KYIV, March 20 – President Petro Poroshenko by his decree No. 82/2019 enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) dated March 19, 2019 on the application, abolition and amendment of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions), in particular against the heads of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

KYIV, March 20 – Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky and incumbent President Petro Poroshenko are most likely to compete in the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections, according to results of a survey conducted by the Socis Center for Social and Marketing Research.

KYIV, March 20 – The West should increase pressure on the Russian leadership in response to the poisoning of former Russian intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury (Great Britain), Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KYIV, March 21 – The Ukrainian government has terminated the program of economic cooperation with Russia for 2011-2020, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said Wednesday.

KYIV, March 21 - Ukraine will tighten control over travel by Russian citizens to the country, according to a decree signed by President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday, a further move by the authorities to distance Ukraine from its neighbor and one-time ally, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 20 - The updated text of the memorandum with the International Monetary Fund contains the main parameters of the pension reform planned in Ukraine, Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 21 - The impact of the blockade of traffic with the uncontrolled territories of Donbas on the Ukrainian economy will definitely be negative, but the degree of influence depends on a number of accompanying factors, experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine believe.

KIEV, March 21 - The International Monetary Fund made the decision to postpone considering the issue of a $1 billion tranche to Ukraine following the outcome of a meeting of G20 representatives held on March 17, Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Andriy Reva said.

KIEV, March 21 — A Ukrainian lawmaker released new financial documents Tuesday allegedly showing that a former campaign chairman for President Trump laundered payments from the party of a disgraced ex-leader of Ukraine using offshore accounts in Belize and Kyrgyzstan, the Washington Post reported.

KIEV, March 21 – Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Friday met Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic. They discussed gas cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union.