KIEV, Aug. 12 - At least 21 Ukrainian coal miners were injured after an explosion of methane gas ripped through a coal mine in the Donetsk region on Tuesday, the State Service for Mining Supervision and Industrial Safety reported.

KIEV, Aug. 12 - Ukraine's football federation has called on soccer's world and European governing bodies FIFA and UEFA to sanction the Russian Football Union (RFU) for bringing Crimean clubs into its league structure, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill in the first reading that allows President Petro Poroshenko to impose economic sanctions on Russia, including banning transit of its natural gas to Europe.

KIEV, Aug. 12 - A Russian convoy of trucks carrying tons of humanitarian aid left on Tuesday for eastern Ukraine, where government forces are closing in on pro-Russian rebels, but Kiev said it would not allow the vehicles to cross onto its territory.

KIEV, Aug. 12 - Kiev Regional Prosecutor's Office has finished probing the actions of the police officers monitoring the electronic tracking bracelet of Petrol Melnyk, former rector of the National University of the State Tax Service and a close ally of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, the prosecutor's office reported.

KIEV, Aug. 12 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Monday cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points for the second time in two months in one of its repeated attempts to boost economic growth.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Ukraine may provide political asylum to the Vice-Chair of the Chamber of Deputies and former Czech Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanova, who is "politically persecuted by the current leadership of that state," Regions Party MP Volodymyr Oliynyk said.

KIEV, Aug. 10 – The law on the principles of the state language policy in Ukraine, which significantly broadens the use of the Russian language and other minority languages in the country, entered into force after its official publication on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko on Friday ruled out plans for hiking natural gas prices for households, suggesting a key demand from the International Monetary Fund will not be implemented.

KIEV, Aug. 11 – Ukraine’s largest opposition party on Saturday lost an appeal in which it had sought to allow two of its jailed leaders to run for seats in Parliament at the election in October.