KYIV, Jan 24 - The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine has been forgotten as the country prepares to mark two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

KYIV, Jan 25 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects the start of a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February, during which technical consultations will take place, which will ultimately lead to a successful third review of the program, NBU Head Andriy Pyshnyy said during a press briefing on Thursday.

KYIV, Jan 25 – Hungary plans to withdraw its objections to the creation by the European Union of a military aid fund for Ukraine in the amount of EUR 5 billion, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources.

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 - A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid faced potential collapse Thursday as Senate Republicans grew increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, says is “meaningless.”

KYIV, Jan 24 - Several senior Ukrainian officials, including front-line governors, lost their jobs Tuesday in a corruption scandal plaguing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government as it grapples with the nearly 11-month-old Russian invasion, The Associated Press reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 - The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send US-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine and could make an announcement as soon as this week, CNN reported Tuesday citing three US officials familiar with the deliberations.

KYIV, Jan 25 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Director of the Procurement Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and Viacheslav Shapovalov, Deputy Defense Minister, were fired in connection with the scandal over the purchase of food for military personnel, Anastasia Radina, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, has said.

BERLIN, Jan 25 - Germany and the United States said Wednesday they will send tanks to Ukraine, the first stage of a coordinated effort by the West to provide dozens of the heavy weapons to help Kyiv break battlefield stalemates as Russia’s invasion enters its 12th month.

KYIV, Jan 25 – President Volodymyr Zelensky by his decree put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine to expand the list of sanctions, which, in particular, are imposed on metropolitan of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Pavlo (Lebed) and former MP Vadim Novinsky.

KYIV, Jan 20 – Ukraine’s inflation is likely to hit 7.7% in 2022, up from an earlier forecast of 5%, due to a number of factors, including rising commodity prices, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reported.