KIEV, Jan. 16 – Interpol has put eight former senior Ukrainian officials on its international wanted list, but Ukraine had filed requests for the issue of red notices for 22 ex-officials, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Vitaliy Yarema said.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – With Russian arms being delivered to militants, and the concentration of Russian forces on the Ukrainian border, Europe could be on the verge of a “full-scale continental war,“ National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said.

WIESBADEN, Germany, Jan. 16 - Russia is working to develop within a few years the capability to threaten several neighbors at once on the scale of its present operation in Ukraine, a senior American general said.

KIEV, Jan. 18 - Ukraine's president vowed Sunday to reassert government control over eastern regions as the army unleashed a counter-offensive against Russian-backed separatist fighters vying for command over the airport in the city of Donetsk, AP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – Prime Minister and Regions Party leader Mykola Azarov has expressed the hope that Martin Schulz, the newly elected president of the European Parliament, will support Ukraine's progress in obtaining membership in the European Union.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – The Cabinet of Ministers has authorized Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuri Boyko to sign an agreement with the Azerbaijani government on cooperation in organizing supplies of liquefied natural gas to Ukraine from Azerbaijan, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Makukha said.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – Ukraine will insist on creating a trilateral joint venture, including companies from Russia and the European Union, to operate the country’s natural gas pipelines, Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Jan. 18 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko, in a sweeping reshuffle that signals major changes in Ukraine’s financial and economic policies.

KIEV, Jan. 17 – The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has reached an agreement with representatives of oil refineries and oil traders on the stabilization of domestic prices of gasoline and diesel fuel as of February 1, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko said.

TOKYO, Jan. 18 - President Viktor Yanukovych and Speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives Takahiro Yokomichi have discussed the prospects for launching direct flights between Ukraine and Japan, the press service of the Ukrainian president reported on Tuesday.