KYIV, Sept 16 - President Volodymyr Zelensky said he thinks former President Trump’s comments about solving the war in Ukraine are “election messages.”

KYIV, Sept 16 - The government of Ukraine on Friday approved the draft state budget for 2025 with revenues (excluding official transfers and grants) of the general fund at the level of UAH 2.007 trillion and general fund expenditures of UAH 3.644 trillion, the Finance Ministry said on its website.

KYIV, Sept 16 – The United States is working on a substantial aid package for Ukraine, bringing together a range of different options that it plans to announce by the end of this month, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

KYIV, Sept 16 - Ukraine and the United State will start joint military exercises in western Ukraine next week, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday, days after Belarus and Russia staged large-scale drills that have concerned neighboring countries, Reuters reported.

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.