KYIV, June 24 – The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) are distributing the investigation into Russian crimes in Ukraine in order to avoid violations and not bring the perpetrators to justice twice, Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova explains.

KYIV, June 26 - Russian troops fought to consolidate their gains in Ukraine’s east by battling to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province, according to Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai.

ELMAU, June 26 - President Joe Biden and western allies opened a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, June 26 - Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital early Sunday, striking at least two residential buildings and killing one person, The Associated Press reported Sunday citing Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

KIEV, June 26 – The United States takes seriously its responsibility to support the Ukrainian people, who are working to develop their own democratic and prosperous society, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said.

KIEV, June 26 - President Petro Poroshenko, after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, said Sunday the U.S. is strongly backing Ukraine in opposing Russia’s Nord Stream-2 pipeline in Europe.

PARIS, June 26 - French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he saw no better way of negotiating an end to the conflict in Ukraine than through the Minsk agreements, sharply differing with comments by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, June 23 - A little over one third of Russians (35%) believe Russia's relations with Ukraine should be the same as with other countries - with closed borders, visas and customs, Interfax was told at Levada Center.

KIEV, June 26 – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) proposes creating "security zones" around a number of water supply infrastructure facilities in Donbas, but the lack of trust between the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine hampers the implementation of this initiative.

KIEV, June 26 – President Petro Poroshenko said he expects U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry to visit Ukraine this August.

"The first agreement of the negotiations with Energy Secretary Perry is that Secretary Perry will visit Ukraine in August. We have a lot to talk about," Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels broadcast on Sunday evening.