KIEV, April 3 - Ukraine's prime minister on Thursday blamed ousted President Viktor Yanukovych for the deaths of dozens of anti-government protesters shot by police snipers and urged Russia to hand him over to face charges.

KIEV, April 2 – Citizens of Ukraine should prepare for more severe winters, a meteorologist said.

"In general such winters will be repeated, but surely [next] winter won't be worse than this winter," Vazira Martazinova, head of the department for climate research and long-term weather forecasts of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Hydrometeorology of Ukraine's NAS, said at a press conference in Kiev.

KIEV, April 2 – Possible means of cooperation between Ukraine and the Customs Union were discussed during Ukrainian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Leonid Kozhara's first visit to Russia on March 28-29, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said.

KIEV, April 2 – National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Kliuyev has called on MPs to speed up the adoption of laws as part of the EU integration plans of Ukraine.

KIEV, April 3 – Steel bars were put on windows in several rooms at a Kharkiv hospital Tuesday amid signs the authorities are preparing to relocate jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko for medical treatment.

KIEV, April 1 – The Ukrainian cabinet is preparing revolutionary changes in company bankruptcy procedures, as well as additional measures to legalize wage payments and cut the number of taxes, Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said.

KIEV, April 2 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will come to Ukraine later this month to try to dissuade Kiev against closer economic and political ties with Brussels in favor of joining a Moscow-led alliance.

BUCHAREST, April 3 - NATO on Thursday postponed for nine months decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on track to join the alliance, following vehement opposition from Russia. But NATO plans to return to the issue again in December.

KIEV, April 3 ??“ Pro-government lawmakers on Tuesday appealed at the Constitutional Court President Viktor Yushchenko??™s decree dismissing the legislature and calling the new election on May 27.

The ruling by the Constitutional Court may eventually ease the confrontation between the government and the president and help find the way out of the political crisis.

KIEV, April 3 ??“ Ukraine??™s pro-Western opposition groups on Tuesday changed their plans and decided not to call on supporters for a massive anti-government rally in Kiev instead focusing on preparing for the early election.