DAVOS, Jan. 18 - China is willing to play a constructive role in seeking a political resolution to the crisis over Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Ukrainian counterpart, adding that he considers the eastern European country a friend, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – Ukraine has filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice against the Russian Federation alleging it committed acts of terrorism and discrimination in the course of its illegal aggression against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – The international community should lift sanctions against Russia only after the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine and the end of Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 17 - President Petro Poroshenko and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have agreed to hold a session of the Ukrainian-Chinese intergovernmental commission on cooperation in 2017, the press service of the Ukrainian president has said.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – Switzerland will provide $100 million as the first tranche of financial assistance to Ukraine by the end of 2017, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – Some 25% of Ukrainians as a whole approved of the activities of President Petro Poroshenko in November 2015, while 70% of citizens did not approve.

KIEV, Jan. 14 – President Petro Poroshenko said that the government expects the significant reduction of the inflation rate in the country in 2016.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in commodities in November 2015 amounted to $131.5 million, which is 63% less than in October 2015 and 33.4% less than in November 2014, whereas Ukraine had seen a surplus of foreign trade in commodities for seven months before that, according to the State Statistics Service.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Ukraine in 2015 moved forward on the way of reforms, and the positive decision of the European Commission on the visa free regime for Ukrainians and the launch of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) are evidence of this, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Ukraine in 2015 moved forward on the way of reforms, and the positive decision of the European Commission on the visa free regime for Ukrainians and the launch of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) are evidence of this, President Petro Poroshenko said.