KIEV, July 18 ??“ A sharp three-week standoff in Parliament between pro-Western and pro-Russian groups ended on Tuesday after lawmakers had voted to approve resolution distributing top positions in standing committees.

KIEV, July 18 - Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov on Tuesday denied reports that the government may have been seeking to sell shares or let foreign company manage the country??™s natural gas pipelines.

KIEV, July 18 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko??™s Our Ukraine party on Tuesday declared it will join parliamentary opposition as the pro-Russian coalition had pushed for nominating its leader Viktor Yanukovych as the prime minister.

KIEV, July 18 ??“ Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine??™s wealthiest businessman, on Monday failed to show up for questioning by the criminal police amid reports that he had been traveling overseas, according to the Internal Affairs Ministry.

KIEV, July 18 ??“ Four senior police officers will be dismissed and the entire traffic police department will be disbanded as a result of a dramatic shakeup announced by President Viktor Yushchenko on Monday.

KIEV, July 16 ??“ Roman Bezsmertniy, the deputy prime minister and the key advocate of an important administrative reform, submitted his resignation Saturday after a tense meeting with regional leaders who criticized the reform.

KHARKIV, July 16 ??“ The government will seek to set up a large financial company that would be able to raise financing to help recently merged aircraft manufacturer Antonov, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Saturday.

KIEV, July 17 ??“ Russia and Ukraine ended a potentially devastating natural gas dispute on Sunday after Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny signed an agreement settling the question of how to account for Russian gas stored in Ukrainian underground gas tanks.

KIEV, July 18 ??“ The second storage facility for waste nuclear fuel at Chornobyl nuclear plant will be commissioned no earlier than 2010.

KANANASKIS, Alberta, June 18 - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left the Group of Seven summit on Tuesday with new aid from host Canada for its war against Russia but said diplomacy is in "crisis" having missed the chance to press U.S. President Donald Trump for more weapons, Reuters reported.