KIEV, July 30 - Ukraine said Sunday that one of its soldiers was killed and nine others injured in fighting with Russia-backed separatists in the east of the country, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, July 28 - Nearly half of Ukrainians are in favor of holding early parliamentary elections, as is seen from a public opinion poll of 2,018 respondents conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center sociological service on June 9-13.

MOSCOW, July 30 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the U.S. diplomatic missions in Moscow and elsewhere in the country will have to reduce their staffs by 755 people, signaling a significant escalation in the Russian response to American sanctions over the Kremlin’s intervention in the 2016 presidential election and its continued aggression in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported.

KIEV, July 30 – Russian military aggression and the trade war against Ukraine have caused great damage to the industrial potential of the country and has lowered the living standards of Ukrainians, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

UNITED NATIONS, July 30 - Ukraine's foreign minister said Thursday that the five countries investigating the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine a year ago will try again to get U.N. Security Council approval for an international tribunal to prosecute the alleged perpetrators.

KIEV, July 30 - Ukraine's finance ministry warned Thursday it could declare a technical default in two months should its lenders fail to accept less stringent repayment terms and a possible partial debt write-off, AFP reported.

KIEV, July 29 – Ukraine expects to receive 1,240 Javelin portable anti-tank missiles from the U.S., President Petro Poroshenko said.

"We're looking for just 1,240 Javelin missiles, and this is absolutely fair," Poroshenko said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

KIEV, July 30 – Ukraine is preparing to send another batch of 21 BTR armored personnel carriers assembled by domestic defense industry enterprises to Thailand under a contract with the Royal Thai Army.

KIEV, July 27 – Regions MP Vitaliy Zhuravsky has introduced a bill that foresees the introduction of the criminal liability for slander and insulting comments, including slander in the mass media.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainians are proud of how their country staged the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, according to a phone survey conducted by the Gorshenin Institute.