KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine accused Russia of launching a new military incursion across its eastern border on Wednesday, as hopes quickly faded that Tuesday's talks between their two presidents might mark a turning point in a five-month-old crisis, Reuters reported.

GORKI, Aug. 27 - It would be pointless to continue talks on the prospects for Ukraine's simultaneous membership of the Free Trade Zone with the European Union and the Customs Union, First Deputy Russian Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.

MOSCOW, Aug. 27 - Ukraine will stop being Russia's strategic partner and will virtually lose the status of subject of international law following the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union, Russian presidential aide Sergei Glazyev said.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukrainian topless feminist group Femen accused the police of planting explosives and a gun during a raid on their headquarters in Kiev headquarters on Tuesday in a bid to close their organization down.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Ukraine asked Russia's Gazprom for a $2 billion loan to buy an extra amount of natural gas during the next two months for winter storage, a newspaper reported, citing a source.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – Employees of the Security Service (SBU) have detained two residents of Zakarpattia region that are suspected of being involved in the construction and work of an underground tunnel across the Ukrainian-Slovak border, which was used for cigarette smuggling.

KIEV, Aug. 23 – The National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has recognized National Geographic as a channel that does not meet the requirements of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television and Ukrainian laws.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine stays true to its European choice, but integration into the European space should not take place through interference in the country's internal affairs, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – Support for the ruling Regions Party increased in August after the approval of legislation allowing wider use of the Russian language across Ukraine, an opinion poll shows.

KIEV, Aug. 27 – State programs on creation of the nuclear fuel cycle in Ukraine and development of the country’s own uranium production are not being fulfilled, according to Bohdan Sokolovsky, President Viktor Yuschenko's representative for international energy security issues.