The USA called on Ukraine to establish an independent anti-corruption court and to raise gas tariffs, stated United States Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on April 21 at a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin.

Sullivan pressed Ukraine to increase reform efforts and to adhere to the programs of the International Monetary Fund by adopting legislation to establish a truly independent, anti-corruption court and to raise gas tariffs to the level of import …

Since 2014, the United States has funneled nearly a billion US dollars into Ukraine for improving security, US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said in an interview with Zavtra, a joint project of Radio Liberty and 112 Ukraine, on the evening of April 22.

When asked when Ukraine would receive defensive weapons from the United States, Yovanovitch replied: "I cannot say anything new about this. You know, obviously, this is not the kind of information that we publicly speak about." …

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed the necessary steps to obtain the country’s fifth loan tranche.  

The National Bank of Ukraine’s (NBU) press-service reported the results of the meeting between the Ukrainian Delegation, headed by Governor of the NBU Yakiv Smolii, and the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton in Washington.

“Ukraine has made significant progress in stabilizing the economy and capacity-building for growth,” IMF’s First Deputy Managing …