KIEV, Sept. 23 - Russia may resort to cutting off natural gas supplies to Europe via the Ukrainian gas pipelines during the winter, Andriy Kobolev, the head of the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Sept 23 - Moscow will curtail Ukraine's access to vital Russian markets if Kiev implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union, President Vladimir Putin warned in a letter.

KIEV, Sept. 22 – More than 60% of Ukraine's military hardware was destroyed in the initial fighting in Donbas, but Ukraine has since replaced it, according to President Petro Poroshenko.

KIEV, Sept. 22 - Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny will purchase currency directly from the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 23 - Ukraine will not withdraw its suit connected with the gas dispute with Russia from Stockholm, said Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will pay a working visit to the United States on September 24-25 to attend the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – An advisor to the Ukrainian interior minister, Zorian Shkiriak, when speaking about the next Russian "humanitarian convoy" for Donetsk, has said that the Russian side is trying to remove equipment from defense enterprises in Donetsk city and Donetsk region on these trucks.

KIEV, Sept. 23 – A first vessel with coal from South Africa will dock in Ukraine on October 15-19, of Ukrinterenergo state enterprise Director Volodymyr Zinevych told reporters in Kiev on Tuesday.

DONETSK, Sept. 24 - Pensions and wages to budget sector employees in Donetsk region, located on the territory not controlled by Ukrainian authorities, will not be paid, the director of the health department of Donetsk Regional State Administration, Olena Petriayeva, said at an online press conference.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 24 - NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.