KYIV, May 15 - Ukraine’s state security agency SBU raided offices of two Russian state-owned media outlets in the Ukrainian capital Tuesday and leveled treason accusations against a journalist, The Associated Press reported.

KIEV, May 15 – Police on Monday questioned a former security service SBU agent seeking to check possible links to the last year’s murder of a prominent journalist.

JERUSALEM, May 15 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in Jerusalem, marking a formal end to a spat between the two countries, the Times of Israel reported.

KIEV, May 13 – The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has done its best to fulfill the action plan on EU visa liberalization regime for Ukrainians, European Union Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, said.

KIEV, May 14 – Ukrainians hailed their country's unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest on Saturday as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smoldering conflict with Russia, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 13 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman and Turkish National Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz have discussed prospects for future defense and trade cooperation between their countries.

SIMFEROPOL, May 13 - The National Bank of Ukraine has partially destroyed the cash hryvnias stored in its storage facility in Simferopol, which is now sealed under a court order, Crimean First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev said.

KIEV, May 15 - A total of 54.7% of Ukrainian citizens who have already made their choice among the presidential candidates and who will go to the polling stations on May 25 said they would vote for businessman Petro Poroshenko if the country's presidential elections were to be held this coming Sunday.

GENEVA, May 15 - A top Ukrainian diplomat said on Thursday Russia must take concrete steps including withdrawing its troops from Ukraine's borders before Kiev would sign up to a draft "road map" to lessen tensions, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 15 - Ukraine asked Gazprom of Russia to return 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas seized after the occupation and annexation of Crimea, deputy energy and coal industry minister Ihor Didenko said Thursday.