BRUSSELS, Dec. 11 - European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will travel to Kiev on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the crisis in the rebel-held east of the country, the EU said on Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - Ukraine risks defaulting on its debt unless Western donors come up with more funds on top of the billions of dollars of financial aid already promised, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 9 - Russia and Ukraine are abiding by the gas agreement that the European Union helped to broker - the so-called winter package, European Commissioner for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic said.

KIEV, Dec. 10 – The Finance Ministry plans after the work of the International Monetary Fund mission to prepare a new memorandum on economic and financial policies.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – President Petro Poroshenko and of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended an ecumenical service in Melbourne at St. Peter's and Paul's Cathedral on Thursday to honor the 300 victims of the MH17 disaster, the heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, and the soldiers who have sacrificed their lives in battle for the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 9 – The fall in Ukraine's GDP has reached 0.6%, the Ukrainian government's commissioner for cooperation with Russia, CIS states, the Eurasian Economic Community and other regional associations, Valeriy Muntiyan, said on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - The state inspectorate for protection of consumer rights unjustifiably fined the Foxtrot, Eldorado, Comfy and Allo chains astronomical sums, and the actions of its head Serhiy Orekhov have signs of corruption, a group of lawmakers from the ruling Party of Regions said.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - The Customs Union will not be discussed at next round of negotiations with Russia, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"There will be no discussion of the Customs Union and the government is not drafting any documents. I want to stop the rumors right away," Azarov said in his opening remarks at a government meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 11 - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it is considering all options, including sanctions, toward Ukraine, where riot police moved against demonstrators overnight after weeks of protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 11 – Police in Ukraine's capital pulled back on Wednesday as protesters claimed victory after an overnight face-off in which authorities removed some barricades and tents and scuffled with demonstrators occupying Kiev's main square.