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.

KIEV, April 18 - Ukraine's army chief of staff on Saturday listed for the first time some of the specific Russian military units alleged to be fighting against Kiev alongside pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, AFP reported.

KIEV, April 19 – The State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service is initiating the introduction of the criminal liability for the production of low-quality food, said Ivan Bisiuk, the head of the veterinary service.

The corresponding initiative has been included in a draft bill on food safety and quality, Bisiuk said at the briefing at the House of Government.

KIEV, April 18 – The United States is to increase the cost of issuing its visas for Ukrainians, and Ukraine is getting ready to respond, the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has said.

KIEV, April 19 - Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial on Thursday and faces up to 12 more years in prison if convicted of fresh graft charges, in a case that once again drew harsh criticism from an attending Western human rights official.

KIEV, April 19 – Ukraine on Tuesday failed to raise the $1.06 billion needed to seal Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, amid growing economic concerns and the ongoing Fukushima disaster in Japan.

KIEV, April 18 – About 50 foreign delegations of various levels are expected to attend events to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which will be held in Kiev.