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DAVOS, Jan. 22 - The World Economic Forum in Davos has withdrawn an invitation to the Ukrainian prime minister to attend the forum amid spiraling violence in Kiev, BuzzFeed reported Wednesday, citing two sources.
KIEV, Jan. 22 – A protester who was abducted with a prominent journalist on Tuesday and tortured by thugs was found dead on Wednesday in the woods outside Kiev, police reported.
KIEV, Jan. 22 – Ukrainian opposition leaders on Wednesday gave President Viktor Yanukovych 24 hours to accept a plan for early presidential election or to face a new wave of confrontation.
KIEV, Jan. 21 – Poland intends to continue to act as an advocate of Ukraine in its efforts to join the European Union, and hopes that the issue of the formation of a free trade area can be resolved at the next EU summit, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Beata Stelmach told Ukrainian journalists.
KIEV, Jan. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych will take part in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23-24, said Serhiy Liovochkin, the head of the presidential administration.
KIEV, Jan. 22 - Jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday denied she was behind the murder of a politician and businessman in 1996, and instead tried to link President Viktor Yanukovych to the case.
