KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Turkmenistan and Ukraine made progress in sorting out recent disagreements over natural gas debts that may lead to resumption of Turkmeni gas supplies by the end of the month, officials said Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Thursday about the latest developments in Crimea after Kiev had indicated a local referendum on the status of the Russian language was illegal.

KIEV, Feb. 23 - Ukraine revised its forecast for first quarter industrial output growth sharply down to zero from its initial expectation of two to three percent a month ago, Reuters reported Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 23 ??“ Just as Ukraine consumed more natural gas and power over the past two months due to a spell of cold weather, consumers had struggled to pay for the supplies, an official said Thursday.

LONDON, Feb. 22 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Feb. 22 revised its outlook on the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev to positive from stable, following strong economic growth, reads a S&P press release carried by Interfax-Ukraine.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko is apparently trying to reassure the West that it plans no massive revision of the privatization that Ukraine has accomplished in its years since independence.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ U.S. President Bush praised his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko, after their first meeting Tuesday, applauding the peaceful revolution that brought him to power and dangling the hope of NATO membership if the former Soviet Republic makes democratic reforms.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday Ukraine will work hard to eventually gain membership in NATO and promised a new level of cooperation with the organization.

KYIV, Jan 22 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced a bill on multiple citizenship to the Verkhovna Rada.

"Today I am introducing a key bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine that will allow the adoption of comprehensive changes to legislation and the introduction of the institution of multiple citizenship.

KYIV, Jan 22 – The European Union is inviting member countries to review Ukraine's $5.4 billion military aid fund, Bloomberg said.

"The European Union's foreign-policy arm has presented member states with a proposal to revamp fund that provides military support fund to Ukraine, as the EU shifts from sending weapons from existing stocks to procuring new ones," the publication said in the statement.