KYIV, Sept 21 - There is every reason to talk about the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KYIV, Sept 20 – The European Commission believes that it is important to retain transit of Russian gas across Ukraine after 2019 and proposes to be a mediator in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on the issue, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Energy Union Maros Sefcovic has said.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday said U.S. President Donald Trump had expressed his support for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers across Ukraine’s eastern conflict zone and along its whole border with Russia, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - President Petro Poroshenko and Argentinean counterpart Mauricio Macri have met in the United States to discuss the resumption of political and business contacts between the two countries, paying special attention to cooperation in energy, aerospace, aircraft building and agriculture.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - President Petro Poroshenko and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have discussed the prospects for implementation of projects in energy, infrastructure and ecology, as well as the preparation to hold the Year of Japan in Ukraine in 2017 at their meeting in the United States.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has met with his counterparts from Kazakhstan and Denmark on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in the United States and discussed issues of bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and these countries.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – The police say they have launched an investigation into the circumstances of the murder of the director of Caparol Ukraine firm and criminal proceedings have been opened under the premeditated murder article.

KIEV, Sept. 21 – President Petro Poroshenko has held a meeting with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.

KIEV, Sept. 21 - Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists agreed on Wednesday to withdraw troops from three small towns on the front line in eastern Ukraine, a pilot de-escalation project that is part of the latest push to get a much-violated ceasefire to stick, Reuters reported.

LVIV, Sept. 21 – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday an ebb in violence in eastern Ukraine was not enough to bring peace and demanded Russia withdraw heavy weapons the alliance accuses it of providing in support of separatists, Reuters reported.