KIEV, Jan. 25 - Former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will return to the ring in April, more than two years after injuries forced his retirement.

MOSCOW, Jan. 24 - Ukraine's Motor Sich, the largest producer of aircraft engines in the former Soviet Union, will supply its upgraded AI-25TLSh air engines to China, Viacheslav Bohuslayev, the president at Motor Sich, said.

KIEV, Jan. 25 ??“ The controversial law reducing powers of President Viktor Yushchenko may be officially published on Friday, Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Moroz said Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - U.S. companies Boeing and Orbital Launch System Group are considering joining a project to develop Ukraine's first telecommunications satellite.

KIEV, Jan. 25 ??“ Fifty-three people died in Ukraine during the past 24 hours as a result of extreme cold, bringing to 130 the number of deaths since temperatures plunged last week, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Russia and Ukraine postponed creation of a joint venture aimed at distributing natural gas to industrial consumers in Ukraine, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 ??“ Ukraine boosted daily consumption of natural gas more than 10% on Tuesday exceeding previous record high levels as the country had been tackling extremely low temperatures for a week, officials said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Ukraine and Turkmenistan may sign a long-term gas supply deal during Turkmen President Saparmurad Niyazov's visit to Ukraine in March.

LVIV, Jan. 25 - Russia's ban on imports of Ukrainian livestock products was politically motivated and should be resolved as soon as next week, Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Baranivsky said.

KIEV, Jan. 25 ??“ Ukraine and Russia are expected to make progress in settling the issue of the Black Sea Fleet next month during a meeting of a special commission, Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Wednesday.