KIEV, Aug. 27 - A group of Russian paratroopers captured by Ukrainian forces said on Wednesday they had embarked on what they believed was a routine training patrol and had not realized they were on Ukrainian territory until their detention, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Aug. 27 - Ukraine warned Europe on Wednesday that Russia could cut off gas to the continent this winter, but Moscow responded that the supply of gas would continue regardless of politics, Reuters reported.

Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Kiev knew of Russian plans to halt gas flows this winter to Europe, comments that were promptly denied by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

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.