KIEV, Sept. 8 - Yuriy Yekhanurov, an ally of President Viktor Yushchenko who was appointed acting prime minister Thursday, said he will seek to prevent an impact of the political crisis on the economy.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Russia and Poland have been carefully watching resolution of a sharp political crisis in Ukraine that culminated Thursday with the dismissal of the government and key decision makers, officials said.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday dismissed the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and sacked his top security advisor Petro Poroshenko to diffuse an escalating political crisis that had split his team.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Petro Poroshenko, the chief security advisor to President Viktor Yushchenko, suffered a double blow Thursday when the president sacked him from the post and Parliament ended his lawmaker status.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - President Viktor Yushchenko accepted the resignation of Oleksandr Turchynov, the chief of Ukraine's security service, or SBU, Thursday hours after dismissing the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KYIV, Aug 6 – Ukraine is set to receive close to EUR 4.2 billion in funds after the Council of the European Union (EU) greenlighted the first regular payment of grants and loans under the EU's Ukraine Facility, according to a Tuesday press release.

KYIV, Aug 6 - Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine had launched an armored assault into Russia's southern Kursk region, but Moscow's forces had responded and the region's governor described the situation on the border as "controllable,” Reuters reported.

KYIV, Aug 7 – In its August report, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) worsened the forecast for the deficit of the country's consolidated budget for 2024, taking into account grants, to UAH 1.281 billion, or 16.8% of GDP compared to UAH 811 billion, or 10.5% of GDP in the April report.

KYIV, Aug 7 – All countries whose representatives attended the meeting in Saudi Arabia on the Peace Formula for Ukraine confirmed their adherence to the principles of the UN Charter, international law and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, the press service of the Office of the President of Ukraine quoted its head Andriy Yermak on Sunday.

KYIV, Aug 7 - Two Russian missile strikes hit the city center of the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region Monday evening, killing at least five people and wounding two dozen more, The Associated Press reported citing Ukrainian officials.