KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ Ukrainian lawmakers refused to debate and vote over controversial amendments to the constitution this week, dashing hopes of outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to curtail the powers of his successor.

KYIV, Oct 17 – More than 13,000 building out of 28,000 that were destroyed by the Russian invasion in Kyiv region, have been restored, said head of the regional military administration Ruslan Kravchenko.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Representatives of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG Move) and Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) expressed their support for an initiative to open joint checkpoints on the western border, Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Serhiy Derkach said in an exclusive interview with the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Ukraine has received about 20 long-range ATACMS missiles from the United States, The New York Times said, citing two Western officials.

KYIV, Oct 18 – European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson announced the European Commission's grant contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund in the amount of more than EUR 50 million, the Ministry of Energy reported.

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 - The Biden administration may seek $60 billion for Ukraine as part of a $100 billion global security assistance package through September 2024 that is expected to be submitted to Congress this week, NBC News reported Wednesday citing lawmakers.

KYIV, Oct 18 – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is establishing all the circumstances of the destruction of the An-225 Mriya aircraft, in particular, the reasons for the failure of the leadership of the Antonov State Enterprise to take all necessary measures to save the aircraft, the SBU has reported.

KYIV, Oct 18 – For the period from September 20 to October 15, 2022, inspectors of the State Environmental Inspectorate examined 26 objects in the territories of Kharkiv region de-occupied from Russian troops, where they recorded numerous facts of violation of the requirements of the environmental legislation of Ukraine by the occupiers and damage to natural resources by them.

KYIV, Oct 18 – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Iran to immediately stop the supply of any weapons to Russia and warned of responsibility for complicity in the Russian crimes against Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 18 - Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country’s president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark and make peace talks impossible.