KYIV, Feb 25 - The former chief of staff for Ukraine’s armed forces, General Volodymyr Zamana, has been detained on charges of high treason, RFE/RL reported Monday citing Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko.

KYIV, Feb 25 – Ukraine's strategic goal is to apply for EU membership and receive an Action Plan for NATO membership no later than 2023, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KYIV, Feb. 26 - Authorities in Ukraine have rearrested the alleged mastermind of an international cybercrime gang that was busted in international raids more than a year ago, RFE/RL reported Monday.

KYIV, Feb 23 - The greater part of assets of the EU sanctions list, which includes former high-ranking officials from Ukraine, is outside the EU, Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Yenin said.

KYIV, Feb 23 – Ukraine should refrain from adopting the bill "Buy Ukrainian, Pay to Ukrainians" that may be violating the Free Trade Area under the Association Agreement with the European Union, Christian Danielsson, Director-General for Enlargement of the European Commission, said.

KYIV, Feb 26 – U.S. sanctions against the Russian Federation will remain until Crimea returns to Ukraine's sovereignty, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said.

KYIV, Feb 26 – Transport and security are key issuing in preparations for the holding of the men's and women's 2018 Champions League finals in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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.