KYIV, March 23 – An IL-76 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has delivered a batch of tests for COVID-19 coronavirus to Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv) from Chinese Guangzhou, the press service of the President's Office has reported.

KYIV, March 23 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has held a conference call with heads of regional state administrations and mayors on the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection.

KYIV, March 23 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reached out to the leader of the International Monetary Fund early Monday seeking an urgent assistance as Ukraine’s economy is rapidly slowing amid crippling coronavirus pandemic.

KYIV, March 20 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had a phone conversation with Prime Minister of the Italian Republic Giuseppe Conte to offer his condolences over the horrific scale of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Italy.

KYIV, March 20 – The crisis rescue package passed by the Verkhovna Rada this week will cost UAH 8 billion to the national budget of Ukraine, expert of the Center for Economic Strategy Dmytro Horiunov has said.

KYIV, March 20 – The Ukrainian economy is in a better state compared with the period when it entered the previous crises and it is robust enough, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Dmytro Sologub has said.

KIEV, March 23 – A former Russian lawmaker and staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin was shot dead Thursday in downtown Kiev in an apparent assassination, authorities said.

KIEV, March 22 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers says it is determined to ban imports of thermal coal from the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk told the online portal Reform.Energy in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, March 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine has amended legal acts to ensure a decision by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine to sanction Ukrainian-based banks with Russian state capital, respective NBU resolution No. 25 dated March 21 is to become effective from March 23.

KIEV, March 22 - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on March 22 opened the new four-year program "Financial Sector Transformation" worth $23 million in Kiev.