KIEV, Dec. 8 - Ukraine's gas transport monopoly Ukrtransgaz said on Monday Russia would resume supplies of natural gas on Dec. 11 after a six-month gap due to a dispute over prices and unpaid debts, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - Ukraine plans a "Day of Silence" on Tuesday to try to rebuild a ceasefire with pro-Russian separatists that has all but disintegrated, but accompanying peace talks -- the first in three months -- look likely to be delayed, Reuters reported.

BEIJING, Dec. 5 – The documents signed as a part of the state visit of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to China could ensure the provision of $8 billion of investment in Ukraine, Ukraine's head of state has said.

BEIJING, Dec. 5 – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has called on Chinese investors to take part in the construction of an orbital road around Kiev.

BEIJING, Dec. 5 - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have signed a friendship and cooperation agreement between the two countries.

KIEV, Dec. 7 - Ukraine's opposition accused President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday of betraying national interests at unannounced talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin, though both countries said nothing had been agreed, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - Anti-government protesters toppled a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in Ukraine's capital and attacked it with hammers on Sunday in a symbolic challenge to President Viktor Yanukovych and his plans for closer ties with Russia, Reuters reported.

LONDON, Dec. 6 - Ukraine would like to initial its association agreement with the EU at the Ukraine-EU summit in Kiev on December 19, although the question of reflecting EU membership prospects in the document remains open, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 – Ukraine and the European Union cannot conclude any agreements until Ukraine restores democratic standards and the supremacy of law and releases former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, European People's Party President Wilfried Martens said during an EPP congress.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 – The signing and ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement depends on how Ukraine tackles its problems with the supremacy of law and the criminal case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, said EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule.