BRUSSELS, June 19 – The European Union continues to discuss how Russian assets blocked in the EU can be used to restore Ukraine, European Commission's spokesman Christian Wiegand has said.

KYIV, June 19 – Ukraine's economic recovery is a just as important as its military strategy, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said as he announced the upcoming Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2023) on June 21-22 and urged global investors and British business to step up their backing for Ukraine by embracing rapid innovation to rebuild the country.

KYIV, June 19 - The United Nations rebuked Moscow on Sunday for allegedly denying aid workers access to Russian-occupied areas where residents are stranded amid “devastating destruction,” The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, June 19 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the partners in a video message on Saturday for the decisions they made to increase the defense capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

KYIV, June 19 – Russia could take 200,000-300,000 children out of Ukraine, Daria Herasymchuk, advisor to the President of Ukraine for children's rights and children's rehabilitation, has said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, June 17 – Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko says Ukraine does not agree with the nature of the decision by the European Broadcasting Union regarding the impossibility of holding the Eurovision 2023 international song contest in the country.

KYIV, June 20 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted Russia will escalate its attacks this week in Ukraine as European Union leaders consider whether to back Kyiv's bid to join the bloc and Moscow presses its campaign to win control of the country's east.

KYIV, June 18 - The new president of Ukraine and the new government should start a new negotiation process with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stimulate the development of Ukraine's economy and reduce tariffs, Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KYIV, June 18 – Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said that Ukraine would have a real chance of getting the European prospect after 2025, and maybe by 2035 the country could become a member of the European Union (EU).

KYIV, June 18 - Deputy Foreign Minister Olena Zerkal said Dutch authorities plan to name suspects in the downing of flight MH17 five years ago, in which all 298 people aboard the passenger jet were killed, RFE/RL reported.