KYIV, March 19 - Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to Moscow on Monday for talks with his Russian counterpart in a trip that may provide Vladimir Putin a diplomatic boost amid his escalating confrontation with the West.

KYIV, March 19 - Ukrainian officials reported Sunday that at least three civilians had been killed and 19 wounded by Russian shelling in the previous 24 hours. The deaths were in the eastern Donetsk region, amid fierce battles for control of the city of Bakhmut, according to Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko on Ukrainian TV.

KYIV, March 19 - Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges.

KYIV, March 19 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in addition to conventional short-term tools of refinancing of banks is introducing long-term refinancing for the period of up to five years, the NBU said on Wednesday.

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.