KYIV, July 7 – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has named five ways the Ukrainian government can develop the progress made and where the United States is ready to help Ukraine.

KYIV, July 6 – The increase in the incidence of coronavirus (COVID-19) in European countries and the holiday season are an external threat to the situation with COVID-19 in Ukraine, experts from Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said.

KYIV, July 7 – Finance Minister Volodymyr Marchenko is in Washington trying to persuade the International Monetary Fund to release $700 million in loans before the end of the year, a senior official said Wednesday.

KYIV, July 7 – A dozen Ukrainian citizens who were not allowed to enter Greece on Saturday will return to Ukraine on Tuesday on two Ryanair flights, said Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.

KYIV, July 7 – Analysts of JP Morgan revised their forecast for the reduction in the NBU refinancing rate in the third quarter of 2020 to 5% due to the resignation of the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), Yakiv Smolii, the investment bank reported.

KYIV, July 7 - Ukrainian troops are now allowed to use their new American-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles anywhere in the country and against any party, including against Russian tanks in its eastern Donbas region, as long they do so for purposes of defending themselves, CNN reported.

VATICAN CITY, July 6 - One day after his private audience with Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis met Friday with leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, encouraging them to persevere in hope and prayer amid the conflict in Donbas.

KIEV, July 6 - Ukraine's central bank said on Thursday that the government's delays in passing reforms mean Ukraine will probably receive $3 billion in aid from the International Monetary Fund this year instead of the $4.5 billion originally envisaged, Reuters reported.

WARSAW, July 6 - President Donald Trump on Thursday called on Russia to “cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere” and to end its support for “hostile” governments in Syria and Iran, Politico reported.

KIEV, July 6 – The Finance Ministry will be ready to report on the work of the International Monetary Fund in the nearest future, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said, opening a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev on Wednesday.