KIEV, March 14 – President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko and the head of the reformist Samopomich party as potential candidates for prime minister, Svyatoslav Tsegolko, Poroshenko’s spokesman, said Monday.

WASHINGTON, March 12 – The special OSCE monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine should be strengthened to effectively monitor the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in the New York Times.

KIEV, March 12 – Ukraine is reinforcing its positions and building up defenses while complying with the Minsk agreements to establish peace in the country's east, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, March 13 – President Petro Poroshenko has put in force the February 18 resolution of the National Security and Defense Council on additional measures to strengthen national security in the current "special period," the president's office said in a statement issued on Thursday.

KIEV, March 13 – The hryvnia exchange rate against the U.S. dollar could be UAH 22/$1 by the end of this year and UAH 22.70/$1 by the end of next year, according to the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) scenario approved by the International Monetary Fund for Ukraine.

KIEV, March 13 – Observation of the ceasefire is the key precondition for restoring the Ukrainian economy, International Monetary Fund European Department Deputy Director Thanos Arvanitis said.

KIEV, March 13 – The Finance Ministry on March 13 began consultations with creditors on the future restructuring of foreign debt and plans to achieve results within two months, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

FRANKFURT, March 15 - Ukraine's president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, March 13 - Ukraine's external debt restructuring will involve principal writedowns as well as maturity extensions and coupon reductions, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko told a conference call with creditors and media on Friday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, March 13 – Brussels has called on Kiev to stop speculating about a possible date for the initialing of the Association Agreement until the European Union draws the final line under the negotiation process.