KYIV, Aug 25 - Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant was forced to shut down the last two operational units Thursday after a fire at a nearby facility damaged the last power line to the grid, Energoatom reported.

KYIV, Aug 25 - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a major buildup of his country’s military forces Thursday in an apparent effort to replenish troops that have suffered heavy losses in six months of bloody warfare and prepare for a long, grinding fight ahead in Ukraine.

KYIV, Aug 20 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that as long as Nord Stream 2 is not launched, Ukraine will actively negotiate to protect its interests, the presidential press service said on Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 20 – The majority of Ukrainians, 61.2%, believe that Crimea should be returned to Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation together with the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, Aug 22 - The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has arrived on a visit to Ukraine to attend festivities marking the 30th anniversary of its declaration of independence, AP reported.

KYIV, Aug 24 - Ukraine’s president on Tuesday urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the European Union in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, the AP reported.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Ukraine has received its $2.7 billion tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of a new allocation of Special Drawing Rights, or SDR, Kateryna Rozhkova, first deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, said Monday.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Ukraine’s economy has slid into recession in the second quarter suggesting the government’s measures have been largely failing to stimulate growth amid soaring prices and rising interest rates, data show.

KYIV, Aug 20 – The decision of the European Commission (EC) on the equivalence of the digital COVID certificates of the EU and Ukraine came into force on August 20, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov during a press briefing in Kyiv on Friday.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that the total potential losses from the occupation of the Crimea peninsula by the Russian Federation are estimated at more than $100 billion, according to the communications department of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.