KYIV, Dec. 21 - Russia and Ukraine have agreed to continue to send gasoline through Ukraine to Europe for a further five years, Energy Minister Olekskiy Orzhel said Saturday.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - The same Russian intelligence hackers who tried to influence the U.S. presidential election used computer malware to target and destroy Ukrainian artillery forces, a top cybersecurity firm said Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 20 – Samopomich Party's parliamentary faction member Yegor Sobolev, who heads the parliament's anti-corruption committee, has asked Ukraine's National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) to check the accuracy of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's e-declaration.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ukraine may contribute to the development of relations between Belarus and the EU as part of the Eastern Partnership program, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

MOSCOW, Dec. 22 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold phone talks later on Monday with the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine on a political resolution to the Ukraine crisis, the Kremlin's foreign policy adviser said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev followed his Belarussian counterpart to Ukraine on Monday as Moscow's old allies reassessed their reliance on Russia in the heat of its financial malaise, AFP reported.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Ukrainian opposition leaders urged supporters at a rally on Sunday to stay on Kiev's main square through New Year and Christmas, as street protests appeared to be losing momentum.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – There were no reasons to reshuffle the government before the end of the year as lawmakers still need to debate the 2012 budget draft, Parliamentary Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will boycott her own appeal against a seven-year sentence for abuse of office, her legal team said on Thursday, branding the court case a farce.

KIEV, Dec. 21 - President Viktor Yanukovych said Ukraine is ready to consider synchronous ratification of an agreement regarding the free trade area (FTA).