KIEV, June 23 ??“ Ukraine??™s robust economic expansion in May is not a sufficient reason to revise upwards the country??™s 2.8% on year growth forecast for 2006, the Economy Ministry said in a statement.

Kiev, June 23 ??“ The Ukrainian government will fight inflation through antimonopoly regulations and making commodity interventions, according to an agreement signed by three-pro-Western parties seeking to form the government.

KIEV, June 23 ??“ The government will soon hold a special tender to select the top manager for Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, Yulia Tymoshenko, prime minister designate, said Friday.

KIEV, June 23 ??“ Ukraine??™s security service apparently traced links between Russian youth organizations involved in anti-NATO demonstrations in Crimea and Russian government and political figures, an official said.

KIEV, June 23 ??“ Oleksandr Turchynov, a former chief of SBU security service and a key ally of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, will probably be nominated as the finance minister, a newspaper reported Friday.

KIEV, June 23 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko and three pro-Western parties that have pledged to form the new government in Ukraine support plans to re-negotiate a controversial natural gas agreement with Russia, an official said Friday.

KYIV, May 25 – The United States approved the sale of NASAMS air defense systems and related equipment to Ukraine for $285 million, the U.S. State Department said.

KYIV, May 25 – Every day, Ukrainians do everything to become stronger, give more protection to people, save more lives, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said while speaking to students of the John Hopkins University via video link on Thursday.

STOCKHOLM, May 25 - Sweden’s defense minister says the Nordic country is considering whether to let Ukrainian pilots test its JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, May 25 - The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner claimed Thursday that his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military, days after he said Wagner troops had captured the ruined city.