KYIV, Aug 20 - Currently, 24% of Ukraine's territory is assessed as potentially unsafe due to mining, and 703 people have suffered from explosive objects, Deputy Director of the Mine Action Department of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Serhiy Reva said.

KYIV, Aug 20 - The Finance Ministry has announced an increase in the need for external financing of the state budget for next year from $22.7 billion set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program to $35 billion, Deputy Minister Olha Zykova reported.

KYIV, Aug 20 - The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has sent a request for international assistance through NATO's emergency response mechanism the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre.

BERLIN, Aug 20 - German officials on Monday rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine, The Associated Press reported. Berlin is its biggest supplier after the United States.

KYIV, Aug 21 – The debut mission of the European Union to monitor the implementation of the indicators of the Ukraine Facility Plan has begun three-day work in Kyiv, the Ministry of Economy reported.

KYIV, Aug 21 – The Verkhovna Rada has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Some 281 MPs voted in favor of the relevant bill No. 0285 on ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and amendments to it at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada on Wednesday, member of the European Solidarity faction Oleksiy Honcharenko said on Telegram on Wednesday.

WARSAW, Aug 21 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Poland for top-level security and trade talks before heading to neighboring Ukraine, which is at war with India’s strategic partner, Russia.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Moscow came under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the country’s capital.

KYIV, August 18 – The arrangement of a humanitarian corridor to restore navigation in the Black Sea is an extraordinary breakthrough that will help ships safely leave Ukrainian ports, spokesperson for the southern command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Natalia Humeniuk said during the United News nationwide telethon.

KYIV, August 18 – Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olha Stefanishyna has said that Ukraine will complete all the steps agreed with the European Commission by October, but reforms in these areas will continue further.