KYIV, April 5 – More than 100 employees of regional departments of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, including 17 heads of customs offices and customs posts were suspended from their duties after a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, the press service of the State Customs Service has reported.

KYIV, April 5 - Ukraine's armed forces on Saturday said joint military drills with NATO troops would begin in a few months' time, a step that could stoke tensions with Moscow which has expressed its opposition to such a move, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 5 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted by his decree the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions against persons recognized as smugglers based on reports from intelligence services, his press service reported.

WASHINGTON, April 5 - The United States has asked Russia to explain recent “provocations” on Ukraine’s border, the US State Department said on Monday, after reported Russian troop enlargement and movements drew international concern last week, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 2 – Some 43% of Ukrainians favor stricter quarantine measures in Ukraine to combat the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on March 27-30, 2020.

KYIV, April 2 - Ukrainians are most positive about President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Verkhovna Rada Chairman Dmytro Razumkov, and most negative about Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

KYIV, April 5 - Ukraine, which expects a sharp rise of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, sent doctors to disease-hit Italy on Saturday to assist their Italian colleagues and to gain field experience, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 5 – Ukraine is unlikely to receive an installment from the International Monetary Fund any time soon because the government has suspended reforms, a senior central bank official said Thursday.

KYIV, April 5 – Ukraine and Russia have suspended or terminated 44 mutual agreements since 2014 when Russia has begun its aggression in 2014, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zerkal said.

KYIV, April 5 - Corruption investigators in Ukraine are looking into allegations that late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave a multi-million euro donation to the presidential campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko in 2010, lawmaker Volodymyr Ariev said, Reuters reported.