MINSK, Oct. 1 - Ukrainian government forces will pull out small-caliber weapons from the war-torn east in two days' time if the cease-fire holds, AP reported Thursday, citing the defense minister.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Ukraine has lost UAH2 billion in planned tax payments from Luhansk and Donetsk regions as of September, and in coming months the situation will worsen, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

KIEV, Oct, 1 - Ukraine's state energy company, Naftogaz, has failed to pay a maturing $1.6 billion debt, raising risks of a default on the country's sovereign Eurobonds and sending debt insurance costs to seven-month highs, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 - Amendments to a EU-Ukraine trade deal at the center of tensions between Russia and the West can only be agreed between Brussels and Kiev, the head of the European Commission has said, Reuters reported.

DONETSK, Oct. 1 - Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine advanced Wednesday on the government-held airport in Donetsk, pressing to seize the key transportation hub even as the two sides bargained over a troop pullout under a much-violated truce, AP reported.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – It is currently possible to hold parliamentary elections in 11 constituencies in Donetsk region and four constituencies in Luhansk region, Central Election Commission Chairman Mykhailo Okhendovsky said.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – Six parties have a chance of entering Parliament in the coming elections, according to a poll conducted by Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in cooperation with Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.

KIEV, Sept. 30 – The results of the work of the European expert mission on assessing Ukraine's readiness to introduce biometric passports and the condition of state border governance demonstrate the significant progress of Ukraine in the implementation of the criteria to introduce a visa-free regime with the European Union.

KIEV, Oct. 1 - The Cabinet of Ministers has sent to Parliament a bill introducing amendments to some legislative acts on the fulfillment of the recommendations of the European Commission in the field of state anti-corruption policy.

KIEV, Oct. 1 – Ukraine, seeking to alleviate concerns over its ability to repay debt, on Tuesday pledged to pay the remaining $1.6 billion bill from the International Monetary Fund before the end of the year.