KIEV, March 14 – A decision to put Ukraine into the list of the states with which European Union cancels visa regime for short-term trips, should be backed both by European Parliament along with the qualified majority of the Council of EU, it means one, two or three EU member states won't be able to put a veto on the respective agreement.

KIEV, March 15 - Captured Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Shevchenko, facing 23 years in prison for alleged involvement in the death of two Russian journalists during 2014 fighting in Luhansk region, behaved rudely to her captors during her trial in southern Russia's Rostov-on-Don region.

KIEV, March 15 - The chances of Ukraine forming a new technocrat government to replace Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk faded on Tuesday after cross-party talks failed to produce a breakthrough, likely prolonging a months-long political crisis, Reuters reported.

WASHINGTON, March 15 - Russia’s announcement that it is withdrawing forces from Syria should not lead Washington to lift sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told lawmakers Tuesday, citing recent reports of a “spike in ceasefire violations” in eastern Ukraine.

KIEV, March 13 – OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) observers have visited Donetsk airport, which was captured by militants in January, and have reported that captives are being used to clear debris and to search and recover the bodies of deceased soldiers.

DONETSK, March 13 - The Zasiadko mine, where 34 miners were killed in an explosion last week, and Starobesheve thermal power plant (TPP) are becoming property of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

KIEV, March 13 – The Ukrainian Armed Forces as of March 12 received humanitarian aid worth $120 million from nine countries, according to a government report.

KIEV, March 16 - President Petro Poroshenko argued that a good climate is being created in Ukraine for rebuilding confidence in the country's banking system.

KIEV, March 16 - President Petro Poroshenko has submitted a bill amending Article 10 of the law on the special local self-government procedures in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to Parliament, which provides that these special procedures are implemented by local self-governance bodies elected in extraordinary elections.

DONETSK, March 16 - Heavy machinegun and light artillery fire pounded a district of Donetsk, the biggest city of eastern Ukraine, on Monday and pro-Russian rebels said there had been no lull in the fighting since a February ceasefire, Reuters reported.