WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 - The U.S. Senate has backed a resolution on the 1930s-era Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor, a move hailed by President Petro Poroshenko, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Oct. 4 - The International Monetary Fund's evaluation of Ukraine's debt sustainability involves the restructuring of eurobonds worth $3 billion belonging to the Russian Federation.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 4 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that Western alliances are willing to work with Russia to seek solutions to end the crisis in Ukraine, but will stand firm on principles based on freedom and international law.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – A total of 81% of Ukrainians believe corruption is the main obstacle to their country's development, according to a survey conducted by TNS On-line Tracking in August 2015.

MINSK, Oct. 1 – The Minsk National Airport and regional airports of Belarus are ready to handle a possible surge in passenger transit from Russia to Ukraine, Belarusian First Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Yevgeny Rogachev said in an online conference hosted by the BelTA state-owned news agency's website.

KIEV, Oct. 2 - The ending balance in the government's treasury account totaled UAH 47.13 billion as of early October 2015, which is 4.7 times up year-over-year and hit the record in the history of the country, the State Treasury Service reported.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine has defined the procedure for applying sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and how the sanctions are monitored, the regulator said on its website.

KIEV, Oct. 3 - Warring sides in Ukraine on Saturday announced the start of smaller weapons withdrawal from a buffer zone as the West admitted that securing long-lasting peace would take longer than expected, AFP reported.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Parliament has adopted a law on the single state demographic register, which envisages the introduction of electronic passports for Ukrainians.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – The president has signed Parliament’s initiative to increase the partial coverage of the costs of coal products by UAH 2.1 billion through increasing the budget deficit and reducing the funding of Naftogaz Ukrayiny.