KIEV, April 13 - The United Nations has appealed for the immediate release of a staff member held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, BBC reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, April 13 - Ukraine's two largest pro-Western political parties have reportedly reached agreement on a new pro-EU government that will be headed by parliament speaker Volodymyr Hroysman, an ally of President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, April 10 – Inflation in Ukraine will run at at least 30% this year, according to National Bank of Ukraine Deputy Governor Dmytro Solohub.

"As for inflation this year, we're unlikely to see a figure lower than 30% against the backdrop of all the misbalances.

KIEV, April 10 - Ukraine's military and pro-Russian rebels accused each other on Friday of intensifying attacks in separatist eastern territories despite a two-month-old ceasefire deal, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, April 10 - High-level gas security talks due next week between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission have been postponed because experts need to do more preparatory work, the Commission said on Friday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 13 - Ukraine's military accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of using heavy weapons that were meant to have been withdrawn under a ceasefire deal, after one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and six wounded in rebel-held territories, Reuters reported.

MADRID, April 11 – A meeting between representatives of the European Union, the United States, Ukraine and Russia will be held in Geneva on April 17, the EFE news agency reported on Thursday, citing official sources in Switzerland.

KIEV, April 11 - Ukraine is preparing to take Russia to an international arbitration court in Stockholm over a natural gas deal signed between Naftogaz and Gazprom in January 2009, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said Friday.

WASHINGTON, April 13 - Russia's further incursions into eastern Ukraine would have serious macroeconomic consequences, destabilizing banks and crimping Ukraine's national output, the central bank governor said on Sunday.

NEW YORK, April 13 - The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session on Sunday night to discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine, just hours before a deadline by Kiev for pro-Russian separatists to disarm by Monday morning or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" by its armed forces, Reuters reported.