KIEV, April 16 ??“ Ukraine may build an oil refinery near the border with Poland to refine Caspian Sea crude into high quality gasoline that could be later exported to Europe, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ The government will soon submit to Parliament a bill outlining a procedure through which some owners will be required to pay extra for businesses they obtained too cheaply over the past decade, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ Ukraine is in talks with international powers over building two separate natural gas pipelines, from Iran and from Turkmenistan, seeking to reduce reliance on imports from Russia, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, April 18 ??“ Three senior police officers were taken into custody Monday in connection with the alleged murder three years ago of a key witness in a journalist murder case, the Prosecutor General??™s Office said.

WASHINGTON, March 18 - President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting that the U.S. administration is pressing for.

KYIV, March 18 - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Monday, after meeting Ukraine's president, that he was confident an aid package stalled in the U.S. Congress would soon be approved but called for aid to take the form of a low-interest, waivable loan.

KYIV, March 16 – Sowing season in Ukraine due to cold weather is shifted to the end of March - beginning of April, this will allow farmers to better prepare for going into the field and accumulate additional resources, however, despite the favorable temporary backlash, sowing season 2022 will be the most difficult in history of Ukraine due to the military invasion of the Russian Federation.

KYIV, March 16 - President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on virtual assets, which refers this market to the regulation of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU).

KYIV, March 17 – Early data estimates suggest that 90% of the Ukrainian population could be facing poverty and extreme economic vulnerability should the war deepen, setting the country – and the region – back decades and leaving deep social and economic scars for generations to come, according to the early projection released today by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

NEW YORK, March 17 - Russia says it made a $117 million bond payment — a move to avoid defaulting on its debt — and the US Treasury Department said it would allow the installment, Business Insider reported.