DAVOS, Jan 27 – A significant portion of Russian state assets, previously held in debt securities through Belgium's Euroclear, is now in cash form in correspondent banks' accounts following the redemption of those securities. This shift places the assets under the jurisdiction of many more countries, providing new opportunities for their confiscation, according to Yuliya Ziskina, senior lawyer of the Razom for Ukraine non-profit organization.

BRUSSELS, Jan 27 - The European Union agreed a 6-month extension Monday for a raft of sanctions aimed at depriving Russia of funds to finance its war against Ukraine after Hungary lifted its objections to the move.

KYIV, Jan 24 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has met with Israeli businessmen in Jerusalem and called on them to invest in Ukraine.

"Today in front of you is Ukraine – young, very energetic, aspiring to change, learn technologies, become economically liberal. Ukraine wants to see big investment," the head of state said during the meeting, according to the presidential press service.

KYIV, Jan 27 – Ukraine’s Health Ministry set up an emergency team to monitor for any cases of potentially fatal coronavirus and preventing its spread, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said.

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 - The former top US diplomat in Ukraine strongly defended US support for the country in a New York Times op-ed two days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly asked a journalist if she thinks Americans "care about Ukraine," CNN reported Monday.

DAVOS, Jan 24 – Batkivschyna Party leader and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko said she will initiate negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to coordinate the vision of financial and economic policy if she wins the presidential election.

KYIV, Jan 25 - The U.S. Senate has submitted a resolution calling for the strengthening of defense assistance to Ukraine, and supported the abolition of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the press service of the Ukrainian embassy in the U.S. has said.

KYIV, Jan 25 - Hackers likely controlled by Russia are stepping up efforts to disrupt Ukraine’s presidential election in March with cyber attacks on electoral servers and personal computers of election staff, the head of Ukraine’s cyber police said Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – The main precondition for the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms of decentralization should be the establishment of a complete ceasefire in Donbas, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – The Ukrainian government will carry out a policy aimed at opening new markets for Ukrainian products and creating new jobs in 2016, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.