KIEV, July 20 - The Regions Party, a pro-Russian group that seeks to appoint the prime minister and most of the government, Thursday attacked the 2006 budget as a ???catastrophe??? and pledged to change it quickly.

KIEV, July 20 - Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the second largest group in Parliament, pledged to create a single bloc of pro-Western parties to defeat pro-Russian Regions Party in the event of an early election.

KIEV, July 20 - President Viktor Yushchenko will probably take two weeks to decide on nomination of Viktor Yanukovych, the leader of pro-Russian Regions Party, for the post of the prime minister, Yushchenko??™s spokeswoman said Thursday.

KIEV, July 20 - President Viktor Yushchenko has rejected the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Roman Bezsmertny, Iryna Heraschenko, spokesperson for the president, reported on Tuesday, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, July 19 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesdayn signed a decree dismissing the entire traffic police department and gave the government three months to cope with the sweeping change.

TIRASPOL, July 19 ??“ Ukraine may ease its trade blockade of TransDnistria, Moldova??™s breakaway republic, now that Tiraspol has indicated support for a regional settlement plan initiated by President Viktor Yushchenko, an official said.

KIEV, July 20 ??“The Fuel and Energy Ministry has been given one month to transfer control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to the Ministry for Emergency Situations and Protection of Population from Chornobyl Accident Consequences.

KYIV, June 20 – In his evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in detail about the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff Headquarters' decisions regarding the protection of the Ukrainian energy system.

KYIV, June 20 – The resettlement of residents from the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia is a planned campaign of the ruling regime in Russia, according to a survey conducted by a team of analysts from the Eastern Human Rights Group and the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security.

WASHINGTON, June 20 - The U.S. has told Ukraine it can use American-supplied weapons to hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border — not just those in the region near Kharkiv, according to U.S. officials.