KIEV, March 24 - Ukraine has attracted $331 million under a loan agreement with Japan on DPL II (Development Policy Loan) and for the implementation of economic reforms, according to a posting on the website of the Finance Ministry.

KIEV, March 24 – A working visit of President Petro Poroshenko to the United States is scheduled from March 30 through April 2, the president's website has reported.

KIEV, March 24 - Ukraine's parliamentary speaker emerged on Thursday as the frontrunner to replace the unpopular Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, signaling a breakthrough in a political crisis that has lasted months.

KIEV, March 23 – Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration officials are involved in the activities of criminal gangs operating in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.

KIEV, March 23 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has asked the Prosecutor General's Office to verify the accusations made by the suspended head of the state financial inspectorate Mykola Hordiyenko against the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, March 24 – Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, has called on each side in the Donbas conflict to respect the ceasefire and create the conditions that will allow OSCE monitors to access the village of Shyrokyne where hostilities are ongoing.

MOSCOW, March 24 – Russia will not receive a $3 billion bond payout owed by Ukraine this year, according to the International Monetary Fund projections underpinning Kiev's new bailout, according to the Financial Times.

KIEV, March 24 – The 70th anniversary of the end of World War II will continue to be commemorated on May 9 this year, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Culture Minister Vyacheslav Kyrylenko said.

WASHINGTON, March 24 – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Monday night asking President Obama to send lethal arms to Ukraine, media said.

LONDON, March 24 - Ukraine expects to start discussions with an ad hoc creditor committee by Monday or Tuesday next week, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.