KIEV, May 12 - Pro-Moscow rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine called on Monday for their region to become part of Russia, the day after staging a referendum on self-rule, although Moscow stopped short of endorsing their bid for annexation, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, May 12 - Russia on Monday threatened to stop supplying Ukraine with natural gas if Kiev does not pay in advance for June deliveries, adding that further talks on the issue were also contingent on payment, Reuters reported.

KIEV, May 8 – Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara met on Tuesday with representatives of the Jewish community in New York during his working visit to the United States, according to the ministry's information policy department.

KIEV, May 10 - Ukraine is optimistic that it will sign a $15 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund in the near future after positive talks, Reuters reported Friday, citing Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov.

KIEV, May 12 – Former Prime Minister and Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has said she is planning to attend a session of the United States District Court in New York, during the hearing of her lawsuit filed against Dmytro Firtash, a co-founder of Swiss-registered gas trader RosUkrEnergo.

KIEV, May 12 – The Communist Party will send more of its activists to Lviv next month, potentially risking more violence, in response to Monday’s street clashes with nationalist groups, a party official said Thursday.

KIEV, May 12 – The governments of Ukraine and Russia are completing preparations for signing an agreement on cooperation in the use and development of the GLONASS satellite navigation system, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kliuyev said in Parliament in Kiev on Wednesday.

KIEV, May 12 - Ukraine and Russia are in talks over joint power sector projects, but these agreements are not expected to be signed during the visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev later this month, an official said Wednesday.

KIEV, May 12 – Ukrainian authorities have decided to interrogate opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on May 17, the day when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is due to arrive in Kiev for signing a number of agreements.

KIEV, May 11 – Parliament has given preliminary approval to tax law amendments intended to generate an additional UAH 16.2 billion in revenues for the national budget every year.