United States Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Kiev on the 7th of July before the start of the NATO Summit, Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing sources in diplomatic circles. The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, also confirmed Kerry’s visit. However, Chaly didn’t provide the exact date of the visit.

“I think that Kerry will discuss the coordination of actions before NATO Summit in Warsaw. Ukraine and the USA hold common positions that will allow us to agree on …

On Thursday, President Petro Poroshenko awarded the fighter and opera singer Vasyl Slipak the "For Courage" honor posthumously.

“For the personal courage shown in the protection of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and his dedicated service to the Ukrainian people I decree the awarding of the "For Courage" honor to Vasyl Yaroslavovych Slipak for his participation in the anti-terrorist operations (posthumously),” the decree reads.

Vasyl Slipak was born in the Lviv …

If Russia's position does not change, the number of NATO forces near the eastern flank of the Alliance may increase as was stated by the head of the National Security Bureau of Poland, Paul Solokh, Radio Poland reports.

"We expect that at the summit in Warsaw, the decision to increase the presence of NATO forces will not be final. These forces can be increased if the Russian position does not change," Paul Solokh said.

At the same time, he stressed that the process of preparation for the NATO …

The Commission responsible for investigating the Smolensk catastrophe will, in the near future, present a reconstruction of the last seconds of the plane crash which killed the former Polish president and others on the 10th of April 2010.

Radio Poland reported that this was said by the country’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz.

“I think that we will soon be presented with new or well-formulated information. The reconstruction of these events is made possible by the colossal …

Ukraine offers to use its gas transport system as an alternative to the Nord Stream-2 project, the Prime Minister, Vladimir Groysman, said in an interview with Ukrainian media.

"The task now is diversification [of gas supplies to Europe]. And I think the capacity of Ukraine has to be utilized to its fullest. I believe it makes a lot of sense," he said. Groysman believes that the Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream-2, which would pass to Europe while bypassing Ukraine, is a threat to the …

The US is planning to invest approximately $5 million into the business education of Ukrainian professionals through the SEED Grant Scholarship program. BBC reported that this was said by the Western NIS Enterprise fund.

The scholarship program will operate between 2016 and 2018. According to reports, the program has already provided more than $1 million worth of education for 13 Ukrainian students in the US and in Britain.

Ukrainians will be able to study at the best American and British …

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev met with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

Bulgarian President expressed his support in continued assistence of Ukraine by the North Atlantic Alliance. The decision about the further assistence will be made at the Warsaw NATO summit in early July.

"During the meeting of NATO defense ministers, it was decided to increase support for Ukraine. We expect that this support will be approved at the NATO meeting in Warsaw,” said Plevneliev after talks …

On July 1, the European Union extendes sanctions against the Russian Federation until January 2017.  This was reported by Radio Svoboda correspondent Rikard Jozwiak on Twitter.

"The EU has prolonged its economic sanctions on Russia to 31 Jan 2017.The decision will be published in the EU official journal on Sat.," Jozwiak wrote on Twitter.

The European Union imposes sanctions against Russian as a result of Russian’s involvement in the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimea. …