KYIV, Oct 23 - Russia’s defense chief alleged Sunday that Ukraine was preparing a “provocation” involving a radioactive device, a stark claim that was strongly rejected by U.S., British and Ukrainian officials amid soaring tensions as Moscow struggles to stem Ukrainian advances in the south.

KYIV, Oct 21 – President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for an international observation mission to be sent to Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP).

"We have information that Russian terrorists have mined the dam and units of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. This is one of the large power facilities. The dam of this hydroelectric power plant holds a volume of about 18 million cubic meters of water. If Russian terrorists blow up this dam, more than 80 settlements, including Kherson, could be hit by rapid flooding," he said on Thursday, in an address via video link to EU leaders meeting.

KYIV, Oct 21 – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, during a meeting with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, expressed hope for continued cooperation between the city authorities and the bank during the post-war reconstruction of the city, the press service of the Kyiv mayor reported on Friday.

KYIV, Oct 21 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that from October 10 to October 20, more than 400 facilities in 16 regions of Ukraine were damaged as a result of shelling by Russian invaders.

KYIV, Oct 21 – The next round of negotiations with experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the preparation of the Program Monitoring with Board Involvement (PMB) is expected in November, and its approval is expected in December, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said following the results of the IMF mission on October 17 through October 20 in Vienna.

MOSCOW, Oct 22 - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that preparations to organize a four-way summit aimed at finding a resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine had effectively ground to a halt, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct. 23 - Ukraine's president on Wednesday urged a group of lawmakers to take a lie detector test to show they are not involved in a widening corruption scandal, AP reported.

KYIV, Oct 20 – The land plot in the Dorohozhychi district in Kyiv, where the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center will be erected at the site of an abandoned sports complex, were finally approved on Thursday, October 19.

KIEV, Oct. 22 – Lawmakers will probably approve a hotly-disputed bill regarding the rebel-controlled eastern territories within the next few weeks, Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy said Sunday.

KYIV, Oct. 22 - A group of army veterans joined a massive protest rally on Saturday giving President Petro Poroshenko five days to submit anti-corruption legislation to Parliament.