BRUSSELS, May 19 - European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini expects sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine to be renewed in July, she told a German newspaper on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 17 – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund could discuss continuation of cooperation with Ukraine under the Extended Fund Facility program in June, Deputy Finance Minister Yuriy Butsa has said.

KIEV, May 18 – The International Monetary Fund Executive Board may consider a second review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program for Ukraine in July, the IMF said in a statement on May 18 after the end of its recent mission in Kiev, which worked on May 10-18.

KIEV, May 18 - Parliament has adopted a law on the conditions of returning term deposits (bill No. 1195), which allows banks to offer term deposits without the possibility of their early withdrawal.

KIEV, May 19 – Ukraine is preparing a new state-targeted defense program on developing the arms and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the state program on reformation of defense industry until 2020 which are to be submitted to the government by July 1, head of the interagency commission for defense and technical cooperation and export control at the National Defense and Security Council Oleh Hladkovsky said.

MOSCOW, May 20 – The decision made by Parliament on foreign debt is aimed at provoking a default in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

KIEV, May 20 – Finance Minister Natalie Yaresko has welcomed the statement of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew saying that the holders of Ukraine's debt may need to make sacrifices.

"Everyone should be ready to sacrifice on the issue," she wrote on her Twitter page on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 20 - Valeriy Chaly, deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration, met with Japanese Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Yasumasa Nagamine and discussed the provision of financial assistance to Ukraine.

KIEV, May 20 - The adoption of laws on providing the government of Ukraine with the right to impose a moratorium on payments on the foreign commercial debt will encourage lenders to accelerate talks on debt restructuring, Finance Minister Natalie Yaresko said.

LONDON, May 20 - Many holders of Ukrainian bonds are unperturbed by Kiev's threat to halt debt payments, noting that a moratorium would merely bring forward a widely anticipated default and could even result in a better long-term deal for investors, Reuters reported.