KIEV, March 22 – The United States has lifted restrictions on cooperation with Ukraine's state-run concern Ukroboronprom, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, March 22 - India considers Ukraine an important partner in Central Europe and is ready to develop new fields of a mutually fruitful cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Ukraine Manoj Kumar Bharti said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 23 – Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's youngest son, Viktor, has died, said Nestor Shufrych, Ukrainian lawmaker and member of the Opposition Bloc parliamentary faction.

BRUSSELS, March 23 - Russia will consider providing a discount on gas to Ukraine by the end of March, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Friday following gas talks in Brussels.

MOSCOW, March 23 - The new interim decision on the terms of gas shipments to Ukraine starting April 2015 will not last just one season like the previous "winter package," but until the Stockholm International Arbitration Court reaches a decision, the vice president of the European Commission for energy, Maros Sefcovic, said.

KIEV, March 23 - The government will soon reshuffle top management at UkrNafta, the country’s largest oil producer, at a general shareholder meeting, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.

KIEV, March 23 - Ukraine will probably stop imports of Russian natural gas on April 1 until the parties agree on lower gas prices, Energy and Copal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.

LONDON, March 23 - Ukraine has officially invited Russia to participate in debt restructuring talks but has not yet received a response, the country's Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Monday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, March 21 - The European Union will be prepared to enact Phase 3 of its three-stage plan of sanctions against Russia that was agreed two weeks ago if it sees any further escalation of Russia's unfriendly activities in regard to Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference after the first working session of the European Council.

KIEV, March 21 - Ukraine will shortly file lawsuits against Russia at international courts to seek compensation for seizing “hundreds billions of US dollars” worth of property following its invasion and annexation of Crimea, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Friday.