KIEV, July 12 – Protesters stormed a police station in Kiev on Friday, breaking a fence and clashing with officers after the station had protected a policeman who had apparently beaten up a woman.

KIEV, July 13 – Iraq has paid Ukraine in full for the first batch of Ukrainian BTR-4 armored personnel carriers, manufactured at a Kharkiv plant under a $550 million contract with Iraq and supplied to the customer in April-May 2011, according to a source at a bank familiar with the details of the contract.

KIEV, July 13 – The first meeting of a high-level strategic council between Ukraine and Turkey is to be held in November-December and chaired by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, July 13 – Ukrainians would like to study in the United Kingdom, live in the United States, work in Italy, and spend vacations in France and Italy, according to a poll conducted by the Research & Branding Group (R&B) on June 16-26.

KIEV, July 14 – Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel and Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Makarov have discussed the prospects for further Ukrainian-Russian military cooperation.

KIEV, July 14 – The Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (CFTUU) has called on President Viktor Yanukovych to veto a law on pension reform, otherwise it will seek its cancellation "by all available means."

KIEV, July 14 – The ruling Regions Party has been rapidly losing public support in Ukraine, suggesting if the trend continues it may lose control over Parliament after October 2012 elections, an opinion poll shows.

KIEV, July 14 – Russia imposed a new wave of trade restriction against Ukrainian goods ahead of a summit this month in what analysts see a desperate attempt to pressure Kiev to join a Moscow-led trade bloc.

KIEV, July 14 – Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko will visit China, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan on July 12-18, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn, said.

The Ukrainian foreign minister will leave for China on Monday, July 12 and will stay there until July 15.

KIEV, July 14 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said her party will sue the government to try to stop a 50% hike in natural gas prices for households scheduled on August 1.