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.

KIEV, July 17 - President Petro Poroshenko said Russia must be held to account over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, three years after the tragedy that killed 298 people.

KIEV, July 15 - The previous wording of the memorandum with the International Monetary Fund demanded that the National Securities and Stock Market Commission's operational autonomy be legislatively sealed along with authority to investigate offences and access to inspections, and also insisted that secrecy in banking be removed, Commission head Timur Khromaev said.

PETROPAVLIVKA, July 17 - Villagers held a vigil Sunday at the site in eastern Ukraine where Flight MH17 was shot down two years ago, as bereaved relatives marked the anniversary with emotional memorial services, AFP reported.

MOSCOW, July 14 – The United States doesn't advise the Ukrainian authorities on how to conduct its anti-terrorist operation in southeastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KIEV, July 15 – Mobile communications have been restored in Sloviansk (Donetsk region), and work is underway to repair the electricity supply network in the town, the Donetsk Regional State Administration reported.

KIEV, July 15 – President Petro Poroshenko has held telephone consultations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the presidential press service reported.