KIEV, Oct. 14 - For the second time in two days, police say a vehicle ignored a warning light at a railroad crossing in Ukraine and was hit by a train in a fatal accident.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - President Viktor Yanukovych is losing public support after seven months on the post, a trend that may turn out to be a problem for his Regions Party at local elections due on Oct. 31.

KIEV, Oct. 14 - Ukraine’s most popular opposition party, the Batkivshchyna group led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, announced it will boycott local elections in its stronghold of Lviv after a dispute with the local election commission.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – Fifty-six percent of Ukrainians say that they are very likely to vote in the upcoming October 31 local elections and 26% say they are somewhat likely to vote, according to a survey on the political and economic situation in Ukraine, conducted September 8-20by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Investigative firms Trout Cacheris PLLC, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Kroll Inc. have published the results of their investigation into the activities of the government led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Utility service tariff cuts in Kiev will be in effect from November 1, 2009 until May 2010, and tariffs that were increased in previous months will not be recalculated, according to Kiev Mayor Leonid Chernovetsky.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s chief presidential campaign strategist announced on Wednesday his resignation amid mounting allegations of his involvement in child molestation.

Viktor Ukolov, a lawmaker who supervised Tymoshenko’s advertising campaign, said he was leaving the post because he did not want to “deteriorate reputation” of his candidate.

KIEV, Oct. 14 –The Federation of Employers of Ukraine has proposed the creation of a committee for saving the Ukrainian economy, which will include representatives of trade unions and experts.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – A controversy arose on Tuesday over whether President Viktor Yushchenko’s decree dismissing Parliament had been appealed in the Constitutional Court, the only institution that has the power to override the decree.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Tuesday sought to distance herself from Ukraine’s ongoing financial crisis by suggesting it was up to the National Bank of Ukraine and President Viktor Yushchenko to contain it.