COLOGNE, June 27 - Ukraine beat Switzerland 3-0 on penalties to reach the World Cup quarter-finals on Monday after the teams played out a sterile scoreless draw, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 26 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, seeks $1 billion bail-out from the government in order to avoid gas supply disruptions and shortages later this year, a news agency reported Monday.

KIEV, June 26 ??“ Ukraine??™s largest opposition group, the Regions Party, on Monday threatened to block operation of Parliament indefinitely unless the group gets control of key parliamentary committees and governments in regions it dominates.

KYIV, May 24 – As of May 1, 2024, Ukraine received only 18% of the $3.1 billion requested under the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said.

KYIV, May 24 – Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukraine has attracted over $85 billion in external financing, reported Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

KYIV, May 26 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv.

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.