KIEV, June 23 - President Petro Poroshenko is urging people in the eastern regions to support his peace plan and settle issues through talks, the presidential press service reports.

KIEV, June 23 - Ukraine may resume talks with Russia in July over natural gas supplies, Andriy Kobolev, the head of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said Monday.

“The talks may resume in July,” Kobolev said at a press conference.

WASHINGTON, June 23 - U.S. President Barack Obama urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to support peace in Ukraine and said Moscow would face further "costs" if it did not take steps to reduce tensions in the country, the White House said on Monday, Reuters reported.

DONETSK, June 23 - Separatist leaders in two main areas of Ukraine's east have agreed to observe a ceasefire with Ukrainian forces until June 27, one of them, Alexander Boroday, said on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 23 – President Viktor Yanukovych has asked the business community for a weather forecast.

KIEV, June 23 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Ukraine on Saturday for meetings with Ukrainian leaders, a Russian diplomat reported Thursday.

The meetings, with President Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, will take place at government resorts in Crimea, Vsevolod Loskutov, a senior Russian diplomat at the embassy in Kiev, said.

KIEV, June 23 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s supporters plan a massive rally Friday in Kiev as a court prepares to begin hearing a case in which she is accused of exceeding authority while negotiating a natural gas deal with Russia in 2009.

KIEV, June 22 – Ukraine needs confirmation of its chances for membership in the European Union, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

At a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Kiev on Wednesday, Yanukovych stressed that the key issues on the agenda of cooperation between Ukraine and the EU is the liberalization of visa regime, creation of free trade area and signing of the Association Agreement.

LVIV, June 21 – Ukraine is ready to tackle any outbreak of influenza and has enough stocks of the necessary medicines, Health Minister Zynoviy Mytnyk said.

KIEV, June 21 – The Cabinet of Ministers has simplified the procedure for crossing the border during the holding of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship.

These changes are aimed at simplifying border controls during the preparations for and the holding of the Euro 2012 finals in Ukraine.