MYKOLAIV, June 15 – President Petro Poroshenko announced in Mykolaiv today Mykolaiv Regional State Administration governor Vadym Merikov has tendered his resignation.

KIEV, June 15 – Parliament has sent bill No. 3224, which regulate citizen identification documents confirming citizenship of Ukraine and indentifying persons for repeat second reading.

KIEV, June 16 – Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden discussed his government's plans for reforms at a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, the Ukrainian government's press service reported.

KIEV, June 16 – The United States plans to commit $220 million in new assistance to Ukraine this year in support of economic, political, and energy reforms, according to a posting on the White House website published after a meeting of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and Vice President Joe Biden.

KIEV, June 16 – The decision of Kiev's Holosiyivsky district court to arrest $3 billion of the to the Russian Federation loan taken in December 2013 when Viktor Yanukovych was president and to prohibit public agencies from making any payments under the loan has come into force, Batkivschyna MP Andriy Senchenko said.

NEW YORK, June 16 - The Ukrainian government is outraged by remarks made by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the crucial role Russia can play in ending conflicts, and no longer believes he has any moral authority, Ukraine's U.N. envoy said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 16 – The United States Agency for International Development intends to provide Ukraine with an additional $142 million for holding reforms in the energy sector, the judicial system and decentralization.

ZAPORIZHIA, June 16 – Pope Francis' Pope for Ukraine humanitarian project has amassed several million euros donated by European citizens for Ukrainians affected by the Donbas war, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said.

KIEV, June 17 - The European Union and the United National Development Program (UNDP) have launched a project worth EUR 1.3 million to reform Ukraine's parliament.

KIEV, June 20 - Politicians in Kiev worry that a vote by Britain to leave the European Union would weaken the EU's support for Ukraine and undermine its resolve to stand up to Russia, Reuters reported.