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.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – The development of transplantology in Ukraine is expected to pick up after the adoption of the law on transplantation prompts Ukrainian pharmaceutical manufacturers to organize production of immunosuppressors that patients have to take after transplantation, said Iryna Sysoyenko, deputy head of the parliamentary healthcare committee.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Ukraine must start a dialog with the United States on joint production of weapons and ammunition on its territory and it would be beneficial both for Ukraine and the United States, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valeriy Chaly said.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The U.S. Embassy in Kiev, in light of the upcoming Koktebel Jazz Party, has reminded American citizens that the United States and the European Union have instituted broad sanctions against activity in Crimea in response to Russia's continuing occupation and annexation of the peninsula.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – The Public Prosecutor's Office of Crimea, which is located in Kiev due to the annexation of the peninsula by Russia, has recorded 119 criminal proceedings in the pretrial investigation register, Senior Counselor of Justice and acting Public Prosecutor of Crimea Nazar Kholodnytsky said.

KIEV, Aug. 24 - President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year struggling to fend off what he called Russian strategies to undermine Kiev's drive for closer relations with Europe, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich have discussed cooperation in the production of light-emitting diodes (LED) and medicines.