WASHINGTON, April 22 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a telephone call on Tuesday that Washington would impose more sanctions on Russia if tensions did not de-escalate in eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 22 - Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov called on Tuesday for government forces to re-launch an offensive against pro-Russian rebels after a local politician from his own party was found dead with signs of torture.

KIEV, April 19 – The prosecutor's office has decided to suspend the construction of the Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi on Zoya Haidai Street (Obolon district) in Kiev because of a conflict between local residents and parishioners, the Television News Service on 1+1 Channel reported.

BRUSSELS, April 19 - The European Union cannot now name the date when a decision can be made on the signing of the Association Agreement with Ukraine, a senior EU official told reporters in Brussels on Friday, ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which will be held in Luxembourg on Monday.

KIEV, April 22 - The Public organization Anti-Corruption Council has insisted that state authorities check the accuracy of data in the income declaration of President Viktor Yanukovych for 2012.

KIEV, April 22 – A group of lawmakers has proposed that excise duties on beer be tripled, with the money raised being used to finance healthcare measures and the Okhmatdyt National Specialized Children's Hospital (Kiev).

KIEV, April 22 – Two Ukrainian pilots along with seven Turkish workers may have been abducted by Taliban in eastern Afghanistan when a Russian-made helicopter resorted to emergency landing, Russian radio reported Monday, citing a local official.

KIEV, April 22 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose jailing last year damaged Ukraine's ties with the West, was returned to prison after refusing to be treated for back pain at a state-run hospital.

KIEV, April 20 – The state budget deficit must be limited to 4.5% of GDP in 2011, while the redistribution of GDP via the budget must not exceed 30.5% of GDP, according to a budget declaration adopted under a cabinet resolution announced on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 21 – The hryvnia exchange rate will most likely stay at its present level in Q2, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the National Bank of Ukraine's governor.