KIEV, Feb. 6 - Ukraine will formally obtain membership of the World Trade Organization by the end of 2006, Deputy Economy Minister Valeriy Piatnytsky, Ukraine??™s chief negotiator on the issue, said.

KIEV, Feb. 6 ??“ A senior Ukrainian officer on a peacekeeping assignment in Iraq was found dead in his apartment in Baghdad Sunday, according to a report by the Defense Ministry.

KIEV, Feb. 3 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine boosted its foreign exchange reserves in January for the first time over the past five months signaling that major downward pressure on the local currency was easing.

KYIV, Jan 3 – Ukraine plans to produce at least 30,000 long-range drones and about 3,000 cruise missiles and drone missiles in 2025, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Jan 5 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany, while both sides said Kyiv’s forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Jan 6 – The Slovak state-owned operator SEPS will ensure electricity supplies to Ukraine as part of emergency assistance in accordance with the current contract concluded with the company Ukrenergo, the Czech newspaper iRozhlas writes in response to threats by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine.

PARIS, Dec 6 - French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a “a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday. He also addressed the war in Ukraine, suggesting that ‘realistic discussions on territorial questions’ are needed.

KYIV, Jan 5 – The Ukrainian economy contracted 30.4% on the year in 2022, which is better than had been originally expected, the Economy Ministry said on Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 4 – Ukraine is negotiating not only about new Patriot batteries, but also about the supply of new NASAMS, Iris-T, and Crotale systems, since air defense and missile defense systems are a priority, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said.

KYIV, Jan 5 – U.S. President Joe Biden and his German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have agreed to send infantry fighting vehicles to help Ukraine fight Russia, a day after France said it would supply its own armored vehicles to Kyiv in an attempt to create a breakthrough in the 10-month war, The Guardian reported Thursday.