KIEV, Feb. 27 - The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) believes issues relating to the supply of weapons to Ukraine and military-technical cooperation during military action on the territory of the country should be a less public topic to prevent the signing of contracts from being disrupted because of third parties' interference.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The National Bank of Ukraine is ready to lift some forex restrictions but only when the market stabilizes, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The forecast for the average annual hryvnia to U.S. dollar exchange rate of UAH 21.7 per $1 and 26% inflation, stipulated in the government's changes to the 2015 national budget, is an extremely optimistic scenario, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Feb. 27 – The International Monetary Fund expects the Ukrainian authorities to swiftly implement the precondition measures set by the IMF Executive Board before it considers the new $17.5 billion Extended Fund Facility Arrangement for Ukraine, at its meeting scheduled for March 11.

KIEV, March 2 – The first tranche of the International Monetary Fund help which Ukraine will receive will be divided into equal parts among the National Bank of Ukraine and the government, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko reported.

KIEV, March 2 - Ukraine's parliament approved on Monday a raft of International Monetary Fund-backed amendments to its 2015 draft budget that Kiev hopes will help it clinch a $17.5 billion bailout package, Reuters reported.

GENEVA, March 2 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face "consequences" that could further hit Russia's faltering economy, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, March 2 - Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement late Monday to ensure natural gas supplies to war-torn Ukraine for the month of March, averting possible cuts that could have hit supplies to the European Union, the AP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – Parliament has approved a proposal by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on the appointment of new members of the Cabinet.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 28 – The Federal Council of Switzerland has decided to block all the assets Viktor Yanukovych and his entourage might have in Switzerland.