KYIV, March 27 - Ukrainian forces are seeking to roll back Russian gains as Moscow shifts its focus to controlling a swath of the country’s south and east, The Wall Street Journal reported.

KYIV, March 24 – Another group of Russian propaganda representatives have arrived at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant occupied by Russian soldiers to create fake information materials about the activities of the plant under occupation, Energoatom has said.

WASHINGTON, March 27 - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he hoped to announce with NATO allies visiting Washington next week additional steps to push back on Russia over its aggression in Ukraine, Reuters reported Wednesday.

KYIV, March 26 – At least 17 presidential candidates have been found to have ‘irregularities’ in their financial papers submitted to the central election commission, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) reported.

KYIV, March 27 - Ukrainians exhausted by five years of war and decades of official corruption look set to send a comedian with no political experience into run-off against the incumbent when they vote in Sunday’s presidential election, Reuters reported.

KYIV, March 26 – Reforms in Ukraine are not proceeding sufficiently quickly and this is the reason they are resisted by those who are fighting to preserve the status quo, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Hugues Mingarelli said.

KYIV, March 27 – Poland intends in September 2018 to build a fence on its border with Ukraine and Belarus in order to stop the migration of wild boar which spread African swine fever (ASF), according to Polish Radio.

KYIV, March 27 – Ukraine’s economy may grow between 5% and 7% annually due to the government’s efforts to implement large infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 25 – Ukraine is not planning to restore its status as a nuclear nation, the Foreign Ministry said.

"Ukraine neither was, nor is planning to renew its nuclear status," Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said at a Tuesday briefing.

KIEV, March 25 – The Ukrainian radical group Right Sector demands Interior Minister Arsen Avakov's immediate dismissal and the arrest of members of the Sokil (Falcon) special task force involved in killing nationalist leader Oleksandr Muzychko nicknamed Sashko Bily in the Rivne region early on Tuesday.