BRUSSELS, Jan. 18 - The European Union pressed Ukraine authorities on Monday to overcome political feuding and implement promised reforms as it looks to shore up the country's democratic and economic credentials, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – The Center for the Research of Russia and Occupied Territories has studied financial flows in the parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions beyond Ukraine's control and counted financial sums embezzled by the leadership of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR).

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Twenty Ukrainian lawmakers insist that the Ukrainian parliament should introduce sanctions against Russia's OAO Rosneft and its subsidiaries in Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Ukraine and Poland agreed to build an interconnecting pipeline that will give Ukraine access to liquefied natural gas supplies via LNG terminals in the Baltic Sea, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Monday.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 19 - European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU's foreign policy chief, as violence intensified in Ukraine, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 19 - Pro-Russian separatists renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east on Monday after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there that Russia called a "strategic mistake,” Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – The president's bill on amending the constitution, removing the immunity of MPs and judges, will be sent to the Constitutional Court by parliament during the next plenary week, first deputy head of the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko's faction Ihor Kononenko said.

MOSCOW, Jan. 17 - Russian migration service chief Konstantin Romodanovsky has said the new rule requiring Ukrainian citizens to enter Russia using only foreign passports has been put off at the request of Ukrainian citizens.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 – The United States welcomes Ukraine's achievements over the past year, Director of the U.S. Department of State's Press Office Jeff Rathke said at a press briefing.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – The schedule of President Viktor Yanukovych does not foresee his participation in the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), the presidential press service said in response to an information request from Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.