KYIV, March 18 – The number of people in Ukraine infected since the beginning of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ukraine has exceeded 1.5 million, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said Thursday.

KYIV, March 17 – Parliament has passed bill No. 3220 with amendments to the Tax Code on support of taxpayers during the period of taking measures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-19, which equals quarantine with force majeure.

KYIV, March 17 - The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) spent up to $1 billion to support the hryvnia since early 2020, forex reserves exceed $25 billion and they are enough to smooth fluctuations, Deputy NBU Governor Oleh Churiy said.

KYIV, March 18 – Ukraine seeks to accelerate negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a major stabilization loan as looming coronavirus crisis threatens to undermine the country’s economy.

KYIV, March 18 - The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament and other lawmakers will be tested for the novel coronavirus after one of their colleagues tested positive on March 18, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, March 18 – Batkivschyna Party leader and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko has named five priority steps to improve the economy and increase the social protection of people that the future president could carry out, the party's press service reported.

KYIV, March 18 – It is unlikely that the presidential and parliamentary elections to be held this year would affect the speed of the implementation of reforms in Ukraine, according to most participants of the CFA Society Ukraine Investment Forum held in Kyiv on Friday, March 15.

KYIV, March 18 - President Petro Poroshenko, who runs for re-election this month, vowed to prepare Ukraine to joining the European Union and NATO if he is elected to the second term in office.

BRUSSELS, March 18 - The European Union’s foreign policy chief has marked the fifth anniversary of Russia’s seizure and "illegal annexation" of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula with scathing criticism of the Kremlin, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, March 18 - Russian voters in Ukraine were blocked from casting their ballots in Russia's presidential election on Sunday, as Ukrainian authorities stepped up security outside diplomatic facilitates and nationalists staged anti-Moscow protests, RFE/RL reported.