KIEV, Feb. 9 – The opinion of Ukrainians on Russia and Russians on Ukraine have both become more negative, according to a poll conducted in December-January as a part of a joint project between the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) and Russian non-state Levada-Center analytical center.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – Parliament on Wednesday may debate a draft decree on an inquiry made by the Ukrainian parliament to the U.S. Congress on speeding up the provision to Ukraine of full-fledged military assistance and the status of a special ally of the U.S.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – The new official hryvnia exchange rate is in line with market indicators, said Olena Scherbakova, director of the chief monetary and credit policy department at the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – There are no grounds for the long-term weakening of the hryvnia, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Ihor Sorkin said.

"There are no grounds to say that this is a long-term trend," he said at a press conference in Kiev on Friday.

"We’re sure that short-term demand will fall and the market will start operating in the narrower corridor," he added.

KIEV, Feb. 7 – The National Bank of Ukraine is introducing temporary limitations on foreign currency purchases for certain operations on the interbank forex market.

This is stipulated in NBU resolution No. 49, which became effective as of February 7. The limitations will be in effect until the NBU cancels them.

KIEV, Feb. 9 - Ukraine's state security service on Sunday placed anti-terrorist units on alert in response to a sharp rise in unspecified threats against sensitive installations including atomic power stations, airports and gas and oil pipelines.

KIEV, Feb. 9 - Ukrainian protesters, now in their third month of action, kept up pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych on Sunday with a mass rally where opposition leaders called for an end to his "dictatorial" powers.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate) Patriarch Filaret has called on President Viktor Yanukovych to prevent the transfer of some national holy places to the Moscow Patriarchate by Parliament.

KIEV, Feb. 9 – The Ukrainian World Congress on February 3 sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in support of the nomination by several members of Ukraine's parliament of jailed opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for the Nobel Peace Prize.

KIEV, Feb. 8 – One lawmaker on Thursday quit a pro-government group in Parliament that had been accused of buying members for about $500,000 in cash in order to increase support for President Viktor Yanukovych.