WASHINGTON, Aug 22 - The U.S. State Department on Monday issued a security alert warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days.

KROPYVNYTSKY, Aug 21 – Ukraine’s economy is growing, but the growth is fragile and may be reversed if Russia escalates military conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk, President Petro Poroshenko said Monday.

KYIV, Aug 22 – Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies on Tuesday asked NASA to provide satellite images that show violation of environmental safety during the construction of the Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea.

KROPIVNYTSKY, Aug 21 – Ukraine and the U.S. will strengthen military cooperation after the visit U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis later this week, President Petro Poroshenko said Monday.

KYIV, Aug. 22 – Russia was actively working with selected foreign diplomats in Moscow in early June to accuse Ukraine of helping North Korea develop missile technology, a top Ukrainian security official said Tuesday.

KYIV, July 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will fully and on time fulfill all obligations under the memorandum with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), governor of the central bank Kyrylo Shevchenko said during the first meeting with IMF representatives.

KYIV, July 23 - A prominent Ukrainian anti-corruption campaigner said Thursday his house had been set on fire and condemned authorities for failing to protect activists, AFP reported.

KYIV, July 23 - The West has hailed Ukraine’s parliamentary election as a catalyst for major reform, and Moscow tentatively welcomed it as a “vote of hope”, as the country’s president Volodymy Zelenskiy and his allies pondered candidates for key posts, the Irish Times reported.

KYIV, July 23 - The United States has decided to issue $200 million to Ukraine to strengthen security and defense in the 2018 budget year, the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States reported.

LONDON, July 23 - Ukraine is preparing to ramp up its borrowing, its new acting finance minister told Reuters on Monday, with plans to restart bond issuance in euros and look at issuing debt in currencies such as China’s yuan for the first time.