KYIV, Aug 20 - The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation for his country’s forces that are embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive against Russia.

KYIV, August 18 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law amending the Budget Code on ensuring predictability of budgetary policy and strengthening debt sustainability.

KYIV, Aug 19 – President Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of the Association of European Cities Eurocities headed by Mayor of Italian Florence Dario Nardella, the press service of the head of state reported.

KYIV, Aug 19 – The real gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in the remaining months of 2022 may fall by 35-40% due to the war unleashed by Russia, First Deputy Prime Minister, Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko has said.

KYIV, Aug 19 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has made a visit to Odesa to inspect the grain exporting route, Spokesman for Odesa Regional Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk has said.

WASHINGTON, Aug 21 - The International Monetary Fund is facing pressure to reevaluate how it imposes fees on loans it disperses to needy countries like war-torn Ukraine — which is one of the fund’s biggest borrowers.

KYIV, Aug 21 - Fighting in southern Ukrainian areas just north of Crimea has stepped up in recent weeks as Ukrainian forces try to drive Russian forces out of cities they have occupied since early in the six-month-old war, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Aug 20 – The Office of the President is preparing a bill to simplify the procedure for the employment and dismissal of public servants, which can be introduced as an emergency one, head of the State Customs Service Maksym Nefyodov said.

PARIS, Aug. 21 - Russia’s readmission to the Group of Seven nations depends on progress in Ukraine peace talks, a French diplomatic source said, responding to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that Moscow should be allowed to rejoin the group, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug. 21 - Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation into whether former state officials paid Paul Manafort for political consulting work, the country's prosecutor-general says, The Associated Press reported.