KIEV, May 29 - Ukraine's SBU security service on Monday accused Russian search engine Yandex of illegally collecting personal information on Ukrainians and sending the sensitive data to Russian spy agencies.

KIEV, May 26 – The Ukrainian headquarters of the trade blockade with the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions outside of Kiev's control has announced plans to begin a new stage of activity in two weeks.

KIEV, May 26 – The total amount of bail posted by arrested former high-ranking tax officials is UAH 350 million, according to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who said the relatively small amount and guarantees given by several of those detained would be appealed in court.

KIEV, May 26 – Ex-Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade Aivaras Abromavicius has joined the board of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (UUE).

KIEV, May 30 – Police in Kiev on Tuesday are looking for the individual who shot dead a businessman in the city's Dartnytsky district.

KIEV, May 30 – NATO's agency for supporting and equipping member states (NSPA) has recommended including Ukrainian arms producers in the list of producers of military equipment used by NATO members and alliance partners, Ukraine's state-owned defense concern Ukroboronprom announced on Tuesday.

AMSTERDAM, May 30 – The Dutch senate on Tuesday approved a European Union “association agreement” with Ukraine, a final hurdle to the treaty, which strengthens the former Soviet republic’s ties with Western Europe and moves it further from Moscow’s orbit, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 27 - Most residents of Ukraine believe that President Petro Poroshenko should tender his resignation following the Panama Papers disclosure of his offshore interests, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

KIEV, May 27 - President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree enacting the National Security and Defense Council resolution (dated May 20) imposing sanctions against 17 representatives of Russian media outlets.

KIEV, May 30 - Bilateral meetings between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took place in Tehran on Sunday.