KIEV, March 21 ??“ Ukraine will probably allow its power generating companies to export electricity directly and without a state-owned intermediary that had been handling this was decade, according to Energy and Fuel Minister Ivan Plachkov.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ Ukraine will focus on signing a free-trade agreement with Russia in order to boost its exports and reduce a growing trade deficit, President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday.

KIEV, March 18 ??“ The U.S. and Japan are seeking more information from Ukraine after the country admitted Friday at least 18 its nuclear-capable cruise missiles had been smuggled into Iran and China in 2001.

KIEV, March 19 ??“ Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday accepted a plan for Western companies to enter a natural gas pipeline joint venture with Ukraine, but indicated Russia wasn??™t ready to surrender its 50% stake.

KYIV, Feb 21 – In January of this year, citizens of Ukraine improved their assessment of both the economic situation in the country and the level of well-being of their own family: while in December last year, 66.5% and 37%, respectively, assessed them as "very bad" or "quite bad," then last month these indicators improved by 57.1% and 32%, according to the report based on the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Ukrainians' assessment of their own psychological state indicates a significant improvement in their psychological state compared to the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, according to a report based on the results of a survey conducted by the sociological service of the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, Feb 21 – The need for additional external financing to cover the budget deficit of Ukraine in 2023 is currently $10 billion, the opening of a full-fledged long-term program with the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will help reduce this deficit, maintain macroeconomic and financial stability, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko has said at a meeting with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Kyiv on Monday.

KYIV, Feb 21 – Russian occupation troops continue militarization of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in the occupied town of Enerhodar of Zaporizhia region and intend to accuse the Ukrainian side of attacks on radiation-hazardous facilities, according to a report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for February 20.

WARSAW, Feb. 21 - President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned of “hard and bitter days ahead” as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears the one-year mark, but vowed that no matter what, the United States and allies “will not waver” in supporting the Ukrainians.

KYIV, Feb 21 - Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, announcing the move Tuesday in a bitter speech in which he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.