KIEV, Oct 15 – Ukraine is preparing for a visit by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on October 26 to discuss deregulation in the agricultural sector and infrastructure, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Oct. 15 - Ukraine threatened Thursday to launch a "legal war" with Russia after Moscow held out on a vital debt restructuring agreement needed to stop the crisis-torn nation hurtling towards a default.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 - Ukraine won a seat on the U.N. Security Council on Thursday and immediately promised to use the platform to wage a political battle against Russia for annexing Crimea and supporting eastern Ukrainian separatists, AP reported.

KIEV, Oct. 15 – Transit flights of planes belonging to Russian airlines across Ukraine will be permitted despite the introduction of sanctions against Russian airlines if the planes do not carry weapons or dual-purpose cargo, Infrastructure Minister Andriy Pyvovarsky told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 – The U.S. Department of State has said the report of the Dutch Safety Board on how Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine backs up U.S. findings that the plane was shot down by Russian backed militants, State Department spokesperson John Kirby said.

KIEV, Oct. 15 – The Joint International Criminal Investigation Team MH17 consisting of prosecutors and police agencies of Ukraine, Belgium, Australia and Malaysia and Eurojust says it will continue its own criminal investigation into the circumstances of the MH17 flight crash on July 17, 2014 after Dutch Safety Board presented its final report about the facts surrounding the disaster.

MOSCOW, Oct. 15 – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic is not preparing to elect Parliament deputies or hold Ukrainian local elections on December 7, DPR Central Elections Commission Chairman Roman Lyagin said.

KIEV, Oct. 15 - Stockholm arbitration may complete its examination of lawsuits in the gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia in the summer or fall of 2015, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 15 – President Petro Poroshenko has commissioned newly appointed Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak with developing a strategy of national security and defense, and changing Ukraine's military doctrine, the state program for the development of the Armed Forces, weapons and military equipment.

HOPTIVKA (Kharkiv region), Oct. 15 – Ukraine needs to reinforce its state border with Russia in order to obtain a visa-free regime with the European Union, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.