KYIV, March 27 - Germany has delivered promised Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, providing Kyiv with much-needed heavy weaponry against Russia, AFP reported Monday.

KYIV, March 24 – The government of the United States has said that Russian military personnel have committed war crimes in Ukraine.

"Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia's forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an official statement.

KYIV, March 27 - Russia's communications regulator and Internet censor is warning media outlets in the country not to publish a new interview between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several Russian journalists.

KYIV, March 27 - Ukrainian defense officials said on Sunday that some Russian military units have returned to Belarus through Chernobyl to regroup amid mounting losses as Moscow's invasion enters its fifth week.

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.