KYIV, March 17 - Ukraine registered a record daily high of 289 coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, leading the prime minister to urge local authorities to impose stronger restrictions to contain its spread, Reuters reported.

KYIV, March 16 – In Ukraine, about 40% of citizens are ready to take part in sanctioned rallies and demonstrations. Of these, 14% are confident that they will participate, 26% are likely to participate, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center in March 2021.

KYIV, March 16 – If presidential elections were held in the near future, current President Volodymyr Zelensky would receive the most votes in the first round, according to the results of a sociological study conducted by the Razumkov Center.

KYIV, March 16 – The number of Ukrainian users of the Instagram social network in 2019 increased by 4.5%, to 11.5 million (about 11 million in 2018), the number of Facebook users by 7.7%, to 14 million.

KYIV, March 17 – The coronavirus pandemic could affect exports of Ukrainian agricultural products, and the impact will be significant, the director general of IMC holding, the president of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club, Alex Lissitsa, said.

KYIV, March 17 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on the nation’s wealthiest businessmen to donate funds and equipment to help fight the coronavirus inside the country, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, March 14 – The Mariupol port has lost 33% of its fleet and up to 140,000 tons of exported metal products a month due to construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait and the restrictions on passage of ship, which height exceeds 33 meters, imposed after its construction, according to a posting on the Facebook page of Ukraine's Ministry for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP).

KYIV, March 13 – The son of ex-First Deputy Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleh Hladkovsky, Ihor Hladkovsky, participated in illegal schemes in the defense industry, Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said.

KYIV, March 14 - Ukraine left its main interest rate unchanged at 18 percent on Thursday to help bring inflation down to its target level, the central bank said, at the last monetary policy meeting before a presidential election on March 31, Reuters reported.

KYIV, March 13 – The State Aviation Service of Ukraine, in connection with the crash of Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft, the exact causes of which are still being investigated, has decided to suspend the flights of Boeing 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX aircraft in Ukraine.