Immigration Ministry will maintain fast-tracked program for Ukrainians and special cases, but says it wants to focus on absorbing the massive wave of people who arrived last year

20 rockets target Desna, damaging infrastructure; Ukraine says attack part of efforts by Russia to draw neighbor fully into conflict; Putin, Lukashenko set to meet

Providing safe passage 'into the arms of the country that is currently destroying yours is nonsense,' says UK minister, backing Kyiv's stance as Russians keep up bombing campaign

NATO leaders condemn exercises, Kyiv denounces maneuvers as 'psychological pressure'; Kremlin insists Russian troops in Belarus will go home after the drill

Over 100,000 troops are now stationed near Ukraine's borders, raising concerns Moscow may invade again; Ukrainian President Zelensky hosts Turkish counterpart Erdogan for talks

Vitaly Shishov, 26, was head of Belarusian House in Ukraine, an organization that helps his compatriots flee repression in Belarus; group accuses Lukashenko regime of murder

Some Hasidic travelers reportedly board planes to Tel Aviv despite having COVID-19 symptoms, refuse testing, contact tracing, possibly skip quarantine

Hundreds of Jews ignored warnings from Ukraine that they would be denied entry because of coronavirus concerns, and attempted to cross by land from neighboring Belarus

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Ukraine closed its borders starting Aug. 29 in a move widely seen as trying to block the Hasidic followers, but thousands made the trip anyway

Amid rising tensions, Minsk offers 'green corridor' to allow pilgrims to go to Uman, but Kyiv insists border will stay closed amid pandemic; many blame Israel for impasse