KYIV, Jan 31 – Ukraine ranked 116 out of 180 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking, with 33 points out of 100, which is one point more than in the 2021 ranking, according to a report by the anti-corruption organization Transparency International.

KYIV, Jan 31 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its global economic growth forecast for 2023 to 2.9% from 2.7% in October, the IMF said in a report.

LUXEMBOURG, Jan 31 - Energy, housing, demining, critical social infrastructure and assistance to private businesses are the top five priorities for Ukraine's emergency recovery in 2023, for which $17 billion are to be raised, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 31 - The United States is readying more than $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine that is expected to include longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons, two U.S. officials briefed on the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Jan 30 - Russia will ask NATO to clarify whether it intends to implement key security commitments, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday, after Moscow said the alliance's response to its demands did not go far enough, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Jan 31 - Ukraine’s security chief said that about 120,000 Russian troops are concentrated near Ukraine and Moscow may stage provocations “at any moment,” but argued that launching a full-fledged invasion would require massive preparations that would be easily spotted, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Jan 31 – Ukrainian diplomacy is working to maintain a high intensity of diplomatic negotiations and the presence of foreign top officials in Ukraine as a factor in reducing security threats, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, Jan 31 - Russia has begun supplying its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to the rebel-controlled region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine despite a ban by Kyiv, Reuters reported Sunday citing a local news outlet.

BRUSSELS, Jan 31 - The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine said Washington and Europe are considering measures against Russia for its detention of 24 Ukrainian crew members captured in the Kerch Strait, RFE/RL reportes Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 30 - Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov has announced the arrival of a third helicopter for the ministry's aviation security system, it will be used by Ukraine's State Emergency Service.