KIEV, Sept. 13 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko may have abused office by arranging to wipe out $1.5 billion debt that her now-defunct company owed the state, President Viktor Yushchenko told The Associated Press Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 13 - Leaders of nine political groups in Parliament on Tuesday backed President Viktor Yushchenko in his calls for stability following the last week's turmoil that had led to the government's demise.

The groups, ranging from Yushchenko's Our Ukraine to former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych's Regions Party, pledged to put differences aside and join forces.

MOSCOW, Sept. 13 - Yandex Ltd., which runs Russia's largest Internet portal, will complete the creation of the Yandex.Ukraine company in September, the company reported.

KYIV, Aug 11 – Ukraine's Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which is uner control of the Russian forces, has started to transfer reactor unit 4 from hot shutdown to cold shutdown on Thursday following detection of a water leak at one of its four steam generators, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

KYIV, Aug 13 - Seven people – including a 23-day-old baby girl – were killed in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country’s Internal Affairs Ministry said.

KYIV, Aug 12 – Ukraine’s public debt ratio has exceeded the ‘critical’ level set by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, while the country’s inflation is creeping closer to the critical level.

KYIV, Aug 12 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, unhappy about the central bank’s persistent interest rate hikes this year, has asked for a closer coordination of policies between the two institutions, a senior official said.

KYIV, Aug 11 – President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss guarantees for Germany's fulfillment of obligations within the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, presidential press secretary Serhiy Nykyforov has said.

KYIV, Aug 11 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the expansion of economic cooperation between the countries.

"Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked the government and the President of Ukraine for sending 100 Ukrainian firefighters to help Greek colleagues. The head of the Greek government stressed that, given the significant experience of Ukrainian firefighters, he will initiate cooperation at the level of the rescue services of the two countries," the government reported after a telephone conversation between the prime ministers.

KYIV, Aug 13 - Ukraine recorded a record daily jump of 1,592 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Reuters reported Thursday citing the National Security and Defense Council.