KIEV, Feb. 19 - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko and European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Johannes Hahn are to discuss ratification of an association agreement between Kiev and the European Union.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – European Council President Donald Tusk said that he is holding consultations with EU leaders due to the escalation of the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

KHARKIV, Feb. 22 – Ukraine said on Sunday it feared unrest could spread beyond territory held by pro-Russian separatists, after an explosion killed two people at a memorial rally in an eastern city far from the front line, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Feb. 22 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday dismissed Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy from the post of finance minister and appointed him first deputy prime minister, the presidential press service reported.

MOSCOW, Feb. 22 – Days after resuming natural gas price talks, Russia on Wednesday suddenly accelerated pressure on Ukraine, threatening to reduce to ‘zero’ shipments of its gas via Ukrainian pipelines within years.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – The Main Investigatory Department of the Prosecutor General's Office said it has completed its pre-trial investigation into a criminal case on abuse of power against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

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.