KYIV, July 30 – Ukrainians across all regions don’t consider themselves one people with Russians, rejecting a narrative advanced by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a study by the Ukrainian Institute for the Future (UIF) suggest.

WASHINGTON, July 30 - Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation to back Ukraine with $300 million of annual military financing and other support on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KYIV, July 30 - Russia has proposed to ditch technical talks on Ukraine regarding the level of political advisors in the so-called Normandy format, as it sees little progress in the negotiating process, a source in Moscow told Reuters on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - A U.S. Senate committee passed a bill on Wednesday to slap sanctions on companies and individuals involved in building the Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that is aimed at bypassing Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 1 – Traffic levels in downtown Kyiv will improve soon after an overhaul of a major orbital road around the city is completed, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

KYIV, Aug. 1 - President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the creation of a body to prepare a lawsuit against Russia for damages caused by separatists whom Moscow supports in the Donbas region and for its illegal annexation of the Crimea Peninsula, RFE/RL reported.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 - The Pentagon and State Department have proposed to the White House a plan to supply Ukraine with anti-tank missiles and other arms, The New York Times reported Tuesday citing Defense Department officials.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – The European Union has provided EUR 1.6 million under the Twinning project to support the harmonization of the country’s legislation in line with EU standards in the Ukrainian civil aviation sector in the area of airports' certification and airworthiness.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed a bill into law on Paris Climate Agreement ratification, which was passed by Ukraine's parliament on July 14.

KIEV, Aug. 1 – Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Onyschenko, who is suspected of abuses during the sale of gas produced with the involvement PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia, has said that he is in London, in the process of getting a residence permit, and is seeking political asylum in the UK.