ZAVIDOVO (Russia), March 4 - Uncertainty in Ukraine's cooperation with the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan has a negative impact not only on Kiev, President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

"The negative processes are developing on both sides. There are exemptions, and it doesn't please us," Yanukovych said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Zavidovo (Tver region) on Monday.

KIEV, March 5 – A ruling that may strip jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s key defender of his parliamentary mandate was postponed until Wednesday as court requested additional information from state agencies, lawmakers said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 2 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree on the construction of a centralized storage facility for waste nuclear fuel from Water-Water Energetic Reactors (WWER) at domestic nuclear power plants.

KIEV, March 3 – Ukraine hopes to reach a compromise with Russia on the basis of a new draft gas agreement proposed by Russia's Gazprom, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"Now we are studying the document. We are preparing for negotiations with the Russian side. We have our own vision of this contract, and we want a compromise to be reached on the basis of our vision and the proposed draft," he told reporters in Kiev on Saturday.

KIEV, March 3 – Work on the construction of a new safe containment has begun at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Emergencies Minister Viktor Baloha said.

The minister announced this at a meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in the Mezhyhirya presidential residence.

KIEV, March 5 – Ukraine will invite foreign observers to prove its parliamentary elections in October are free and fair, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday in response to criticism from European Union nations.

KIEV, March 3 – The Ukrainian government and the World Bank today officially launched the implementation of the Power Transmission Project, worth $238 million, aimed at increasing the reliability and effectiveness of the operation of the Ukrainian electricity grid.

KIEV, March 3 – Fitch Ratings has placed Naftogaz Ukrayiny's Long-term local and foreign currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of 'B –' (B minus) on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).

KIEV, March 5 – The hryvnia's exchange rate is low due to the policy of the National Bank of Ukraine, which aims to destroy the economy and “sabotage” the government, according to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, March 5 – Volodymyr Ohryzko, the pro-Western foreign minister ousted this week by Parliament, asked President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday not to nominate him again, citing radical policy differences with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.