KYIV, Oct 3 - The European Union is gearing up to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc with a formal announcement expected as soon as December, Politico reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 - President Joe Biden gathered other world powers Tuesday to coordinate on Ukraine as it battles Russia in a war now almost 20 months long — a deliberate show of U.S. support at a time when the future of its aid is entangled with a volatile faction of House Republicans who want to cut off money to Kyiv.

KYIV, Oct 1 - Ukraine called on the United States and Germany on Friday to impose sanctions on Russia's Gazprom, which it accused of using energy as a weapon after the energy giant implemented a transit deal with Hungary that deprives Kyiv of gas supplies, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 30 – Ukraine is considering the development of hydrogen energy as a big European political project and an instrument of European integration, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

KYIV, Sept 30 – The Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held on October 12, will bring new steps in the field of Ukraine's integration into the EU's internal market, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, Oct 3 – Energy and Environmental Protection Minister Oleksiy Orzhel expects that Russian coal supplies will soon be unlocked to the Luhansk thermal power plant (TPP, DTEK Skhidenergo LLC) operating as the isolated "island."

KYIV, Oct 3 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian candidates should take part in an election that is expected to be held in the east of the country, currently controlled by pro-Russian rebels, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 2 - Police detained a group of people suspected of committing a series of xenophobic attacks across Ukraine in recent months, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Monday.

KYIV, Oct 3 – Revenue of Ukraine's national budget in January-September 2017 totaled UAH 585.69 billion, which is 6.4% or UAH 35.06 billion more than the target for the period, the State Treasury Service reported on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct. 3 - Mikheil Saakashvili, former president of Georgia, applied for political asylum in Ukraine, despite having his Ukrainian citizenship revoked earlier this year, Spiegel reported.