KIEV, Aug. 5 ??“ Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of the Regions Party, a moderate pro-Russian group, was approved as the country??™s new prime minister Friday following a coalition agreement with Our Ukraine, a pro-Western group.

KYIV, July 5 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says that until the end of the war, the burden of raising tariffs should not be put on people.

VIENNA, July 5 - Experts from the U.N. nuclear watchdog based at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine have yet to observe any indications of mines or explosives at the plant, but they need more access to be sure, the agency said on Wednesday.

KYIV, July 5 - President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN he wanted a counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces to have started sooner than it did in June and that he had urged Western allies to quicken the supply of weapons for that mission, Reuters reported Wednesday citing excerpts via a translator.

KYIV, July 6 – Ministers of Energy of Ukraine and Bulgaria Herman Haluschenko and Rumen Radev signed a memorandum on expanding cooperation in the energy sector, which, in particular, provides for deepening cooperation between states in the areas of the nuclear fuel cycle and extending the operational life of nuclear power units.

KYIV, July 6 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolay Denkov have agreed during talks to intensify defense cooperation between the countries.

WASHINGTON, July 6 - The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce on Friday that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of a new military aid package worth up to $800 million for the war effort against Russia, The Associated Press reported citing people familiar with the decision.

KYIV, July 5 – Ukraine is working with German politicians to try to persuade Germany to change policies on a number of issues affecting Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

KYIV, July 6 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting with Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya, noted the importance for Ukraine of support on the part of international partners in carrying out reforms.

KYIV, July 6 – The first round of negotiations on revising the economic part of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union may end in autumn 2021, said Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.