KIEV, Aug. 26 – A total of 5,000 standards are to be drawn up and approved by 2020 to harmonize the Ukrainian standard system with the European one.

This is stipulated in the technical regulation system development strategy for the period until 2020 approved by cabinet resolution No. 844 of August 19.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukraine will be able to store a comfortable level of natural gas reserves even without supplies of Russian gas, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

The comments come in contrast with Demrchyshyn’s statements earlier this month that Ukraine will need to resume Russian gas imports in order to survive the winter.

MINSK, Aug. 26 - Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists, in a gesture to shore up a tenuous ceasefire, agreed on Wednesday to strive for an end to all truce violations from next Tuesday, the OSCE and rebel representatives said, Reuters reported.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Aug. 25 – The North Caucasus District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has convicted Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov of plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea and has sentenced him to 20 years in a high-security prison, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel say they support only a peaceful way to resolve the situation in eastern Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has said that Poland is ready to provide expert support for Ukraine in implementing its Association Agreement with the European Union and conducting reforms, the press service of the Ukrainian president reported on Sunday.

KIEV, Aug. 26 – President Petro Poroshenko has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her support of the Ukrainian people and stressed that they spoke for 20 times over the past two months.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 26 - Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine are guilty of a wide array of human rights abuses, including murder, abductions and torture, and are receiving a "steady supply" of sophisticated weapons and ammunition, according to a U.N. report obtained by Reuters.

KIEV, Aug. 26 - Ukrainian security services on Monday released video footage purporting to show Russian servicemen who were captured by Ukrainian government forces while fighting alongside pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

MINSK, Aug. 26 - The leaders of Russia and Ukraine agreed on Tuesday on the need to "de-escalate" the conflict in eastern Ukraine but fundamental differences remain, Reuters reported, citing the Belarusian president who hosted the talks.