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IMF, Ukraine, reach agreement on $1.1 bn loan disbursement
The swift agreement, which comes just over two months after the last one, will provide Ukraine with a large injection of funds amid Russia's ongoing assault on the country, which entered its 1000th day on Tuesday.
Team Trump assails Biden decision on missiles for Ukraine
The new policy and Biden's pledge to speed up military aid to Ukraine come as the United States prepares for Trump to take over as president in January, having questioned US assistance throughout the war.
Russia and Ukraine launch massive drone attacks after Trump-Putin call
The Kremlin had earlier said it saw "positive signals" from Trump's willingness to strike a deal, and several people speaking to the US paper said Trump had expressed the desire for more conversations on "the resolution of Ukraine's war soon".
Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital
Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of Western Russia in three hours on Sunday, the defence ministry said.
IMF board approves $1.1 billion disbursal for Ukraine
The loan disbursal is the latest tranche of funding the International Monetary Fund has released to Ukraine as part of an ongoing 4-year, $15.5 billion program approved last March.
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters’ relationship hits new low
The ongoing feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, two prominent members of the famous British rock band Pink Floyd, dates back to many years.
Gazprom to send 42.4 mcm of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday
Russia will send 42.4 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday
'It's for Ukraine': Kharlan celebrates special Olympic bronze
The 33-year-old produced a remarkable comeback from 11-5 down to wrest the bronze from South Korea's Choi Se-bin in front of a crowd containing her mother, sister and nephew -- her father is not able to leave Ukraine.
Meet Victoria Shi, Ukraine foreign ministry's AI spokeswoman
Ukraine has recently unveiled Victoria Shi, an AI-generated spokeswoman, who has been appointed to deliver official statements on behalf of its foreign ministry. According to Ukraine, this is the first time they are using a digital representative to read the ministry's messages, although the statements themselves will continue to be written by human writers.
Russia wants gas payments in roubles from April 1
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned "unfriendly" countries, including all EU members, that they would be cut off from Russian gas unless they opened an account in roubles to pay for deliveries.
Russia jails Ukrainian journo to 12yrs for spying
A Russian court sentences a Ukrainian journalist, Roman Sushchenko, to 12 years in jail after convicting him of spying for his native Ukraine, his lawyer says, a move likely to further sour ties between Moscow and Kiev.
Russian journalist turns up alive after reported murder
A Russian dissident journalist who was reported murdered in Kiev dramatically reappears alive and well today in the middle of a briefing about the killing by the Ukrainian state security service.
Tens of thousands evacuated from Ukraine arms depot 'sabotage' blasts
Ukrainian authorities has evacuated more than 30,000 people from the central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded in what prosecutors say is a possible act of "sabotage".
Russian security services behind cyberattack: Ukraine
Ukraine accused the Russian security services Saturday of planning and launching a cyberattack that locked up computers around the world earlier this week.
Ukraine MP claims ex-president's party secretly paid ex-Trump aide $750,000
A Ukrainian MP alleges that the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych secretly paid former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort $750,000 via an offshore shell company.
Heroes in Rio, Ukraine's disabled struggle at home
Dmytro Shchebetyuk, 26, an archer on the Paralympics reserve team and co-founder of "Dostupno UA", a project monitoring accessibility for people with disabilities, agrees that he finds it hard to come back to Ukraine after travelling abroad.
Poland book last-16 spot
A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski books Poland's ticket into the last 16 at Euro 2016 and sent Ukraine home without a point
Ireland blank Ukraine 2-0
Northern Ireland beat Ukraine 2-0 in a Group C at Euro 2016 on Thursday thanks to a powerful header just after half-time from Gareth McAulay and an injury-time goal from Niall McGinn.
Ukraine fire kills 17 in care home near Kiev
Seventeen people are killed in a fire at a building housing elderly people in a village near Ukraine's capital.