KYIV, Sept 25 - Russia’s rush to mobilize hundreds of thousands of recruits to staunch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its “army is not able to fight,” Ukraine’s president said Sunday.

KYIV, Sept 25 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy notes that resistance to domestic reforms and war due to external aggression by the Russian Federation impede the achievement of sustainable development goals by the country.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 - The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy showing he sought a review of Biden family dealings in the country — but the document does not show Trump explicitly leveraging military aid as part of a quid pro quo, Fox News reported.

KIEV, Sept. 23 - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his country's government is unlikely to ratify the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine, taking into account the results of the April referendum, in which the Dutch opposed this agreement, BBC Ukraine has reported.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 23 - Loosening the European Union's economic sanctions on Russia would wreck the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine because the measures are the West's only leverage over Moscow, according to a senior Ukrainian official.

KIEV, Sept. 22 - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed unanimously the "Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act," which was earlier supported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainian embassy in the United States said.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The functioning of a gambling business via a networked online casino network providing illicit gambling and bookmaking services has been stopped by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

KIEV, Sept. 22 – The proper legislative provision and financing are the main elements of the successful work of Ukrainian policemen, Ukrainian National Police Chief Khatia Dekanoidze said.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The State Agency for Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine expects that in the 2015/16 heating season the fall in consumption of natural gas by households, heating supply companies and budget-funded organizations would be at least 10% compared to the 2014/15 heating season.

KIEV, Sept. 24 – The National Bank of Ukraine will lift all currency restrictions introduced in September 2014 and February 2015 by mid 2016, NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.