KIEV, Oct. 24 – Some 30% of Ukrainians would travel abroad for permanent residence if they could, according to the opinion poll conducted by the sociological group "Rating."

At the same time, 65% of respondents would not like to leave Ukraine forever.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov and Turkey's Undersecretary for Defense Industry Ismail Demir have discussed cooperation between leading enterprises of the two countries' defense industries and the implementation of joint projects in military and technical cooperation, the NSDC's official website said on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Ukraine, Montenegro, Albania, Norway, and Liechtenstein have joined the anti-Russian sanctions that were extended by the Council of the European Union until March 15, 2017, for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

BERLIN, Oct. 23 - Prime Minister Yatseniuk assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that Ukraine will continue to be a reliable shipper of Russian natural gas to Europe.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – EU sanctions against Russia will either be strengthened or eased depending on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said.

BERLIN, Oct. 23 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will disburse a $300 million loan to help Ukraine pay for European natural gas imports during the winter, Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - President Petro Poroshenko's fragile ruling coalition faced a major survival test Sunday in local elections marred swiftly by polls failing to open in the strategic port of Mariupol, AFP reported.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – United States President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill on the U.S. defense budget but this won't affect the country's assistance to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Embassy to the U.S. said.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said he opposes disconnecting Crimea from the power grid as proposed by a petition on the Ukrainian president's website.

KIEV, Oct. 23 – Ukraine is expecting that all member states of the European Union will ratify the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement by the end of 2015, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.