KIEV, July 28 – A photographer and three members of the feminist movement Femen known for their bare-breasted protests were illegally held in police custody overnight after being abducted by unknown assailants during Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine, AFP reported.

KIEV, July 27 – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday urged Ukraine to join forces with former fellow Soviet state Russia, saying Russians and Ukrainians are "one people."

KIEV, July 25 – Ukraine is interested in further integration with Customs Union member states, Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said.

KIEV, July 27 – The pegging of the hryvnia to the dollar and the large share of payments in dollars in Ukraine's foreign trade may have grave consequences for Ukraine if U.S. politicians fail to reach an agreement on raising the country's debt ceiling, as the United States will have to default on its obligations, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

KIEV, July 28 - Ukraine and Russia are drifting towards another wave of confrontation as their two governments have failed to make progress in talks over lowering natural gas prices, an analyst said Thursday.

KIEV, July 28 — The criminal case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko seemed about to collapse Thursday after key witnesses backed her account, while President Viktor Yanukovych’s administration had suddenly exposed itself as a party orchestrating the trial.

KIEV, July 28 – One person was killed and eight injured on Wednesday when a bomb exploded at a Ukrainian church controlled by the Moscow Patriarchate in Zaporizhia, local authorities reported.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine is ready to propose a project on expanding its own gas transportation system as an alternative to the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, July 27 – The government will launch the construction of new grain elevators funded by Canadian and Japanese investors by the end of this year.

The new elevators will be transferred to agricultural cooperatives, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in an interview with the ICTV channel, which was broadcast on Sunday night.

KIEV, July 28 – Investigators recovered fragments of a skull that are believed to come from murdered journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, who was decapitated about nine years ago, a top prosecutor said Tuesday.