BRUSSELS, March 19 - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus, generate panic and sow distrust, Reuters reported citing a European Union document.

KYIV, March 19 – The technical mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has been working in Ukraine for the past two weeks, rather positively assessed the fulfillment of the Stand-By Arrangement conditions, but the estimating mission for it is expected only in May-June, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said.

KYIV, March 19 – Ukraine will seek to borrow $4 billion in order to accelerate economic growth and to be able to pay off debts coming due in 2019, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said Tuesday.

KYIV, March 18 – The International Monetary Fund, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine have sent Ukraine's Parliament a letter asking that it delay consideration of all 13 draft laws about criminal liability for illegal enrichment. The letter said all the measures proposed are incomplete.

KYIV, March 18 – President Petro Poroshenko plans to discuss the Ukraine-EU power interconnection project with leaders of the European Union (EU).

KYIV, March 19 - Following the negotiations between President Petro Poroshenko and Emir of the State of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a number of bilateral documents have been signed, in particular, the Agreement on Cooperation in Military and Other Spheres, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported.

KYIV, March 19 – President Petro Poroshenko said he is confident that Ukraine’s membership in the European Union is a matter of years, not decades.

KYIV, March 19 - A Ukrainian military pilot blamed by Russia over the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 has killed himself, Ukrainian media report, quoting police, BBC reported.

KIEV, March 19 - The International Monetary Fund has postponed a decision to disburse more aid to Ukraine in order to assess the impact of an economic blockade Kiev imposed on separatist-held territory, the IMF and Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 19 – After the Revolution of Dignity the number of Ukrainians who support joining the Eurasian Customs Union has fallen almost threefold, according to the results of the poll conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) through February 14-24.