KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ The Regions Party, led by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, leads other groups in an opinion poll taken five months ahead of general election in Ukraine, according to data released Thursday.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ Ukraine and Russia will try to agree on the conditions for making joint electricity supplies to Moldova before the visit of Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov to Ukraine, which is expected on Nov. 23.

KIEV, Nov. 17 ??“ The growth of foreign direct investment in Ukraine from January to September was estimated at $932.2 mln, 7.2% down on year-over-year.

KYIV, Oct 17 – In the war with Russia, Ukraine is not facing Russia itself, but a coalition of powerful countries that will only get stronger, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny said, commenting on the Victory Plan presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

BRUSSELS, Oct 17 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the conflict into a “world war.”

KYIV, Oct 17 – The United States will allocate almost $700 million for the modernization of Ukrainian ports, railways and checkpoints, said Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction - Minister for Communities and Territories Development and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov after a meeting with US Special Representative Penny Pritzker.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The destruction of Kakhovka hydroelectric dam caused damage to Ukraine worth almost $14 billion, exacerbating the already catastrophic consequences of the full-scale Russian invasion, according to a comprehensive report by the Ukrainian government and the UN.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 - The United States has quietly delivered a small number of long-range ballistic missiles that Ukraine said it urgently needed and that President Joe Biden promised last month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Tuesday, saying they were used on the battlefield against Russia and “executed very accurately.”

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine needs to protect the sky over its energy facilities, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.

"It turned out to be not enough for the Russians to break only the line to de-energize the nuclear power plant. Now, they are testing our ability to quickly restore the electrical substation. Such nuclear blackmail by a terrorist country should not go unanswered by the world community," Haluschenko wrote on his Facebook on Monday.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Ukraine will receive the first NASAMS air defense systems soon, Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov has said following a dialogue with international partners during the sixth meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group and the Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels last week.