KYIV, May 31 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declares that he will guarantee independence to anti-corruption institutions and protection against interference in their activities, while noting that the performance of their work over the next three months will be an indicator of their ability to respond to expectations.

KYIV, May 31 – Russia’s restrictions on shipments of diesel fuel, crude oil and lubricants to Ukraine, due to become effecting from June, could cause problems for Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

WASHINGTON, June 2 - The U.S. could send Ukraine anti-ship and anti-aircraft weapons to defend against Russia if a bill from the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Democratic chairman and top Republican becomes law, Defense News reported.

KIEV, June 1 - Ukraine has taken a step in the fight against corporate secrecy and corruption by agreeing to share data on who ultimately owns and controls Ukrainian companies, Transparency International and the government reported on Thursday.

KIEV, May 30 - The National Anti-corruption Bureau (NABU) of Ukraine has decided to ban the suspended head of the State Fiscal Service (SFS) Roman Nasirov from traveling abroad.

KIEV, May 30 – President Petro Poroshenko and delegates of the Committee for Business Cooperation with Ukraine of Keidanren Japan Business Federation led by Chairman of Marubeni Corporation Teruo Asada met in Kiev on Tuesday to discuss prospects for cooperation between the two countries.

KIEV, June 2 – Kiev's Holosiyivsky district court on May 30 banned law-enforcement agencies from paying $3 billion of the credit to the Russian Federation taken in December 2013 when Viktor Yanukovych was Ukrainian president.

KIEV, June 2 – Litigation in the High Court of Justice in England under a claim brought by Russia against Ukraine after the country defaulted on $3 billion in bonds issued in 2013 could last up to two years, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

KIEV, June 2 - Ukraine's parliament approved on Thursday judicial reforms that Western backers say are needed to fight corruption, in the first constitutional vote the ruling coalition has pushed through since an overhaul of the government in April, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 2 – Ukraine will create a national agency for intellectual property as a public organization on the basis of State enterprise Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent) and the State Service of Intellectual Property. The new agency will be subordinated to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry.