BRUSSELS, Sept 14 - The EU-Russia-Ukraine trilateral consultations on the transportation of natural gas went in a constructive way, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky said on Thursday.

KYIV, Sept. 16 - The United States special envoy for Ukraine said Saturday that Washington would consider providing more armaments to the country, whose army is fighting with Russia-backed separatist rebels in the east, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili have discussed supporting sovereignty and territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders of their respective countries during a telephone conversation.

MOSCOW, Sept. 17 - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller held talks with Naftogaz Ukrayiny chief Andriy Kobolev in Vienna on Wednesday.

Russia and the European Commission agreed the terms of the winter package for Ukraine last Friday. It is due for signing once the Ukrainian side agrees the terms.

KIEV, Sept. 17 – Ukraine will be able to service its liabilities on value recovery instruments (VRI) issued under debt restructuring if Ukraine's real GDP growth exceeds 4-6% per year, but if the economic situation worsens, the country could carry out more debt restructuring, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko has said.

KIEV, Sept. 17 - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday backed a crucial debt restructuring agreement that will save Kiev billions of dollars and keep the war-torn country from falling into an unmanaged default, AFP reported.

MOSCOW/KIEV, Sept. 15 – The self-declared Donetsk People's Republic has exchanged a new group of captives with the Ukrainian military, said the republic's first deputy prime minister Andrei Purgin.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - The European Union's decision to extend a preferential regime for Ukrainian exporters for one year will enable Ukraine to better prepare and conduct the necessary reforms, says Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - President Petro Poroshenko has said that the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union will be implemented starting the first minute after its ratification, and in fact it is a program of reforms in the country.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – A presidential bill on the introduction of a special order of government in some districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for a period of three years, as well as the holding of early local elections in these regions on December 7 this year, has been registered in Parliament.