KIEV, Feb. 27 – The cabinet could submit to Parliament by the end of the second quarter a draft law on cutting fuel import duties in order to stabilize the price of fuel.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – The final switch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to a contractual or volunteer basis, increasing the army's military efficiency, and the resolution of the acute social problems of soldiers, could remain an unachievable task, Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha said.

KIEV, Feb. 28 - A day after Ukraine paid most of its 2007 natural gas debts, Russian gas giant Gazprom accused the country of incurring $600 million debt for gas supplied in January and February.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 26 – Kiev and Brussels are considering the issue of the possible exports of electricity in the future, as well as Ukraine's membership in the Union for the Coordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE), Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk and European Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs said in Brussels on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 26 – Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk has called for maintaining an "adequate level of access" for all of the foreign investors to the Ukrainian energy market, while observing state control.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – From 92% to 93% of the winter crops in Ukraine are in good or satisfactory condition, Agriculture Minister Yuriy Melnyk said.

The minister also said this year the sowing campaign started two weeks earlier than last year, due to a warm weather spell.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The closing of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Ukraine is evidence that British government recognizes Ukraine's significant progress in democracy and European integration, British Ambassador to Ukraine Timothy Barrow said at a conference in Kiev."

DAVOS, Jan 28 – The confiscation of $300 billion in frozen Russian assets will give Ukraine the opportunity to win, this is the most important issue for the country today, this opinion was expressed by founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management Bill Browder in a discussion at the Ukrainian House on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

KYIV, Jan 28 - About 90 Patriot missiles from Israel are being sent to Ukraine in a transfer facilitated by the United States, according to a US defense official, CNN reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 - President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the White House on Feb. 9 as the West struggles to provide new aid for Ukraine in the war against Russia, The Associated Press reported.