KIEV, Oct. 19 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko Wednesday ordered sweeping measures to be taken throughout Ukraine to prevent an outbreak of a bird flu that could be deadly to humans and devastating to the poultry industry.

KIEV, Oct. 19 ??“ Ukraine will seek to obtain a full membership in NATO as a way of protecting democratic values and investments in the economy from any external threat, President Yushchenko said Wednesday.

LONDON, Oct 19 -- Ukraine expects to receive the status of a full market economy from the European Union before the start of an EU-Ukraine summit on Dec.1, Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Ukraine will reduce spending on nuclear fuel imports from Russia by 24% on the year to $302.4 mln in 2005, compared with $397 mln in 2004, the Energy and Fuel Ministry said Wednesday.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Ukraine has received from the United States industrial-grade 3D printers capable of printing spare parts for equipment on the battlefield, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition William LaPlante has said.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Active work continues in Ukraine to prepare for the autumn Defense Industries Forum, and interest in it is very high, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

KYIV, Sept 18 – Ukraine has submitted requests for consultations with Poland, Slovakia and Hungary within the World Trade Organization (WTO) in accordance with the Agreement on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko has said.

KYIV, Sept 19 – GTS Operator of Ukraine LLC (GTSOU) has completed work to prepare for the heating season according to a number of planned indicators, including major repairs of the linear part of pipelines.

KYIV, Sept 19 – At the meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein" format in Germany, Estonia, Luxembourg and Ukraine have created an IT coalition that will support the Ukrainian Defense Forces of Ukraine in the cyber sphere, the Estonian Defense Ministry reports.

NEW YORK, Sept 19 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine — and he warned world leaders that the same could happen to them.