KIEV, March 30 – The Savchenko-Sentsov sanctions list, which has been introduced by the National Security and Defense Council is made up of 84 citizens of Russia and Ukraine, including judges, prosecutors and investigators involved in the “unlawful“ criminal cases against Ukraine's Nadia Savchenko, Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko.

KIEV, March 30 – Israel does not recommend doing business in occupied Crimea, notwithstanding the fact that Israel is not trying stir up the war issue, this is actually a full blockade from point of Israeli business' view, according to Shimon Briman, an expert in Ukrainian-Israeli relations and Israeli editor-in-chief of the Forum Daily newspaper (the United States).

KIEV, March 31 – Turkey seeks to increase the number tourists from Ukraine by over 40% in 2016, to 1 million people, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mahir Unal said.

KIEV, March 30 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law and a decree allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to join multinational drills to be held both in Ukraine and abroad this year, as well as permitting foreign troops to take part in military exercises on Ukrainian territory.

SIMFEROPOL, March 30 – The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People believes that the closure of independent Crimean Tatar media outlets would be a violation of the rights of the Crimea Tatars and has appealed for "the protection of essential human rights and law of nations together."

KIEV, March 30 – Ukraine and Japan have agreed on the provision of an $8.2 million grant to Ukraine, including $4.2 million to buy medical equipment for Ukrainian hospitals.

KIEV, March 31 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) via Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) will provide $30 million to the Economic Development and Trade Ministry during three years for four programs, and the main program is the expansion of export opportunities.

BRUSSELS, March 31 - European Union governments formally approved a 1.8 billion euro ($1.9 billion) loan for Ukraine on Tuesday to help save it from bankruptcy.

The decision was the last approval required after the European Parliament okayed the loan last week, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 31 - Ukraine's central bank said on Tuesday it would hold its main interest rate at 30%, warning inflation was likely to stay high and the hryvnia currency to weaken further as the country's recession deepened.

KIEV, March 28 - If in the coming days the Ukrainian parliament adopts the necessary bills, Ukraine's transition to the second phase of implementation of the action plan on visa regime liberalization with the European Union could be announced on April 2, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says.