KIEV, April 21 ??“ Luhansk region governor Henadiy Moskal, one of President Viktor Yushchenko??™s toughest managers, submitted his resignation, Interfax reported on Friday citing a report from the local council.

SEVASTOPOL, April 21 ??“ Russia rules out any talks with Ukraine over duration and price of stationing of its naval fleet in Sevastopol, a senior Russian diplomat said.

KIEV, April 21 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Ukraine's national oil and gas company, signed an agreement with Deutsche Bank on Thursday to borrow $300 million, the company said in a statement.

KIEV, April 21 - TNK-BP, Russia's third-largest oil company, Thursday agreed to temporarily reduce retail prices of the gasoline and diesel fuel that it sells throughout Ukraine, ending a sharp four-day standoff with the government.

KIEV, April 21 ??“ Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, will be summoned to Parliament Friday to explain the recent dramatic appreciation of the hryvnia, which has caused panic on the market.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ The hryvnia exchange rate is in for some further adjustment, according to Ukrainian bankers questioned by Interfax-Ukraine.

CHISINAU, April 22 ??“ Leaders of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan, meeting in Chisinau on Friday, urged Russia to pull out its troops from Moldova and Georgia in line with commitments undertaken six years ago.

BRUSSELS, March 24 – The White House has quietly assembled a team of national security officials to sketch out scenarios of how the U.S. and its allies should respond if Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashes his stockpiles of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, The New York Times reported.

KYIV, March 24 - Ukraine said on Thursday they destroyed Russian navy landing ship Orsk in an attack on a Russian-occupied port facility in the city of Berdyansk.

BRUSSELS, March 24 - The U.S. will accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and others fleeing Russia’s invasion and provide more than $1 billion in new humanitarian assistance, the White House announced Thursday.