KIEV, Oct. 19 – The coalition of the BYT and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Bloc - if it is formed in the future parliament - plans to carry out an international-standards audit of UkrTransNafta, the Ukrainian monopoly oil transporter, and launch modern market mechanisms for attracting investment and standards of corporate management of the oil transportation system.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The Regions Party (PRU) headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has vowed to continue its organizing efforts to promote a referendum concerning official status for the Russian language, non-alignment status for Ukraine and election of regional state administration heads.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - The Ukrainian government signed a Production Sharing Agreement with Vanco Energy, an independent U.S. oil company, for a major offshore oil and gas extraction project, the press service of the Ukrainian president reported Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Ukraine’s likely new government coalition pledged to work hard to eventually secure supplies of Central Asian natural gas to Europe via the country’s gas pipelines, according to a coalition agreement released Friday.

KYIV, Sept 18 - Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge fire and forcing some residents to evacuate, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday. At least 13 people were injured, Russia's Health Ministry added.

KYIV, Sept 19 – According to experts interviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), power outages will last from 4 to 18 hours daily in winter, the monitors' report says.

KYIV, Sept 19 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than 2 1/2-year-old war, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Sept 19 - European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is traveling to war-ravaged Ukraine on Friday with the promise of 160 million euros ($180 million) in fresh energy funds to get the nation through the winter, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Sept 21 – Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that he has not yet promised that he will support the allocation of a new tranche of $24 billion to Ukraine in 2023, while Senate Speaker Chuck Schumer believes that assistance to Kyiv should not be stopped.

KYIV, Sept 21 – A $1.25 billion grant from the United States arrived on Thursday in Ukraine's state budget through the World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund, the Ministry of Finance said.