KYIV, May 21 – Ukraine will update its claim against the Russian Federation for violating the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with information about the illegal construction of a bridge by the Russian side across the Kerch Strait, spokeswoman for Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Mariana Betsa has said.

KYIV, May 22 - Football fans from the European Union countries will not be able to enter Ukraine if they have ID cards and do not have passports, according to Serhiy Khyzhniak, a representative of the Champions League organizers, transport services and mobility manager for the men's and women's Champions League finals in 2018.

KYIV, May 22 – Ukraine will not allow displaying large Gazprom sign on Kyiv’s main street during the Champions Festival May 24 – May 27, a Kyiv city official said Tuesday.

KIEV, May 21 - Ukraine's richest citizen, billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, said that he thanked everyone who participated in the Voice of Donbas rally against leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and for united Ukraine, and added that such rallies will continue.

BRUSSELS, May 22 – The European Union expects Russia and Ukraine to reach a compromise on natural gas supplies and transit, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said, adding that he stressed this in a letter he sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of the 28 EU member-states.

BRUSSELS, May 22 - NATO said Thursday that Russia still keeps a large "coercive force" that pose a threat to Ukraine despite recent withdrawal of some troops from border, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 22 - Ukraine said on Thursday its forces had rebuffed overnight attacks by armed pro-Russian separatists on an army checkpoint and a border crossing and called for an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council to discuss Moscow's role in the violence, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 20 – The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ukraine has reported that as of May 22 the country is changing its previous practice of issuing Schengen visas for tourism and healthcare purposes.

KIEV, May 22 – Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko may have secretly watched opposition protests and street clashes in Kiev on Saturday from a rooftop terrace of a nearby building, a news website reported Wednesday.

KIEV, May 22 – Ukraine expects to have a future role in Afghanistan by helping its government repair its huge stockpile of Soviet-era weaponry, President Viktor Yanukovych said after meeting his Afghan counterpart in Chicago.