KIEV, Oct. 21 – The National Bank of Ukraine on Tuesday sent a letter to Fitch Ratings complaining that the recent downgrade action taken against the country had not been justified by facts.

KIEV, Oct. 21 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s economic rescue package was stalled in Parliament on Tuesday after Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s lawmakers blocked the podium, making the session of the legislature impossible.

KIEV, Oct. 19 – The coalition of the BYT and Our Ukraine-People’s Self-Defense Bloc - if it is formed in the future parliament - plans to carry out an international-standards audit of UkrTransNafta, the Ukrainian monopoly oil transporter, and launch modern market mechanisms for attracting investment and standards of corporate management of the oil transportation system.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The Regions Party (PRU) headed by Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has vowed to continue its organizing efforts to promote a referendum concerning official status for the Russian language, non-alignment status for Ukraine and election of regional state administration heads.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - The Ukrainian government signed a Production Sharing Agreement with Vanco Energy, an independent U.S. oil company, for a major offshore oil and gas extraction project, the press service of the Ukrainian president reported Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 19 - Ukraine’s likely new government coalition pledged to work hard to eventually secure supplies of Central Asian natural gas to Europe via the country’s gas pipelines, according to a coalition agreement released Friday.

KYIV, Sept 18 - Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge fire and forcing some residents to evacuate, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday. At least 13 people were injured, Russia's Health Ministry added.

KYIV, Sept 19 – According to experts interviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), power outages will last from 4 to 18 hours daily in winter, the monitors' report says.

KYIV, Sept 19 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had reduced the potential of Russian troops to launch attacks in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the more than 2 1/2-year-old war, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, Sept 19 - European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is traveling to war-ravaged Ukraine on Friday with the promise of 160 million euros ($180 million) in fresh energy funds to get the nation through the winter, The Associated Press reported.