KYIV, Sept 14 - The draft state budget for 2021 assumes an increase in borrowings to finance the general fund of the state budget by UAH 64.2 billion, or 10.3%, to UAH 684.7 billion, of which government domestic loan bonds will amount to UAH 549.1 billion, such data were given by the Ministry of Finance.

KYIV, Sept 15 – The Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline poses a risk to Europe's energy security, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Vienna and Kyiv have different views on the situation around the construction of the pipeline, he said at a joint briefing with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna on Tuesday.

KYIV, Sept 15 – Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is leading the rating among the candidates for mayor of Kyiv, whom 43.6% of those who have decided and intend to take part in the elections are ready to support, according to a poll by Sociological Group Rating published on Tuesday.

KYIV, 16 - Ukraine and Belarus traded angry accusations Wednesday over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions, AP reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Parliament has voted in favor of a law "On amendments into some laws of Ukraine on fixing a date of the beginning of temporary occupation", which sets February 20, 2014 as the official date of the beginning of Crimea's occupation by the Russian troops.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Ukraine is to accumulate 16-18 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in its underground storage facilities by winter, which should be enough to ensure a comfortable heating season, Energy and Coal Industry Ministry Volodymyr Demchyshyn said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – The Cabinet of Ministers will investigate accusations of corruption and other abuses recently brought against the heads of the State Fiscal Service, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Ukraine is prepared for the possible introduction of a trade embargo by Russia after the economic provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union become effective, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – The Crimean Tatars will block roads to prevent cargo from being delivered from mainland Ukraine to Crimea on September 20, Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP, leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Parliament voted Wednesday to approve a bill that kills a deal with Russia to build two new nuclear power reactors at Khmelnytskiy Nuclear Power Plant, Parliament’s press service reported.