KIEV, Feb. 2 – Ukraine-Russia trade turnover almost halved in 2014 as the Ukrainian market turned towards its European partners, Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius said.

KIEV, Feb. 3 – President Petro Poroshenko has met with the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and congratulated the parliamentarians on the important parliamentary and diplomatic victory in favor of Ukraine.

KHARKIV, Feb. 3 - President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday he has "no doubt" the US will provide weapons for the fight against pro-Russian separatists, after Washington signaled it may be ready for the risky move, AFP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 3 – The leader of the Spilna Sprava (Common Cause) public movement, Oleksandr Danyliuk, has said he has left Ukraine because he was certain he had been about to be detained.

MOSCOW, Feb. 3 – Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny on Monday said non-payments by its clients mean it may fail to pay Gazprom on time for natural gas imports, a bill which the Russian monopoly says has reached $3.3 billion, Reuters reported.

MOSCOW, Feb. 3 - Russia on Monday urged Ukrainian opposition leaders to end their campaign of "ultimatums and threats" and to step up negotiations with the government, BBC reported.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 - The United States and the European Union are in preliminary discussions on possible financial assistance for Ukraine once a new government is formed, said a State Department spokeswoman.

KIEV, Feb. 3 - President Viktor Yanukovych returned to work on Monday after four days of sick leave, issuing a warning about rising "radicalism" after more than two months of unrest on the streets but giving no word on a new prime minister, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – A mission of the International Monetary Fund is discussing in Kiev broad economic policies on which a new cooperation program can be based, IMF External Relations Department Director Gerry Rice has said.

KIEV, Feb. 1 - Kiev and Moscow are laying the groundwork for Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's visit to Russia, said Andriy Honcharuk a presidential adviser who heads the Foreign Relations department at the Presidential Administration.