KIEV, Sept. 22 ??“ Russia was pleased by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych??™s pledge to postpone Ukraine??™s accession to NATO, but more must be done to secure a natural gas deal, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing sources.

KYIV, Aug 23 – Turkey continues to support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a video address to the Third Summit of the Crimea Platform on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 24 – Ukraine is developing an economic model for the development of Crimea as part of the Peninsula Recovery Strategy after its de-occupation, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 - The U.S. will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Air National Guard base in October, the Pentagon said Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 22 – The United States plans to send Excalibur precision-guided artillery munitions to Ukraine in the future, Politico said on Sunday, citing a source familiar with the discussions on the next tranche of military assistance to Ukraine worth $775 million, which was announced on Friday, August 19.

KYIV, Aug 22 – S&P Global Ratings raised its foreign currency long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine to 'CCC+/C' from 'SD/SD' and the long-term issue rating on the restructured foreign currency bonds to 'CCC+' from 'D' on August 19.

KYIV, Aug 23 – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has reported on the work on security guarantees for Ukraine, which is currently underway.

KYIV, Aug 24 – The latest information from the Zaporizhia NPP about renewed shelling caused additional damage underlines the urgent need for an IAEA expert mission to go there, consultations on its organization are actively continuing and there is a possibility of sending the mission in the near future, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has said.

KYIV, Aug 24 – President Volodymyr Zelensky said that over the past six months Ukraine has changed the world, history and changed itself.

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 - Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is sending $2.98 billion in new military aid to Ukraine that will provide longer-term weapons and training to enable forces there to fight for years to come.