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.

KYIV, Oct 15 – Ukraine may consider declaring a free economic area in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to encourage investment to revive territories crippled by the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office reported Thursday.

KYIV, Oct 11 – Chief of the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Ukraine Ron van Rooden has asked Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk that all members of the commission selecting independent members of the supervisory boards of state-owned banks meet all the criteria of the government's resolution on the creation of this commission.

KYIV, Oct 11 – The issue of legalization of cannabis in Ukraine is not on the agenda as the country has enough more important problems, which are of a higher priority, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 – Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was removed as ambassador after insisting that U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani's requests to Ukrainian officials for investigations be relayed through official channels, the Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Oct 15 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed law No. 132-IX amending some Ukrainian laws stimulating investment activities in Ukraine approved by Parliament on September 20, according to a posting on the official website of the head of state.

MINSK, Oct. 15 - The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest over its endorsement of Ukraine’s request for an “autocephalous”, or independent, church, Reuters reported.