KIEV, July 14 ??“ Ukraine??™s economy, let by a major downturn in the steel sector, continued a rapid slowdown in June, dashing hopes for a quick recovery and jeopardizing the government??™s revenue collection plans.

KYIV, June 17 - Russia has carried out a mass missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 100 others, BBC reported Tuesday citing officials.

KYIV, June 16 - Four European leaders expressed their support for Ukraine on Thursday while meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, vowing to back Kyiv’s candidacy to eventually join the European Union and offering more weapons to fend off Russia’s invasion.

KIEV, June 17 – Ukrainian law-enforcement and defense agencies have sent a request to the Finance Ministry asking for the allocation of an additional UAH 17 billion, according to Finance Minister Natalie Yaresko.

KIEV, June 17 – President Petro Poroshenko said that all branches of power in Ukraine should see work towards the country being granted a visa-free regime with the European Union as a priority.

KIEV, June 17 – Ukraine and Russia will hold a meeting between June 26 and June 29 to discuss natural gas prices and supply volumes, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, June 17 - The Russia-Ukraine conflict has no short term solution and is part of a fabricated conflict with the West to distract everyday Russians from corruption and incompetence, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, AFP reported.

KIEV, June 17 - Ukraine's trade unions have formed an association and are preparing to stage a national strike, according to lawmaker Sergei Kaplin of the Petro Poroshenko parliamentary faction.

KIEV, June 16 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that this week he will sign draft amendments to Ukraine's constitution to de-centralize powers, which he will then table in parliament.

DONETSK, June 16 – Hospitals in Sloviansk, where an armed standoff continues between the militia and a Ukrainian law enforcement contingent, are experiencing serious problems and all of them remain closed on Monday, said Olena Petriayeva, acting deputy director of the health department in the Donetsk regional state administration.