KYIV, July 15 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Danyliuk, during his visit to the United States, discussed the intensification of bilateral cooperation in the field of security, energy and finance, and cyber security issues.

KYIV, July 16 - A senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday his country and Russia had agreed to exchange prisoners from the conflict in eastern Ukraine over the next month, Reuters reported.

NEW YORK, July 16 - A United Nations Security Council meeting over Kyiv's move to declare Ukrainian the national language of Ukraine has turned into a war of words between Moscow and the West, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, July 16 – Reaching a majority by the pro-presidential Servant of the People Party in Ukraine's parliament or creation by it of an ideological coalition will let it quickly form a government, negotiate a new program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and unlock deep reforms in Ukraine, which will facilitate economic growth.

KYIV, July 17 - Ukraine said on Wednesday a rebel who organized the trailer carrying the missile that shot down a Malaysian airliner in 2014 had been captured two years ago and was now serving a sentence in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KYIV, July 16 - The delay of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan will sharply reduce Ukraine's chances of attracting another credit tranche, business community representatives believe.

KYIV, July 17 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny considers two disputes with Russia's Gazprom, the decisions on which were made by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, to be settled.

KYIV, July 17 - The extension of the contract for the transit of Russian gas to the EU via Ukraine after 2019 will contribute to Ukraine's speedy EU integration, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.

KYIV, July 17 - A top Ukrainian anti-corruption activist suffered chemical burns on Tuesday when an assailant threw green liquid in his face as he took part in a demonstration outside a prosecutor's office in Kyiv, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 16 – A Ukrainian journalist and blogger, who disappeared in Donetsk six weeks ago, was detained by pro-Russian separatist authorities and is held in custody for alleged ‘espionage,’ a Ukrainian activist reported Sunday citing the separatist ‘ministry of state security.’