KIEV, April 27 - The defense lawyers of Ihor Didenko, a deputy chairman of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, and Anatoliy Makarenko, a former chief of the Ukrainian State Customs Service, believe the criminal cases against their clients could be combined with a criminal case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko regarding Ukrainian-Russian gas supply contracts concluded in 2009.

KIEV, April 27 – The Foreign Ministry has issued a recommendation that Ukrainians refrain from traveling to Syria due to the worsening of the security situation in the country.

The ministry also expressed concern about violence that has lead to deaths of protestors in Syria.

KIEV, April 26 – Despite the Ukrainian Finance Ministry’s assertion that the event will take place next month, the International Monetary Fund has not yet decided on the date of its mission's visit to Ukraine, IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Max Alier said.

NEW YORK, April 27 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sued Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, a close ally of the President Viktor Yanukovych, in U.S. court alleging fraud, human rights violations and racketeering.

KIEV, April 26 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday briefed President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Thomas Mirow about the state of work at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and noted the importance of the bank's participation in these activities.

KIEV, April 27 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday called on international community to condemn what she called an assault on democracy and freedom of speech by President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, April 27 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday reversed Ukraine’s official stance on Holodomor, a manmade “famine” in the early 1930s that killed millions of Ukrainians, calling it a “consequence” of totalitarian regime, not genocide.

KIEV, April 27 – Thousands of protesters, smoke bombs and chicken eggs thrown in Parliament did not stop President Viktor Yanukovych’s majority from approving a controversial deal extending the Russian navy’s stay in Ukraine by 25 years.

KIEV, April 26 – Ukraine on Sunday paid homage to victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe, 23 years after the worst nuclear accident in history.

"Today we remember with profound sadness those heroes who fought against the nuclear storm and sacrificed themselves for us and our children," President Viktor Yushchenko said.

KIEV, April 27 - Ukraine's economy is likely to shrink by 8-10% this year rather than post growth of 0.4% as forecast by the government, President Viktor Yushchenko's top adviser said, Reuters reported Monday.