KIEV, April 22 – President Petro Poroshenko and European Council President Donald Tusk were said to hold telephone talk at which they discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine and the country's new ties with the European Union.

KIEV, April 22 – Ukraine's government and the European Commission have signed an agreement on the provision of EUR 97 million for the U-LEAD program: Ukraine Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Program.

BRUSSELS, April 22 - The European Union's decision on the unilateral reduction of customs duties on Ukrainian products brought to the EU market has come into force.

KIEV, April 23 – UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko said during his meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in Kiev that he wants the United States and Europe to impose new tougher sanctions against Russia to stop its aggression against Ukraine.

KIEV, April 24 - International Monetary Fund staff has endorsed a $17 billion loan to Ukraine to help the government pay its debts amid a projected economic contraction of 5% this year, Bloomberg has reported, citing government officials who have seen the recommendations.

WASHINGTON, April 24 - The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said its board planned to meet on April 30 to consider an aid package for Ukraine, saying that Kiev had supplied the necessary documents to determine whether conditions for a bailout had been met, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 24 - Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels on Thursday as they closed in on the separatists' military stronghold in the east, and Russia launched army drills near the border in response, raising fears its troops would invade, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 23 – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe supports the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, OSCE PA acting President Wolfgang Grossruck said.

BRUSSELS, April 24 - Ukraine will extend its presence in Afghanistan after NATO ends its mission in the country, and it will also make its contribution to the Afghan Security Forces Fund Ihor Dolhov, head of Ukraine's Mission to NATO, said in an interview with Ukrainian journalists in Brussels ahead of a meeting of foreign ministers from NATO and ISAF partner nations.

KIEV, April 24 - Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant will cover the equipment in the turbine room of unit No. 4, the roof of which collapsed last winter, with a special paste in order to avoid radioactive dust being raised, Ukraine's chief state inspector for nuclear and radiation safety, Mykhailo Hashev, said.