KIEV, Feb. 22 – The Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry on Tuesday scrambled to deny a report that Ukrainian pilots have flown Libya’s planes attacking peaceful demonstrators seeking dismissal of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - The U.S. government will pay for an upcoming geological survey of Ukraine’s potential energy resources, including shale gas deposits, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - Ukraine plans to turn its national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny into a publicly traded company by selling some of its shares at an IPO, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Feb. 19 - Ukraine's new leadership under president-elect Viktor Yanukovych will hopefully strengthen economic and trade ties with Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said.

KIEV, Feb. 22 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Monday launched a desperate attempt to stay in power despite declared plans by President-elect Viktor Yanukovych to reshuffle the government and to create a new coalition.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – The European Union will remain a main trade partner for Ukraine under President Viktor Yanukovych, the deputy chairman of Parliament’s committee for international affairs, Regions Party MP Leonid Kozhara, said.

KIEV, Feb. 19 – Deputy Parliament Speaker Mykola Tomenko has asked Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko to consider the possibility of restarting a visa regime for European Union citizens in accordance with the provisions of the Ukraine-EU visa facilitation agreement, Tomenko's press service reported on Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – The sharp fall in industrial production in Ukraine in January of 16.1% against December 2008 is linked with the international economic crisis, the weakening of the hryvnia, the large number of days off and difficulties with gas supplies, according to the Ukrainian economy ministry.

KIEV, Feb. 20 - The level of the dollarization of Ukraine's economy in 2008 grew to 30.6% from the 22.8% registered by the beginning of the year, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Ukraine will meet its obligation and will be able to pay Russian gas giant Gazprom before March 7 for natural gas consumed in February.