KYIV, April 4 – Currently, a quarter of the territory of Ukraine is contaminated with explosive objects, it will be possible to talk about full humanitarian demining only after the end of the war, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko has said.

KYIV, April 4 – The cash expenditures of the general fund of Ukraine's state budget in March decreased to UAH 268 billion from UAH 274.5 billion a month earlier, while revenues – to UAH 164.3 billion from UAH 188.6 billion, such operational data from the State Treasury was reported by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday.

KYIV, April 4 - Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing four people, local authorities said Thursday, as the Kremlin’s forces apparently set in motion their strategy for the coming months of war by escalating the bombardment of civilian areas.

KYIV, April 5 – Minister of Energy Herman Haluschenko and Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany Robert Habeck signed a joint Statement of Intent, expanding the directions of the German-Ukrainian energy partnership with a focus on the development of green technologies and energy recovery.

KYIV, April 5 – The downside scenario with a 10% fall in Ukraine's GDP this year and 2% next year, contained in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), confirms the readiness of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support the country even in the worst-case scenario, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshnyy has said.

KYIV, April 6 – The United States will send experimental weapons to Ukraine to down Iranian and Chinese drones, the Defense One U.S. publication said, citing representatives of government contracting company SAIC.

KYIV, April 6 – A Ukraine's economy is projected to grow by 0.5% this year, following a staggering contraction of 29.2% in 2022, and by 3.5% next year, the World Bank predicts, which expected faster growth in January this year: by 3.3% in 2023 and by 4.1% in 2024.

KYIV, April 6 – Some 79% of all polled Ukrainians are ready to support Ukraine's accession to the European Union, if the referendum were held in the near future, or 92% of those who are going to take part in it, according to the results of an opinion poll conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Centre.

BEIJING, April 6 - Chinese President Xi Jinping showed no sign of changing his position over Russia’s war on Ukraine after talks Thursday with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, POLITICO reported.

KYIV, April 6 – Ukraine needs $14.1 billion for rapid recovery in 2023, according to the recent international assessment of RDNA2, of which $3.3 billion has been allocated from the state budget, while in search of the missing funds, Kyiv is counting on assistance from the Donor Coordination Platform, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said at the second meeting of its steering committee on Wednesday.