KIEV, March 19 - The United States warned Moscow it was on a "dark path" to isolation on Wednesday as Russian troops seized two Ukrainian naval bases, including a headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol where they raised their flag.

KIEV, March 19 - Ukraine and Russia, after three years of talks, have finally come to a point at which they will “probably” sign a deal lowering natural gas prices, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 19 – Ukrainian companies will be affected by a possible bank-deposit levy in Cyprus, but the impact will be much smaller than on Russian companies, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday.

KIEV, March 19 - Ukraine's parliament has given preliminary approval to a ban on smoking at sports, dining, cultural facilities and the entryways of houses.

KIEV, March 19 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that he sees no objective reason for Standard & Poor’s lowering of its outlook on Ukraine sovereign credit ratings.

KIEV, March 19 – Ukraine is at the final stage of eliminating its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium under a landmark agreement reachedcwith the United States two years ago, Yonhap news agency reported Monday, citing President Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, March 16 – Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council became a center for the fight against corruption on Friday, according to Andriy Kliuyev, the secretary of the national council.

KIEV, March 19 – The largest and large Ukrainian banks' need for additional capital is less than the sum planned in the national budget for the additional capitalization of credit and financial institutions, according to Viktor Kravest, the executive officer for payment systems and a member of the board of the National Bank of Ukraine.

KIEV, March 19 – The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to cancel a 13% extra duty on the import of a number of goods, apart from on cars and refrigerators, according to the co-chairman of the government's council of entrepreneurs, Oksana Prodan.

"The government has decided to cancel the 13% extra import duty, apart from on cars and refrigerators," she said.

KIEV, March 19 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will visit Moscow within the next three weeks for talks with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a range of issues, including natural gas supplies, a government spokeswoman said Thursday.