KYIV, Sept 16 - The amount of funding actually allocated to Ukraine by international partners since the beginning of the war to cover the state budget deficit as of September 13 amounted to $17.422 billion, or 52% of the aid declared by them for a total of $33.32 billion, the Finance Ministry reported.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 - Russia’s setbacks and stretched resources in Ukraine show its forces are incapable of achieving President Vladimir Putin’s initial aims in invading the country as things stand now, the Pentagon’s intelligence chief said Friday.

KYIV, Sept 18 - President Volodymyr Zelensky promised his country there would be no letup in the counteroffensive that has reclaimed towns and cities from Russian troops, as shelling continued Sunday across a wide stretch of Ukraine.

KYIV, Sept 16 - Ukraine can receive EUR5 billion of macro-financial assistance from the EU in mid-October, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

WASHINGTON/LONDON, Sept 16 - US President Joe Biden has ordered a new $600 million military aid package for Ukraine, the White House said.

In total, Western countries, in response to Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, pledged to provide military assistance to Ukraine for EUR36.1 billion, follows from the data of the German Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

KYIV, Sept 19 – Any possible strike on the hydraulic structures of the Kyiv hydro power plant (HPP) will not cause catastrophic consequences, Ukrhydroenergo reported on Monday.

KYIV, Sept 19 - A Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors. Ukrainian authorities denounced the move as an act of “nuclear terrorism.”

KYIV, Sept 16 – The Ukrainian government has amended its COVID-19 resolution requiring foreign citizens and stateless persons upon arrival in Ukraine to have a paper confirming the vaccination shot by one or more doses of the WHO-recognized vaccine or a certificate confirming vaccination against this disease.

KYIV, Sept 16 - The virtual mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Ukraine on the first review of the Stand-By Arrangement will begin work later this month, IMF Spokesman Gerry Rice said at a traditional briefing in Washington on Thursday, declining to specify the dates.

KYIV, Sept 19 - Some 7,000 people gathered in Ukrainian capital on Sunday for the annual March for Equality to support the rights of the country's LGBT community, AP reported.