KIEV, June 9 - At least 23 Ukrainian coal miners were rescued to safety on Monday, 40 hours after a powerful methane gas explosion rocked a coal mine, trapping 37 miners at a depth of 1,000 meters.

MOSCOW, June 8 ??“ The National Reserve Corporation of Russia announced on Wednesday that it is temporarily suspending investments in Ukraine's economy.

KIEV, June 8 ??“ Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national oil and gas company, says it will export 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas to European customers in 2005 if it manages to secure additional imports to meet domestic demand.

KIEV, June 8 ??“ The Ukrainian government will create a special commission to investigate allegations that about $600 million worth of Russian natural gas has vanished from the country??™s underground gas tanks.

KIEV, June 8 ??“ Ukraine is under pressure to secure within a month imports of an extra 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas to fully meet its annual demand in 2005, officials said Wednesday.

KYIV, May 5 – The issue of providing Ukraine with M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS multiple-launch rocket systems is very urgent, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny has said.

KYIV, May 6 – The Ministry of Finance expects in May to receive a number of loans and grants from both partner countries and international financial organizations, but the main instrument that they hope for is special drawing rights (SDR), Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, May 6 - Ukraine is ready to provide foreign customers with 50% (15 billion cubic meters) of its underground gas storage (UGS) capacity to create reserves for the coming winter, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said.

KYIV, May 6 - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working out a convenient mechanism for all countries to allocate 10% of unused Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to Ukraine and considers this to be quite real, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, May 8 - More than 60 people were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday.