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.

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.