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.

KYIV, May 23 – Already in July, many countries will feel the consequences of a food crisis provoked by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine and the blocking of its key export infrastructure in the Black Sea.

KYIV, May 24 - Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war.

KYIV, May 24 – There is a positive trend in the incidence of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a conference call chaired by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

KYIV, May 25 – Ukraine needs international assistance in monitoring coal mines in occupied areas of Donetsk region amid concerns over potential water contamination, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday.