KYIV, April 28 – The World Bank on Tuesday approved $135 million in financing to help Ukraine fight coronavirus pandemic by upgrading emergency rooms in 40 hospitals along with adding high-tech equipment, the bank reported.

KIEV, April 28 - The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has called on France to not change its official position on sanctions against Russia.

KIEV, April 28 – Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman has initiated the creation of a working group to draft a bill aimed at returning ill-gotten assets of former officials from the era of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, April 28 – Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Alexander Vitko, who is suspected of committing grave crimes against Ukraine, is hiding from investigative agencies, Ukrainian officials report.

KIEV, April 28 – The Mejlis, the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, and the Kurultai (the national assembly), fearing moves against them by Russian authorities, have been operating in emergency mode this month, the head of the body said.

KIEV, April 28 – Ukraine will probably in June receive its next installment of $1.7 billion from the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk said on Thursday.

KIEV, April 27 – Mikulas Dzurinda, president of the Martens Centre and former Slovak Prime Minister, said that he accepted an offer made by President Petro Poroshenko to become his advisor.

WASHINGTON, April 28 – More Russian air defense systems have been deployed in eastern Ukraine, reaching the highest number recorded since August 2014, the U.S. Department of State said.

KIEV, April 28 - Emergency services were battling on Tuesday to prevent Ukraine's largest forest fire since 1992 from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 28 - Ukraine's leader warned on Tuesday that a war with pro-Russian separatists could still break out again, Reuters reported.