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.

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.