MOSCOW, Dec. 27 - The criminal case against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has been dropped because the statute of limitations on corruption charges against her has expired.

MOSCOW, Dec. 27 - Russia's Navy Commander has called statements made by Ukrainian politicians about unscheduled inventory inspection of the Black Sea Fleet bases in Sevastopol and the Crimea unacceptable, the Navy press service said Monday, according to RIA Novosti.

KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who exit polls show has been defeated at the presidential election Sunday, indicated he would seek to create a powerful alliance to oppose the new president.

KIEV, Dec. 26 ??“ Oleksandr Zinchenko, the top manager of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko??™s campaign, Sunday called for a new constitution to be approved within 2.5 years to cement democratic changes in Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Ukraine??™s pro-Western liberal opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was heading towards a landslide victory at the presidential election Sunday, according to three independent exit polls and preliminary official vote count.

LONDON, Dec. 27 - Britain hailed Ukraine's historic presidential election re-run, with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw calling it "an important step forward for democracy" in the country, the Agence France-Presse reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - Reveling in the apparent election of a pro-Western president in Ukraine, the Bush administration on Monday urged Russia to join with the United States in helping the former Soviet republic.

KYIV, Nov 27 – Russia has already stolen grain worth about $1 billion from the occupied territories of Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at the second international summit Grain from Ukraine in Kyiv on Saturday.

BRUSSELS, Nov 27 – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the Allies are committed to support Ukraine by providing it with weapons that include advanced systems.

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 - Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is “confident and optimistic” that Congress can push through supplemental funding for Israel and Ukraine — but he did not commit to tying the two together, saying Ukraine funding must be accompanied by border policy changes.