BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 – Russia's actions against Ukraine violated the Helsinki Final Act and the Budapest memorandum, according to which Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Romanian MEP Ioan Mircea Pascu (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament) said.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – Ukraine is a unitary state that speaks a single state language, Ukrainian, President Petro Poroshenko said in his address to compatriots on the occasion of the Day of Unity on Thursday.

DAVOS, Jan. 23 - Ukraine's army operation in the east has a significant effect on its financial status, Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko said.

"We are daily spending $5-7 million on this war," she told reporters at the Ukrainian Breakfast arranged by the Pinchuk Foundation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

KIEV, Jan.25 - Pro-Russian rebels, backed by what NATO says is Kremlin troops, pressed on with their offensive in eastern Ukraine with the first all-out assault since a truce five months ago, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – The European Commission has said Ukraine hasn't done enough to implement the action plan on liberalizing its visa regime with the European Union, the Ukrayinska Pravda Internet newspaper reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - The eldest son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy left Ukraine on Wednesday after spending a day in the hospital with apparent food poisoning, officials said.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – Teams of security service and military intelligence agents along with financial fraud investigators swarmed on Ukraine’s foreign ministry in a major effort apparently ordered by President Viktor Yanukovych, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – An unidentified man died under unclear circumstances at the same Kiev prison where Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko had been kept for five months before her transfer to another prison last month.

DONETSK, Jan. 25 – The explosions in Makiyivka are in no way related to the checks conducted by the Chief Audit Department of Ukraine at the state-run enterprise Makiivuhillia, first deputy head of Donetsk Regional Administration Serhiy Derhunov said.

KIEV, Jan. 25 – At least one Ukrainian national, Hanna Mashutina, 29, on Tuesday was reported among the victims of the apparent massive terrorist strike at Moscow airport Domodedovo on Monday.