KYIV, April 15 – Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has said police have solved the murder case of Ukrainian jeweler Serhiy Kyseliov. He said three suspects have been detained and that police found an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, as well as art objects, during searches. Kyseliov was shot dead in Kyiv in early March.

KYIV, April 15 – The National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting has said the average presence of the Ukrainian language on radio and television broadcasts has reached 92%.

KYIV, April 16 - Ukraine has filed a request with a United Nations tribunal seeking the release of 24 Ukrainian sailors and three vessels captured by Russia in the Kerch Straight in November 2018.

KYIV, April 13 - A new European plan for Ukraine, dubbed as a Marshall plan for Ukraine, is already seeing preliminary stages of implementation, former Prime Minister of Lithuania and incumbent Member of Parliament of Lithuania (the Seimas) Andrius Kubilius has said, yet noting that Ukraine is facing a challenge related with the possibility of using the investment it has already received.

KYIV, April 16 – The U.S. will support Ukraine’s bid to join NATO, but has urged the country to speed up reforms and strengthen democracy as important first step, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO, said.

KYIV, April 13 – President Petro Poroshenko says he is sure that Ukraine will get all the funds Russia's gas giant should pay under a ruling by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.

KYIV, April 13 – Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Robert Karem have discussed security issues related to Russian aggression that poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but also to the entire world.

KIEV, April 14 - Parliament has introduced a 10-year ban on the export of timber and lumber in its raw form (round timber), while a ban on wood exports (except for pine) will be introduced from November 1, 2015, and that for pine trees - from January 1, 2017.

KIEV, April 14 – The National Bank of Ukraine said that the foreign exchange market has stabilized in recent weeks and that it has started working on the gradual removal of restrictions on foreign exchange transactions in line with the commitments under the new program of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

KIEV, April 15 - Ukraine, unlike Russia, remains committed to the peaceful settlement process in Donbas, says Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

"I am deeply frustrated by the fact that Russia is in fact failing to implement the Minsk agreements, and I am saying again and again that it is necessary to fully and completely implement all provisions of the Minsk protocol that has been signed.