KYIV, Aug. 22 - Police in Ukraine's eastern region of Kharkiv have named a man who was shot dead near the Kharkiv city council early on August 20 after killing a police officer -- saying investigators also discovered the body of the gunman's slain wife.

KYIV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine will not accept Russia’s conditions for resolving the military conflict in Donetsk and Luhansk, President Petro Poroshenko told soldiers and officers at a meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has coordinated positions with Slovak President Andrej Kiska ahead of the informal EU summit in Bratislava in September.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine placed 31st in the team medal count at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games hosted by Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – The issue of the provision of further funding to Ukraine under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program is not on the agenda of the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board meeting, according to the Fund's website.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - Ukrainian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against nearly two dozen top Russian government officials, alleging "grave" offenses committed against the nation's national security.

KIEV, Aug. 22 - The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) says it is still unaware of ousted former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's whereabouts, which makes investigative and other legal procedures against him impossible.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Claims related to Russia's breach of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea will soon be lodged with international courts, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Ukrainian presidential press service said late on Saturday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 - Ukraine insists that the exhibits which were on display at the exhibition, "Crimea: a Gold Island in the Black Sea," should be stored temporarily with Kiev museums until legal claims have been settled, said Ukrainian Culture Minister Yevhen Nischuk.