MOSCOW, NOV. 23 - A separatist leader in Ukraine's east on Thursday accused a former official of trying to unseat him as a showdown between the two entered its third day, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, Nov 22 – Ukrainians are most worried about the war in eastern Ukraine and socio-economic problems, according to a sociological poll conducted during October and November in 2017. The results of the survey were presented at a press conference at the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

KIEV , Nov. 24 – Ukraine 's European partners gave an approving assessment of reforms that are taking place in Ukraine and gave assurances of their readiness to continue providing financial and political support for their implementation, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 24 – European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič and Ukraine's Energy Minister, Ihor Nasalyk, signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Energy Partnership between the EU and Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 24 - President Petro Poroshenko insisted on Thursday he was confident of US support having spoken to President-elect Donald Trump on the phone about Russian "aggression,” AFP reported.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 24 - European Union leaders reaffirmed support for carrying out a 2014 pact on closer ties with Ukraine but cited "limitations" amid divisions over how far to go with a country mired in intractable corruption and conflict, Reuters reported.

KIEV , Nov. 24 – The pause in international financial support to Ukraine caused the populist policy of some political forces and their attempts to achieve early election, if protracted further than early 2017 would result in reduction of the country's forex reserves and create a serious risk to the achieved macroeconomic stability, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Valeriya Gontareva said.

KIEV, Nov. 24 – Kiev city will ask the holders of its loan participation notes (LPNs) worth $300 million due in 2016 to vote in favor of the exchange of the notes to Ukraine's sovereign bonds due in 2019-2020 and GDP-linked securities at a meeting on December 8 in London.

KIEV. Nov 24 – President Petro Poroshenko stressed the importance of the EU’s consolidated position on sanctions against Russia and its common approach in fighting against terrorism while speaking with the Benelux foreign ministers.

KIEV, Nov. 24 - Ukraine will survive the winter even if Russia completely shuts down its natural gas supplies amid escalating tensions over energy, Andriy Kobolev, the head of the national Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said.