KIEV, March 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine hopes that consultations with the International Monetary Fund on the revision of macroeconomic indicators after the blockade of trade with the certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO) would be finished soon and the issue to provide the fourth tranche under the Extended Fund Facility program would be settled by the end of March, NBU Deputy Governor Oleh Churiy said.

KIEV, March 21 - The National Bank of Ukraine due to the blockade of trade with certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO), has revised macro indicators for 2017 and 2018, worsening the forecast for the growth of the country's gross domestic product for 2017 from 2.8% to 1.9%.

KIEV, March 21 – Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said that Ukraine will provide updated macroeconomic indicators to the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday or Wednesday taking into account the consequences of the Donbas blockade.

KIEV, March 21 – The U.S. won't exchange its stance on Russian aggression against Ukraine for progress on the Syrian issue, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power said.

KIEV, March 22 – A bill amending lustration legislation with remarks of the Venice Commission has been registered in parliament, said MP Leonid Yemets(People's Front faction), one of the authors of the bil.

KIEV, March 21 – UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has condemned Russia's continued breach of international law and called on Russia to end its illegal actions and return Crimea to Ukraine.

KIEV, March 22 – Ukraine-produced missiles will be tested this week, President Petro Poroshenko said.

"This week some types of domestic-produced missiles will be tested," he said during a meeting with military officers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, March 22 - In a controversial ruling set to exacerbate Moscow's feud with Kiev and the West, a Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko to 22 years in prison over the killing of two journalists.

KIEV, March 19 – Ukraine is asking its western partners to help it close the uncontrolled sections of the state border with Russia in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

KIEV, March 19 – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk met with Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz during his working visit to Brussels on Thursday.

"During a meeting between the two prime ministers, they talked about common priorities in the context of preparations for discussing the situation in Ukraine at a European Council session.