KYIV, May 25 – Ukraine will receive up to $2 billion from international partners in May 2022, with required $5 billion monthly, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said.

KYIV, May 25 - Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order Wednesday to fast track Russian citizenship for residents of parts of southern Ukraine largely held by his forces, while lawmakers in Moscow passed a bill to strengthen the stretched Russian army, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, May 25 - President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday slammed former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for suggesting earlier this week that Ukraine cede some territory to Russia in the name of peace, The Hill reported.

KYIV, May 24 – Some territorial concessions to achieve peace in Ukraine are not acceptable for 82% of Ukrainians, the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology (KIIS) on May 13-18 confirm.

KYIV, May 25 – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba urged not to succumb to the blackmail of Russia to lift the blockade on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Russia.

KYIV, May 26 – Ukraine must go through several stages to build a new European future, the first stage is to restore more than 200 enterprises, 12 airports and over 1,000 educational institutions, as well as other destroyed infrastructure, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

DAVOS, May 26 - Russia will not win its war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin must not dictate the terms of any peace agreement, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, May 26 - The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say, CNN reported.

WASHINGTON, May 26 - Seven former U.S. ambassadors to Ukraine on Tuesday condemned efforts to use the country as a vehicle to “sow division” during the 2020 presidential election campaign, the Washington Post reported.

KYIV, May 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) does not see grounds for tightening of monetary policy in relation to the dissolution of Parliament and the possible resignation of the government, NBU governor Yakiv Smolii said.