MOSCOW, April 23 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States of being behind the political upheaval in Ukraine and said Moscow would respond if its interests came under attack, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 23 – The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry could not confirm that there were two Ukrainians on board a helicopter that were abducted by Taliban on Sunday following an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan.

KIEV, April 23 - Ukraine’s state investment agency and Exelerate Energy of the U.S. signed an agreement opening way for engineering work to prepare for delivery of a floating liquefied natural gas plant, the agency reported Tuesday.

KIEV, April 23 – TVi, a Ukrainian television channel known for its investigative reports exposing corruption in the government, suspended broadcasts on Tuesday following a shareholder dispute and a reshuffle of top management.

KIEV, April 23 - Ukraine plans to build by the end of 2013 a new safety confinement over the damaged reactor at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Monday.

KIEV, April 23 – Ukraine’s two largest opposition groups on Monday signed a unification agreement allowing former Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk to lead jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party in October elections.

KIEV, April 23 – President Viktor Yushchenko has signed amendments to the law on electricity regarding electricity exports, which were adopted by Parliament on March 19, according to a posting on the official Web site of the president.

KIEV, April 23 – The Fuel and Energy Ministry has recommended combined heat power plants halve their electricity generation.

KIEV, April 23 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will meet her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 29, restarting bilateral talks a month after they had been postponed by Russia.

KIEV, April 23 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has resumed secret talks with the opposition Regions Party seeking to amend Ukraine’s constitution by changing the way the next president is elected, Segodnia daily reported Thursday citing a source.