KYIV, Jan 29 - The Ministry of Health signed a memorandum with the American Society for Clinical Pathology, which stipulates the provision of support to Ukrainian specialists in laboratory diagnostics, the press service of the ministry has reported.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – Protesters have barred empty train cars designed for coal transportation in the Luhansk region and this action threatens energy safety of the whole of Ukraine, Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration's head Yuriy Harbuz said.

KIEV, Jan. 26 - The International Monetary Fund will decide on the date of a meeting of the Executive Board on the third revision of the EFF program after the memorandum of cooperation with Ukraine is finalized, IMF spokesperson William Murray said.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – The VoxUkraine independent analytical platform has conducted a study under the index for monitoring of reforms (iMoRe) project concerning reforms conducted by Ukrainian ministries.

"The general situation is how reforms were conducted in the past two years. If briefly, the reform pace is slowing, at least, in amendments to legislation," reads the study presented at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - The White House said the first official phone call between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, “was a significant start to improving the relationship between the United States and Russia that is in need of repair,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.

KIEV, Jan. 29 - Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed when pro-Russian rebels attacked government positions in Avdiyivka on Sunday, cutting off power supplies to the eastern frontline town, Ukrainian officials said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – A total of 942,748 internally displaced people have been registered in Ukraine as of January 26, says Maryna Vorona, a deputy head of the department for social protection of the internally displaced persons at the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – If Russia sends another so-called "humanitarian convoy" to Donbas without first agreeing this with Ukraine and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the crossing of the convoy into Ukraine will be considered by Kiev as an act of aggression, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Jan. 27 – Director-General of the Directorate-General Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Claus Sorensen, after studying the situation of displaced persons from Donbas, said that the European Union will increase humanitarian aid to Ukraine by EUR 15 million.

MOSCOW, Jan. 29 – Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny filed a claim against Gazprom with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce on October 13, 2014, concerning the retroactive review of a transit contract for 2009-2019, Gazprom said.