KYIV, July 21- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party is set to convincingly win a snap parliamentary election, consolidating his political power, BBC reported Sunday.

KYIV, July 19 – The Security Service of Ukraine has launched an investigation into the "garbage blockade" of Lviv, which began with the arson of the city garbage dump in May 2016 and lasted more than a year, said Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy.

KIEV, July 21 - A threat of a full-scale war with Russia today is seen by 52% of Ukrainians, 34% see no such threat, and 45% would vote for Ukraine's NATO membership if there were a referendum, according to a poll conducted by the Sofia Center for Social Studies.

KIEV, July 20 – Saudi Arabia is looking at the possibility of buying NATO-standard high-precision anti-tank weapons developed by the state design bureau Luch based in Kiev.

KIEV, July 20 – Ukraine may receive additional trade preferences for their products on the European market in September, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman said.

KIEV, July 20 - Negotiations between Ukraine and Canada on visa regime liberalization will take years, Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko predicts.

KIEV, July 20 – President Petro Poroshenko said the holding of local elections in certain districts of Donbas is possible after the self-declared republics in the area clearly state that they will not hold pseudo-elections in the territories outside of Ukraine's control on October 18 and November 1.

KIEV, July 21 – Private gas producers plan to increase gas production in Ukraine by 1 billion cubic meters within two years if Parliament cuts royalties, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.

KIEV, July 21 – Over half of Ukrainians (56.8%) surveyed by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology believe the best solution to the military conflict in Donbas would be through further peace talks and a peaceful settlement on the basis of the Minsk agreements.

KIEV, July 21 – The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine is working on issues connected to the action plan on liberalization of the visa regime between Ukraine and the EU, the presidential press service reported.