KYIV, Aug 29 - One of the handful of F-16 warplanes that Ukraine has received from its Western partners to help fight Russia’s invasion has crashed, Ukraine’s Army General Staff said Thursday. The pilot died.

KYIV, Aug 30 – Following a new series of large-scale Russian attacks on energy infrastructure that affected the operation of NPPs, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will travel to Ukraine next week for high-level talks, h will also assess the situation at Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), where nuclear safety remains under threat, the agency said in a statement on Friday night.

KYIV, Aug 30 – By accusing Ukraine of alleged provocations against nuclear safety and security, Russia has intensified its disinformation campaign to divert attention from its own criminal actions at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has said.

KYIV, Aug 30 – The U.S. Army has signed a contract with Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) for the production of Javelin missiles and related equipment and services for the 2024 fiscal year for a total of $1.3 billion, the press service of Raytheon Technologies (RTX) reports.

KYIV, Sept 1 - Russian shelling in the town of Chasiv Yar on Saturday killed five people, as Moscow’s troops pushed ahead in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Aug 31 – The German government has provided another package of military assistance to Ukraine, the list includes Leopard 1 battle tanks, an aerial surveillance radar system, drones, special equipment, ammunition and a field hospital, according to the FRN government website.

KYIV, Aug 31 – Russian shelling has damaged 1,624 cultural infrastructure facilities since the start of the war, with about a third being completely destroyed, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy reported Thursday.

KYIV, Sept 2 – The launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will mean Europe will be solely dependent on Moscow-run pipelines as the Ukrainian route for gas delivery to Europe disappears, Reuters reported citing the head of Ukraine’s gas transit operator.

KYIV, Sept 2 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has held a telephone conversation with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, during which he expressed hope that North Macedonia will support the European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine as a NATO member and a candidate for EU membership.

KYIV, Aug 30 – The visit of the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to Ukraine is expected from September 10 through September 24, 2019, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk told reporters in Kyiv on Friday.