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Ruling party member: Extending Donbas status sends peace deal signal
The law regulating the special status of Russia-occupied Donbas was prolonged for another 12 months.15:40, 16 December 2020

Parliament speaker predicts law on Donbas special status may be extended again
The law is expiring on December 31, 2020.14:35, 07 October 2020

Ukraine meets criteria for NATO Enhanced Opportunity Partner status – defense minister
Ukraine's EOP status is key to strengthening European security and deepening cooperation and partnership.14:56, 13 February 2020

Kyiv names willow tree after Soviet rock legend Viktor Tsoi – media
The approval bestowing the status on the 18-meter tall, 60-year-old tree was announced by the city's Department of Ecology and Natural Resources over the weekend.15:35, 10 February 2020

"DPR leader" Pushilin offers to strip Ukrainian of national language status in Donbas
Russian will be the "only national language" in the Russian-controlled "republic."15:28, 02 December 2019

Ukrainians "owe a lot" to volunteers who defended Ukraine, Zelensky says
The president says volunteers have every right to be recognized "combatants", adding he believes the Rada will soon pass the relevant bill.11:30, 30 October 2019

Zelensky: Bill on status of veterans to be submitted to parliament soon
Zelensky said the draft law would establish a mechanism for determining the status of combatants and volunteers.13:13, 14 September 2019

Over 50% of occupied Donbas residents consider territory part of Ukraine
Only 18.3% of respondents would like the so-called "LPR" and "DPR" to accede to Russia.09:50, 28 August 2019

Poroshenko lost billionaire status during presidency – media
Poroshenko's net worth has declined almost 40% to US$705 million, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.20:50, 20 May 2019
Zelensky reveals plans for Donbas
If elected president, Zelensky is not going to sign the law on amnesty for the militants of the so-called "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics."11:20, 18 April 2019

Russian fortifications on Ukraine-Crimea de-facto border not to change peninsula's status – Hrymchak
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry would send a note of protest in connection with the fact, the official said.15:15, 28 December 2018

Russian MFA demands "at least some status" for Russian language in Ukraine
At the same time, the spokesperson expressed surprise over the round table held in the Verkhovna Rada on mass violations of rights of indigenous peoples in Russia.15:40, 26 December 2018

Metropolitan Epifaniy explains status of Moscow Patriarchate's Onufriy after unification council
Epifaniy said the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate "are inside the fold of the Russian Orthodox Church, having Ukrainian registration."10:47, 17 December 2018

VOA: Belarus grants refugee status to ex-Ukraine official sought by Kyiv
After Yanukovych was ousted from office by a popular uprising in 2014, Ukrainian officials charged Yezhel with misuse of state funds.13:18, 19 July 2018

Ukraine's regulators uncertain on cryptocurrency status, warning of risks
<p>Regulators of Ukraine's financial market, namely the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, and the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services Markets of Ukraine continue to determine the legal status of the cryptocurrency in Ukraine, warning of high risks, according to NBU Deputy Governor Oleh Churii.</p>15:20, 30 November 2017

Naftogaz says it no longer has monopoly on Ukraine gas market
<p>National Joint-Stock Company (NJSC) Naftogaz of Ukraine says it no longer has a monopoly on the Ukrainian gas market, and it has decided to ask the regulator to conduct an appropriate inspection to confirm or deny its status, according to the company's website.</p>10:48, 06 November 2017

Volker explains why Ukraine doesn't agree to grant amnesty to Donbas militants
<p>United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker has explained why Ukraine does not agree to grant amnesty to pro-Russian militants and to ensure the special status of Donbas, according to the official's special briefing published on the website of the U.S. State Department.</p>21:55, 04 November 2017

Ukraine’s central bank not to recognize bitcoin as means of payment - media
<p>Speaking at a recent Ukrainian Financial Forum event, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Oleh Churii has revealed key insights into the government’s determinations regarding impending Ukrainian bitcoin regulations, according to Bitcoin.com.</p>21:40, 24 September 2017

Russian "vets" of Ukraine war see no hero’s welcome back home – journalist
<p>Russian citizens who once came to Donbas to take part in a war against Ukraine and managed to survive, many of them injured, return home and struggle to get by, while failing to receive any social assistance from the Kremlin, according to an RFE/RL correspondent Christopher Miller, who interviewed more than a dozen of mercenaries upon their return to Russia.</p>19:50, 17 August 2017