KIEV, March 25 – Supreme Economic Court Judge Viktor Shvets has been detained while receiving a bribe, the chief of Ukraine's State Security Service Oleksandr Tkachuk told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 25 – The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council decided at a meeting on Friday to impose personal sanctions on individuals involved in unlawful actions against Ukrainian serviceperson and parliamentarian Nadia Savchenko, moviemaker Oleh Sentsov, and other Ukrainians held in detention in Russia.

KIEV, March 25 – President Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks during which he called for release of Nadia Savchenko, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison, and other Ukrainian political prisoners detained in Russia.

KRAMATORSK, March 28 – President Petro Poroshenko said that he is ready to cooperate with local authorities in Donbas, which will be elected by the residents of this region.

KIEV, March 29 – Ukraine's budget deficit in February was UAH 4.85 billion. The general fund stood at UAH 5.35 billion, while the surplus in January was equal to UAH 2.45 billion, and the general fund at UAH 1.7 billion.

KIEV, March 29 – Parliament has agreed with President Petro Poroshenko's motion to dismiss Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin.

A total of 289 MPs voted for the measure on Tuesday in parliament.

KIEV, March 29 – President Petro Poroshenko is set to visit the United States tomorrow, but has not yet been scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said.

KIEV, March 29 - Ukraine’s prospects of forming a new coalition - vital to get IMF loan talks back on track - were thrown into fresh doubt on Tuesday after Yulia Tymoshenko pressed demands as the price of taking her Fatherland Party into an alliance, Reuters reported.

DNIPROPETROVSK, March 26 - Ihor Kolomoisky, former head of Dnipropetrovsk region's administration, said there is no conflict between him and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, March 27 – Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General will seek a court order on Saturday to extend the detention term for two former senior government figures who are suspected of corruption and whose current 72-hour term of custody expires at noon that day, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Friday.