KYIV, Nov 29 - Ukraine intends to request the closure of the Bosphorus strait for passage by Russian navy ships in connection with the Russian aggression against the Ukrainian military vessels in the Kerch Strait area, Ukraine's Naval Forces Commander Ihor Voronchenko said.

KYIV, Nov 29 – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board will convene in December to approve a new lending agreement for Ukraine, Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director, said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over a naval clash between Ukraine and Russia, BBC reported.

KYIV, Nov 27 – The 50th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) will be held in Kyiv on November 28-30.

CHERNOBYL , Nov. 29 - Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for generations to come, AFP reported.

MINSK , Nov. 29 - Four-way talks on ending a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine finished without a breakthrough on Tuesday, with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier declaring that "lip service" statements were not enough to achieve lasting peace, Reuters reported.

KIEV , Nov. 28 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman and Sweden 's Foreign Affairs Minister Margot Elisabeth Wallstrom have discussed cooperation on waste recycling, ecology and decentralization.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – The Cabinet of Ministers has found ways to cut expenses in the draft 2016 budget, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

KIEV, Nov. 27 – President Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with President of the Senate of the Netherlands Anneke Broekers-Knol and President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands Anouchka van Miltenburg during which they discussed the relations between the two countries.

KIEV, Nov. 27 - Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of reducing its coal deliveries to Kiev in a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Moscow.