KIEV, March 12 ??“ Ukraine??™s political crisis is set to escalate sharply as two opposition groups, backed by President Viktor Yushchenko, prepare Tuesday to issue an ultimatum to the pro-Russian government coalition over foreign and domestic policies.

KIEV, March 11 ??“ Ukrainian Foreign Minister Boris Tarasiuk, during his recent trip to Washington, met U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to discuss ways of increasing energy security in Europe.

KIEV, March 10 ??“ A group of international investors will shortly arrive in Ukraine for talks over $9.3 billion project of moving oil from Iraq to European markets, a company involved in the project said Friday.

KIEV, March 11 ??“ Ukraine will shortly take steps to try to persuade leaders of TransDnistria, Moldova??™s breakaway republic, to resume multilateral talks aimed at settling a growing regional conflict, President Viktor Yushchenko said Saturday.

KIEV, March 10 ??“ Ukrainian gasoline traders criticized a recent plan for creating strategic oil and fuel reserves that has been drafted by a group of European Commission consultants, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, March 10 ??“ Ukraine??™s currency, the hryvnia, has been facing a downward pressure against the U.S. dollar as foreign investors have been selling the country??™s Treasury bills, a National Bank of Ukraine official said Friday.

KYIV, Feb 11 – Corruption is consistently among the top three most pressing problems, in 2024 it took second place, yielding to the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, but it is considered a very serious obstacle by 79.4% of the population and 76% of business representatives, these are the results of the sixth wave of a nationwide study on a comprehensive assessment of the corruption situation in Ukraine, published by the Info Sapiens agency.

KYIV, Feb 11 – Ukraine will continue its active engagement with partners to take effect, according to First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko.

KYIV, Feb 11 - Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy and gas infrastructure in a “massive” nighttime missile attack and Ukrainian drones struck an important oil refinery inside Russia, officials said Tuesday, as the near three-year war rumbled on against a backdrop of renewed diplomatic efforts to end it.

KYIV, Feb 12 – Over the past decade, Ukraine's population has decreased by 10 million, now totaling 32 million people. However, the global Ukrainian nation is estimated at 60 million, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Unity Oleksiy Chernyshov said in an interview with the German publication Die Welt.