KIEV, Jan. 28 – President Petro Poroshenko has called upon Ukrainians to manufacture more of the military products needed by their country.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The National Bank of Ukraine has revised upwards its forecast for the surplus of the country's balance of payment for 2016 to $600 million, while earlier deficit of $200 million was expected, the central bank said in a press release, referring to the decisions of the meeting of the board held on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The sanctions against 17 former senior Ukrainian officials are still in effect, while the ruling of the General Court of the European Union applies to the sanctions, which were valid until 2015, Serhiy Horbatiuk, head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Main Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office said.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The situation on the currency market is stable, the hryvnia exchange rate has stabilized in the range of UAH 24.80-25.25/$1, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said at a press conference.

KIEV, Jan. 28 – Parliament today approved the request of the Prosecutor General's Office for the criminal prosecution, detention and arrest of independent MP Serhiy Kliuyev.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The materials for filing claims to international courts by Ukraine against Russia's violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea due to the annexation of Crimea have been drawn up and only the political decision of President Petro Poroshenko is left to launch the process, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zerkal said.

KIEV, Jan. 31 - Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the country's war-torn east, the first reported casualties in nearly three weeks, Ukraine's military said Sunday, AFP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science has said that the cooperation in science and technology between Ukraine and the Russian Federation is currently impossible due to Moscow's aggression and occupation of Ukrainian territories.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The percentage by which the tariff for natural gas for households will be increased is the key stumbling point in negotiations between the Ukrainian government and the International Monetary Fund on a new financing program, according to Viktor Kryvenko deputy head of the parliamentary budget committee and a member of the Samopomich faction.

KIEV, Jan. 30 – The EU Foreign Affairs Council has strongly condemned the indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian residential areas, especially Mariupol, and the recent escalation of fighting in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.