BRUSSELS, April 19 – Ukraine, as a European country, has the right to become a member of the EU, but must first fulfill the Association Agreement and the reform program, Interfax-Ukraine reported Monday citing a high-ranking European official.

KYIV, April 19 – The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation (FAA) issued NOTAM A0012/21, which advises air carriers to exercise special caution when flying over parts of the Moscow Flight Information Region (FIR) and Rostov-on-Don FIR in Russia and within 100 nautical miles of Ukrainian FIRs of Dnipro, Simferopol and Kyiv.

BRUSSELS, April 19 - The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Monday that in the face of the big military buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders, it will only take “a spark” to set off a confrontation, AP reported.

KYIV, April 19 - Ukraine’s Orthodox church could become independent of Moscow under the terms of a presidential initiative lawmakers approved on Thursday, a move that President Petro Poroshenko said would make it harder for Russia to meddle in Ukrainian affairs, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 19 – Ukraine will stay in the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement with the International Monetary Fund and the country is ready to continue reforms, the National Bank of Ukraine said after a trip of NBU Governor Valeriya Gontareva to take part in Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group.

KIEV, April 19 – Almost half of Ukrainians view visa-free travel to the EU as important, while a large majority of them say they are completely opposed to accepting Syrian refugees into their country, according to a poll conducted by SocioStream AG.

MOSCOW, April 19 - Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine this week, the AP reported.

KIEV, April 19 – The parliamentary committee for financial and banking operations has drawn up an alternative strategy in response to the National Bank of Ukraine's 2016-2020 financial sector development program.

KIEV, April 16 – President Petro Poroshenko has appointed 35-year old lawyer Artem Sytnyk as Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

BRUSSELS, April 17 - Expert-level talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission made progress toward resolving differences over Russian gas supplies to Ukraine but no date has yet been set for a high-level meeting, the Commission said on Friday, Reuters reported.