KIEV, Sept. 29 – The UN is calling on Ukraine to help in fighting the global food crisis.

According to a posting on the official Web site of UN in Ukraine issued on Sept. 26, during a future official visit, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP), John Powell, plans to meet representatives of the Ukrainian government and discuss Ukraine's possible contribution of grain to assist in addressing the global food crisis.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will travel to Moscow on Oct. 2 for talks with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over natural gas supplies, the government said in a statement Monday.

The released statement comes hours after Tymoshenko said she plans to sign a gas agreement later this week.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 - US President George W. Bush met Monday with the leaders of Lithuania and Ukraine to discuss the fallout from Russia's war in Georgia and warned Moscow against "bullying" its democratic neighbors, a newswire reported.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov may reach important agreements with Russia when he travels to Moscow Friday, the first such trip by the head of the Ukrainian government over the past nine months.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Leaders of two nationalist parties Thursday called on their followers to back President Viktor Yushchenko after opinion polls indicated the president had been losing ground since the recent government crisis.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Thursday Ukraine will stop for good the process of re-privatization, which has been vigorously pushed for by his predecessor, and will seek to revive investments into sluggish economy.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - Kiev Interregional Economic Appeals Court (covering Kiev, Poltava, Cherkasy regions) has put off the examination of a case of property sharing between Regal Petroleum Corporation Limited (the U.K.) and ChernihivNaftoGazGeologia, a subsidiary of national Nadra Ukrayiny.

KYIV, Aug 28 – Ukraine has temporarily suspended payments on obligations under 2015 government derivatives (GDP warrants) from May 31, 2025 until a deal is made with them.

KYIV, Aug 28 – A U.S. Pennsylvania-based ammunition plant making a key artillery shell in Ukraine’s fight against Russia has managed to boost production by 50% to meet surging demand, with more capacity set to come on line.