KIEV, June 1 ??“ Ukraine??™s economy will expand rapidly next year following the country??™s anticipated accession to the World Trade Organization by the end of 2005, the government said in a forecast released Wednesday.

KYIV, May 2 – Azerbaijan will take part in the international conference on Ukraine's recovery in June in Berlin, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov confirmed at a working meeting with Deputy Head of the Verkhovna Rada Olena Kondratiuk on Wednesday in Baku.

KYIV, May 2 – Russian occupation forces are using the captured territory of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) to launch kamikaze drones over nuclear reactors, as well as for training FPV drone pilots, the Main Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

KYIV, May 3 - The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces, a senior Ukrainian military official said Thursday.

KYIV, May 2 – The process of restoring property damaged as a result of Russian armed aggression has already begun, but it will require significant funds in the framework of international support, German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen wrote in an article for the Kyiv Security Forum.

WASHINGTON, May 2 - The U.S. is sending Ukraine about $300 million in additional military aid, including an enormous amount of artillery rounds, howitzers, air-to-ground rockets and ammunition as the launch of a spring offensive against Russian forces approaches, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

KYIV, May 2 - Ukraine is holding close the details of its spring counteroffensive to prevent the leak of sensitive information that could compromise its positions on the battlefield, POLITICO reported citing two European officials who are in touch with military leaders in Ukraine.

KYIV, April 29 – The Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the criminal actions of the Russian Federation on the so-called expropriation of crops from farmers in Kherson region, according to a commentary on the website of the ministry.

KYIV, May 2 – Almost two-thirds (60%) of Ukrainians consider diplomatic and humanitarian assistance from Western countries sufficient for Ukraine, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the Rating group.

KYIV, May 2 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is observing gradual recovery of the economy after its collapse in the first weeks of the war, Volodymyr Lepushynsky, Director of the NBU's Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis Department, has said.