KIEV, Aug. 3 - Ukraine will never accept the violation of rights of the Crimean Tatar people and will do everything possible to return Ukrainian power to Crimea President Petro Poroshenko told a Tatar conference in Turkey.

KIEV, Aug. 3 - Ukraine must increase to maximum European natural gas imports in August to store greater reserves ahead of the winter, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 3 - Ukraine on Monday reported the death of four soldiers in clashes with pro-Russian rebels that came just hours before another failed bid to negotiate an end to the 15-month separatist revolt.

DONETSK, July 30 - Shelling in at least three cities in eastern Ukraine has hit a home for the elderly, a school and multiple homes, adding to a rapidly growing civilian death toll Tuesday, AP reported.

WASHINGTON. July 30 - Ukraine's foreign minister welcomed U.S. and European sanctions on Russia announced on Tuesday and pledged Kiev would not attack cities now controlled by pro-Russian separatists in its drive to re-establish control over its territory.

WASHINGTON, July 30 - G7 leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday warning Russia that it will face added economic sanctions if Moscow does not change the course of its Ukraine policy, Reuters reported.

MINSK, July 30 - Belarus will host talks between Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE security and rights organization on the crisis in eastern Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko's office said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 31 – Parliament at a closed emergency meeting on Thursday ratified the agreements with Australia and the Netherlands on the access of the international police mission to the scene of the Malaysian Boeing 777 crash in Donetsk region and the protection of the crash inquiry, MP Serhiy Labaziuk of the Sovereign European Ukraine group told reporters.

KIEV, July 31 – Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has held a number of meetings in the U.S. Congress, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

KIEV, July 31 – The documents on the ratification of the Association Agreement with the European Union are currently at the Foreign Ministry, the presidential administration reported.