KYIV, Oct 5 – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party on Tuesday has taken the first step in its attempt to oust Parliamentary Speaker Dmytro Razumkov, underscoring an escalating feud between the two most powerful figures.

KYIV, Oct 5 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree "On some measures to attract entrepreneurs, highly qualified specialists who are citizens of the Republic of Belarus."

Corresponding decree No. 420/2020 of October 2 was published on the website of the head of state.

"The document will contribute to the development of the investment potential of Ukraine and the attraction of highly qualified IT specialists and innovators," the message says.

KYIV, Oct 5 - The United Nations reported widespread human rights violations are rampant in both government- and rebel-controlled areas of Ukraine, as well as in the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula, the Voice of America reported.

KYIV, Oct 5 – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has clarified the meaning of the sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC) against persons associated with Russia, including MP of Ukraine Andriy Derkach (non-factional), involved in attempts to influence the electoral process in U.S.

KYIV, Oct 4 – Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will discuss the gas price formula for households during the negotiations in Washington scheduled for next week, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Prokopiv said on Wednesday.

KYIV, Oct 4 – Ukraine as a partner in international cooperation in the space sector by the end of 2017 would take part in at least three spacecraft launches using launch vehicles designed and made with the participation of Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 5 - Ukraine has expelled a Russian journalist working for the television channel NTV as punishment for spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda and justifying the actions of separatists, Reuters reported Thursday citing the state security service (SBU).

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nishchuk said that Ukraine's representatives for litigation over the so-called "Scythian gold" have difficulties getting Dutch visas, which could be Russia's doing.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has urged Russia to co-operate fully with the inquiry into the downing of the MH17 flight in the sky over Donbas and to stop spreading 'all sorts of nonsense' about the international criminal investigation into the crash.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – The International Monetary Fund says that the current simplified regime for small taxpayers in Ukraine requires reforms.