KIEV, Jan. 21 – A rise in information attacks are expected through the last two weeks on the Dutch poll's decision whether to ratify Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Dmytro Kuleba said.

KIEV, Jan. 20 – Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn has dismissed allegations that the terms of contracts for electricity imports from Russia and for electricity supply to Crimea, which were signed in late 2014, were enslaving and unfavorable.

KIEV, Jan. 20 - Japan will in 2015, within the framework of international assistance, issue a $300 million loan and a $16.6 million grant to Ukraine to restore social facilities and infrastructure in the east of the country, Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi said.

KIEV/MOSCOW, Jan. 20 – President Petro Poroshenko will visit the events devoted to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

At a meeting with Poroshenko on Monday, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz asked the president whether he can visit the events scheduled for January 27.

KIEV, Jan. 21 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has ordered an internal investigation into the actions of officials in the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry and state enterprises during the signing of contracts on the supply of electricity by Ukrinterenergo and Russia's Inter RAO.

DAVOS, Jan. 22 - Ukraine plans to cover up to 60 percent of its gas import needs this year from Europe, leaving its once-dominant supplier Russia delivering the rest, the head of the state energy firm told Reuters on Thursday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 22 - NATO has detected signs of heightened Russian involvement in fighting in parts of eastern Ukraine, the alliance's top military commander said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 – Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius has said he believes that the EU's measures in relation to Ukraine due to the worsening political crisis are insufficient and does not rule out that Brussels will impose sanctions if the situation deteriorates.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 - Ukrainians living in New York on Wednesday called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council amid escalating violence in Ukraine as the government had used deadly force against protesters.

DAVOS, Jan. 22 - The World Economic Forum in Davos has withdrawn an invitation to the Ukrainian prime minister to attend the forum amid spiraling violence in Kiev, BuzzFeed reported Wednesday, citing two sources.