BRUSSELS, Dec. 2 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday Western sanctions have not halted Russia's support for separatists in Ukraine but have damaged the Russian economy, which is now projected to slide into recession next year, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Ukraine's parliament voted in a new government on Tuesday, putting foreign technocrats in key financial roles and renewing terms for the foreign and defense ministers in a signal that no major change in policy is likely on the rebellious east, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – Parliament will consider the current situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, Speaker Volodymyr Rybak said.

"At a session of the Verkhovna Rada tomorrow we will consider the current and future situation in the country," he said at a briefing in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Ministries located in the two blocks on Khreschatyk street between the House of Trade Unions and the Kiev City Administration occupied by protesters on Sunday continue to operate as usual, Interfax-Ukraine was told by their press services.

KIEV, Dec. 2 – President Viktor Yanukovych says he is outraged at the events that occurred during the Euromaidan protest rally on Kiev's Independence Square in the early hours of November 30, and he condemns the actions that have caused a violent confrontation.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - Massive protests against Viktor Yanukovych hammered Ukraine's financial markets on Monday, increasing the risk of a currency crisis as the president tries to hold on until an election in early 2015.

Ukraine's debt insurance costs jumped and currency traders increased bets on a devaluation after 350,000 people protested on Sunday against Yanukovych's decision to ditch a trade pact with the European Union, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 2 - President Viktor Yanukovych is set to head for China on Tuesday, leaving a country plunged into crisis by his decision to forego a free trade deal with Europe under pressure from Russia.

KIEV, Nov. 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed law No. 5492-VI on the unified state demographic register and identity documents, which envisages the introduction of electronic passports for Ukrainians.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - Ukraine’s foreign minister on Friday rejected criticism by the United States of recent parliamentary elections and of the government’s prosecution of political opponents.

KIEV, Nov. 30 – Ukraine may go ahead and amend its constitution through nationwide referendum without going through a lengthy process of debating and approving amendments in Parliament, Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych said Friday.