KIEV, Dec. 23 - Turkmen opposition leaders appealed to Ukraine's government Saturday to help them come to power in the Central Asian country following the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov, a newswire reported.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday assured Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that Russia will increase deliveries of its natural gas to Ukraine if gas supplies from Turkmenistan are disrupted.

KIEV, Dec. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko signed the 2007 budget into law on Friday as Parliament had approved resolution calling on the government to increase minimum wages and pensions within the next 90 days.

KYIV, Nov 22 – During the massive attack in Ukraine on November 17, four substations of Ukrainian NPPs, identified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as important for nuclear safety, were damaged, the agency reported.

KYIV, Nov 22 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Japan, in coordination with Ukraine's Ministry of Energy, have supplied critical energy equipment to the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Odesa. This support aims to enhance the cities' critical infrastructure amidst ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector.

KYIV, Nov 22 – In recent years, Ukraine has shown very well that it is a good borrower and has a good plan for repaying the debt, so it is more profitable for Ukraine’s partners to provide financing to the country now, not allowing it to lose the war, according to IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine Priscilla Toffano.

WASHINGTON, Nov 23 - Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leaving Saturday on a diplomatic trip to Europe that includes a meeting of foreign ministers from the leading industrialized nations that will focus on the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

KYIV, Nov 23 – Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has accelerated the supply of new types of weapons to the army, it is expected that the process of supplying new weapons and military equipment will be reduced to 20 days.

KYIV, Nov 23 - A Russian attack using cluster munitions killed three people Thursday in a suburb of Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson, a Ukrainian official said, bringing the number of civilians to die in a day of war to at least six.

KYIV, Nov 24 – The International Monetary Fund has demanded Ukraine to appoint a special anti-corruption prosecutor by the end of November to fight corruption, Head of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Danylo Hetmantsev said.