KYIV, June 23 – Ukraine aims to return to productive use 80% of lands potentially contaminated by mines and other explosive objects within 10 years, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2023) in London on Thursday.

KYIV, June 23 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has called on the world community to respond in a consolidated manner to information about the threat of a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhia NPP, and also asks the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to give a clear assessment of the criminal actions of the Russian Federation.

KYIV, June 25 - The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat.

WASHINGTON, June 26 - President Joe Biden declared Monday that the U.S. and NATO played no part in the Wagner mercenary group’s short-lived insurrection in Russia, calling the uprising and the longer-term challenges it poses for President Vladimir Putin’s authority “a struggle within the Russian system.”

KYIV, June 22 – Drilling platforms, on which Ukraine launched a missile strike on Monday, functioned as reinforcement points for the full control of the Russian occupiers of the Black Sea, spokesperson of head of Odesa Regional Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk has said.

KYIV, June 22 – The Cabinet of Ministers has provided UAH 16 billion from the state budget reserve fund to the Ministry of Economy for new budget programs to provide grants for creating a business, as well as two more programs for business, Taras Melnychuk, government representative in the Verkhovna Rada, has said.

KYIV, June 23 - The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions has published a roadmap for financial sanctions, in which it proposes to completely block the financial sector of the Russian Federation, refuse to provide services and cooperate with the aggressor in the financial sector, achieve institutional isolation and move to economic policy without the participation of Russia, according to a document on the website of the Office of the President.

WASHINGTON, June 23 - The United States will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems, to help push back Russian progress in the war, officials announced Thursday.

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.