KIEV, Oct. 13 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon have discussed the possibility of creating new mechanisms to facilitate the United Nations' involvement in efforts to settle the situation in Donbas, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry announced.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – The possibility of creating a so-called hybrid tribunal to investigate the downing of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Donbas is being discussed, Deputy Foreign Minister for European Integration Olena Zerkal has said.

KIEV, Oct. 13 - Ukraine is determined to prevent illegitimate elections called by the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics on the territories under their control, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

KIEV, Oct. 13 - The Ukrainian government forces will start pulling back heavy weapons from the contact line with the militants in the eastern part of the country only after the latter start doing the same, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.

KIEV/MOSCOW, Oct. 13 - Oleksandr Kikhtenko, the newly-appointed head of Donetsk Regional Administration, says he is prepared for negotiations with representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

KIEV, Oct. 14 - Ukraine will postpone the start of the heating season by two weeks in a bid to reduce consumption of natural gas as a gas dispute with Russia, its biggest supplier, continues, the government reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - Ukraine's new defense minister vowed on Tuesday to build an army capable of withstanding Russia as sparks flew ahead of talks between Moscow and Washington over their worst standoff since the Cold War, AFP reported.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 - Ukraine received assurances from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that the two lenders stand ready to provide the war-torn country with more financial support, Kiev's central bank chief said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - Ukraine's state-run energy firm Naftogaz has lodged a case with the Stockholm arbitration tribunal to review a 2009 gas transit contract with Russia's Gazprom, a Naftogaz official said on Tuesday, days before the countries' presidents meet, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainstream, Reuters reported.