WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled a closed-door hearing on Sept. 29 to discuss Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which several lawmakers say could harm allies in Eastern Europe, Reuters reported.

NEW YORK, Sept 23 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on the United Nations to do more to respond to the ongoing war in Ukraine's east, where government forces continue to face off against Kremlin-backed separatists in a seven-year-war that has killed more than 13,200 people, RFE RL reported.

KYIV, Sept 23 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has begun a dialogue with Congress and the U.S. Administration on the need to increase the total amount of support that the United States provides to Ukraine to $1 billion per year, the ministry's press service said on Wednesday evening.

KYIV, Sept 22 – Parliament voted to approve the bill on preventing threats to national security associated with the excessive influence of persons with significant economic or political weight in public life (oligarchs), the so-called. "law on de-oligarchization."

KYIV, Sept 23 - Ukraine has begun a large military exercise in response to the Caucasus-2020 drills in neighbouring Russia, aiming to show the preparedness of its army to repel any attack from Russian soil, Reuters reported Wednesday citing the Ukrainian military.

KYIV, Sept 23 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, during which the parties discussed the possibility of coordinating the measures taken by both countries to overcome the consequences caused by coronavirus.

KYIV, Sept 23 - Ukraine is working to fulfill the conditions of a $5 billion loan program from the International Monetary Fund and expects to hold talks with an IMF mission online this autumn, Yulia Kovaliv, the deputy chief of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, said.

KYIV, Sept 22 - Ukraine continues to meet the criteria corresponding to a visa-free regime with the European Union, however, further effective, independent work of anti-corruption agencies and avoiding politicization of law enforcement agencies is important, Josep Borrell, Vice President of the European Commission, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has said.

KYIV, Sept 23 – A presidential decree on urgent measures to ensure economic growth, stimulate regional development and prevent corruption was published on the website of the Office of the President on Friday.

KYIV, Sept 23 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with Assistant Director in the European Department of the International Monetary Fund Julie Kozack and IMF Mission Chief for Ukraine Ron van Rooden.