KYIV, Feb 20 - A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Feb 20 – In 2023, Ukraine received external funding totaling $42.5 billion, of which $11.6 billion (27%) was non-repayable grant assistance, the Ministry of Finance reported.

KYIV, Feb 20 – U.S. House of Representatives legislators – Republican Brian Fitzpatrick and Democrat Jared Golden are calling on their colleagues to support an alternative version of the foreign aid bill, reports The Hill, which managed to review the congressmen's letter.

KYIV, Feb 20 - Delays in weapons deliveries from Western allies to Ukraine are opening a door for Russian battlefield advances, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, making the fight “very difficult” along parts of the front line where the Kremlin’s forces captured a strategic city last weekend ahead of the war’s second anniversary.

KYIV, Feb 17 – The Ukrainian Grain Association (UGA) called on the world community, Turkey and the UN to oppose the Russian seizure of the Black Sea and the imposition of restrictions on shipping for other countries.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The construction of energy storage facilities in Ukraine and own grain terminals in the European Union, Asia, and African will become the country's priority tasks during its post-war recovery, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

TOKYO, Feb 20 - Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced a new $5.5 billion financial aid for Ukraine and will mark the first anniversary of the war by hosting an online Group of Seven summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

KYIV, Feb 20 - President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The United States is working to allocate $28 million to support the efforts of Ukrainian domestic authorities and other international and foreign domestic courts during investigations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, the U.S. Department of State said.

KYIV, Feb 20 – The staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ukrainian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) on the first and final review under the Program Monitoring with Board Involvement (PMB).