KIEV, April 22 – President Petro Poroshenko said Kiev faces a grave lack of financing for the national military and industrial complex because Parliament did not pass a measure to direct illegally-gained assets of Ukrainian ex-officials to the government.

KIEV, April 23 – The foreign ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Denmark and the Netherlands will come to Ukraine on April 30, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, April 24 - President Viktor Yanukovych, in response to a letter of request from members of the board of trustees of the Okhmatdyt National Children's Hospital (Kiev), has ordered the government to urgently address the issue of funding the construction of a new building at the hospital.

BRUSSELS, April 24 – The fulfillment by Kiev of those of its obligations necessary to achieve the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union demonstrates Ukraine's commitment, but still there are unsettled issues that have to be tackled, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule has said.

KIEV, April 25 - Foreign ministers of several EU countries gave Ukraine a discouraging report on Thursday on its efforts to deepen ties with the bloc and suggested the jailing of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko remained a serious obstacle, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 24 – Work to remove fuel from the destroyed fourth nuclear reactor at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant will begin no earlier than in 30 years, said Dmytro Bobro has said first deputy chairman of the Emergencies Ministry’s State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone.

ASHGABAT, April 25 – Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko have met to discuss possibilities of implementation of new joint projects.

KIEV, April 25 – The Infrastructure Ministry has permitted foreign airlines in the period from May 15 to July 15, 2012 to carry out irregular flights to bring football teams, fans, representatives of national football associations, UEFA representatives and reporters to the country without restrictions and without the right to sell air tickets in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 25 - Ukraine's top human rights official Wednesday called for an investigation into allegations that Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten by prison guards, saying the former prime minister's treatment could amount to torture, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 22 – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko has noted the effectiveness of talks with Russia on the settlement of problems linked to the stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.