KYIV, Sept 17 – The draft national budget of Ukraine for 2019 approved by the Ukrainian government on September 14 envisages a deficit of 2.26% of GDP, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

KYIV, Sept 17 – Ukraine has fulfilled a major part of conditions for receiving the first tranche of macro-financial assistance (MFA) from the European Union in the amount of EUR 500 million, acting Finance Minister of Ukraine Oksana Markarova has said.

KYIV, Sept. 17 - The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday changed its story on who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in July 2014 in an apparent attempt to quell investigator findings pointing to Russian unit behind the attack.

KYIV, Sept 14 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov and founder and CEO of Jigsaw (formerly Google Ideas) Jared Cohen have met in Kyiv to discuss issues related to the Russian Federation's cyber aggression and information warfare, as well as U.S. and Ukrainian experience in cyber defense.

MOSCOW, Sept 14 - The United States does not rule out the possibility of imposing new sanctions against the Russian energy sector, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told reporters after a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

KYIV, Sept 14 - The representatives of Ukraine and the European Union have signed a memorandum of understanding and a loan agreement on providing the fourth program of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (MFA IV) in the amount of EUR1 billion.

KYIV, Sept 17 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree "On the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine dated September 6, 2018" On the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation."

KYIV, Sept 17 – President Petro Poroshenko said the financing of the country's armed forces has increased by almost three times, and a Ukrainian soldier will receive at least UAH 10,000 (about $358 at the current forex rate) per month from January 1, 2019, the presidential press service reported Monday.

KYIV, Sept 18 – The Ukrainian government at the talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached an agreement in principal on the gradual increase of the price of gas to the level of the imported price parity by 2020, Board Chairman of national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny Andriy Kobolev said.

KYIV, Sep 18 – Ukraine's government suggested spending UAH 16.97 billion, or 3.73% more than in 2018, from the state budget on developing weapons and military equipment for the Defense Ministry in 2019.