KYIV, April 1 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs took part online in the meeting of the Bucharest Nine, NATO member countries Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic at the invitation of Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has said.

KYIV, April 1 – Mariupol City Council asks the world community to recognize the actions of the Russian military in Mariupol as genocide of the Ukrainian people and states that there are no facts of collaboration between the local authorities and the occupying forces.

KYIV, April 4 – The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) is in a "critical" position with food and fuel as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to unfold, World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships Mari Pangestu told Al Arabiya TV channel.

NEW YORK, April 4 - The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at American banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of U.S. dollars, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 4 - Ukrainian law enforcement officers discovered a torture room in Bucha, just outside Kyiv, where Russian forces had tortured and killed civilians, according to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office.

KYIV, April 2 – Ukraine is experiencing historical maximum of medical emergency phone calls due to spike in COVID-19 cases, like in November-December 2020, Oleksandr Danyliuk, head of the emergency call group at the Department of Medical Services of the Ministry of Health, said.

KYIV, April 2 – More than 51% of Ukrainians do not trust President Volodymyr Zelenskiy amid the government’s poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic and continued economic crisis, according to an opinion poll.

KYIV, April 3 - Ukraine has approved China's Sinovac vaccine to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday, after the country recorded a record rise in new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 2 - U.S. President Joe Biden used a first official phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to offer staunch support in Ukraine's standoff over Russian troops near its border, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 4 – Ukraine on Wednesday launches an online registration service for citizens of 46 states of electronic visas (e-visa) for entry with business or tourist purposes, the Foreign Affairs Ministry reported.