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.

KIEV, March 19 – One-third of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 has been reassembled which has provided enough evidence to conclude what was used to destroy the plane, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has reported.

KIEV, March 19 - Ukraine's central bank said on Thursday it would continue its interventions on the interbank currency market in a bid to keep the hryvnia currency in a range of 21.50 to 23.50 hryvnia to the dollar.

BRUSSELS, March 19 - European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 17 - Ukraine has called on the international community to consolidate efforts to pressure Russia into returning Crimea and paying compensation for the losses caused to Ukraine.

KIEV, March 19 – President Petro Poroshenko has signed into law a bill amending Article 10 of Ukraine's law granting special 'self-rule' status to certain districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

KIEV, March 18 – Decisions made by Crimean authorities after the so-called 'referendum' could pose serous problems with customs clearance of goods at ports of Crimea, a partner of Kiev's office of Schoenherr international law firm Denys Sytnyk and Head of the Chisinau's office of Schoenherr Vladimir Yurkovsky have told Interfax-Ukraine, comparing the situation in Crimea with the Moldovan Transdniestrian Republic.