KIEV, Aug. 10 – President Petro Poroshenko has vetoed the bill on internal affairs agencies adopted by Parliament on July 2.

The president made this decision after a meeting with the participation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, Poroshenko's website reported on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Ukraine will need Russian natural gas supplies in the winter to prevent shortages of energy and will try to resume the imports before high-demand season begins, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of carrying out the heaviest artillery attacks on government positions in six months and warned of signs the conflict was escalating despite a ceasefire deal.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has announced that his government has proposed imposing sanctions on 172 citizens of Russia and other countries.

KIEV, Aug. 8 – Humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian population in the east of Ukraine should be delivered by neutral international organizations rather than by Russia, Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a UN Security Council meeting on the human rights situation in Ukraine's east on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - The Ukrainians fired artillery shells into the outskirts of the city of Donetsk on Sunday as government forces laid siege to the rebel-held stronghold and called on pro-Russian separatists to surrender.

KIEV, Aug. 9 – Ukraine is planning to reach a compromise with the International Monetary Fund by the start of September regarding the allocation of funds to the country, said Iryna Akimova first deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - The issue of safety at coal mines in Ukraine will be considered at the next cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said while opening a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 10 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday warned Russia that a failure to renegotiate the 10-year natural gas agreement signed in January 2009 would “very seriously undermine” long-term relations between the two countries.

KIEV, Aug. 10 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss the arrest of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko among other issues at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, a news agency reported citing a source.