KIEV, Sept. 29 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in New York to discuss bilateral cooperation and the Donbas situation.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – Ukraine should decide on the fate of waste nuclear fuel moved to Russia by 2018 and a related working group has been created to consider this, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – Odessa Regional State Administration Governor Mikheil Saakashvili has come out against the government again, saying the cabinet resolution which empowers the State Fiscal Service to introduce a single indicative cost of customs service for imports will worsen the situation faced by importers and create preconditions for corruption by officials.

MINSK, Sept. 29 - Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists have agreed to extend a pull-back of weapons in east Ukraine to include tanks and smaller weapons systems, the OSCE's representative at peace talks, Martin Sajdik, said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 - President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday derided Russia's call for the creation of an international antiterrorism coalition, saying the Russians inspire terrorism on their own doorstep and back bellicose puppet governments, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Germany is providing the Ukrainian government with EUR 25 million for housing construction for internally displaced persons in Ukraine, the Ukrainian president's office said on Monday, citing a telephone call between President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

MOSCOW, Sept. 29 - Russia issued a new warning on Monday that it would retaliate if the European Union or Ukraine push ahead with moves to implement a free-trade agreement, Reuters reported.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Sept. 29 – Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky said he thinks that the peace process in the Donbas started because a cold winter is coming.

However, by spring Ukrainians need to be prepared for any case scenario, he said at a press conference.

PRAGUE, Sept. 29 - It is foolish to expect gas to flow as usual through Ukraine this winter and Europe must brace for disruption along the route that typically carries almost half of Russia's exports to the European Union, a top Czech energy official said on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, Oleh Liashko's Radical Party, the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union and the Civil Position party will win seats in the next Verkhovna Rada, according to a survey conducted by Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) at the request of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).