KYIV, April 26 - Poland and Bulgaria said Tuesday that the Kremlin is cutting off natural gas supplies to the two NATO countries starting Wednesday, the first such actions of the war. Both nations had refused Russia’s demands that they pay in rubles, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, April 26 - Russian missile fire knocked out a strategic railroad bridge along a route that links southern Ukraine’s Odesa port region to neighboring Romania, a NATO member, The Associated Press reported citing the Ukrainian authorities. No injuries were reported.

KYIV, April 26 - The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, April 26 – Western countries will continue to support Ukraine and will continue to provide their assistance to our country to quickly overcome the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster, according to diplomats from Germany, U.K. and U.S.

KYIV, April 26 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he was likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, adding that all sides were at the "finish line" of agreeing a new ceasefire, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 24 – Ukraine must secure before the end of May lending from the International Monetary Fund as budget revenue will not be able to support spending due to coronavirus quarantine, Olena Belan, the chief economist at Dragon Capital, said.

KYIV, April 24 – Ukraine’s economy will probably contract 5% on the year in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the National Bank of Ukraine reported Friday. The previous forecast was for 3.5% growth.

KYIV, April 26 – Mikheil Saakashvili, the former reformist president of Georgia, said Sunday he needs more time for talks with Ukrainian political groups to secure support for his appointment to the government.

KYIV, April 23 – Ukraine may see the current account deficit of $1.1 billion in 2020, compared with previously expected surplus of $3.2 billion, due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KYIV, April 22 – Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who won the Ukrainian presidential election according to exit polls and preliminary results, will support the course to continue the healthcare reform that had been launched, according to his advisor Yevhen Komarovsky.