KIEV, Aug. 25 - The presidents of Ukraine and Russia will hold talks on Tuesday aimed at a possible settlement of the separatist war in Ukraine's east.

Since Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko last met on June 6 in France, Ukraine has turned the tide of the conflict and largely encircled pro-Russian rebels holding out in two cities in the east of the former Soviet republic.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Nine mines in Donbas have been stopped due to floods caused by restrictions in the supply of electricity, First Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Ziukov said.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukrainian President Poroshenko hopes that the dialogue during a meeting in Minsk on August 26 will be intense and the major issue on its agenda will be peace.

KIEV, Aug. 22 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has prepared a list of documents introducing sanctions against Russia as a state, about 65 legal entities and 176 individuals, most of whom are Russian citizens, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – Batkivschyna Party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has called on Ukrainians to come to the building of the Ukrainian parliament on September 7 and support the adoption of a law introducing a moratorium on a rise in prices of gas and housing and utilities tariffs for the public from January 1, 2010, Tymoshenko said in a statement released by the BYT press service on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko, Naftogaz Ukrayiny Chairman Yevhen Bakulin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller discussed the workload for Ukraine's gas transport system during a working meeting in Moscow.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - President Viktor Yanukovych said he attaches a high priority to European integration.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - Law enforcement agencies will audit the State Treasury’s accounts as part of an investigation into the alleged misuse of funds raised from selling carbon dioxide emission allowances last year, a court ruled Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 - Ukraine will seek to renegotiate its key 10-year natural gas agreement with Russia because its terms are “extremely unfavorable,” Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday.

KIEV, Aug. 25 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s party has called for an emergency session of Parliament on Aug. 30 to amend legislation governing the upcoming local election by letting a greater number of parties nominate candidates.