KYIV, May 21 - Ukraine will revise all treaties signed as part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and withdraw from those contradicting Ukraine's national interest, President Petro Poroshenko said.
KIEV, May 19 - The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has sent a note of protest to Russia over the involvement of Russian military servicemen in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
KIEV, May 19 – The head of the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration, Oleksandr Kikhtenko, says that almost 60% of mines in the territory controlled by so-called Donetsk People's Republic militants have been flooded and are unlikely to be restored.
KIEV, May 20 – Parliament may soon vote to completely ban Internet advertising of cigarettes and other tobacco products, and also tighten labeling rules for these products.
KIEV, May 20 – Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov called on international sanctions against Russia to be significantly tightened.
BRUSSELS, May 21 – The fourth Eastern Partnership summit will be held in Riga, Latvia, on May 21-22. It will bring together heads of state or government from the 28 EU member states with those of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
KIEV, May 21 – President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday held a meeting on the fulfillment of requirements for the introduction of the visa-free regime with the EU.
KIEV, May 21 - One Ukrainian serviceman has been killed and eight wounded in fresh separatist attacks, the military said in Kiev on Thursday, as the OSCE security watchdog warned of a "worrisome" spread of violence in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reported.
KIEV, May 21 – Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday annulled five crucial security agreements with Moscow that had allowed Russia to transport troops to a separatist region of Moldova and purchase weapons that are only produced in Ukraine, the AFP reported.
