KYIV, Sept 20 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ukrainian authorities are still negotiating further cooperation, Director of the IMF Communications Department Gerry Rice said.

KYIV, Sept 21 - The legal action that might be brought by President Petro Poroshenko against the BBC over the allegation that he paid for a face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will pose no risk to Kyiv's image, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KYIV, Sept. 23 - Russian naval forces resorted to unsafe military practices against two Ukrainian naval ships and a plane on route to establish a naval base in the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian navy reported Sunday.

KYIV, Sept 21 – Acting Finance Minister Oksana Markarova has said that it is realistic to meet the revenue target of the draft national budget for 2019 submitted to the parliament, as well as the target of the 2018 budget.

KYIV, Sept 24 – Russia pays a high economic price for its aggression, and without sanctions, "Putin would not be engaged in the Normandy process, designed to find a peaceful solution," President Petro Poroshenko said.

KYIV, Sept 24 – The implementation of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project would result in the loss of gas transit across Ukraine, former President Leonid Kuchma said Monday.

He lamented the fact that a gas transmission consortium for the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) was not created.

KYIV, Sept 21 - During the tests of new Ukrainian weapons and military equipment held at a military range of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, all the models have shown their high efficiency and will significantly strengthen Ukraine's military potential after they are taken into service, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KYIV, Sept. 24 - Ukraine and Russia intensified standoff as the Sea of Azov is becoming a new area of contention increasing military presence in the area, Stratfor, a private U.S. strategic analysis firm, reported Monday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is a geopolitical tool of pressure on Western Europe, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said in an interview with German newspaper Rheinische Post.

KIEV, Sept. 26 - A recent earthquake in Romania which was felt on Ukrainian territory had no impact on the performance of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, officials said.