KIEV, July 26 ??“ Lukoil, Russia??™s largest oil company, shut down its Ukrainian oil refinery in Odessa on Tuesday for three years to implement a major overhaul that will cost $320 million, the company said.

BRUSSELS, June 25 – The EU Council has agreed on a decision to provide Ukraine with EUR 1.4 billion of windfall income from frozen Russian assets, says EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

KYIV, June 25 – Work on the issue of strengthening Ukrainian air defense does not stop, there will be more solutions - Ukraine will receive additional Patriot systems, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is confident.

BRUSSELS, June 25 – The EU says that negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union will be strict and demanding, and the decision on whether all conditions for their completion will be met will be made by EU member states.

KYIV, June 25 - Russian Defense Ministry and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that each side had released 90 war prisoners to the other in an exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates. The Emirati Foreign Ministry said it was the fifth swap mediated by the country this year alone.

BRUSSELS, June 25 – An intergovernmental conference has begun in Luxembourg for Ukraine and the European Union to start negotiations on Kyiv's membership in the EU.

KYIV, June 25 - Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say.