HIROSHIMA, May 21 - World leaders ratcheted up pressure Sunday on Russia for its war against Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the center of a swirl of diplomacy on the final day of the Group of Seven summit of rich-world democracies, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, May 22 – Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba announced the start of his second tour of African countries, he plans to visit countries in all parts of the continent - "from north to south."

KYIV, May 22 – Ukraine's ecomomy will expand 3.2% on the year in 2023, up from 1% previously expected, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said Monday. The NBU has recently also upgraded ecomomic growth forecast to 2% in 2023, up from 0.3% seen earlier.

KYIV, May 22 – A group of Russian citizens fighting as a unit on the side of Ukraine has crossed the border into Russia on Monday, quickly advancing to take control over three small settlements in the Belgorod region.

KYIV, May 20 – Ukraine has joined the signing of the Roadmap for Global Food Security, aimed at combating the global food crisis, which is increasingly aggravated due to the blocking of Ukrainian seaports by the Russian Federation, the country's key infrastructure for the export of agricultural crops, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced on Thursday.

KYIV, May 20 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced his intention to build another Antonov AN-225 Mriya aircraft, dedicating this project to the memory of pilots who died in the war and, in particular, during the defense of Mariupol.

KYIV, May 22 - Russia pressed its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Poland’s president traveled to Kyiv to support the country’s European Union aspirations, becoming the first foreign leader to address the Ukrainian parliament since the start of the war.

KYIV, May 22 – The representative office of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday refuted media reports on the alleged early drawdown of the mission that earlier started working in Kyiv.

KYIV, May 22 - Volodymyr Groysman's resignation as the Ukrainian prime minister ‘won’t make anyone cry’ and will not cause any problems, Presidential Administration chief of staff Andriy Bohdan said.

KYIV, May 22 - Ukrainian lawmakers on Wednesday turned down the new president's proposal to amend the election law in a blow to his hopes to get more of his supporters into parliament, AP reported.