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's group would be able to form the government, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.

KIEV, Aug. 30 ??“ The Socialist Party, one of three groups in the government coalition, Tuesday called for dismissal of the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, alleging a strong hryvnia is hurting the economy.

KIEV, Aug. 30 - Ukraine's gasoline prices rose 3.9% on the week amid reports that at least one oil refinery will continue its stoppage for an extra four months due to high oil prices.

KYIV, July 29 – U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker has named five pillars which "form the building blocks of a strong economic recovery plan for Ukraine" and will put Ukraine on a path to prosperity.

KYIV, July 29 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has implemented four out of the nine steps planned under the third review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of July this year, while the remaining five steps were postponed, the regulator's press service reported in response to a request from Interfax-Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, July 29 - The U.S. will send $1.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine, officials announced on Monday, including an array of munitions for air defense systems, artillery, mortars and anti-tank and anti-ship missiles.

KYIV, July 30 – Western air defense systems, including U.S.-made Patriot, will arrive in Ukraine in the coming months, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting of members of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities from Rivne region.

KYIV, July 30 - Russian forces are inching toward the strategically important city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, threatening a vital Ukrainian supply line as Moscow continues its slow, grinding offensive, CNN reported.