KYIV, June 27 - Russia is mounting an all-out assault on the last Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province, “pouring fire” on the city of Lysychansk from the ground and air, Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai said Monday.

KYIV, June 27 - President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed the leaders of the G-7 nations who are gathered in Munich, Germany, reportedly pressing them for more heavy weaponry and help to end the war before winter sets in, CNBC reported.

KREMENCHUK, June 27 - Russian long-range bombers fired a missile that struck a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk on Monday, raising fears of what President Volodymyr Zelensky called an “unimaginable” number of victims in “one of the most daring terrorist attacks in European history.”

BRUSSELS, June 27 - NATO will enhance its battle groups in the eastern part of the alliance up to brigade levels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced Monday, CNN reported.

KYIV, June 27 - Discussions among G-7 leaders on creating a cap on price of Russian oil are “headed in the right direction,” US National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday, CNN reported.

KYIV, June 27 - Leaders of the G7 countries, at a meeting in Germany’s Bavarian Alps, unveiled plans to seek new sanctions and pledged to continue supporting Ukraine “for as long as it takes.”

KYIV, June 28 - Ukraine and NATO on Monday launched Black Sea drills that will involve dozens of warships, an exercise that follows last week's incident with a British destroyer off Crimea, AP reported.

KIEV, June 24 – Ukraine has no conflict with Russia over the price of natural gas, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"This is not a conflict, but the difference of opinion, and we announced this immediately after coming to power," Yanukovych said in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, which was published on the Web site of the Ukrainian president on Friday.

KIEV, June 26 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, speaking Friday at a trial for allegedly negotiating an unfavorable natural gas deal with Russia in 2009, accused Ukrainian leaders of planning to “surrender” gas pipelines to Gazprom.

KIEV, June 28 – President Viktor Yanukovych defended Prime Minister Mykola Azarov Tuesday, saying an undisclosed party has been seeking to “weaken” the government by spreading speculation the government may be soon dismissed.