KIEV, June 17 - About 30 Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists near Ukraine's eastern border with Russia early on Tuesday, Reuters reported citing the border guard service.

KIEV, June 17 - The government Wednesday plans to approve a bill on the state of emergency in the country’s energy sector after Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 17 - Ukraine said on Tuesday it was treating an explosion on a pipeline carrying Russian gas to the rest of Europe as a possible "act of terrorism" intended to discredit Ukraine as a reliable supplier.

KIEV, June 17 – Vitaliy Klichko, the leader of the opposition Udar party, has been rapidly increasing in popularity and may have the best chance of beating President Viktor Yanukovych at the next presidential election, an opinion poll suggests.

KIEV, June 15 – Ukraine's European partners should take into account the fact that the gas contracts of 2009 were signed at the expense of ordinary Ukrainian citizens, Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko said.

KIEV, June 15 - Ukraine is considering measures, such as tax breaks, to stimulate its domestic shipbuilding industry to build a fleet of tankers capable of shipping liquefied natural gas, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Friday.

KIEV, June 15 - Ukraine will probably impose higher duties on imports of gasoline and diesel fuel in order to restart domestic oil refineries, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Friday.

KIEV, June 17 – Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Sunday praised the European Union for sending two high-profile representatives to Ukraine to monitor legal proceedings against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

STRASBOURG, June 14 - The European Commission is planning to closely monitor the court hearings on the criminal case opened against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko due to the activities of the United Energy Systems of Ukraine Corporation, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fule said.

KIEV, June 15 – An investigation will be conducted in Ukraine after Euro 2012 regarding cases of corruption during the country's preparations for the European football championship, promised Rebecca Harms (Germany), co-Chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.