KYIV, May 12 - Ukrainian military commanders said Friday that their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut.

PARIS, May 14 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces.

BRUSSELS, May 12 – Some 20 million tons of grains must leave Ukraine in less than three months, using the EU infrastructure, European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean has said.

KYIV, May 15 - Ukraine has deployed many of its new U.S. M-777 howitzers at the front lines and Washington has delivered all but one of the 90 artillery pieces they were due to send, Reuters reported Sunday citing the U.S. embassy in Kyiv.

KYIV, May 15 - Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, its military faces a bogged-down war, the prospect of a bigger NATO, and an opponent buoyed Sunday by wins on and off the battlefield.

KYIV, May 14 – President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he will act as guarantor for each large investor arriving in the country. He backs the opinion of banking society that the cornerstone for ensuring economic growth and attracting foreign investment is judicial reform and the protection of the rights of investors and lenders.

KYIV, May 14 – President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the provision of macroeconomic stability in Ukraine via independence of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the observance of sound policies in the sphere of public finances is a priority.

KYIV, May 15 – First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv has urged to resume work of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Ukraine and Bulgaria, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry has reported on its website.

AMSTERDAM, May 15 - The situation with the renewal of the contract for transit of Russian gas to Europe through Ukraine after 2019 remains unpredictable, representatives of European energy organizations said at the Flame conference.

KYIV, May 15 - Ukrainian clerical infighting broke out into the open Wednesday in a development that analysts say may threaten the future of Ukraine's new unified Orthodox -- to Moscow's delight, AFP reported.