KIEV, April 7 - Russia is ignoring invitations from the European Commission to broker new gas supply talks between Moscow and Kiev, the CEO of Ukraine's state oil firm Naftogaz said on Thursday.

KIEV, April 6 – A so-called 'credit-and-fine' system will be introduced as a part of the reformation of the State Road Police of Ukraine, while fines will be unified and their size lowered.

KIEV, April 7 – The German authorities are interested in the success of reforms in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said.

KIEV, April 7 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN FAO) plans to provide aid to farmers in Donetsk region, the Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration reported.

WASHINGTON, April 7 - The International Monetary Fund will assess the progress of Ukraine's talks with creditors but does not have to make any decisions in June, when its next review of the country's $17.5 billion bailout is due, the Fund's No. 2 official said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

KHARKIV, April 7 - Two bomb attacks early Tuesday shook Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, causing some damage but no casualties in the government-controlled hub near the Russian border and the separatist-held east.

FRANKFURT, April 7 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Ukraine's government bond rating to Caa3 from Caa2. The outlook on the Caa3 rating is negative, Moody's says.

WASHINGTON, April 7 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday that Washington was watching events in eastern Ukraine with great concern and any moves by Moscow to destabilize Ukraine would "incur further costs for Russia," Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, April 7 - EU officials will meet Ukraine's energy minister on Tuesday as well as review the bloc's own gas storage levels as fears grow that rising tensions between Moscow and Kiev might lead to a cut-off of gas supplies, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 7 - Protests in eastern Ukraine in which pro-Russian activists seized public buildings in three cities are part of a plan to destabilize Ukraine and bring in Russian troops, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Monday.