KIEV, Jan. 26 - Ukraine may declare invalid the recent Russian-Ukrainian natural gas deal if its investigators discover that it has been signed under pressure, a top energy security aide to President Viktor Yushchenko said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 26 – In a controversial move, a coalition of parties led by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday voted in Parliament to dismiss the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine.

The vote, backed by the Communist Party and approved by a slim majority, was immediately rejected by the office of President Viktor Yushchenko as “non-constitutional.”

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Baranivsky will probably travel to Moscow Sunday to try to persuade the Russian government to lift a ban on imports of meat and dairy products, a source said Thursday. Ukraine has been facing monthly losses of $60 mln for its dairy sector

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Ukraine will seek to charge Russia for using those properties in Sevastopol that have not been covered by the original agreement on stationing of the Black Sea Fleet, an official said.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-based natural gas trader that is supposed to supply about a half of Ukraine??™s annual gas needs, failed to provide information about its true owners, officials said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Ukraine, hit by extremely cold weather, admitted Thursday it had exceeded normal levels of using Russian natural gas in January, but pledged to compensate Russia??™s gas monopoly Gazprom for the overdraft.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Ukraine will not seek to buy out any stake in RosUkrEnergo, a Swiss-based natural gas trader that will become the key gas supplier to Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 26 ??“ Ukraine on Friday will destroy its last remaining long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3 and a set of cruise missiles that it had inherited from the former Soviet Union, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 25 - The European Commission has worked out and sent for the European Union Council??™s consideration 10 new addenda to the Ukraine-EU action plan aimed at a deepening of bilateral relations, European Commission press service chief Francoise Le Bail said at a briefing in Brussels Tuesday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - President Viktor Yuschenko??™s entourage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week will include his wife as well as some senior officials.