KIEV, Feb. 20 - The European Commission has allocated EUR 18 million more of immediate assistance to victims of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides has said.

KIEV, Feb. 20 - Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said that the new wave of mud-slinging by Russia is connected with the beginning of economic growth in Ukraine against the background of the fall of the Russian economy.

KIEV, Feb. 20 – U.S. and EU officials understand Ukraine's need for defensive weapons because of Russia's aggression in Donbas, President Petro Poroshenko said.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – Combined heat and power plants have been shifted to economy mode, under the order of the Kiev mayor, to ensure that the capital will have enough coal by the end of the heating season, chief of staff at Kiev City State Administration Volodymyr Bondarenko stated.

KIEV, Feb. 21 - Ukraine's former president Leonid Kuchma on Thursday described as a "provocation" new claims by prosecutors they had evidence implicating him in the murder of critical journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, AFP reported.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych, ahead of a key summit between Ukraine and the European Union, said he shares the EU’s concerns about political prisoners in Ukraine and understands the problem must be solved quickly.

KIEV, Feb. 21 - Talks between Kiev and Moscow on the delimitation of the maritime stretch of the joint border and of the Kerch Strait are almost over, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said in Ukraine.

KIEV, Feb. 21 - Parliament on Friday is set to debate a bill that may open the door for an initial public offering of the country’s natural gas transportation system, a senior lawmaker said Tuesday.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – German doctors who last week examined Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday distanced themselves from media “speculation” over her health, adding more information was needed to diagnose her illness.

KIEV, Feb. 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday created a panel of legal experts and dignitaries to draft new constitutional amendments that may be introduced just before the next presidential election.