KIEV, July 27 – Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday managed to avert any confrontation between a massive pro-Moscow religious procession and nationalist groups in Kiev, national police chief Khatia Dekanoidze said.

KIEV, July 27 - Ukraine will accelerate imports of European natural gas beginning in August to fill its reserves as Russian gas imports remain suspended, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Monday.

KIEV, July 27 - Heavily indebted Ukraine made new proposals to its creditors for restructuring $23 billion of foreign debt and is now awaiting their response, Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, July 27 – Ukraine has drawn up all the necessary documents for going to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to prosecute the leadership of the Russian Federation and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics for crimes against humanity, and the only thing necessary for this procedure to be started is President Petro Poroshenko's endorsement, Deputy Prosecutor General Vitaliy Kasko said.

KIEV, July 27 - President Petro Poroshenko said the International Monetary Fund will provide Ukraine with another tranche of $1.7 billion.

"I can give you a report on this week: $1.7 billion as a result of the support of the reforms and the recognition that the president, the parliament, and the government are implementing reforms and these reforms are fully in line with the stated program, Ukraine has received $1.7 billion from the IMF. The decision was made this week," Poroshenko said in an interview with STB television on Saturday evening.

KIEV, July 25 - A lawsuit filed by U.S. company Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc (UTICo) against United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), which was earlier led by Yulia Tymoshenko, is another proof of fraud on the part of the ex-prime minister, the Party of Regions said.

KIEV, July 26 – Ukraine considers the development of its relations with Singapore as a priority direction in its foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region and confirms its readiness for mutually beneficial cooperation, Presidential Administration spokesman and advisor Andriy Honcharuk said.

KIEV, July 26 - Ukraine and Russia are still discussing the date of a meeting of their inter-state commission, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

"Preparations are under way, I will not tell the date, but it is currently being agreed upon with our Russian colleagues," ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said at a briefing.

KIEV, July 26 – Despite her call for approval of deals with the European Union, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry accused former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of trying to sabotage the country’s integration with Europe and called for opposition cooperation.

KIEV, July 27 — Prosecutors asked a Kiev court Wednesday to arrest former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for “hindering” her trial stemming from a controversial 2009 natural gas deal with Russia, but the judge rejected the motion, adding there were other ways to discipline the defendant.