KIEV, June 10 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday agreed to meet leaders of opposition parties in order to diffuse a political crisis that has delayed approval of key government legislation.

KIEV, June 10 - Five people were killed and 13 others injured in Ukraine on Sunday when a storm forced an aircraft carrying parachutists to make an emergency landing, the emergencies ministry said.

KIEV, June 10 — A section of a five-storey apartment building collapsed in western Ukraine early Sunday, killing two people and injuring one, officials said.

KIEV, June 10 – Ukraine has called for the strengthening of economic cooperation within the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova)Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko said.

KIEV, June 10 - Trout Cacheris, PLLC (Washington, the United States), along with other firms, has started to carry out an independent audit of the financial activities of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's government several weeks ago under an order from the present government, and promise to publish their interim results.

KIEV, June 10 – A popular Ukrainian daily political talk show will be discontinued by Ukrayina, a television network owned by President Viktor Yanukovych’s ally, converting the show to a weekly format.

ISTANBUL, June 8 - Ukraine will build its own liquefied natural gas terminal on its territory, says Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko.

"Given the fact that Azerbaijan and Georgia signed [an agreement to] build a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Black Sea coast, we also decided to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on our side," he told reporters in Istanbul on Tuesday.

KIEV, June 9 – Ukraine is not planning to use funds from the International Monetary Fund to cover the state budget deficit, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"We are not planning to use IMF funds to finance Ukraine's budget. They, first and foremost, will be spent on stabilizing Ukraine's financial sector.

KIEV, June 9 – The International Monetary Fund is concerned about the rapid growth of Ukraine's foreign debts, Deputy Director at the IMF European Department Poul Thomsen said during a meeting with Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn.

KIEV, June 10 – President Viktor Yushchenko will hold a special meeting on Thursday to examine measures that would improve finances of Naftogaz Ukrayiny to secure steady imports and transit of natural gas.

Last week Yushchenko asked the National Bank of Ukraine to print 3.8 billion hyrvnias to help Naftogaz pay for Russian gas imports in May, underscoring the dire state of the company.