KIEV, April 22 – Ukraine greatly appreciates the support the World Bank has been rendering to Ukraine for the last 16 years, President Victor Yushchenko said at a meeting with World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in Kiev on Tuesday, the presidential press service reported.

KIEV, April 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group, following its role in enacting massive social payments earlier this year, enjoys the biggest support among Ukrainians, weeks ahead of political turbulence that may trigger early election, a poll suggested.

KIEV, April 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s group will push hard in early May to create a Parliamentary commission to enact constitutional amendments that would reduce the powers of the president, a group leader said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko may issue another decree to dismiss Parliament if the Constitutional Court rules against the president in his stand-off with the coalition, a television reported Sunday citing sources.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ The Prosecutor General??™s Office didn??™t properly check evidence of alleged corruption by a key Constitutional Court judge while issuing a statement clearing Susanna Stanik, a top security official said Sunday.

KIEV, April 22 ??“ Ukrainian leaders made little progress over the weekend to settle sharp political crisis in the country, days before an expected ruling by the Constitutional Court that may further escalate the conflict.

BRUSSELS, March 21 - The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is proposing to member countries to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus, commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday.

KYIV, March 21 - Russia fired more than two dozen missiles at Kyiv before dawn on Thursday, attacking the Ukrainian capital for the first time in six weeks and sending panicked residents flooding into the relative safety of the subway system in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war.

WASHINGTON, March 21 - The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone by the fall, The Associated Press reported Tuesday citing the Pentagon.

KYIV, March 21 – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, engaging in dueling diplomacy with Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to promote Beijing’s peace proposal for Ukraine that Western nations have all but dismissed as a non-starter.