KIEV, May 12 – Ukraine’s largest opposition parties said on Saturday they will impeach President Viktor Yanukovych, free opposition leaders from jail and resume a pro-European foreign policy course upon winning parliamentary elections in October.

KIEV, May 12 – President Viktor Yanukovych signed on Wednesday a number of decrees on the dismissal of certain ambassadors and representatives of Ukraine in other countries, according to the official Web site of the president.

KIEV, May 13 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday dismissed as “speculation” reports that Russia has been seeking to add new submarines to its aging Black Sea Fleet based in Sevastopol.

KIEV, May 13 - Ukraine is in talks with Russia and the European Union to create a joint venture to upgrade and to operate Ukrainian natural gas pipelines, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

MOSCOW, May 13 - Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Thursday discussed in "greater detail" a recent proposal by Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to merge the two companies, Gazprom said in a statement.

KIEV, May 12 – The $2.8 billion released by the International Monetary Fund to Ukraine under the two-year Stand-By Arrangement will be used to meet the public sector's external obligations, “freeing up resources to finance other spending, such as pensions and health," according to Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, the head of the IMF mission.

KIEV, May 13 – Reports by the Accounting Chamber on the unbalanced financial plan of Naftogaz Ukrayiny are groundless in terms of accounting data and harm the interests of the state holding and the state, reads a press release of Naftogaz Ukrayiny issued on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 13 - President Viktor Yushchenko said he will sign a decree on Wednesday creating conditions for Ukraine to start moving Caspian Sea crude via the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline to Europe, replacing supplies of Russian oil.

KIEV, May 13 – German prosecutors will share with the Ukrainian government papers detailing Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko’s recent violent clash with German police and his brief detention in Frankfurt, Deutsche Welle reported Wednesday, citing a police spokesman.

KIEV, May 13 – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected October 25 as the date of the next presidential election, upholding President Viktor Yushchenko’s appeal against a controversial resolution approved by Parliament last month.

The ruling effectively postpones any preparation for the presidential election by the Central Election Commission and other bodies until Parliament approves another date.