KYIV, April 20 – The United States announced that it will provide $155 million in additional development funding to Ukraine through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the lives of the Ukrainian people, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said Tuesday.

KYIV, April 20 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to meet in eastern Ukraine, where long-simmering tensions have resurged in recent weeks, CNN reported.

KYIV, April 20 – Ukraine’s economy is expected to contract 4.5% on the year in 2020 if the government lifts quarantine by the middle of May, but this will deteriorate if the quarantine is extended, analysts said.

KYIV, April 20 – Ukraine will probably extend quarantine for several weeks as projections show the county is not likely to hit the peak of coronavirus cases before early May, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday.

KIEV, April 19 - During an official visit to the United Kingdom, President of Petro Poroshenko met with representatives of business circles of the country, the press service of the Ukrainian president said.

KIEV, April 18 – As the result of a pre-trial investigation into a criminal organization involved in the illegal mining of amber in Rivne region (the so-called 'amber mafia' case), 31 persons were brought to court, and 25 of them were sentenced, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said.

THE HAGUE, April 19 - The International Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected Ukraine's request for measures aimed at blocking Russian support for rebels in eastern Ukraine, saying Kiev did not provide enough evidence to back up its claim that Moscow sponsored terrorism by funding and arming the rebels, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, April 19 – Former economic development and trade minister Aivaras Abromavicius heads the recently created supervisory board of Ukrainian Corporate Governance Academy that was recently created.

BRUSSELS, April 20 - The European Commission has said Ukraine is ready for its nationals to enter the EU without visas, putting the Netherlands in a tricky position, EU Observer reported.

KIEV, April 19 - President Petro Poroshenko has instructed the Ministry of Finance and the State Fiscal Service to study the issue of Ukraine's accession to the convention on access to the accounts of non-residents.