KYIV, Jan 15 – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk discussed the course of economic reforms in Ukraine and their support, U.S. sanctions policy, the status of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), progress in combating corruption and initiatives for the improvement of business climate in the past three years at a meeting in Washington at the end of last week.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - The International Monetary Fund has told the Ukrainian authorities that it does not support a draft law to create an anti-corruption court because the bill does not guarantee its independence, the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday.

KYIV, Jan 12 - The Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS) sees a proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to transfer Ukrainian weapons and military hardware from occupied Crimea as political trick ahead of the upcoming tightening of U.S. sanctions.

KYIV, Jan 12 – Viktor Medvedchuk, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, appears to be unconcerned by the possibility of sanctions that may soon be imposed by the U.S.

KYIV, Jan 15 - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) believes that cyberattacks against Ukraine in 2017 were committed by Russian military hackers in order to disrupt the financial system of the Ukrainian state amid its ongoing war in Donbas with separatists loyal to the Kremlin, the Washington Post has said, citing a CIA report.

KIEV, Jan. 13 - The National Radio and TV Council has issued a permit to broadcast using radio frequency of 873 kHz to the separatist-held town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region.

ODESSA, Jan. 12 – President Petro Poroshenko during a visit to Odessa region said he decided to appoint Maksym Stepanov as the new head of the Odessa Regional Administration.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Ukrainian government forces and the pro-Russian separatist rebels fighting in eastern Ukraine on Saturday accused each other of disrupting a fragile truce declared late December, AFP reported.

ODESSA, Jan. 12 – Upcoming changes in the area of land relations, as well as improvement of tax legislation in the land sector will be developed with the assistance of international partners and members of the public, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - The mission of the International Monetary Fund could in the coming weeks recommend the executive board to conduct the third appraisal of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program through which it dispenses aid to Ukraine, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice has reported.