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.

KYIV, May 22 – President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People Party is the most popular among political forces, followed by Opposition Platform – for Life and Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (BPP) "Solidarity" according to a survey conducted by Sociological Group Rating.

KYIV, May 22 – More than 70% of respondents surveyed by sociologists have said they support the idea of dissolving the Verkhovna Rada and holding early parliamentary elections, according to a poll conducted by the Rating sociological group on May 16-21, 2019 and published on Wednesday.

KYIV, May 22 – The European Union officially launched EU4Digital, a new program supporting the digital economy and society in Ukraine.

EU4Digital is a regional program for the Eastern Partnership countries, which will last from January 2019 to December 2021, funded by the European Union in the amount of EUR 11 million and another EUR 1 million from the World Bank.

KYIV, May 22 – Ukrainians are mostly supporting the country's accession to NATO, if the referendum was held in the near future.

According to a survey of the sociological group 'Rating', as of March 2018, 43% of Ukrainians - for Ukraine's membership in NATO and 33% against. Some 7% would not vote on the measure, and 18% are undecided.

KYIV, May 22 - The absence of anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine, including the creation of an Anti-Corruption Court, should entail international sanctions against responsible Ukrainian politicians or officials, a Ukrainian opinion poll indicated.

KYIV, May 22 - Ukraine on Tuesday carried out tests of the top of the range Javelin anti-tank missile it recently bought from the United States to boost its arsenal against Russian-backed rebels, AFP reported.