BRUSSELS, Sept 5 - Ukraine’s prime minister on Monday urged the European Union to stand firm against Russian energy “blackmail” and appealed for more weapons, including aircraft, for the war-ravaged country even as EU armament stocks run low.

KYIV, Sept 5 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will recommend to Russia that its military leave the crisis center of Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which they have chosen, its Head Rafael Grossi has said.

KYIV, Sept 6 – Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said the government hopes to be able to keep inflation within 10% in 2021 even as consumer prices index has already exceeded that target in July.

KYIV, Sept 3 – Ukraine intends to implement large-scale housing renovation projects with the support of the United States, MP of Ukraine Oleksiy Honcharenko has said in his Telegram channel.

KYIV, Sept 3 – Some 67% of Ukrainians fully support (nine and ten points on a ten-point scale) the Big Construction president's program.

According to a survey presented on Thursday at the Interfax-Ukraine agency by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) from August 6 to August 19, only 2.8% of Ukrainians do not fully support this program (zero and one point).

KYIV, Sept 6 - Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Sunday violated a ceasefire with government forces, killing one soldier and wounding another soldier, Reuters reported citing the Ukrainian military.

KYIV, Sept 4 – Ukrainian government institutions have been losing support from the people over the past several months, reversing the last year’s trend, according to an opinion poll released by the Razumkov Center and with the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

KYIV, Sept 4 – Ukraine urged the European Union on Friday to abandon support for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project to punish Russia for the poisoning of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny.

MOSCOW, Sept 5 - The tripartite talks between the energy ministers of Russia and Ukraine and Vice President of the European Commission on the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic on transit of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine after 2019 are scheduled for October, a representative of the Russian Ministry of Energy has told Interfax.

KYIV, Sept 6 - Ukraine’s central bank raised its key policy rate by half a percentage point on Thursday and said inflation could only be kept in check if the government secured more IMF aid, Reuters reported.