KYIV, Aug. 9 - A bipartisan U.S. congressional caucus has called for the immediate release of a Ukrainian journalist and blogger said to have been imprisoned on spying charges for more than a year in eastern Ukraine, RFE/RL reported. | More

KYIV, Aug 8 – Batkivshchyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko leads the group of presidential candidates, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Rating sociological group from July 20 through August 3, 2018. | More

KYIV, Aug 9 – China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on August 8, 2018, began dredging on the offshore maritime approach channel to Chornomorsk Port and in the operating area of the first boot basin of the Sukhy estuary. | More

MOSCOW, Aug. 8 - A Ukrainian filmmaker on hunger strike in a Russian prison has become increasingly frail and his condition has worsened considerably, The Associated Press reported Wednesday citing his lawyer and his sister. | More

KYIV, Aug 7 – The American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and major agrarian associations have asked Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman for help to solve serious issues with logistics to boost exports of grain. | More

MOSCOW, Aug. 8 - Gazprom reduced the volume of gas it exports to Europe via Ukraine and Belarus at the beginning of the current week, according to data from European gas transmission operators. | More

MOSCOW, Aug. 7 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that any future NATO decision to admit Georgia to its ranks could trigger “a terrible conflict” and questioned why the alliance would consider such a move, Reuters reported. | More

KYIV, Aug 6 - The U.S. hotel operator Best Western Hotels & Resorts has excluded The Best Western Sevastopol Hotel from its network in Crimea, and plans in the spring of 2019 to launch its Best Western Plus hotel with 70 rooms in Lviv. | More

KYIV, Aug 7 - IBM Ukraine LLC, which is wholly owned by IBM Central and Eastern Europe, has won a tender called by Naftogaz Ukrayiny to have its strategy for information technology developed. | More

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 - A longtime business partner of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has detailed how he helped Manafort hide millions of dollars that he earned from Ukrainian clients in his first day as a star witness in Manafort's trial, RFE/RL reported. | More