KIEV, April 11 – The Kiev municipal administration's standing commission on industrial and environmental safety and emergency situations has identified six areas where there are increased risks of landslides and has declared local emergencies there, the Kiev municipal administration announced in a statement, Ukrainian News reported.

KIEV, April 11 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday ruled out giving a pardon to jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko until courts issue final rulings on her appeal of a seven-year jail sentence and two other cases currently underway.

KIEV, April 11 – The Inspectorate of State Architecture and Construction Supervision in Kiev has suspended preparatory work on the construction of a trade and office complex with built-in and attached facilities and underground parking at 9-11 Frolivska Street and 10b Andriyivsky Uzviz.

KIEV, April 11 - The Security Service suspects MP Oleksandr Shepelev (an independent lawmaker elected on the list of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko) of being involved in the embezzlement of over UAH 220 million of the funds of the troubled Rodovid Bank worth, as well as being involved, along with businessman Pavlo Borulko, in the embezzlement of public funds of the refinancing of the National Bank of Ukraine (worth UAH 315.3 million in March-May 2009.

KIEV, April 11 – Rinat Akhmetov, the wealthiest Ukrainian, in a rare move on Wednesday issued a statement admitting “mistakes” after his developer demolished three buildings on a historical street in Kiev, triggering a public outcry.

KIEV, April 11 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kiev on Tuesday for talks seeking to persuade Ukraine to join the Moscow-led trade bloc, a Ukrainian official said Monday.

KIEV, April 11 – Ukrainian prosecutors opened a new criminal investigation against opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, now alleging that she had exceeded her authority while negotiating a 10-year natural gas agreement with Russia in January 2009.

KIEV, April 11 – Ukraine can receive some extra EUR 800 million for the program to overcome the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Raisa Bohatyriova said.

WASHINGTON, April 11 - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet on Monday with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, the White House announced late Saturday.

MOSCOW, April 11 – Russia may lend up to $6 billion to Ukraine to build two nuclear power reactors, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart, Mykola Azarov.