KIEV, Oct. 27 - The International Monetary Fund is ready to continue cooperation with Ukraine within the EFF program if the institutional independence of the central bank is retained, IMF representative Gerry Rice said.

KIEV, Oct. 27 – Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has called on Japanese politicians and public figures not to follow the policy of appeasing the aggressor, but unite and take concrete action to make Russia stop its aggression.

MOSCOW, Oct. 27 - The share of Russians favoring a visa and customs regime with Ukraine has reached 39%, the Levada Center told Interfax, adding that this was the highest indicator since March 2008 (19%).

KIEV, Oct. 27 - Vinnytsia dairy plant Roshen, part of Roshen Corporation, in September sent the first batches of its products to the European Union.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Ukraine has issued UAH 721.236 million (about $28.25 million) in fines for Russian airlines flights to the annexed Crimea in violation of Ukrainian and international laws, Ukraine's State Aviation Service told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – President Petro Poroshenko has accepted credentials from the ambassadors of Poland, Jan Peklo, Iraq, Bakir Ahmed Aziz Al-Jawf and Azerbaijan, Azer oglu Khudayar Khudiyev.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – The ambassadors of G7 countries have warned Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the dangers of certain legislative initiatives which can negate Ukraine's efforts in combating corruption, in particular by weakening the electronic declaration system, the European Truth online publication reported.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - UkrTransGaz, the state gas shipper, and France's Engie on Friday signed an agreement on gas transmission and storage, making it the first European energy player to enter Ukraine's wholesale gas market.

KIEV, Oct. 28 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has revealed that he and his wife possess $1.8 million in cash, $100,000 in several different bank accounts, 15 properties and a collection of 12 luxury watches, BBC reported.

MOSCOW/KIEV, Oct. 30 - A convoy of Russian trucks carrying humanitarian supplies for the population of Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk regions has arrived in Russia's southern Rostov region, Oleg Voronov, deputy director of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's National Crisis Management Center, told Interfax.