UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 - President Petro Poroshenko dismissed a Russian proposal to deploy U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine as an effort to legalize its proxies and freeze the conflict, Reuters reported.

Relations between Kyiv and Moscow have never been worse since Russia annexed Crimea more than three years ago and Russian-backed separatist fighters subsequently took up arms against Ukrainian government forces in the east of the country.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with the Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Democratic Party's presidential candidate, for backing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump apparently refused to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in New York to discuss Russia and other policy issues, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday citing the Poroshenko administration.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - The resumption of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund under the EFF program is favorable for the credit rating of Ukraine, according to the Moody's international rating agency.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Politics has prevailed in a decision of the International Monetary Fund to provide a new loan tranche to Ukraine, head of the Board of the global network Transparency International Jose Carlos Ugaz said.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – The decree enforcing the September 2 resolution of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council on the application of personal sanctions to a number of individuals and legal entities has been posted on the official website of President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – The Ukroboronprom state concern has started NATO defense standard training for specialists of Ukrainian defense industry.

The concern reported on Wednesday that today over 50 specialists of leading defense enterprises-member of Ukroboronprom have been trained and completed the course organized by NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine as a part of the NATO-Ukraine Logistics and Standardization Trust Fund.

KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukraine does not have current arrears to Russia, and the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund has not yet discussed the status of the $3 billion debt of Ukraine to Russia, Director of the Communications Department at IMF Gerry Rice said at a press briefing in Washington.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Ukraine would be willing to pay less than $230 per 1,000 cubic meters for Russian natural gas in the fourth quarter, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Friday.