KIEV, Oct. 20 – Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says that the organized crime control department will be liquidated as part of the reform of the interior ministry's agencies.

KIEV, Oct. 20 - The Ukrainian military's overall fatalities during the breakthrough from the encirclement near Ilovaisk in Donetsk region topped 300, the Ukrainian parliamentary commission investigating the Ilovaisk tragedy said in an interim report circulated at a press conference in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – The number of internally displaced persons from Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea has reached nearly 417,000 people, Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Volodymyr Hroisman Minister said.

KIEV, Oct. 20 - The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has denied a report by the German magazine Spiegel that the Malaysian airliner flying over Donetsk region on July 17 could have been shot down with a Buk missile system which the militia had reportedly captured from a Ukrainian military unit.

KIEV, Oct. 20 - A powerful explosion near a munitions factory rocked the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, breaking windows several miles away, but there was no word of any casualties, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Oct. 20 – Ukraine and the European Commission have agreed on a common stand at gas talks with Russia which are scheduled for Tuesday, Naftogaz Ukrayiny reported.

The agreement was reached at a meeting in Kiev on Monday, the state-owned company said.

LONDON, Oct. 20 - Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission moved towards an agreement in late September and made further progress over the weekend, Reuters reported.

The deal is expected to be finalized at meetings between officials in Brussels on Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 - Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko would have to return to Ukraine to complete her prison sentence after receiving any medical treatment abroad, Reuters reported, citing a draft bill submitted to Parliament Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 18 – If the European Union refuses to continue to cooperate with Kiev, Ukraine is likely to join the Customs Union, said Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko.

VILNIUS, Oct. 19 – The European Union, which has continued cooperation with Moscow in spite of the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case, should apply the same standards to Kiev, despite the imprisonment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament said.