KYIV, Aug 19 – Ukraine and Israel signed bilateral documents on cooperation in agriculture, economics, education, culture, as well as youth and sports.

KYIV, Aug 20 – President Petro Poroshenko has announced the completion of tests of shells for the artillery system Hyacinth (Giatsint) and the beginning of their mass production.

KHARKIV, Aug. 20 - A gunman and a police officer have been killed in a shootout in Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv near the city council building, RFE/RL reported.

According to a statement from Ukraine's National Police, the unidentified gunman opened fire overnight on a group of police officers near the Kharkiv City Council.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 - U.S. President Donald Trump said he isn't considering lifting sanctions on Russia, but he would consider doing that if Russia gave him something he wants in Ukraine or Syria, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Aug. 20 - American envoy Kurt Volker is to meet his Russian counterpart Vladislav Surkov on Monday to try to restore peace in eastern Ukraine, Dow Jones Newswires reported.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - Ukraine on Thursday was expecting the imminent announcement of a crucial debt restructuring agreement that could save the country from default, AFP reported.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered the sale of 5% of shares in public joint-stock company Odessa Port-Side Plant scheduled for August 26 on the Perspectiva stock exchange be cancelled and new appraisal methods drawn up, said Ihor Bilous, head of the State Property Fund.

BEIJING, Aug. 20 – China believes that the Ukraine crisis can be overcome only peacefully through negotiations between all the parties concerned, Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping told Russian journalists in Beijing.

KIEV, Aug. 18 – Ukraine is unlikely to immediately impose sanctions on Russia's Gazprom or introduce other sanctions that may disrupt gas supplies to Europe, Fitch Ratings predicts.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – The next two weeks will be crucial in resolving the crisis in the east of Ukraine, Ukraine's presidential administration said.