WASHINGTON, July 4 - President Donald Trump will use fast-growing supplies of U.S. natural gas as a political tool when he meets in Warsaw on Thursday with leaders of a dozen countries that are captive to Russia for their energy needs, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 4 – Ukraine's national budget fell 3.2% short of its revenue target in June, including 3.3% for the general fund, Ukraine's State Treasury Service reported.

According to the report, total revenue of the national budget in June reached UAH 46.378 billion, including UAH 43.312 million in the general fund, which is 16.6% and 15.5% up year-over-year respectively.

KIEV, July 4 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expects the U.S. to approve additional $500 million in financial aid to help reinforce the country's security and defense.

KIEV, July 4 – Ukraine's Economic Development and Trade Ministry has said that transit of goods from Ukraine across Russia could be stopped in full due to the issue of a new order regarding the transfer of these goods by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WARSAW, July 4 - Decisions to be approved at this week's NATO summit in Warsaw will build a deterrent force that should make Russia "forget about threatening Poland" and other nations, Poland's defense minister said Monday.

KIEV, July 1 – Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko calls on the Cabinet of Ministers to ensure urgent unlocking of Kyivenergo accounts aimed at accidental situations at heat supply systems and electricity supply networks.

BAKU, July 1 – Azerbaijan's Energy Minister Natig Aliyev considers it necessary to take concrete steps to ensure Azeri oil supplies to Ukrainian refineries and its transit to Europe.

KIEV, July 1 - Over a quarter of the population of large cities in Ukraine are in favor of local elections being held in the breakaway parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in accordance with the Ukrainian laws, according to the findings of a social survey, conducted by SocioStream AG on June 9-27, which were unveiled at an Interfax press conference in Kiev on Friday.

ASTANA, July 1 – President Petro Poroshenko has urged Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to mediate Ukraine's dispute with Russia, the Kazakh presidential press service reported.

KIEV, July 3 – Ukraine and Brazil are interested in holding active intergovernmental political dialogue at the high level and the Brazilian side is preparing a visit by its president, Dilma Rousseff, to Ukraine, the Information Policy Department of the Foreign Ministry said.