KIEV, Feb. 29 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the composition of the selection commission for the establishment of the State Investigations Bureau consisting of six persons - three representatives of the president and three representatives of the government, and expects the parliament to appoint three remaining members of the agency.

KIEV, Feb. 29 – Ukraine hopes it will be able to prove at open hearings at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that it effectively protects intellectual property rights (IPR), despite recommendations by business representatives that Ukraine should be again designated as a Priority Foreign Country, which is the worst classification given to "foreign countries that deny "adequate and effective" protection of intellectual property rights.

KIEV, March 1 – Over 2,600 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and over 9,000 wounded since the beginning of the Russian aggression in February 2014, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukraine has called on the international community to put as much pressure as possible on Russian Federation and to continue sanctions until Donbas and Crimea are de-occupied, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported.

BRUSSELS, March 1 – The Energy Community has received a letter from Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko in which Ukraine challenged the promotion by EC members of the South Stream gas pipeline project, EC Secretariat Director Slavtcho Neykov told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, March 1 - Ukraine will phase out massive use of natural gas if it fails to persuade Russia to lower natural gas prices significantly, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

KIEV, March 1 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday instructed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to make sure Ukraine is ready by April 2 to initial a political association agreement with the European Union.

KIEV, Feb. 28 – President Viktor Yanukovych has fulfilled only 20% of his election promises, said a group of political analysts, who said they have given him five out of 12 points for his performance so far.

KIEV, March 1 – Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose travel has been effectively restricted by authorities over the past two months, on Tuesday won permission from prosecutors to visit her mother in Dnipropetrovsk next week.

BRUSSELS, March 1 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday assured European Union leaders of steady natural gas transit across his country’s territory due to expected improvement of relations with Russia.