KYIV, Aug 26 - Lithuania allocates EUR 35 million to Ukraine for the purchase of radars and demining equipment, and also plans to deliver more than 5,000 Lithuanian-made drones by the end of autumn, country's Prime Minister Ingrida imonyte said.

KYIV, Aug 26 - There is no threat to the dam of the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), which is situated in Vyshgorod, Kyiv region, after a Russian attack on Monday morning, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 26 - Ukraine says it has a new long-range weapon to strike deep into Russia without asking permission from allies — a homegrown combination of missile and drone that the defense minister vowed Monday would provide “answers” to a wave of Russian bombings.

KYIV, Aug 27 – We are introducing the "Fight or work" principle, which provides for the introduction of a number of measures that will bring the labor market out of the shadows, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

KYIV, Aug 27 – Ukraine does not intend to extend the gas transit agreement with Russia, which expires at the end of 2024, in the event of a request from Europe, it is ready to discuss the transit of gas from other suppliers through its GTS, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

KYIV, Aug 27 – Ukraine's investments in defense industries amount to over $7 billion, they provided "enormous support" during the shortfall in international technical assistance, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said.

KYIV, Aug 27 - Russia fired dozens of missiles and drones across Ukraine for a second day on Tuesday, including some that Ukraine’s president said were shot down by Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets before they reached their targets.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Finland will send the 18th package of military aid to Ukraine worth EUR 94 million that will bring to about EUR 1.3 billion the total aid provided by the country since the start of the war, the government said.

KYIV, Aug 27 - Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after a midair collision between two warplanes in the west of the country killed three pilots.

Ukraine’s air force spokesman Yuri Ihnat told Ukrainian television on Sunday it wasn’t immediately clear how long the probe would take, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Aug 25 – The head of the parliamentary committee for the nation's health, medical care and health insurance Mykhailo Radutsky has called on the Ministry of Finance to provide funding for healthcare in 2021 at 6% of GDP.