KYIV, Feb 26 – The upgrading of outdoor lighting in Kyiv, for which it is planned to allocate UAH 300 million this year, will increase security in the streets and save significant funds of the city budget, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – A group of parliamentarians, including some members of coalition factions People's Front and Petro Poroshenko Bloc, have asked Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman for an urgent insection of the financial and economic operations of Naftogaz Ukrainy and its subsidiaries and suspend the suspension of Naftogaz Chairman Andriy Kobolev from duty.

KIEV, Feb. 23 - The International Monetary Fund is still working with Ukrainian authorities to get agreement on a memorandum of cooperation, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said.

"It is not unusual in programs, sometimes it takes a little bit of time to address the issues and the board dates are sometimes adjusted accordingly. It is really not unusual," he said during a regular press briefing in Washington.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – The State Exports Control Service has disputed reports that Ukraine allegedly boosted exports of arms to Russia in 2016 recently published by Ukrainian media.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 – The United States on Sunday condemned an attack on special monitoring missions in eastern Ukraine and called on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the ceasefire under the Minsk agreements, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 23 - Parliament has approved No. 6010 on simplification of capitalization and reorganization of banks.

Some 235 deputies voted for the adoption of the draft law.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – Parliament has rejected bill No. 1800 on pawn shops and their activities.

Only 164 lawmakers backed the document at first reading on Thursday, while at least 226 supporting votes is required to pass a bill.

KIEV, Feb. 23 – The lower chamber of the Dutch Parliament - the House of Representatives - on Thursday officially confirmed the ratification of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the Ukrainian-based political news portal Yevropeiska Pravda reported.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – Another 35,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were registered in Ukraine over the last week, amounting to a total of 1.421 million refugees in the country, UNHCR reported.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – The chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, Viktor Muzhenko, has signed a document on military-technical cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the president's press office said on Tuesday.