KYIV, Jan 30 – Italy has been a good partner for Ukraine, and Kyiv is ready to deepen and comprehensively develop bilateral relations in political and economic areas, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said at a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.

KYIV, Feb 1 – The adoption of the bill on the anti-corruption court and bringing the gas prices to the market level are the key conditions for the completion of the fourth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ukraine and the allocation of the new tranche, Resident Representative of the IMF in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman said.

KYIV, Feb 1 – The Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the meeting of which was held on January 30 with participation of members of the Expert Advisory Board of the NBU, recommends coordination of fiscal and monetary policies and continuation of cooperation of Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Deputy Head of the NBU Council Tymofiy Milovanov said.

KYIV, Feb. 1 - The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a harshly worded statement accusing Russia of "ongoing violations of international law" in Ukraine, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Feb. 1 - Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Wednesday over an incident involving a Ukrainian military aircraft flying over a Russian-operated gas rig in the Black Sea, AP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 1 - The head of NATO warned on Wednesday that Ukraine faced its worst violence "in a long time" as global alarm rang out over a spike in bloodshed that has killed 19 people in the European Union's backyard, AFP reported.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 - The Trump administration on Wednesday maintained a low-key approach to the latest flare-up of violence in eastern Ukraine, where the government accuses Russian-backed forces of stepping up attacks, AP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 30 – Blockages by activists and parliament lawmakers of railway lines used for transporting cargo to and from areas of occupied areas in Ukraine via several checkpoints may be construed as illegal acts, which incur losses to the state and create preconditions for the collapse of the nation's heat-generating system," Ukraine's SBU State Security Service warned.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – Movement of trains on the Shypilove-Svitlanove rail section of Donetsk railways has remained blocked since January 25 by unauthorized persons who damaged the track (one meter of the rail was cut). Loss from blocking the transportation process and damage of railway assets is estimated at UAH 2.3 million now," Ukrzaliznytsia reported.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – Rescue workers from Ukraine's Emergency Situations Service (ESS) continue assistance to residents of Avdiyivka, despite the failure of combined Russian and separatist forces to stop shelling the Ukrainian city and abide by a ceasefire as of 07:00 on February 1.