KIEV, Feb. 17 – The Ukrainian government has urged activists to unblock transit of Russian trucks on the territory of Ukraine to execute international obligations taken by partner countries and to retain places of work.
KIEV, Feb. 18 - Ukraine's Samopomich party has quit the ruling coalition, one of its leaders Oleh Berezyuk said on Thursday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk to find new allies or risk the collapse of the government, Reuters reported.
KIEV, Feb. 18 - Ukraine vowed on Thursday to fight Russia's demand for the full repayment of a $3 billion loan it issued to the country in 2013 under ousted Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych, AFP reported.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 – European Parliament President Martin Schulz has made a statement on the deadly clashes in Ukraine, in which he urged all sides of the conflict to refrain from violence.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 19 - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said that the EU will respond to any deterioration of the situation in Ukraine with targeted measures against those responsible for violence.
SOCHI, Feb. 20 - Two members of Ukraine's Olympics team decided on Thursday to pull out of the Sochi Winter Games in support of demonstrators back home after widespread anti-government protests left dozens dead and hundreds injured.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been unable to get anyone on the phone at Ukraine's defense ministry over the past several days as violence flared and Kiev named a new head of the armed forces general staff, Reuters reported Thursday, citing the Pentagon.
KIEV, Feb. 20 - The European Union agreed on Thursday to impose sanctions on those responsible for deadly violence in Ukraine and warned it would ratchet up the pressure if the situation there got worse.
KIEV, Feb. 20 - European Union foreign ministers sought to broker a political settlement in Ukraine after gun battles between police and anti-government protesters brought the death toll to 75 in two days of the worst violence in the country since Soviet times.
