LONDON, June 11 - Ukraine can't meet IMF terms for a bailout unless creditors write down 40 percent of the sovereign bonds they hold, a source said on Thursday in comments that suggest talks are deadlocked, Reuters reported.

Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko suggested the 40 percent write-down, or haircut, on the bonds earmarked for restructuring during a visit to Washington on Wednesday.

KIEV, June 11 - Washington's UN envoy accused Russia on Thursday of spinning "outright lies" on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin's direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev's pro-Western drive, AFP reported.

MINSK, June 11 - Minsk is neutral in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and is not experiencing any pressure to change its stance, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said.

KIEV, June 11 - Ukraine’s largest natural gas producer, UkrGazVydobuvannya, or UGV, may shut down operation in Donetsk and Luhansk regions as pro-Russian separatists have moved to seize drilling equipment, the company said Wednesday.

KIEV, June 11 - Ukraine's new president signaled on Wednesday he would be ready to hold talks with opponents in eastern Ukraine if pro-Russian separatists waging an insurgency there agreed to lay down their weapons, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, June 11 - Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of forcing gas talks into a "dead end" by rejecting the offer of a cut in duty to resolve a price dispute that threatens supplies not just to Ukraine but to the rest of Europe, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 10 – The Justice Ministry has proposed the introduction of a new system for selling property seized by state enforcement officers, according to which from January 1, 2014 people will be able to sell and buy such property via a special online information system.

KIEV, June 10 – The Income and Tax Ministry has drawn up a bill on the restoration of a 1% fee on the obligatory state pension insurance from transactions on purchase of cashless foreign currency by foreign economic entities, which was suspended in Ukraine in 2010.

KIEV, June 11 – President Viktor Yanukovych said Tuesday that ruling party lawmakers should consider holding a session outside Parliament if Ukraine's political deadlock persists and no compromise is reached soon with opposition groups.

KIEV, June 11 - Two high-profile EU representatives arrived in Kiev on Monday to observe the legal proceedings against jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, AP reported.