KYIV, April 5 – President Petro Poroshenko has instructed the Cabinet of Ministers in the shortest possible time to submit to Parliament a draft law on the design and construction of power units Nos. 3 and 4 at Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant (NPP).

KYIV, April 5 – The World Bank has worsened the forecast for the growth of Ukraine's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019 to 2.7% from 2.9%, according to the April review of the World Bank "Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2019: Financial Inclusion."

KYIV, April 5 - The missiles used with the newly modernized Vilkha M system can destroy targets at a twice longer distance than those that the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently have in their inventory, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said following tests at a range in Odesa region on April 4.

KYIV, April 5 - Ukraine's two remaining presidential candidates took highly public alcohol and drug tests on Friday, as part of an escalating series of challenges delivered on social media, NPR reported.

KIEV, April 5 - The fourth tranche of the International Monetary Fund loan under the EFF program in the amount of $1 billion has already come to the account of the National Bank of Ukraine, according to the central bank's website.

KIEV, April 6 – The National Bank of Ukraine again denied media reports that NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva has written a resignation application but confirmed her intention to leave the post.

BRUSSELS, April 6 – In a major foreign policy achievement for Kiev, Ukrainian citizens will soon be able to visit EU countries without first obtaining visas.

MOSCOW, April 4 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law restricting money transfers from Russia to Ukraine using foreign payment systems.

The law was published on the official legal information website on April 4.

The State Duma passed the law on March 22 and the Federation Council passed it on March 29.

KIEV, April 7 – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite has called on the Ukrainian people not to lose hope or question Ukraine's European choice in view of the failed outcome of the Ukraine-EU Association referendum in the Netherlands.

BRUSSELS, April 7 – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was saddened by the results of a Dutch referendum on the Association Agreement between Ukraine and European Union, European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said.