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.’

KIEV, July 13 – Ukraine needs to comply with seven requirements in order to receive the third, EUR 600 million tranche of the European Union's aid, in particular, it should lift the embargo on timber export, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, said.

KIEV, July 13 – The European Union supports the European aspirations of Ukraine, which are stipulated in the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, European Council President Donald Tusk said.

KIEV, July 13 – President Petro Poroshenko praised Ukrainian and European foreign services for smooth rollout of the visa-free travel for Ukrainians last month with less than 1% of applicants rejected.

KIEV, July 14 - A major-general of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the director of the Lviv Armor Plant was detained along with three other people suspected of embezzlements, the Ukrainian National Anticorruption Bureau reported.