KIEV , Dec. 1 – The Federation of Employers of Ukraine intends to ask the Cabinet of Ministers and the European Commission not to annul a moratorium on round timber exports until the moment when Ukraine properly regulates the market via adoption of a separate law on the unprocessed wood market.

KIEV, Dec. 1 - Ukraine began surface-to-air missile tests Thursday over the Black Sea , after Russia threatened to shoot the projectiles down, UPI reported.

KIEV, Dec. 1 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry has posted a draft national budget for 2016 which foresees double-digit increases in both revenues and expenditures.

KIEV, Dec. 1 - The World Health Organization is urging Ukraine's health ministry to declare a state of emergency due to a polio outbreak, a move meant to prompt more action from the government in Kiev, AP reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 - The European Union, Russia and Ukraine did not reach a deal at three-way trade talks in Brussels on Tuesday but agreed to keep talking after the latest effort to overcome Moscow's opposition to an EU-Ukraine trade pact that takes effect in a month, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – The Ukrainian agricultural sector is ready to be guarantor of Turkey's food security, Agricultural Policy and Food Minister Oleksiy Pavlenko wrote on his Facebook page.

GORKI, Nov. 30 – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he regards the actions of the Ukrainian authorities aimed at disconnecting Crimea from power supply as sabotage.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – President Petro Poroshenko and European Council President Donald Tusk discussed the situation in Donbas in Paris and agreed that the sanctions against Russia should be prolonged until the Minsk agreements are fully implemented.

KIEV, Dec. 1 - The Ukrainian military accused Russian special forces on Monday of taking part in attacks on the strategically important Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has intensified in recent days despite a September ceasefire deal, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 28 – Western countries aren't going to revoke sanctions against Russia until it frees the occupied Ukrainian territories, including Crimea, Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev said during a meeting with refugees.