KYIV, March 21 – Parliament has increased national budget expenditures for 2023 by UAH 537 billion, of which UAH 518.2 million is to be allocated to the national security and defense sector, MP Roksolana Pidlasa (from the Servant of the People faction) has said.

KYIV, March 21 – The value of assets seized by the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) from the Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg, his son and two other citizens of the Russian Federation is $300 million, the Security Service of Ukraine has reported.

KYIV, March 22 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) from April 1 will lift the ban on the withdrawal by non-residents of funds received from the payment of interest on the government’s Treasury bills, the NBU reported.

KYIV, March 22 – Ukraine’s Health Ministry, jointly with the Energy Ministry, is launching a project to install solar panels at healthcare facilities throughout the country to make hospitals more resilient in the face of Russian attacks on the energy sector.

KYIV, March 22 - Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund have agreed on a $15.6 billion loan package aimed at shoring up government finances severely strained by Russia’s invasion and leveraging even more support by reassuring allies that Ukraine is pursuing strong economic policies and fighting corruption.

NEW YORK, March 22 – Ukrainian army units on the frontline and critical services, such as hospitals, have started receiving portable generators shipped in a massive donation from the U.S., volunteers involved in the project said Wednesday.

KYIV, March 22 - Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians, in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war.

KYIV, March 21 - Vodafone Ukraine data analysts have analyzed the movement of Ukrainians abroad during the war.

According to the company's announcement on Monday, the top five countries by the number of Ukrainians forced to seek temporary protection during the war included Poland (27.7%), the Czech Republic (11.5%), Hungary (7.31%), Germany (6.44%), Romania (5.9%).

KYIV, March 21 – In 26 days of active fighting, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) destroyed four of ten Russian armies, including three shock and one air armies, Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the President's Office has said.

KYIV, March 22 - Talks between Ukraine and Russia are confrontational but moving forward, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, as the West plans to announce more sanctions against the Kremlin amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.