KIEV, Feb. 26 - The government Saturday stripped former president Leonid Kuchma of a retirement package that featured a monthly pension, two cars, a government home and much more.

KIEV, Feb. 26 ??“ Ihor Surkis, the majority owner of FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine??™s wealthiest and best known soccer club, offered to sell an 18% stake to a Russian shareholder to stop a legal battle over ownership rights.

KIEV, Feb. 25 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko Friday outlined new tasks for the National Security and Defense Council proposing the body deal with issues ranging from borders and corruption to media and large energy projects.

KYIV, Jan 31 - Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with ambassadors of the G7 countries to discuss financial support to the country.

"We discussed the continuation of uninterrupted financial support for Ukraine.

KYIV, Jan 31 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to save the energy system this winter, in particular, by successfully repelling Russian missile and drone attacks.

BRUSSELS, Jan 31 - European Union leaders at a summit on Thursday will focus on the one member state blocking a 50-billion-euro ($54 billion) war support package for Ukraine: Hungary, the country in the bloc with the closest ties to Russia.

BRUSSELS, Jan 31 - The leaders of five European Union countries urged their neighbors and allies Wednesday to ramp up military support for Ukraine, while the bloc’s defense ministers debated ways to help meet the war-ravaged country’s ammunition shortfall.

KYIV, Jan 31 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that Germany will make every effort to ensure the appropriate level of support from European countries for Ukraine.

KYIV, Jan 31 - The Forum of Reconstruction of Ukraine is taking place in Istanbul; it began with a meeting between Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu with Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

KYIV, Jan 31 - On January 31, the UN International Court of Justice ruled in the case of Ukraine against Russia and found Russia violated some parts of the UN Convention for the Prevention of the Financing of Terrorism because it did not investigate financial support for separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Radio Liberty said in Wednesday.