KIEV, July 15 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree to cancel this year's Independence Day military parade in Kiev, Kerch, Odessa, Sevastopol, and cities hosting the headquarters of the branches of the Ukrainian army.

MOSCOW, July 15 – Days after imposing restrictions on imports of meat and dairy, Russia warned Ukraine it may also target the steel sector, the backbone of its economy, unless Kiev joins a Moscow-led trade bloc.

BRUSSELS, July 17 – The content of Ukraine-European Union new enhanced agreement shows that this document should be an association agreement, something on which the Ukrainian side is insisting, the head of the Ukrainian side at the talks said.

KIEV, July 17 - Caspian Sea crude oil shipments to the European Union via Ukraine will face delays now that Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has unexpectedly banned a state company from signing oil contracts, a top official said Thursday.

KIEV, July 16 - The number of mobile communications subscribers fell by 0.2% in Ukraine in June 2007 compared to May 2007, to 51.267 million, AC&M Consulting reported.

ASHGABAT, July 16 - Ukraine is planning to boost military and technical cooperation with Afghanistan, to extract gas in this country and to develop its infrastructure.

KIEV, July 16 - Industrial output in Ukraine grew by 10.4% year-on-year in June, up from 9.9% in May.

KIEV, July 17 - Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy must be fired for "incompetence" following a train crash in western Ukraine that produced a toxic cloud in the area, President Viktor Yushchenko's office said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 17 - Fourteen people were taken to the hospital and hundreds evacuated from their homes in western Ukraine after a train, carrying yellow phosphorus, crashed causing fire and emitting poisonous gas, officials said Tuesday.

KIEV, July 17 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko will probably join an informal meeting of leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Saturday and Sunday in Moscow, a spokeswoman to the president said Monday.