KIEV, Jan. 23 – Police are looking for two men, aged between 30 and 40 years old, for allegedly planting two explosive devices that detonated in the city of Makiyivka on Thursday.

Police made the announcement as the authorities seek to uncover masterminds of the blasts that had been described by the security service as a “terror” plot.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – No major incidents were reported at a massive opposition rally on Saturday as former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko called her supporters for unity in opposing the government of President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has proposed the introduction of amendments to the current legislation on privatization to make the privatization process more transparent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.

KIEV, Jan. 23 -- The Regions Party will block the work of Parliament on Friday if the legislative body is scheduled to support a letter by the leaders of the state to the NATO secretary general on Ukraine's joining the Membership Action Plan (NATO MAP) at the Bucharest summit in April, MP Vasyl Kyseliov of the party faction told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko insisted on Wednesday that Ukraine should hike tariffs it charges Russia for transit of natural gas to the European Union.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – The United States on Wednesday agreed to join an energy summit in Kiev later this year, a move that supports Ukraine’s attempts to arrange alternative to Russia’s supplies of oil and natural gas.

KIEV, Jan. 23 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko fired Ukraine??™s Ambassador to Austria and will seek dismissals of other officials, including Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy, for allowing deterioration of relations with key gas supplier Turkmenistan.

KIEV, Jan. 23 ??“ Holos Ukrayiny, Parliament??™s official newspaper, will not publish on Wednesday the controversial law that has been reducing powers of President Viktor Yushchenko, the newspaper??™s editor reported on Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 23 ??“ The Ukrainian government will seek to draft legislation providing tax breaks to companies building filling stations that use compressed natural gas (CNG) as fuel, energy and fuel minister Yuriy Boyko said.

KIEV, Jan. 23 ??“ The National Bank of Ukraine spent about $500 million over the past three weeks supporting the hryvnia as demand for hard currency had increased due to growing gas imports, an official said.