KIEV, July 27 - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and Odesa regional governor who has been stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, is vowing to resist what he called the "cowardly" move and to "continue fighting for a real European Ukraine," Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, July 26 - The total amount of subsidies paid to families for housing and utility services in Ukraine amounted to UAH 2.479 billion in January-June, which is UAH 2.103 billion, or 6.6 times up year-over-year, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, July 26 – Ukraine has managed to get rid of its gas dependence on Russia, destroying the "energy weapon" of the Kremlin, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt said.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed over the phone the elaboration of a detailed roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk peace agreements on Donbas.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday managed to avert any confrontation between a massive pro-Moscow religious procession and nationalist groups in Kiev, national police chief Khatia Dekanoidze said.

KIEV, July 27 - Ukraine will accelerate imports of European natural gas beginning in August to fill its reserves as Russian gas imports remain suspended, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.

KIEV, July 27 - Heavily indebted Ukraine made new proposals to its creditors for restructuring $23 billion of foreign debt and is now awaiting their response, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine has drawn up all the necessary documents for going to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to prosecute the leadership of the Russian Federation and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics for crimes against humanity, and the only thing necessary for this procedure to be started is President Petro Poroshenko's endorsement, Deputy Prosecutor General Vitaliy Kasko said.

KIEV, July 27 - President Petro Poroshenko said the International Monetary Fund will provide Ukraine with another tranche of $1.7 billion.

"I can give you a report on this week: $1.7 billion as a result of the support of the reforms and the recognition that the president, the parliament, and the government are implementing reforms and these reforms are fully in line with the stated program, Ukraine has received $1.7 billion from the IMF. The decision was made this week," Poroshenko said in an interview with STB television on Saturday evening.

KIEV, July 25 - A lawsuit filed by U.S. company Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc (UTICo) against United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), which was earlier led by Yulia Tymoshenko, is another proof of fraud on the part of the ex-prime minister, the Party of Regions said.