MOSCOW, Jan. 28 - A fresh package of restrictive measures towards Russia the EU Foreign Affairs Council is set to discuss on Thursday is likely to expand blacklists, a European diplomat told Interfax on Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – The Embassy of the United States in Kiev has issued a warning to U.S. citizens of the potential risks of traveling to Ukraine.

"The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens of the potential risks of travel to Ukraine due to the ongoing political unrest and violent clashes between police and protesters," the U.S. Embassy reported on its Web site on Saturday.

KIEV, Jan. 27 - European Union representatives are observing the legal proceedings launched against the Ukrainians arrested in connection with the protests, the EU Delegation to Ukraine said.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Parliament is due to debate a possible amnesty for scores of protesters arrested in anti-government demonstrations, BBC reported.

President Viktor Yanukovych has said he wants to make the amnesty conditional on protesters leaving official buildings and taking down barricades.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on Tuesday while deputies loyal to President Viktor Yanukovych, acting to calm violent street protests, backtracked and overturned anti-protest laws they had rammed through Parliament 12 days ago.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Accession to the European Union is better for Ukraine in the long run than the Customs Union, but the country's European aspirations are hampered by its political persecutions, says Arseniy Yatseniuk, the leader of the Batkivschyna opposition faction in Parliament.

DAVOS, Jan. 25 - Ukraine has every chance of resuming International Monetary Fund financing at the end of the first quarter or at the beginning of the second quarter, and it should use it to reduce the cost of financing and attract foreign investment into the country, former Finance Minister and Director of Morgan Stanley Ukraine Ihor Mitiukov said.

DAVOS, Jan. 25 – Ukraine's new government has very ambitious plans to improve the economic situation in the country through the priority development of 10 sectors of the economy, Deputy Prime Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Businessman Rinat Akhmetov had nothing to do with the murder of lawmaker Yevhen Scherban and other businessmen in Donbas as media reports earlier claimed, citing Ukrainian politicians and journalists, according to the Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP law firm.

KIEV, Jan. 28 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday Ukraine should accelerate imports of natural gas from the European Union in response to an “enslaving” 10-year gas supply contract with Russia.