KIEV, July 28 – An extraordinary session of Parliament is to be held on Thursday, at which the recently rejected package of budget and tax code legislation will be reconsidered, Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KIEV, July 28 – As many as 1,129 civilians have been killed and 3,442 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the anti-separatist operation in mid-April 2014 until July 26, according to a UN report.

KIEV, July 28 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on Monday called on lawmakers to pass budget amendments on a second attempt to secure financing for the military and maintain Kiev's bailout deals with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, July 28 - U.S. and European leaders agreed on Monday to impose wider sanctions on Russia's financial, defense and energy sectors, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 28 - Ukraine said its troops had taken more territory from pro-Russian rebels near the site where Malaysian flight MH17 was brought down, as international investigators said fighting was preventing them reaching the crash location, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 29 – International donor organizations are mulling the possibility of providing financial assistance to help Ukraine implement reforms, Dmitry Shymkiv, deputy head of the Presidential Administration, said at a briefing in Kiev.

WASHINGTON, July 29 - The International Monetary Fund's $17 billion loan program for Ukraine may have to be revised if the country's conflict in its eastern regions continues for much longer, the head of the IMF said without specifying further, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, July 29 – President Barack Obama escalated U.S. economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday for its aggression against Ukraine but dismissed suggestions the growing chill in U.S.-Russian relations marked the start of a new Cold War, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 26 – The Foreign Ministry supports the idea of the Income and Tax Ministry to create the position of customs and tax officer at the country's embassies.

KIEV, July 26 - A number of politicians in the European Union will oppose Ukraine's accession to the EU, but the Ukrainian government does not see this as an immediate goal, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.