KIEV, May 20 - Ukraine is open to considering proposals to place a ballistic missile-defense system on its territory to ward off the risk of attacks from Russia, a senior official said Wednesday. So far no one has offered.

KIEV, May 20 - Ukraine suggested the European Union begin buying Russian natural gas at the border between Ukraine and Russia to prevent any future supply disruptions, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

NEW YORK, May 20 – A petition calling for the designation of Russia as a "State Sponsor of Terrorism“ for its alleged covert operations in Ukraine collected more than 100,000 signatures, a threshold that now requires an official response from the White House.

BRUSSELS, May 20 - The European Commission paid out a first loan tranche of 100 million euros ($137 million) to Ukraine on Tuesday, launching a 1.6 billion euro macro-financial assistance loan program to prop up the beleaguered economy, the EU executive said.

KIEV, May 20 - Ukraine will not make a prepayment for Russian natural gas supplies in June because Gazprom has imposed a “politically motivated” high gas price, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, May 20 - The United States continues to see no evidence that President Vladimir Putin has pulled Russian forces near Ukraine back to their bases, a senior U.S. military official said on Tuesday, a day after the Kremlin announced Putin had ordered the pullback.

KIEV, May 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych, in his address to the people on the occasion of the Day of Europe, said that this holiday unites Ukraine with all peoples and continents, and symbolizes the country's European choice.

KIEV, May 20 - Ukraine postponed indefinitely a bill that would allow the government to sell its natural gas pipelines amid growing concerns among opposition parties the legislation may fuel corruption.

KIEV, May 20 – Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko will be grilled in Parliament on Tuesday amid the growing furor over a violent attack on reporters by a mob that may be linked to the ruling Regions Party.

KIEV, May 18 – Despite protests from some opposition parties, President Viktor Yanukovych is proceeding with his drive to amend Ukraine’s much-amended constitution.