KIEV, Jan. 23 – A recently foiled plot to kill a Ukrainian lawmaker led investigators to believe the murder of a prominent journalist in Kiev last year was carried out by Russian security services, the lawmaker said Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – The Ukrainian defense budget for 2017 will be enough to train 269 Air Force military crews and 25 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Deputy Defense Minister Oleh Shevchuk said.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – President Petro Poroshenko in the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc have discussed the issue of holding a Ukraine-Vietnam Summit in 2017.

DAVOS, Jan. 20 – Parliament deputy Serhiy Taruta said top Ukrainian officials currently in power have not lived to the hopes of the international community.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Ukrainian Wikipedia has reported it will protest against the amendments to the legal system recently passed by Parliament and signed by the president.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Ukraine is still interested in shale gas production despite the price of Russian natural gas set at $268.5 per 1,000 cubic meters, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in an interview on the Russian news TV channel Rossiya-24 on Tuesday evening.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - A Ukrainian government minister has apologized after a protester detained amid mass rallies in Kiev was stripped naked and forced to stand in snow while being mocked and assaulted by riot police.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Violent protests in Ukraine have spread beyond the capital, Kiev, even as President Viktor Yanukovych held crisis talks with three key opposition leaders.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - A Ukrainian student has told the BBC he was tortured by riot police after being arrested during violent clashes in Kiev on Monday night.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – Ukraine's crisis appears set to escalate after President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday rejected protesters’ demands and opposition leaders decided to withdraw from negotiations aimed at easing the standoff.