KIEV, June 2 – National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) Director Artem Sytnyk has said that there is a real threat to health and welfare of some persons mentioned in the case about the shadow costs of the Party of Regions (previously headed by disgraced former President Viktor Yanukovych) presented by former first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Viktor Trepak.

KIEV, June 2 – The International Monetary Fund mission will continue discussions in the comings days to finalize a staff-level agreement, the IMF mission said.

ODESSA, June 2 – The newly appointed head of Odessa Regional Administration Mikheil Saakashvili has promised to make Odessa the capital of the Black Sea region.

GENEVA, June 2 - The separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine is revealing increasing evidence, but not yet conclusive legal proof, of Russian state involvement, senior United Nations human rights officials said on Monday.

KIEV, June 2 - The recent stability of Ukraine's national hryvnia currency could allow the central bank to ease monetary policy in the near future, a central bank official said in a statement on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 2 – The International Monetary Fund worsened its Ukraine economic forecast, predicting a 9% GDP decline for 2015.

The World Economic Outlook published in the middle of April 2015 by meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Ukraine's GDP decline in 2015 was projected at 5.5%. In 2016, it was forecast Ukraine would see a 2% increase in its GDP.

KIEV, June 2 – President Petro Poroshenko had a phone conversation with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, and both leaders agreed to coordinate their positions regarding the key issues of bilateral relations, including gas relations.

KIEV, June 2 – The interagency working group on coordinating the return of funds embezzled by former officials to Ukraine has drawn up ways to increase the efficiency of work and cooperation of law-enforcement agencies and central executive power agencies in the area.

BRUSSELS/VILNIUS, June 2 – Russia has shown it is ready to destabilize sovereign nations in pursuit of its geopolitical goals, said NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

"No doubt that Russia plays a large role in destabilization of the situation in the east of Ukraine," he said.

KIEV, June 2 - A fierce battle was underway on Monday in Ukraine's rebellious east after a pro-Russian militia attacked a Ukrainian border post with automatic weapons and grenade launchers in the early hours.