WASHINGTON, April 19 - Ukraine's military has received additional aircraft as well parts for repairs to get damaged aircraft flying again, Reuters reported on Tuesday citing a Pentagon official.

KYIV, April 19 - Russia gave Ukrainian fighters still holding out in Mariupol a fresh ultimatum to surrender on Wednesday as it pushed for a decisive victory in its new eastern offensive, while Western governments pledged more military help to Kyiv, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 19 – The Center for Public Health under the Ministry of Health warned Ukrainians about another type of coronavirus disease MERS-COV, which is spreading in the countries of the Middle East.

KYIV, April 19 – The difficulty of carrying out reforms in Ukraine is due, in particular, to the actions of financial groups that privatized Ukrainian companies, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated.

"When Ukraine gained independence in the early 1990s, because the country is so attractive and rich, it was plundered not only from the outside, but also from the inside by many people who are now respected businessmen.

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.