Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Thursday that Kiev will not agree to further delay implementing the Association Agreement with the European Union (EU) , which includes a comprehensive free trade deal, despite concerns raised by Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday discussed closer Russia-U.S. cooperation on the Ukraine crisis, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine on Tuesday, the State Department said Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday reiterated that the crisis of Ukraine should only be solved through political dialogue.
France and Ukraine pledged to reinforce the bilateral relations in various of fields, French president Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Wednesday in a joint declaration in Paris.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that 65 government soldiers were killed and 243 wounded since the truce in eastern Ukraine came into force more than two months ago amid continuing ceasefire violations.
The Ukrainian-American command post exercises code-named "Fearless Guardian-2015" kicked off in the western Ukrainian region of Lvov on Monday, the country's Defense Ministry said.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States have been quarreling over a Russian documentary film named "Crimea: The Way Home," which was first broadcast on Sunday through Russian TV channels.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new loan program worth of 17.5 billion U.S. dollars for Ukraine, in a bid to help the eastern European country stabilize its economy, announced IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Berlin on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama and European Council President Donald Tusk on Monday underlined the importance of maintaining trans-Atlantic unity to impose costs on Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
Russia is concerned with arrival of U.S. military personnel on Ukraine soil, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that there is no military solution to the Ukraine crisis.
The estimated number of people killed in eastern Ukraine since conflict began there in April 2014 is believed to have now surpassed 6,000, the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced Monday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday Britain was not supplying lethal equipment to Ukraine "at this stage," but stressed the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said any country that failed to respect the Minsk agreements would face sanctions, recalling the need to fully impose the ceasefire deal as fighting escalated in eastern Ukraine.
Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Thursday urged the warring sides in Ukraine to fully comply with the measures agreed upon in the Belarus capital of Minsk last week, amid reports of frequent violations of ceasefire.
Top leaders of Russia, Germany and Ukraine have agreed on the monitor mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in eastern Ukraine, said the Kremlin on Tuesday.
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