KIEV, March 18 - Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said reforms and proposed Constitutional amendments aimed at the decentralization of the country's administration will be conducted in the country.

KIEV, March 19 – Events in Crimea raise the potential threat to the revision of Kharkiv agreements of 2010 under which Russia's Gazprom gave a $100 discount per 1,000 cubic meters of gas to national Naftogaz Ukrayiny in exchange for prolongation of the stay of the Russian Black Sea Navy in Sevastopol, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan said.

WASHINGTON, March 19 - President Barack Obama ruled out U.S. military involvement in Ukraine on Wednesday, emphasizing diplomacy in the U.S. standoff with Russia over Crimea.

KIEV, March 19 - The West has come a long way in backing Ukraine in its confrontation with Russia over Moscow's takeover of the Crimea peninsula and is certain to provide further support, Ukraine's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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.