MOSCOW, April 20 - Vladimir Putin is seizing on mixed signals from the U.S. to quietly tighten Russia’s grip on two rebel regions of Ukraine, burying hopes for a European-brokered peace deal and relief from sanctions anytime soon, Bloomberg reported.

KIEV, April 21 – President Petro Poroshenko said that the visit of the EU delegation and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn coincides with the resolution of political crisis, as well as the formation of a new, pro-European government, which now includes Deputy Minister for European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze.

KIEV, April 21 – Within the first 100 days of its work, the Ukrainian government must show it is serious about reforms, said European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

BUCHAREST, April 21 – President Petro Poroshenko suggested Thursday that Romania may use Ukraine’s underground gas storage facilities and infrastructure for storing natural gas during the winter.

Ukraine also wants as soon as possible to build interconnecting pipelines with Romania that would allow greater imports of European gas, he said.

BUCHAREST, April 21 - No talks on lifting Western sanctions against Russia should take place until Moscow completely withdraws its military presence from Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 21 – Cost of medicines in Ukraine is the lowest in Europe but Ukrainians cannot afford them due to low income, according to experts of Spanish nongovernmental organization CivioFoundation.

KIEV, April 21 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on Wednesday decided to liberalize registration of medicines that have been certified in the EU, the United States, Switzerland, Japan, Canada and Australia, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on his Facebook page.

KIEV, April 21 – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden assured Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko in a recent phone call that the United States is ready to extend $1 billion worth of loan guarantees and additional non-lethal military assistance to Kiev, the Ukrainian presidential press service has reported.

KIEV, April 21 - Ukraine is planning an operation involving tens of thousands of police to guard against any attack by separatists or Russian agents during World War Two commemorations next month, security chiefs said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 21 - An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine appeared to be faltering on Monday, with pro-Moscow separatist gunmen showing no sign of surrendering government buildings they have seized, Reuters reported.