KIEV, Jan. 21 - President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Wednesday of sending 9,000 troops to back separatist rebels in the east of his country, and the IMF chief said she backed extra financial help for Kiev as the conflict inflicts severe economic damage, Reuters reported.
MOSCOW, Jan. 21 - Russia told European governments on Tuesday to stop meddling in Ukraine's political crisis and said events could be spinning out of control in Kiev after violence that left vehicles burning in the streets, Reuters reported.
KIEV, Jan. 21 - A new wave of attacks targeting journalists and protest activists swept Kiev spelling out doubts over President Viktor Yanukovych’s commitment for talks to end Ukraine’s deepest political crisis in decades.
KIEV, Jan. 20 – The reduction of prices for imported gas and Russia's opening a credit line will relieve devaluation pressure on the hryvnia, according to Oleksiy Tkachenko, deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 - Ukrainians living in New York on Wednesday called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council amid escalating violence in Ukraine as the government had used deadly force against protesters.
KIEV, Jan. 21 – Political confrontation appears set to escalate in Ukraine after opposition parties on Monday demanded the holding of an emergency session of Parliament in reaction to a new investigation against jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
KIEV, Jan. 21 - Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, the frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election, said Thursday he will seek to resume talks with Russia over a joint venture to operate natural gas pipelines.
KIEV, Jan. 21 - Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday told Arcelor Mittal to hike wages at its Ukrainian steelmaker by 25% by the end of January or face punishment from the government.
KIEV, Jan. 21 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, in talks with politicians whose supporters may decide the outcome of next month’s presidential vote, promised to dismiss Parliament and to call an early election, a lawmaker said.
