BRUSSELS, March 21 - The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is proposing to member countries to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus, commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday.

KYIV, March 21 - Russia fired more than two dozen missiles at Kyiv before dawn on Thursday, attacking the Ukrainian capital for the first time in six weeks and sending panicked residents flooding into the relative safety of the subway system in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war.

WASHINGTON, March 21 - The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone by the fall, The Associated Press reported Tuesday citing the Pentagon.

KYIV, March 21 – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, engaging in dueling diplomacy with Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to promote Beijing’s peace proposal for Ukraine that Western nations have all but dismissed as a non-starter.

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.