KIEV, Sept. 24 - Deputy Prime Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk on Monday condemned efforts by Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko to have Ukraine join NATO and accused him of ignoring the Ukrainian people's interests while pushing for the accession.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 ??“ The European Commission has praised the pace of natural gas pumping to Ukraine's underground facilities, saying it will make it possible to meet both the domestic demand and that of the EU for gas transit during the winter season.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 ??“ The controlled destruction of 1,000 Ukrainian shoulder-fired missiles was completed on Sept. 20, the US State Department announced on Friday.

KIEV, Sept. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Friday threatened to use his constitutional powers to suspend at least one economic decision recently approved by the government unless he sees more cooperation between the authorities.

KIEV, Sept. 22 ??“ Russia was pleased by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych??™s pledge to postpone Ukraine??™s accession to NATO, but more must be done to secure a natural gas deal, a newspaper reported Saturday, citing sources.

KYIV, Aug 23 – Turkey continues to support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a video address to the Third Summit of the Crimea Platform on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 24 – Ukraine is developing an economic model for the development of Crimea as part of the Peninsula Recovery Strategy after its de-occupation, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 - The U.S. will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning at an Air National Guard base in October, the Pentagon said Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 22 – The United States plans to send Excalibur precision-guided artillery munitions to Ukraine in the future, Politico said on Sunday, citing a source familiar with the discussions on the next tranche of military assistance to Ukraine worth $775 million, which was announced on Friday, August 19.

KYIV, Aug 22 – S&P Global Ratings raised its foreign currency long- and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Ukraine to 'CCC+/C' from 'SD/SD' and the long-term issue rating on the restructured foreign currency bonds to 'CCC+' from 'D' on August 19.