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.

KYIV, Oct. 18 - Ukraine has set up a group to stop any attempt by Russia to influence next year’s elections, Reuters reported Thursday citing a state security body.

KYIV, Oct 18 - Vasyl Yurchyshyn, head of economic programs at the Razumkov Center, said the growth of the people’s economic solvency index, but predicted a worsening of the indicators of economic stability already in the autumn-winter period.