KIEV, Feb. 23 – The Ukrainian government on Monday tabled a package of bills in Parliament in addition to a bill of amendments to the national budget for 2015 whose adoption is a precondition for the International Monetary Fund to give Ukraine a loan under a new Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday additional sanctions against Russia are "teed up" should events in eastern Ukraine warrant them, and he suggested a decision may come soon, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 25 - Just as a truce in the east took hold on Wednesday with no combat fatalities reported, the hrynia, Ukraine's currency, tanked after the National Bank of Ukraine unexpectedly banned most currency trading and then abruptly reversed course.

KIEV, Feb. 25 - The International Monetary Fund is likely to send a technical support team to Ukraine soon in order to assist Kiev after its president was toppled by violent street protests over the weekend, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 25 - Andriy Kliuyev, a former presidential aide who is said by the new Ukrainian authorities to be on the run with ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych, has been shot in the leg, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing his spokesman.

KIEV, Feb. 25 - Parliament voted on Tuesday to send fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych to the International Criminal Court, while his acting successor expressed concern about "signs of separatism" in Russian-speaking Crimea.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Ukraine is not planning to increase the price of gas for the population and industry, President Viktor Yanukovych said while addressing the drill men of the Petro Hodovanets jack-up rig (state-run JSC Chornomornaftogaz) during the Dialogue with the Country live television program on Friday.

KIEV, Feb. 25 – The Council of the National Bank of Ukraine has recommended that the central bank's board increase the flexibility of monetary instruments to support government policies.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 25 - The European Union gave Ukraine three months to improve its judicial and election systems and to adopt reforms to qualify for a key free-trade and political association agreement this year.

KIEV, Feb. 24 – The International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative Office in Kiev and the National Bank of Ukraine have refused to confirm acting Finance Ministry Ihor Umansky's statement that an IMF technical mission would arrive in Ukraine soon.