KYIV, Aug 21 – Ukraine pledged to start transparent purchases of medicine, PPE and medical devices by the state as a condition for receiving EUR 1.2 billion in financial assistance from the European Union, according to a published memorandum.

KYIV, Aug 21 - There is no technical capacity in Ukraine to conduct research and development of any vaccines, including against coronavirus, but preparations are underway for mass production, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

KYIV, Aug. 24 - Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in serious condition with a fever, Reuters reported Sunday citing her party’s spokeswoman.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Ukraine is beginning visa-free travel negotiations with Canada, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – The National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) has not established facts of unauthorized interference in the operation of the public register of persons authorized to perform public or local government functions.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has discussed the possibility of extraditing Eduard Stavytsky and Dmytro Tabachnyk, former ministers under deposed President Viktor Yanukovych, with Israeli authorities.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - President Petro Poroshenko, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants "the whole Ukraine" to be part of the "Russian Empire."

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin expects the UN International Court of Justice to start hearing Kiev's claim against Russia regarding violations of the International Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism before the end of 2016.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Some UAH 380 million will be foreseen in the 2017 draft national budget for the completion of Okhmatdyt National Children's Specialized Hospital, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said in his Facebook videoblog.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – The fully functioning launch of electronic declaration before September 1 would lift one of the obstacles on Ukraine's way to receiving the third tranche of the IMF-funded Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program and would be grounds for receiving these funds in September, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.