BRUSSELS, June 23 - Ukraine's long-term goal of joining the European Union has received its latest shot in the arm, after the bloc's 27 member states agreed Thursday that the country should be given candidate status -- a significant step on the path to full membership, CNN reported.

KYIV, June 25 – Ukraine’s economy is severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic due to poor level of savings at households as the 2.5-month lockdown had dramatically reduced consumption, an International Monetary Fund official said Thursday.

KYIV, June 26 - Ukraine's armed forces have begun to pull back from the town of Stanytsia Luhanska in the Luhansk region, one of only six civilian crossing points along the 450-kilometer line of contact in the Donbas war zone, RFE/RL reported.

MOSCOW, June 24 – The transit of Ukrainian goods by road and rail to third countries via Russia will be resolved once their traceability with GLONASS-based seals is ensured, according to the amendments to a presidential decree on the application of special economic measures over Ukraine's unfriendly actions in respect of Russian citizens and legal entities signed in October of last year.

KYIV, June 26 – If presidential elections in Ukraine were held in the middle of June 2018, Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko would receive the most votes, followed by Civil Position Party leader Anatoliy Hrytsenko and Opposition Bloc leader Yuriy Boiko, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Rating Sociological Group.

KYIV, June 26 - The Council of the European Union has finally approved the fourth macro-financial assistance (MFA) program for Ukraine, which envisages the allocation of EUR 1 billion in loans when Kyiv fulfills a number of conditions; only Hungary voted against the decision, the institution said on its website.

KYIV, June 26 – Ukraine and Denmark will increase cooperation in fighting corruption and blocking Nord Stream 2 pipeline after a meeting between Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Head Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Copenhagen.

KYIV, June 26 – Russia may be preparing a new massive cyber attack on Ukraine as many Ukrainian companies are finding increasing amounts of malicious software planted on their computer systems, the government reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, June 24 – The U.S. State Department does not believe the reports about large numbers of refugees fleeing to Russia from their homes in southeast Ukraine, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.

KIEV, June 26 – The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to upgrade the state border with Russia, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Ostap Semerak said.