KYIV, Oct 19 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, by decree dated October 17, 2023, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) of October 17, 2023 on organizing the protection and ensuring safe operation of critical infrastructure and energy facilities of Ukraine in conditions of hostilities.

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 - Declaring that U.S. leadership “holds the world together,” President Joe Biden told Americans on Thursday night the country must deepen its support of Ukraine and Israel in the middle of two vastly different, unpredictable and bloody wars.

STOCKHOLM, Oct 19 - Sweden’s Saab JAS 39 Gripen, a high-tech fighter developed during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, could be about to see hot conflict with Moscow for the first time, POLITICO reported.

KYIV, Oct 19 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to replace central bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko, according to three people familiar with his plans, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 19 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday Russia was the obstacle to peace in eastern Ukraine and had no right to veto Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct 19 – Ukraine’s political and economic relations with Turkey have never been better, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy while promising to continue building cooperation between the two countries.

KYIV, Oct 19 – Ukraine’s online sales jumped 45% on the year in January through September, far outpacing growth in other Eastern European countries that on average had recorded an increase of 36%, according to a study by Euromonitor International.

TEHRAN, Oct 19 - Iran is hosting officials from Ukraine in a second round of talks over compensation for a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran in January after being struck by two missiles, killing 176 people, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Oct 16 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been considering a plan for free economic area in Donbas for some time now in order to finance restoration of the economy in the region destroyed by war, Oleh Ustenko, Zelenskiy’s advisor, said.

KYIV, Oct. 18 - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday voted to hand over a landmark Kyiv church to the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate after it agreed to recognize the independence of Ukraine's Orthodox Church.