MOSCOW, June 12 - Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom will halt supplies to Ukraine if it fails to pay off part of its gas debts by Monday, chief executive Alexei Miller said on Thursday, raising fears of disruptions in gas flows to Europe, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 12 - Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of allowing separatist rebels to bring three tanks and other military vehicles across the border into the east of the country to fight the Ukrainian army, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 11 – Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic will make an official visit to Ukraine this week, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

"The program of the visit includes talks with Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, and a meeting with Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Rybak. On June 14, the Montenegrin prime minister will participate in the First International Conference 'Ukraine and Partners,'" Acting Director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Information Policy Department Yevhen Perebyinis said.

KIEV, June 12 – The best time for a crisis meeting between opposition groups and President Viktor Yanukovych is Monday, June 17, Arseniy Yatseniuk, the leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna party, said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 11 – Ukraine could import about five billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year under its agreement with Germany's RWE, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko said in an interview with Bloomberg.

KIEV, June 11 – UEFA Euro 2012 in Ukraine Director Markiyan Lubkivsky has said that UEFA has praised the work of Ukrainian law enforcers during the tournament.

KIEV, June 12 – Ukraine, co-host of the Euro 2012 football championship, shrugged off a match boycott by a number of European politicians on Tuesday and said it expected even more foreign fans than before, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 12 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, reacting to a report estimating the wealth of Rinat Akhmetov, her political opponent, at $31.1 billion, urged him “to stop building up his capital” and “to build up the country.”

KIEV, June 12 – Standards & Poor’s, unimpressed with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s anti-inflation policy and citing mounting inflation concerns, on Thursday downgraded Ukraine's long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings.

KIEV, June 11 - First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov has said that Ukraine should resume talks on obtaining membership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a non-regional member or observer.