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.

KIEV, July 15 – The Security Service of Ukraine has indisputable evidence of Russia's involvement in an attack on a Ukrainian An-26 military transport aircraft in Luhansk region on July 14, SBU chief Valentyn Nalyvaichenko said.

KIEV, July 15 - Ukraine has made fresh charges of Russian involvement in its conflict with separatist rebels, suggesting Moscow may have had a role in an air strike on Tuesday that killed 11 people, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, July 15 - European Union leaders, under U.S. pressure to take a tougher stance towards Russia over the Ukraine crisis, could give the go-ahead on Wednesday to new sanctions but they will fall short of the far-reaching economic measures Washington wants, Reuters reported.

KHARKIV, July 14 – Former Sloviansk Mayor Nelia Shtepa has been arrested for two months with no right to post bail, the prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region reported.