KYIV, May 24 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is waiting for the parliamentary election and the formation of the new government in Ukraine to discuss further cooperation, the IMF mission is holding constructive discussion in Kyiv on the recent developments and economic policies, Director of the IMF Communications Department Gerry Rice said.

KYIV, May 24 - Russian authorities must release the 24 Ukrainian sailors who were captured last year after entering the Kerch Strait, a United Nations maritime tribunal has ruled, CNN reported.

KYIV, May 23 – Findings of a public opinion poll conducted by the Oleksandr Yaremenko Ukrainian Institute for Social Research, the Social Monitoring Center, and the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences show that the majority of Ukrainians trust President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country's armed forces.

KYIV, May 23 – President Volodymyr Zelensky's representative in Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk names the reform of the Presidential Administration among the priorities for the head of state.

KYIV, May 24 - The U.S. Senate suggests increasing up to $300 million and significantly expand assistance to Ukraine's security sector in the U.S. defense budget for 2020, the Ukrainian Embassy to U.S. said on Thursday.

KYIV, May 24 – President Volodymyr Zelensky said he intends to implement the "country in a smartphone" concept to make up for Ukraine's lag in e-government development.

KIEV, May 26 – Apparently hoping to get a jump on the competition, Kiev authorities intend to start preparations for the Eurovision 2017 song contest, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

KIEV, May 26 - Ukraine’s top regional reformer, who is critical of the government, said Thursday his administration was raided by a law enforcement team in an apparent political attack for his anti-corruption activity.

KIEV, May 25 - Most of the population does not support the idea of early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, according to public opinion polls conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Centre from May 11-26, 2016 and by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology on December 15-25, 2015.

KIEV, May 25 – Ukraine will grant special status to Donetsk and Luhansk regions but free and fair municipal elections in Donetsk and Luhansk based on Ukrainian legislation and international standards should be held first, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.