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.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Parliament has ratified the memorandum and the loan agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on providing Ukraine with EU macro-financial assistance in the amount of up to EUR 1.2 billion.

KYIV, Aug 26 – Water cannot be supplied to Crimea before its de-occupation, since this is a very significant lever of pressure and influence on the occupying state, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Anton Korynevych said.

KYIV, Aug 26 - Ukraine on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on most foreigners from entering the country until Sept. 28 and extended lockdown measures until the end of October to contain a recent spike in coronavirus cases, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Aug 27 - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request, although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug. 27 - U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said there is no need for President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to "rush" into any course of action regarding Russia’s involvement with separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, RFE/RL reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin is sure that the European Union will expand the sanctions list against the Russian Federation.

KYIV, Aug 23 - The United States intends to provide Ukraine with $78 Hi million in additional international technical assistance, reads a statement posted the website of Ukraine's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT).

KYIV, Aug. 25 - U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Friday during a trip to Kiev that Ukraine had made progress in its efforts to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), but that it still had more work to do, Reuters reported.