KYIV, March 13 – The Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2018 received 50 units of the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle purchased under a government defense contract from European Union partners, the state foreign trade enterprise Spetstechnoexport has said.

OTTAWA, March 16 - Canada will announce as expected on Monday that it is extending a 200-strong military training mission in Ukraine, Reuters reported Sunday citing a source directly familiar with the matter.

KIEV, March 14 – Deputy Prosecutor General and Chief Military Prosecutor Anatoliy Matios says former Ukrainian defense ministers Mykhailo Yezhel and Pavlo Lebedev have been put on the wanted list. Matios added that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are also seeking to question several former high-ranking military officials.

KIEV, March 14 – Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov says he is willing to do everything in his power and take any steps to stop the war in Donbas and he remains committed to achieving peace at the negotiating table.

KIEV, March 14 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has again lashed out at groups seeking his ouster.

KIEV, March 15 – Experts supporting the creation of a technocratic government in Ukraine have written an action plan for the new government.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 – Kuala Lumpur thinks it is necessary to set up an international expert team to look into causes of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in Ukraine, Malaysian Senate President Abu Zahar Ujang said.

WASHINGTON, March 16 – U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby says that sanctions related to Crimea will remain in place.

KIEV, March 16 - Ukraine's top state prosecutor resumed his duties on Wednesday despite having formally resigned a month ago, prolonging the tenure of an official seen by the United States as an obstacle to tackling corruption.

KIEV, March 16 – Domestic producers are currently the main suppliers of weapons and military equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but there's competition in the armored vehicle supplies sector.