KYIV, Dec 19 — The United States Congress will hear information in January 2019 about the allocation of the first half of military assistance funds to Ukraine for the next year to the tune of $125 million, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker said at a meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Andriy Parubiy.
KYIV, Dec 18 - The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed and submitted to the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) its new proposals as for sanctions against individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation.
KYIV, Dec 19 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again revised its expectations for Ukraine's GDP growth for the current year, downgrading the forecast to 3.3% from 3.5%.
KYIV, Dec 19 - Ukraine will send warships back to its Azov Sea ports again, a security official said on Wednesday, despite Russia’s seizure of three navy vessels and their crew in the area last month, Reuters reported.
KYIV, Dec 18 - The Ukrainian delegation is ready in January to take part in the next round of tripartite gas talks with the EU and Russia at the political level, initiated by Vice President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic, the director general of the strategic planning and European integration directorate at the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, Vitaliy Kushnirov, has stated.
KYIV, Dec 14 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects the growth of Ukraine's international reserves in 2018 from $15.54 billion to "slightly lower" than $19 billion, deputy head of the NBU Oleh Churiy has said.
KYIV, Dec 18 - The weakening of the hryvnia in December was caused by the impact of traditional seasonal factors, in particular, an increase in purchases ahead of major holidays and greater spending by the Finance Ministry, Acting Head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii said.
KYIV, Dec. 18 - Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili appeared at the Prosecutor-General's Office in Kyiv on Monday but refused to answer questions from investigators, RFE/RL reported.
KYIV, Dec 19 - Ukraine has invited Portugal to joint work on the creation of a firefighting aircraft, according to Svyatoslav Tsegolko, press secretary for President Petro Poroshenko.
