KIEV, Nov. 14 - Ukraine's dependence on external financing has eased this year, according to Fitch Ratings.

"External financing pressures have eased. International reserves have increased by $2bn over the first 10 months of 2016 to $15.5 billion (around 3.5 months of current external payments), due to bilateral and multilateral support, improvement in some export prices, greater domestic confidence and increased exchange rate flexibility. Some $1.5 billion in cash in Ukraine's treasury provides the sovereign with space to bridge gaps in external disbursements in the short-term," Fitch said.

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 14 – Sanctions against the Russian Federation must be extended if Russian troops remain in Ukrainian territory, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday decried a sudden re-escalation in the conflict with pro-Russian separatists after a Ukrainian soldier was killed in clashes in the country's east, AFP reported.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – The mission of the International Monetary Fund started working in Ukraine on Thursday, a government source told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – Over 30% of Ukrainians are ready to vote for a particular party or politician in exchange for money, according a poll conducted after local elections in Ukraine.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – Ukraine should not expect an imminent positive effect from the launch of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the European Union on January 1, 2016, said Jan Tombinski, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine has said.

KIEV, Nov. 12 – Jan Tombinski, head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, said that the gay anti-discrimination amendments introduced into the Labor Code of Ukraine, are an important step on the path to the liberalization of the visa regime between Ukraine and the EU.

KIEV, Nov. 15 – The U.S. Department of State hopes that the United States won't have to introduce sanctions against Ukrainian officials after the parliamentary elections in the country, and supports the Ukrainian government's aspiration for European integration.

KIEV, Nov. 15 - Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, after a meeting with German doctors on Thursday, agreed to stop a hunger strike she had maintained for 17 days in protest of what she said were rigged parliamentary elections.

KIEV, Nov. 15 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday signed a bill into law that gives extra powers to the National Bank of Ukraine to prop up the hryvnia in the event of any financial emergency.