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.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – The Central Election Commission must approve extra measures to prevent massive fraud at the Sept. 30 election following its decision to allow casting ballots at home, a Kiev court ruled Monday.

KIEV, Aug. 21 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday ordered his Tu-134 plane to land in Kherson airport minutes after takeoff after seeing that a major wildfire was quickly spreading through the regional forest.