KYIV, May 29 - Russian and Ukrainian troops traded blows in fierce close-quarter combat Sunday in an eastern Ukrainian city as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain a strategic foothold to conquer the region.

LONDON, May 30 - The United Kingdom’s defense ministry on Monday said Russia has likely experienced “devastating” losses among its mid- and junior-level military officers during its invasion of Ukraine, The Hill reported.

BRUSSELS, May 30 - The European Union agreed to block most oil imports from Russia, cutting off a key income source for Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to convince him to halt his invasion of Ukraine.

KYIV, May 30 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked the Foreign Ministry to contact other European countries’ anti-corruption agencies for effective cooperation, his press service reported.

KYIV, May 30 - An army helicopter has crashed in western Ukraine killing four servicemen, the military said on Thursday, May 30, The Defense Post reported.

KYIV, May 30 - Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday refused to accept the Cabinet's resignation, in another snub to the nation's newly sworn-in president, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, May 29 – The statement made by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about clear intentions to serve the public debt in the future and continue cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could increase confidence in the economic policy of the new government, analysts from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) believe.

KYIV, May 29 – The newly appointed deputy head of the Presidential Administration Oleksiy Honcharuk will be responsible for economic development and to accelerate reforms.

KYIV, May 29 - President Petro Poroshenko instructed a deputy head of the presidential administration to leave for Berlin on June 1 to hold talks on preparations for a meeting in the Normandy format at the highest level.

KYIV, May 30 - A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kyiv on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they then said they had staged, Reuters reported.