KIEV, Aug. 6 – The first purchases by the Ukrainian Health Ministry via international organizations will be handled through organizations that belong to the UN family, namely UNDP, UNICEF and WHO, as well as the British international development company Crown Agents.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – President Petro Poroshenko has noted the necessity of further measures on de-escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine with U.S. support, as well as the necessity to continue cyber security and military cooperation.

NEW-YORK/LONDON, Aug. 6 – Ukraine and its creditors will agree to mutual concessions when discussing debt restructuring worth nearly $20 billion by agreeing to relieve 22.5% of its principal, according to a poll conducted by Bloomberg agency.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Acting "in the spirit of good faith and transparency," the Finance Ministry says it has agreed to reschedule a meeting with creditors planned for Thursday upon the request of the ad hoc creditors' committee.

KIEV, Aug. 6 - Ukraine on Thursday reported the death of five soldiers while pro-Russian rebels accused government troops of killing a civilian in clashes following failed talks on ending a 16-month conflict in the country's east.

KIEV, Aug. 6 - Five workers were killed and 20 sickened by leaked ammonia at one of Ukraine’s biggest mineral fertilizer producers Tuesday, even after hundreds had been instructed to put on gas masks and evacuate.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed amendments to the law on securities and the stock market permitting the sale of currency-pegged treasury bills (T-bills) for the public, the press service of the head of state reported.

KIEV, Aug. 6 - President Viktor Yanukovych signed into law a bill that approves state guarantees on a $3.66 billion loan from China Development Bank for boosting Ukraine’s domestic coal industry, the presidential press service reported Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – Mykola Melnychenko, a former presidential bodyguard, who was on Friday detained in Italy at Ukraine's request, on Monday contested his extradition and fears for his life, his lawyer said.

KIEV, Aug. 6 – The Ukrainian cabinet has approved a plan for H2 to implement a declaration signed after the Joint EU-Ukraine International Investment Conference on the modernization of Ukraine's gas transit system, First Deputy Fuel and Energy Minister Oleh Buhayev on Wednesday.