Petro Poroshenko

The Ukrainian law enforces have resumed artillery strikes on Slaviansk and adjoining settlements on Monday morning, according to international media reports.

Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko was sworn in during an inauguration ceremony on Saturday.

The ceremony at the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) was attended by a number of foreign delegations, including US Vice President Joe Biden and Russia's Ambassador to Ukraine, the BBC reported.

Presidential adviser to attend Poroshenko's inauguration

BELGRADE -- Serbian president's adviser on foreign affairs Ivan Mrkić will attend the inauguration of Ukraine's new president Petro Prooshenko in Kiev on Saturday.

Poroshenko won in the presidential election in Ukraine on May 25 with 54 percent of the votes.

Putin and Obama "meet briefly, informally"

NORMANDY -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday met briefly on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary celebrations in France.

This was announced by the office of French President Francois Hollande.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko discussed a ceasefire and other possible steps to de-escalate the crisis between their countries in a brief but potentially significant meeting in France on Friday, French officials said.
      

Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic will visit Ukraine next week to discuss diplomatic and economic cooperation between the two countries.

On the invitation of his counterpart, Ukraine’s Mikola Azar, Djukanovic will travel to Kiev on June 13 to hold talks with Ukraine’s new leaders.

Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean on Wednesday met his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine and the European bid of Moldova.

US President Barack Obama told Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko that Washington was "committed to standing behind the Ukrainian people" in the years to come.

President Barack Obama met Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko on June 4, in a show of U.S. support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Cyprus’s economic ties with Russia, which include about $100 billion in investments between the two countries, could be severed if the European Union applies a third round of sanctions over Russia’s role in the Ukrainian unrest, Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said.