DONETSK, Oct. 3 - A Swiss Red Cross worker was killed by a shell that landed near the international organization's office in Ukraine's separatist-held city of Donetsk on Thursday, Reuters reported Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 5 - Ukraine's military accused Russian-backed separatists of again violating a month-old ceasefire on Sunday, saying their forces came under attack in several parts of the east including the airport at the city of Donetsk, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 2 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk called for the speedy approval of a new military doctrine by the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

KIEV, Oct. 2 – The Cabinet of Ministers has barred enterprises that produce fertilizers from using Ukrainian-extracted gas, as well as gas from the underground storage areas until the end of the autumn-winter period, or until a special government decision to be taken.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – Former Ukrainian officials - Viktor Yanukovych, Mykola Azarov and Viktor Pshonka, as well as their families – have received Russian citizenship, said Anton Heraschenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister.

KIEV, Oct. 5 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be sentenced soon but released shortly afterwards following the expected approval of legislation submitted by President Viktor Yanukovych, a newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a pro-government lawmaker.

KIEV, Oct. 3 – The European Union would be incomplete without Ukraine, Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko said.

"It is impossible to complete a big European project without Ukraine, and everybody understands it. Ukraine is a large state, it is not Albania or Macedonia, and it is not Croatia… Everything that is small is easier to digest. But such a large piece as Ukraine is not to be digested - it will be added to the body of the European Union," he said in an interview on Ukrainian television's Channel 5 on Saturday night.

KIEV, Oct. 5 - Ukraine and European Bank of Reconstruction and Development agreed Tuesday on intensification of fundraising for completion of all the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's projects to convert it into a secure facility.

STRASBOURG, Oct. 5 – PACE, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, has overwhelmingly voted to give a warm welcome to “the political will displayed by the new authorities in Ukraine to enact ambitious reforms,” but warned that they must have wide political consensus and public support to succeed.

YALTA, Oct. 4 – Reports coming from Ukraine cast doubt on the reality of the intentions of the Ukrainian authorities to seek membership of the European Union, said Elmar Brok, a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.