WASHINGTON, Jan 23 – U.S. President Joe Biden met with his national security team on Saturday amid reports that Russia was planning to install a pro-Kremlin leader in Ukraine. One U.S. official told Fox News the reports were "deeply concerning."

KYIV, Jan 22 – Ukraine will receive the largest effect from the free trade area (FTA) agreement with Israel thanks to the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (PEM Convention), which took into force for Ukraine from 2019, Director of Studies, Head of the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Economic Research and Policy Consulting Veronika Movchan has said.

KYIV, Jan 23 - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday she had urged President Petro Poroshenko to proceed with reforms quicker, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Jan 19 - Ukraine is holding negotiations at the level of embassies and finance ministries due to the decision by the Ukrainian government to include Estonia and Latvia in the list of offshore zones, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

KYIV, Jan 22 - Ukraine's future cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can be discussed following the implementation of the current memorandum, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

KYIV, Jan 22 - Ukraine is obliged to continue carrying out reforms in 2018 despite the upcoming elections, including because of its obligation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), without cooperation with which the country will not be able to fulfil its debt obligations, Head of the Group of Strategic Advisors for Support of Reforms in Ukraine Ivan Miklos said.

KYIV, Jan 22 – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said she believes the year 2018 is the most important year for European integration of Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker says he is scheduled to hold a new round of talks with Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov in Dubai on Jan. 26, the Voice of America reported Monday.

KYIV, Jan. 23 - President Petro Poroshenko has met with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Kurt Volker, in Kyiv to discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – President Petro Poroshenko has held productive meetings and talks with the leaders of states and heads of international organizations at Davos, the official website of the president reported.