WASHINGTON, Sept 20 - Russia prevented citizens from exercising their civil and political rights in recent elections and the United States does not recognize the Russian Duma elections on sovereign Ukrainian territory, Reuters reported Monday citing the State Department.

KYIV, Sept 20 - Ukraine began joint military exercises with U.S. and other NATO troops on Monday, at a time when neighboring Russia and Belarus have been holding large-scale drills that alarmed the West, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 17 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will decide on key interest rates policy taking into account the developing situation with the coronavirus pandemic, the board of the central bank said.

KYIV, Sept 18 - Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises on Thursday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with forces in neighboring Belarus, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Some 31% of Ukrainians older than 18 support the proposal of Ukraine's president to adopt a law on the land market and lift the ban on the purchase/sale of farmland before December 2019, while 49% oppose it. This is the finding of a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center from September 6-11, 2019.

KYIV, Sept 19 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that the model of the land market in the country proposed by Ukrainian authorities implies that only Ukrainian individuals and legal entities will be able to buy land.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 19 - Russia and Ukraine said they had “constructive” gas transit talks on Thursday, and the parties plan to meet again to try to find an agreement before the current one ends, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept. 19 - Ukraine says it will officially notify Russia on September 21 that it will not extend its treaty of friendship, cooperation, and partnership with Moscow, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Sept 20 – The government approved a bill providing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with privileges and immunities in Ukraine outlined in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

KYIV, Sept 20 – President Petro Poroshenko has expressed doubts that a decision to create the land market will be made in the near future.

"I understand that, unfortunately, there are no chances for a balanced state decision to create, for example, a civilized land market ... now it will be difficult to do," he said from the parliamentary rostrum on Thursday, delivering an annual message.