KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukraine will continue to use a small amount of Russian natural gas to ensure the safe transit of gas to the European Union, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Russia pledged to resume supplying natural gas to the European Union Tuesday after Ukraine and the EU agreed to comply with its demand of placing its monitors throughout the supply route.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Russia may provide guarantees for natural gas supplies by RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-based gas trader, which had been last week named the key gas supplier to Ukraine, an official said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - President Viktor Yushchenko urged Parliament Thursday to recall its no-confidence vote in the government and said he will not accept the vote that he again named ???unconstitutional???.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - President Viktor Yushchenko has been heading Thursday for a showdown with powerful opposition groups in Parliament after he had denounced a cooperation agreement that had been signed in September 2005.

LONDON, Jan. 12 - Fitch Ratings revised the Outlooks on Ukraine's foreign and local Issuer Default Ratings to Stable from Positive and affirmed the ratings at 'BB-' (BB minus), the international ratings agency said in a release.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday defended a recent natural gas deal with Russia after opposition groups have criticized as dangerous for the country??™s economy.

KIEV, Jan. 11 ??“ Ukraine will set up a special body within the government that would focus on speeding up the country??™s integration with the European Union, a close ally of Viktor Yushchenko, the president-elect, said.

KIEV, Jan. 11 ??“ Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the loser of the Dec. 26 presidential election, said Tuesday he will never concede defeat and will appeal the vote in the Supreme Court Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 11 - Parliament on Tuesday unanimously called for an immediate withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Iraq following a suspected insurgent attack that killed eight soldiers on a peacekeeping mission Sunday.