KIEV, May 29 ??“ Russia may steeply boost exports of crude oil to Ukraine this year after the two countries sign an anticipated oil supply agreement soon, an aide to President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KYIV, March 29 – President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the battle for Bakhmut has political significance.

In an interview with the Associated Press published on Wednesday, he predicted that if Russia defeated Ukraine at Bakhmut, Putin would "sell" this victory to the international community.

KYIV, March 29 – Reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a four-year EFF program worth $15.6 billion will help Ukraine finance 2023 budget deficit and actively raise money for recovery, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KYIV, March 29 - Ukraine’s president invited his powerful Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to visit his nation, saying they haven’t been in contact since the war began and he is “ready to see him here.”

KYIV, March 30 - Russian elites will likely blame each other for Russia's "disastrous progress" in its more-than-month-long war with Ukraine, Business Insider reported Wednesday citing Western officials.

KYIV, March 29 – Ukraine's losses from Russia's full-scale military aggression, taking into account both the destruction already inflicted on the infrastructure and economy, and future losses in subsequent years, exceed $1 trillion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, March 29 – On March 28, some 33,000 people crossed the state border from Ukraine to the EU and Moldova, which is almost 20% less than the day before, and is the minimum figure since the beginning of the war.

"Compared to the previous day, passenger traffic on the western section of the border has decreased," the State Border Guard Service said on Tuesday.

KYIV, March 30 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine already deserve the imposition of an embargo on Russian oil supplies by Ukraine's Western partners.

BERLIN, March 30 - Germany and Austria activated early warning plans Wednesday amid concerns that Moscow could cut natural gas deliveries, while Poland announced steps to end all Russian oil imports by year’s end, in fresh signs of how Russia’s war in Ukraine is affecting Europe’s energy security, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, March 30 - Ukrainian officials reported shelling around the capital Kyiv and the northern region of Chernihiv on Wednesday, despite a promise by Moscow to scale down military operations there, Reuters reported.