KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ Ukrainian lawmakers, despite heavy opposition and vehement attacks from the Communist Party, on Tuesday approved in the first reading three important bills required for a quick accession to the World Trade Organization.

KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ As of early October over 24.5 mln Ukrainians used mobile communications services, which is almost 50% of the country's population, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KYIV, Oct 15 – France will be able to provide Ukraine with military assistance worth "over EUR 2 billion", and not EUR 3 billion as it was pledged earlier, due to a budget deficit, Defense Minister of France Sébastien Lecornu has said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 15 - Officials in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region said Tuesday a Russian missile attack killed at least one person and injured 16 others.

Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram the attack damaged an infrastructure facility, restaurant and shopping areas, as well as residential buildings, VOA reported.

KYIV, Oct 13 – Investor interest in Ukraine will greatly depend on security guarantees: the country’s membership in NATO will increase it three to ten times, said Deputy Head of the President's Office, Rostyslav Shurma, at the Kyiv International Economic Forum on Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 13 – The G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors declared full financial support for Ukraine, as well as a commitment to keep Russia's assets frozen until it compensates for the damage to Ukraine as a result of an "illegal, unjustifiable and unprovoked war of aggression," the European Council website reported on Thursday evening.

KYIV, Oct 15 - Russian attacks on Ukraine over a 24-hour period killed six people, local officials reported Sunday.

Two people were killed and three more injured in the Kherson area after more than 100 shells bombarded the region over the weekend, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on social media, according to The Associated Press.

KYIV, Oct 13 – The Cabinet of Ministers at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday introduced a number of quarantine restrictions, in particular on the holding of mass events, as number of coronavirus cases has been growing rapidly.

KYIV, Oct 13 – Analysts at BofA Securities predict the receipt of the second tranche to Ukraine by the International Monetary Fund late 2020 or early 2021.

The Ukrainian authorities continue reaffirming their commitment to the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), so now the country may be approaching the point of starting a gradual solution to existing problems.

KYIV, Oct 13 – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has improved its assessment of the decline of Ukraine's GDP in 2020 to 7.2% from 8.2% in the June forecast.