KIEV, March 22 ??“ Foreign direct investment in Ukraine in 2005 is likely to hit $10 billion to $10.5 billion against $8.35 billion invested last year, representing a rise of between 19.7% and 25.7% over the year, according to Oleh Rybachuk, the deputy prime minister for European integration.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko signed a detailed plan for complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Iraq this year, while in the meantime refocusing the troops on training Iraqi security forces.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ A Russian and a U.S. company may have been involved in a deal to transfer 18 nuclear capable cruise missiles from Ukraine to Iran and China in 2001, lawyers said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 22 ??“ Western Union, world??™s largest money transfer company, is facing hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in fines from Ukraine??™s anti-cartel authority, which claims the company used its market dominance to overcharge clients.

KYIV, Feb 23 - A contentious Trump administration proposal to give the U.S. $500 billion worth of profits from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv has been taken off the table, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, indicating a more equitable deal is in the works.

KYIV, Feb 23 – The absolute majority of Ukrainians (87%) are not ready for any territorial concessions, even if it means the continuation of the war, according to the results of a sociological survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).

KYIV, Feb 23 – Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to the World Bank, led to the fact that 8 million additional Ukrainians are now living in poverty compared to before the war, but the result could have been even worse if the country had not carried out reforms before the war, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji has said.

KYIV, Feb 23 – The World Bank is supporting Ukraine's government in pursuing a fast recovery, without waiting for the end of the war, with priorities such as restoring energy and critical infrastructure and boosting economic activity, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe Arup Banerji has said.

KYIV, Feb 23 – The G7 countries increased their obligations for budgetary and economic support to Ukraine in 2023 to $39 billion, according to a joint statement by the finance ministers and heads of central banks of the G7 countries on Thursday.

KYIV, Feb 23 - The US believes the training and equipment it is providing Ukraine will “change the dynamics on the battlefield” in the war against Russia and allow Kyiv’s forces to “breach Russian defenses,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for “CNN This Morning” on Thursday.