MOSCOW, Sept. 29 - Russia issued a new warning on Monday that it would retaliate if the European Union or Ukraine push ahead with moves to implement a free-trade agreement, Reuters reported.

DNIPROPETROVSK, Sept. 29 – Dnipropetrovsk Governor Ihor Kolomoisky said he thinks that the peace process in the Donbas started because a cold winter is coming.

However, by spring Ukrainians need to be prepared for any case scenario, he said at a press conference.

PRAGUE, Sept. 29 - It is foolish to expect gas to flow as usual through Ukraine this winter and Europe must brace for disruption along the route that typically carries almost half of Russia's exports to the European Union, a top Czech energy official said on Monday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, Oleh Liashko's Radical Party, the Batkivschyna All-Ukrainian Union and the Civil Position party will win seats in the next Verkhovna Rada, according to a survey conducted by Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) at the request of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).

KIEV, Sept. 26 - The Ukrainian government has approved and submitted proposals on personal economic and other restrictive measures against 209 legal entities and over 1,000 individuals supportive of Russian aggression against Ukraine for the consideration of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

KIEV, Sept. 29 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry on July 22-29 boosted purchases of securities by UAH 22.44 billion, to UAH 96.61 billion, in exchange for government domestic loan bonds, the State Treasury Service reported on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 27 - FIFA’s decision to force Ukraine to play their next home 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Poland without spectators has caused outrage among the country’s supporters.

KIEV, Sept. 26 – Ukraine, on the road to diversifying energy supplies, should more actively work on the reform of the energy sector, the development of gas production, and the creation of an enabling environment for investors, said Regions Party MP Anatoliy Kinakh, first deputy chairman of Parliament's Committee on National Security and Defense.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday denounced her trial over alleged abuse of office as a "political lynching,” while European leaders urged Ukraine to observe the rules of democracy.

KIEV, Sept. 29 — Hundreds of people gathered in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday to mark the 69th anniversary of the Nazi massacre of tens of thousands of Jews.