KYIV, Oct 17 – Disconnections of new Russian banks from SWIFT should become part of the ninth package of EU sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, Oct 17 - Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones struck Ukraine’s capital Monday, setting buildings ablaze, tearing a hole in one of them and sending people scurrying for cover or trying to shoot them down in what the president said was Russia’s attempt to terrorize civilians.

KYIV, Oct 17 – France will transfer short-range anti-aircraft missile systems Crotale to Ukraine, French Minister of Defense Sébastien Lecornu has said.

"They will be especially useful in the fight against drones and aerial bombardments," the Associated Press quoted the minister as saying.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The command of the German armed forces, as part of the planned EU mission to train Ukrainian military personnel, intends to accept 5,000 Ukrainian military personnel for training, Ntv reported on Sunday.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The 750 kV ZNPP - Dniprovska line of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which received external power from the Ukrainian power system, was once again disconnected due to rocket attacks by the Russian military on remote substations, and the plant switched back to providing its own needs with diesel generators, Energoatom has reported.

KYIV, Oct 17 – Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz announced the allocation of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of $400 million, the official SPA news agency reported on Saturday following his phone talk with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky the day before.

KYIV, Oct 17 - The Organization for Security and Cooperation on Europe has suspended its monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine following protests close to its headquarters in separatist-controlled Donetsk, the chief monitor mentioned on Sunday, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Oct 12 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its estimate of Ukraine's GDP growth in 2021 to 3.5% from 4% in its April forecast, according to the Fund's World Economic Outlook (WEO) released on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 13 – Nothing threatens the visa-free regime of Ukraine with the European Union, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

"I want to draw your attention to what was not discussed at yesterday's summit [Ukraine-EU]: there were no public or non-public talk about any mythical threats to visa-free travel, about any failures of the EU policy in Ukraine.

KYIV, Oct 17 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought political support and boosting trade at a meeting with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins on Thursday, his press service reported.