WASHINGTON, March 16 - President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, March 15 – Ukraine must apply extra efforts and resume vaccination at the pre-war level to overcome the COVID-19 coronavirus disease, Chief Sanitary Doctor Ihor Kuzin, who is also the Deputy Health Minister of Ukraine, has said.

KYIV, March 16 – Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Semen Kryvonos assured the ambassadors of the G7 and the European Union of the independence of the investigations conducted by the detectives of the Bureau.

BRUSSELS, March 16 – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Russia, which is depleting its stocks in the war it unleashed against Ukraine, depends on Iran and North Korea for arms supplies, while more than forty countries support Ukraine with the necessary supplies.

KYIV, March 16 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Thursday kept its key policy rate at 25% per annum, in line with expectations, citing the need to curb inflation and support the local currency, the bank said in a statement.

GENEVA, March 16 - Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, according to a report from a U.N.-backed inquiry released Thursday.

KYIV, March 14 – The purposeful destruction of agricultural machinery by Russian invaders jeopardizes the spring sowing campaign in Ukraine, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

KYIV, March 14 – The current estimated number of people impacted by the Russian invasion in Ukraine is 18 million, of which 6.7 million are internally displaced, the WHO Europe said in a statement on Monday.

KYIV, March 14 – As of March 7, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted a fall in Ukraine's GDP in 2022 as a result of Russia's armed aggression, provided that it ends as soon as possible, by 10% and inflation rises to 20%.

WASHINGTON, March 15 - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress, Reuters reported.