KIEV, Nov. 18 - The United States has provided Ukraine with military and security assistance in the amount of $265 million in 2015, and in 2016 the United States could provide $300 million, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Ukraine said Wednesday it expects to lose some $600 million next year as a result of a food trade ban which Russia has threatened to introduce starting January 1.

KIEV, Nov. 16 – NATO will be ready to speak about Ukraine's accession to the Alliance after a seven-year transition period, and Kiev is going to make it within 5-6 years, acting chief of Ukraine's Mission to NATO Yehor Bozhok said.

KIEV, Nov. 16 – The U.S. on Saturday handed over to Ukraine two AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar systems, which were inspected by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

MOSCOW, Nov. 18 – The European Union may discuss further economic sanctions against Russia at a summit in December if the militants of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk make an attempt to take control of new territories in Ukraine's east, Kommersant reported, citing EU sources.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - NATO warned on Tuesday of a "very serious" build-up of Russian soldiers and weapons inside Ukraine and on its border as Germany's foreign minister urged Kiev and Moscow to respect a tattered peace plan, AFP reported.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 18 - Ukraine aims to avoid using an interim gas deal signed last month for as long as it can and eventually end its reliance on Russian gas through better EU connections, Naftogaz Chief Executive Andriy Kobolyev told Reuters on Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 18 - Germany's foreign minister saw "no reason for optimism" after talks on Tuesday in Moscow and Kiev on the Ukraine conflict that has claimed more than 4,000 lives and caused a deep rift between Russia and the West, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Nov. 15 – The decision to disband all economic courts in Ukraine will soon be made as part of judicial reform, a senior source in Ukraine's presidential administration said.

KIEV, Nov. 15 – An Antonov Airlines An-225 Mriya heavy transport aircraft has brought energy equipment to Cebu Island in the Philippines, which was struck by Typhoon Haiyan earlier this week.