BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko is apparently trying to reassure the West that it plans no massive revision of the privatization that Ukraine has accomplished in its years since independence.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ U.S. President Bush praised his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko, after their first meeting Tuesday, applauding the peaceful revolution that brought him to power and dangling the hope of NATO membership if the former Soviet Republic makes democratic reforms.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday Ukraine will work hard to eventually gain membership in NATO and promised a new level of cooperation with the organization.

KYIV, Jan 22 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced a bill on multiple citizenship to the Verkhovna Rada.

"Today I am introducing a key bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that will allow the adoption of comprehensive changes to legislation and the introduction of the institution of multiple citizenship.

KYIV, Jan 22 – The European Union is inviting member countries to review Ukraine's $5.4 billion military aid fund, Bloomberg said.

"The European Union's foreign-policy arm has presented member states with a proposal to revamp fund that provides military support fund to Ukraine, as the EU shifts from sending weapons from existing stocks to procuring new ones," the publication said in the statement.

DAVOS, Jan 23 – Ukraine's record negative trade balance in 2023 was caused by problems with sea exports due to Russia's disruption of the grain corridor and the country's significant import needs in war conditions, in particular for security and defense, the situation in 2024 should improve, Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka has said.

KYIV, Jan 23 - NATO on Tuesday signed a $1.2-billion contract to make tens of thousands of artillery rounds to replenish the dwindling stocks of its member countries, The Associated Press reported. The contract will allow allies to backfill their arsenals and provide Ukraine with more ammunition.

KYIV, Jan 23 - Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities Tuesday, including its two biggest, killing at least seven people and wrecking apartment buildings after Moscow shunned any deal backed by Kyiv and its Western allies to end the nearly 2-year-old war.

KYIV, Jan 23 – President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking on Saturday via video link to the participants of the Conference of Agriculture Ministers in Berlin, stated the need to bring to justice any aggressor who dooms people to starve or suffer from thirst.

KYIV, Jan 23 – The international rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'CC', the agency said on its website.