KYIV, May 26 – Ukraine suspended air traffic with Belarus beginning on May 26, the corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on Tuesday.

"From 24:00 on May 26, Ukraine stops air communication with Belarus," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on the Telegram channel.

KYIV, May 26 - Ukraine said on Wednesday there had been no progress in NATO's "open-door" policy to Ukrainian membership and does not understand why it was not invited to the Western military alliance's summit, Reuters reported.

KYIV, May 26 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with European and American diplomats, during which he discussed with them the progress of reforms in Ukraine.

KYIV, May 27 – During a telephone conversation, President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen discussed intensifying efforts to supply Ukraine with the required amount of vaccines against COVID-19, the situation in Donbas, as well as cooperation in the Crimean Platform format.

KYIV, May 28 – The presidential offices of Slovakia and Ukraine are working on a declaration recognizing Ukraine's European integration aspirations, said Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger.

KYIV, May 31 - As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic, through Europe and into the Black Sea region, AP reported.

KIEV, June 6 – The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have expressed their support for the government's draft law on reforming the pension system, which the IMF has made a condition of further aid, the Social Policy Ministry reported.

KIEV, June 7 - In a development that is casting doubts on Moscow’s commitment to ending the separatist conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk, Russia is building a massive new military base close to its border with Ukraine.

KIEV, June 7 – Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy has called on President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman to declare Lviv and the villages of Malekhiv and Hrybovychi an environmental disaster area.

KIEV, June 5 – The 2016 national budget will increase defense expenditures, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"No matter how difficult it is, we will have to increase the defense spending in the 2016 budget," Poroshenko said in his annual address to Parliament on Thursday, adding that "the threat of large-scale military activities in Donbas still exists."