KYIV, Jan 20 – The law On the Fundamentals of National Resistance makes it possible to deploy the Territorial Defense Forces in a simplified mode and thereby prevent open aggression by the enemy, Commander of the Territorial Defense Forces Yuriy Halushkin said.

KYIV, Jan 20 – The U.S. Department of State approved the request of the Baltic states and allowed them to supply American-made lethal weapons to Ukraine, Politico said.

KYIV, Jan 20 - A court in Ukraine on Wednesday rejected a motion by prosecutors to put former President Petro Poroshenko in custody pending an investigation and trial on the charges of treason, allowing the politician to walk out with just a few restrictions on his behavior, The Associated Press reported.

GENEVA, Jan 20 - U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine’s border would constitute an invasion and that Moscow would “pay a heavy price” for such an action, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Jan 20 - More steps are needed to protect a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine as violations are rising, Reuters reported Wednesday citing Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde during a trip to the region.

KIYV, Jan 20 – Reforms will reduce the share of Ukraine’s shadow economy will drop to 20% of the GDP by 2025, down from 30% in 2019, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture reported.

KYIV, Jan 17 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ukraine’s largest creditor, praised the government and the National Bank of Ukraine for ‘prudent macroeconomic policy’ that is aimed at boosting economic growth.

KYIV, Jan 20 - Ukraine on Monday urged Iran to return the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down by the Iranian military with the loss of all 176 people on board, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Jan 29 - Ukrainian actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has said he is running for president of Ukraine, has admitted that he has commercial interests in Russia and has said he will divest himself of them "in the near future."

TALLINN, Jan 17 – The Baltic States and Poland are in favor of imposing new sanctions in connection with the events in the Kerch Strait, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser has said.