KIEV, Sept. 12 - Ukraine said on Monday it was ready to hold talks in good faith with Russia regarding a dispute over a $3 billion bond that has become yet another sore point between the former allies since Ukraine sought closer ties with the European Union, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 13 – The Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund has asked Ukraine's Finance Ministry for an additional UAH 7.9 billion financing, the press service of the fund told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 13 – Ukraine expects that the majority of board members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would support the decision to provide a third $1.7 billion tranche to Kiev under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program despite Russia's statement about its intent to vote against, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday he saw hope for a lasting ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev announced the deaths of three soldiers killed fighting separatist rebels in the past 24 hours, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – Ukraine remains a strong supporter of a political and diplomatic settlement of the situation in Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting with ambassadors of G7 countries and the European Union.

KIEV, Sept. 13 – President Petro Poroshenko says he expects the European Union will decide on visa-free travel for Ukraine in October.

"We'll have a visa-free regime in a few weeks, I hope, in October," he said an official ribbon-cutting ceremony of a kindergarten in the village of Slobozhanske in Dnipropetrovsk region.

KIEV, Sept, 14 – Ukraine's government plans to approve a draft national budget for 2017 at its meeting on Thursday, September 15, and it will be submitted to parliament, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said.

KIEV, Sept. 14 - President Petro Poroshenko on Friday will open the 13th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy "The World, Europe and Ukraine : Storms of Changes," the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 14 - The French foreign minister told Ukraine on Wednesday there was "no plan B" to a tattered blueprint for ending a 29-month pro-Russian revolt that has destabilized the European Union's backyard, the AFP reported.

KIEV, Sept. 14 - Britain continues to support keeping sanctions on Russia , its foreign minister Boris Johnson said during a visit to Ukraine on Wednesday, Reuters reported.