KIEV, Feb. 20 – Having issued a decree on recognition of passports and other documents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR/DPR), the Russian president has legally recognized the quasi-public groups and left the Minsk process, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – The ambassadors of the G7 member states (Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, the United States, France and Japan) have called for an end to the blockade of the contact line in Donbas and called on the Ukrainian government to carry out necessary reforms to ensure the country's energy security.

KIEV, Feb. 20 - Ukraine's military on Monday accused pro-Moscow rebels of breaking a new ceasefire deal barely hours after it came into effect, as Western powers warned Russia over its actions in the former Soviet state, AFP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – Ukrainian politicians on Monday condemned a controversial peace plan submitted to the Trump administration that calls for leasing Crimea to Russia for 50 to 100 years.

KIEV, Feb. 16 - Parliament has passed a law that would allow the government to begin the privatization of large state-owned enterprises.

KIEV, Feb. 17 – The Ukrainian government has urged activists to unblock transit of Russian trucks on the territory of Ukraine to execute international obligations taken by partner countries and to retain places of work.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - Ukraine's Samopomich party has quit the ruling coalition, one of its leaders Oleh Berezyuk said on Thursday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk to find new allies or risk the collapse of the government, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 18 - Ukraine vowed on Thursday to fight Russia's demand for the full repayment of a $3 billion loan it issued to the country in 2013 under ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych, AFP reported.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 – European Parliament President Martin Schulz has made a statement on the deadly clashes in Ukraine, in which he urged all sides of the conflict to refrain from violence.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the EU will respond to any deterioration of the situation in Ukraine with targeted measures against those responsible for violence.