LONDON, May 15 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed the British government at the end of a whirlwind European tour Monday to join a “fighter jet coalition” that would help strengthen his country’s aerial capabilities, but instead secured a commitment for attack drones and hundreds more missiles.

KYIV, May 16 – South Korea will provide active assistance to Ukraine in close coordination with the international community, a spokesperson for President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol said following the president's meeting with First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska.

KYIV, May 16 - Ukrainian air defenses, bolstered by sophisticated Western-supplied systems, thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all missiles aimed at the capital, The Associated Press reported citing officials.

KYIV, May 16 – In the second week of May, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) again sold significantly more currencies than it bought: U.S. dollars equaling $321.8 million, euros equaling EUR 29.7 million, but this is approximately 37.6% less than in the first week month.

KYIV, May 16 - Ukraine’s eastern city of Sievierodonetsk came under heavy shelling that killed at least 10 people, said Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region. In the Donetsk region, Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Facebook that nine civilians were killed in shelling.

KYIV, May 16 - The regiment that doggedly defended a steel mill as Ukraine’s last stronghold in the port city of Mariupol declared its mission complete Monday after more than 260 fighters, including some badly wounded, were evacuated and taken to areas under Russia’s control.

BRUSSELS, May 13 – Brussels expects that the EU member states will approve the proposal to provide Ukraine with the fourth tranche of military assistance in the amount of EUR 500 million in the near future.

KYIV, May 13 - The Ministry of Infrastructure has already reached an agreement with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine on one of the western checkpoints being only for fuel trucks, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayyem said.

KYIV, May 13 – Restructuring of Ukraine's external public debt is currently not advisable, but this issue or the issue of its partial write-off can be returned to after peace is established, Oleh Ustenko, adviser to the President of Ukraine on economic issues, believes.

MOSCOW, May 14 - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that neighboring Ukraine was becoming 'anti-Russia' and that Moscow would be ready to react to what he said were threats to its own security, Reuters reported.