KYIV, Feb 27 – Ukraine is actively working on the reforms necessary to start negotiations on joining the European Union, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk has said.

KYIV, Feb 27 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday her first visit to Ukraine underscored Washington’s commitment to continuing its economic support for the country, as the din of air raid sirens echoed across the Ukrainian capital.

GENEVA, Feb 27 - Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of thousands dead.

KYIV, Feb 25 – U.K. Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said she supports Britons going to Ukraine to fight amid the Russian invasion, Yahoo News reported Friday.

It follows president Volodymyr Zelensky's call for foreigners to help his forces: “Every friend of Ukraine who wants to join Ukraine in defending the country please come over, we will give you weapons.”

BERLIN, Feb 27 - Germany will supply Ukraine with defensive anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles and ammunition, the government said on Saturday, in a shift of policy as Russia's forces continued to pound Kyiv and other cities on day three of its campaign, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 26 - Ukraine is recruiting international volunteers to carry out cyberattacks against Russia. On Saturday afternoon, Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s digital transformation minister, took to Twitter to announce he was assembling an “IT army” on Telegram. “There will be tasks for everyone,” he said. “We continue to fight on the cyber front, egadget reported.

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 - The European Union agreed Sunday to close its airspace to Russian airlines, spend hundreds of millions of euros on buying weapons for Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in its latest response to Russia’s invasion, EU officials said, The Associated Press reported.

BRUSSELS, Feb 25 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday the alliance was deploying parts of its combat-ready response force and would continue to send weapons to Ukraine, including air defenses, while saying that Russia was trying to topple the Ukrainian government, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Feb 26 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has remained defiant as Russian attacks continue in the country’s capital of Kyiv.

The Ukrainian leader has released a number of videos on social media addressing his citizens to assure them that he has no plans to leave the country. The latest Zelensky video was posted on Saturday morning, Yahoo News reported.

KYIV, Feb 26 – Even the rapid spread of the new coronavirus in other countries will not have a significant impact on the Ukrainian economy, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov believes.