KIEV, Aug. 7 ??“ A newly created government team will travel to Moscow this week for talks with Russia to solve ???problematic issues??? with natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Sunday.

KIEV, Aug. 6 ??“ Ukrainian sugar producers, fearing a price slump amid the government??™s plans to allow massive imports, met Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Saturday to strike a deal that had left all parties happy.

KIEV, Aug. 5 ??“ The International Monetary Fund is ready to render support to Ukraine and the Ukrainian government on the reforms that have started in the country, IMF Managing Director Rodrigo de Rato said.

KIEV, Aug. 5 - Ukrainian consumer prices rose 0.3% in July from the previous month, led by prices charged for services, the State Statistics Committee reported.

LUGANO, July 6 - Assistance to the agricultural sector of Ukraine with the storage and export of crops and a new sowing campaign, as well as participation in the preparation of the country for the upcoming difficult heating season due to the war, are among the main priorities of the World Bank, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji said.

KYIV, July 6 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has held a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to thank the Irish partners for joining the common declaration adopted following the Conference on the Restoration of Ukraine in Lugano.

KYIV, July 6 - Ukraine has so far staved off any major Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday.

KYIV, July 7 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with U.S. senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal in Kyiv on Thursday, sought support of the U.S. Congress for supplies of air defense systems to Ukraine.

KYIV, July 7 - President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday that Ukraine is unwilling to cede any of its land to Russia, standing firm that a concession of Ukrainian territory won't be part of any diplomatic negotiations to end the war, CNN reported.

KYIV, July 7 – Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko took part in the ceremony of raising the Ukrainian flag at the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence in Vilnius on Wednesday, the press service of the department said.