KIEV, Aug. 19 – Any admission of guilt by Yulia Tymoshenko that she exceeded her powers when holding Ukrainian-Russian gas talks in 2009 would not be legal grounds for the revision of contracts signed between Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Gazprom, according to lawyers polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Aug. 19 – Ukraine has agreed the revenue side of its draft state budget for 2012 with the International Monetary Fund, whereas proposals for the expenditure side are currently being discussed, First Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration Iryna Akimova said at a briefing in Kiev on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - Two Ukrainian coal miners were killed after a gallery collapsed at the Stakhanov coalmine in the Donetsk region late Thursday, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported on Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Friday urged UkrNafta, Ukraine’s largest oil producer, to boost oil output and backed its plans for selling some of its shares through an IPO.

KIEV, Aug. 19 - Only four days after delivering its first set of proposals, Ukraine is working on new proposals to encourage Russia to lower its natural gas prices, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Friday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – The health of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko deteriorated on Saturday amid speculation that her mysterious skin symptoms may have been caused by rat poison commonly used in Ukrainian prisons.

KIEV, Aug. 21 - The Security Service says it has received documents from the presidential secretariat on the activities of the Cabinet of Ministers that are harmful to national interests, the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine said on Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – Seeking to reverse Ukraine’s pro-Western policy, Russia has stepped up support for various political groups in the country in an effort unseen since the 2004 presidential election, a top official said Thursday.

KIEV, Aug. 20 – President Viktor Yushchenko has received credentials from the newly appointed ambassadors of Germany, France, Canada, and the Republic of Korea.

KIEV, Aug. 20 - President Viktor Yushchenko insisted on Monday that plans to privatize key enterprises be suspended until after early parliamentary elections scheduled for Sept. 30.