YAVORIV, Lviv region, June 3 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that Russia is again violating the Minsk agreements in the run-up to a G7 summit.

KIEV, June 3 - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine's defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 2 – The newly elected mayor of Kiev, UDAR Party leader Vitali Klitschko has promised the leading Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of aircraft, Antonov (Kiev), support in the development of the aviation industry of Ukraine.

KIEV, June 3 – The Ukrainian Parliament has agreed to strip Party of Regions MP Oleh Tsariov of immunity from criminal prosecution.

This decision was supported by 235 MPs at a Verkhovna Rada session on Tuesday.

KIEV, June 3 – Ukraine is ready to resume dialog on cooperation in the creation of a global antiballistic missile defense system with the United States, a high-ranking defense official told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, June 3 - Ukraine insisted that Russia must cancel its recent 80% hike in price of natural gas to avert a lawsuit and possible further aggravation, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 3 - European companies should start buying Russian natural gas at the border between Ukraine and Russia in order to minimize risk of supply disruptions, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 3 - Ukraine will sue Russia for 1 trillion hryvnias, or $85 billion, to recover immediate losses caused by annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 3 - Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine for the second straight day on Tuesday as the army rolled out an offensive against pro-Russia separatists holding the city of Slaviansk, with dead and wounded on both sides, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 3 – First Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Arbuzov said he plans to hold regular meetings with foreign ambassadors in order to prevent the violation of the property rights of investors.