KYIV, June 20 - The former head of Ukraine's breakaway independent church held a rare conference of clerics Thursday with the aim of restoring his religious leadership, threatening the future of Ukraine's new unified Orthodox Church, AFP reported.

KYIV, June 19 – Growth of Ukraine's GDP in January-March 2018 was 3.1% year-over-year, the preliminary figure of the State Statistics Service coincided with its tentative figure published in the middle of May.

KYIV, June 20 - Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said Wednesday she will run for president in 2019, setting up a possible showdown with incumbent Petro Poroshenko, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, June 19 – Ukraine is grateful for the European Union's consistent policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea and extension by the EU Foreign Affairs Council of the "Crimean package" of sanctions against the aggressor state for 12 months "without debate," the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on its official website.

WASHINGTON, June 20 - U.S. supplies of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to Ukraine were in the center of talks between President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. secretary of energy Rick Perry on Tuesday, the presidential press service reported.

WASHINGTON, June 20 – U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukraine's president on Tuesday and expressed support for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine but said nothing about Russia's role, while the U.S. government added to sanctions over Moscow's actions, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 13 – On June 14-17, Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman will visit the U.S. at the invitation of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and meet with American politicians and government officials, according to the Ukrainian Embassy in the U.S.

KIEV, June 14 – Representatives of some nongovernmental organizations in the healthcare sector have called for consequential and systemic steps to reform the healthcare system.

KIEV, June 14 - Two Ukrainians jailed in Russia have been released and sent home, in a prisoner swap between the two countries, Deutsche Welle reported. Two alleged pro-Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine were reported to have gone in the opposite direction.

BRUSSELS, June 15 - Russia is violating an internationally-agreed ceasefire in Ukraine "again and again,“ NATO's chief said on Wednesday, accusing Moscow of continuing to arm separatists in the conflict at the center of East-West tensions, Reuters reported.