KYIV, Feb 28 – President Petro Poroshenko said he was optimistic that the International Monetary Fund will resume lending to Ukraine.

KYIV, March 1 – Parliament has passed presidential bill No. 7440 on the High Anti-Corruption Court in first reading with 282 lawmakers voting in favor on Thursday.

KYIV, March 1 – Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (UkSATSE) held consultations with representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Defense in the FAA headquarters in Washington.

KYIV, March 1 - The European Commission approved a new program of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, March 1 - The U.S. State Department is poised to officially clear the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, in a long-awaited move that will give Ukraine’s military a new capability four years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Defense News reported.

KIEV, March 1 – Representatives of the European Parliament and the EU Council have agreed on visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the EU member states.

KIEV, March 1 - Ukraine’s navy is looking into the possibility of purchasing decommissioned NATO ships in order to add to its fleet, Newsweek reported.

Speaking with Channel 5 television, the navy’s commander, Ihor Voronchenko, said that to satisfy Ukraine’s role in occupying a significant portion of the Black Sea coastline, it should be better equipped to police these waters.

KIEV, March 1 - Some 200,000 phone users in Ukraine's rebel-controlled eastern city of Donetsk were cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after armed men took over the offices and equipment of the main fixed-line telecoms company, Reuters reported, citing a company official.

KIEV, Feb. 29 - Germany is working on a 'Marshall Plan' for Ukraine, Karl-Georg Wellmann, head of the German-Ukrainian parliamentary group and German parliament member, has said.

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 - Germany's foreign minister said Monday he was deeply concerned by continued violations of the ceasefire in Ukraine and restrictions imposed on monitors overseeing the truce in the nearly two-year war, AFP reported.