KIEV, April 20 - The Ukrainian government on Wednesday began taking active steps, ranging from increased oil imports to boosting state-controlled retail gasoline chain, to stop skyrocketing gasoline price hike on the market.

KIEV, April 20 ??“ Ukraine??™s national currency, the hryvnia, rose 2.7% against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, the highest increase over the past five years, reflecting strong exports and rising foreign investment inflow.

KIEV, April 20 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday he will shortly meet executives from major Russian oil companies to try to ease their standoff with the Ukrainian government.

KIEV, April 21 ??“ Viktor Pinchuk, former President Leonid Kuchma??™s son-in-law and the second richest man in Ukraine, approached several Russian companies trying to sell his assets, a Russian newspaper reported.

KIEV, April 21 - Turkey turned down Ukraine??™s request to let oil tankers come through the Bosporus Strait into the Black Sea, dashing hopes for quick diversification of the country??™s oil imports, Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin said Thursday.

VILNIUS, March 20 – Revenue from Russian immobilised assets in the EU could flow to Ukraine as early as July 1 if EU member states promptly agree on the decision, European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said.

KYIV, March 20 - President Joe Biden’s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians during an unannounced visit to Kyiv Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to support their efforts to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion.

KYIV, March 20 – The Czech Ministry of Defense expects that the first batches of artillery shells purchased under the Czech initiative will arrive in Ukraine no later than June to help Ukrainian forces defend against the expected summer offensive of the Russian Federation.

KYIV, March 21 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Germany to end all economic relations with Russia to deprive Russia of the means to continue the war with Ukraine.

KYIV, March 21 – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the international community to take urgent measures to counter the next aggressive actions of the Russian occupiers, who shelled the territory of Sumykhimprom chemical enterprise on Monday morning.