KYIV, June 17 - Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal filed a lawsuit to challenge an order from the anti-corruption agency to terminate Yuriy Vitrenko as the CEO of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the Kyiv District Administrative Court reported late Wednesday.

KYIV, June 17 - Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday he welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's tough messaging when he met President Vladimir Putin this week and said now was the time to make Russia withdraw from Ukraine, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, June 17 - The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential sale to Ukraine of 16 Mark VI patrol boats and other gear worth $600 million, Defense News reported Wednesday.

KYIV, June 17 – Ukraine on Wednesday extended ‘adaptive quarantine’ through the end of July amid growing number of coronavirus cases during the past two weeks, de-facto delaying full reopening of the economy.

KYIV, June 16 – Ukraine’s weak and slowing inflation may be posting a serious problem for the economy, Ihor Petrashko, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, said.

KYIV, June 18 – Ukraine and the European Union will hold a summit on October 1 to sign a joint airspace agreement and other issues following a delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the presidential office, said.

KYIV, June 18 – Ukraine on Thursday reported a record number of daily coronavirus cases as Healthcare Minister Maksym Stepanov said there was “total anarchy” among people refusing to follow social distancing rules.

KYIV, June 14 – U.S. congressmen Adam Kinzinger, Denny Heck and Greg Pence have registered the United States' second bill (H.R. 3206) on energy security "Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act" aimed at countering the construction of Nord Stream 2 by the Russian Federation, according to data on the website of the U.S. Congress.

PARIS, June 17 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European countries to keep "pressure" on Russia to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine as he met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, June 13 – President Volodymyr Zelensky is looking for ways to cut the energy tariffs for households, but it should be done in a way so not to devaluate the hryvnia, arouse additional inflation or economic crisis, representative of the head of state in the government Andriy Gerus has written on his Facebook page.