KYIV, Sept 18 – Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak has called on coordinators of EU sanctions and the entire sanctions coalition to "tackle Russia's military-industrial complex."

NEW YORK, Sept 18 - Days before potentially crossing paths with Russia’s top diplomat at the United Nations, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Monday that the world body needs to answer for allowing his country’s invader a seat at the tables of power.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - The ratings agency Fitch on Friday upgraded Ukraine's sovereign debt to "B" from "B-," pointing to the country's increasing political and economic stability as well as falling debt levels, AFP reported.

MOSCOW, Sept 9 – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom chief Alexei Miller have discussed the matter of a gas transit contract with Ukraine at a meeting in the Kremlin, as the current contract nears its expiration on December 31.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 - Republican and Democratic senators said on Tuesday they expected the U.S. Congress would pass legislation restoring $250 million in military aid for Ukraine if President Donald Trump goes ahead with plans to block the assistance, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept. 10 - Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov plans to start making films again and to champion the rights of prisoners in Russian jails, he said on Tuesday, days after being freed in a landmark prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Sept. 16 - Angry parents have protested outside the town hall in Ukraine's port city of Odessa over the deaths of two children in a fire at a children's camp, BBC reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Prime Minister Voldoymyr Groysman said on Saturday the government was reviewing the way it sets domestic gas bills to make sure market prices are taken into account - a bid to answer demands under a $17.5-billion IMF aid program, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – The provision of the third tranche of around $1 billion (SDR 716.11 million) by the International Monetary Fund would help to stabilize the hryvnia exchange rate, according to bankers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - The International Monetary Fund says Ukraine is negotiating its $3 billion eurobond debt with Russia in good faith.