KIEV, July 13 - Ukraine's State Tax Administration lashed out at companies in the ferrous metal scrap and waste business for evading taxes, and said it plans to make this market more transparent.

KIEV, July 13 ??“ Petro Symonenko, the leader of the Communist Party, a partner in the pro-Russian coalition, was in Moscow on Wednesday seeking Russia??™s assistance in preventing Ukraine from joining NATO and the European Union.

KIEV, July 13 ??“ The pro-Russian coalition may further challenge President Viktor Yushchenko and try to stage a vote in Parliament within two weeks to approve its leader, Viktor Yanukovych, as the next prime minister.

KIEV, July 12 ??“ Ukraine and Japan are to sign a joint statement on priorities in cooperation during President Viktor Yushchenko's visit to Japan, Dmytro Svystkov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

KIEV, July 12 - A Ukrainian naval officer was killed Tuesday during an exercise when an artillery shell accidentally exploded at a naval command ship during an exercise, the Defense Ministry said in a brief prepared statement.

VIENNA, July 12 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, warned Tuesday it would sue Russia??™s Gazprom in courts if it moves to unilaterally cut natural gas supplies to Ukraine this year.

KIEV, July 12 ??“ The government has used up its entire sugar stockpile and is not able to stop a skyrocketing sugar price increase that will continue at least through September, Economy Minister Serhiy Teriokhin said Tuesday.

BERLIN, June 12 – The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin (URC2024) expanded the number of dimensions of such recovery to four – business, European integration, municipalities and human capital – and launched projects totalling more than EUR 16 billion, State Secretary of the German Foreign Ministry Thomas Bagger has said.

BERLIN, June 12 – Ukraine needs unflagging support both to defend against Russian aggression on the battlefield and for rapid economic development, based on Euro-Atlantic and European integration, participants in the discussion German Support for Ukraine organized by the Yalta European Strategy (YES) and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation on the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin said.

KYIV, June 12 - President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a bilateral security agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine on Thursday when they meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy.