KYIV, Nov 28 - The wife of Ukraine’s intelligence chief has been diagnosed with heavy metals poisoning and is undergoing treatment in a hospital, a spokesperson for the agency said Tuesday as the country’s war with Russia stretched into its 22nd month.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Gazprom is grossly manipulating facts to justify its decision to further limit gas supplies to European countries, Olha Bielkova, Director for Government and International Relations at Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU), has said.

KYIV, Nov 22 – The United States continued to uphold its unwavering commitment to Ukraine with the mobilization of an additional $4.5 billion in grants for direct budget support, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Ukraine on Tuesday received another tranche in the amount of EUR 2.5 billion within the exceptional eighth EU Macro-Financial Assistance program (MFA), the Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday.

KYIV, Nov 22 - Ukraine’s counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country’s National Guard on Tuesday searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine’s invader – during a service, The Associated Press reported.

VATICAN CITY, Nov 23 - Pope Francis on Wednesday linked the suffering of Ukrainians now to the 1930s “genocide artificially caused by Stalin,” when the Soviet leader was blamed for creating a man-made famine in Ukraine believed to have killed more than 3 million people.

KYIV, Nov 23 – The Biden administration officials have assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine first before resorting to a nuclear confrontation with NATO if his troops continue to lose ground, Politico reported Wednesday.

VILNIANSK, Nov 23 - A Russian rocket struck the maternity wing of a hospital in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing a newborn boy and critically injuring a doctor.

KYIV, Nov 23 - Russia unleashed a new missile onslaught on Ukraine’s battered energy grid Wednesday, robbing cities of power and some of water and public transport, too, compounding the hardship of winter for millions, The Associated Press reported.

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 - The U.S. is sending an additional $400 million in ammunition and generators to Ukraine, the White House announced Wednesday, and is pulling the gear from its own stockpiles to get the support to Kyiv as fast as possible as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy sources and winter sets in.