KYIV, March 26 – Russia operates two Ukrainian self-elevating floating rigs in offshore areas near Crimea and this will be used as evidence in international court, the Maritime Guard of the State Border Service of Ukraine reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 26 – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Ukraine to approve legislation on banking regulations and on land reform as key requirements to qualify for its lending program.

KYIV, March 26 – President Petro Poroshenko, who is running for re-election, has the largest presidential campaign fund among candidates, according to the analysis of financial reports conducted by the CHESNO movement with reference to data from the Central Election Commission (CEC).

KYIV, March 25 – Two members of the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) at a meeting on March 13 proposed to cut the key policy rate in March, the NBU has reported on its website.

KYIV, March 26 – Ukraine's 1+1 Media Group on Tuesday defended its reporting after an ally of President Petro Poroshenko had threatened with a lawsuit for “circulating lies and disinformation.’

KYIV, March 26 - Ukraine will expel 13 Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England, President Petro Poroshenko said Monday.

MINSK, March 24 – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko discussed trade and economic interaction between their countries and the peace process in Ukraine during a phone call on Thursday, the Belarusian presidential press service said.

KIEV, March 24 – The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has said the changes in legislation extending the list of those obliged to file electronic income declarations to include public activists is a step back in Ukrainian reforms.

KIEV, March 24 - Ukrainian government troops and separatist fighters have drawn closer to each other at several places along the tense front line in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing monitors.

MOSCOW, March 24 – The Russian authorities have begun extradition proceedings against former Ukrainian Parliament MP Oleksandr Shepelev, who is suspected of homicide and embezzlement.