KIEV, March 29 - A summit between top European Union officials and Ukraine's leaders will take place in Kiev at the end of April, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday, AFP reported.

KIEV, March 27 - Russia plans to eliminate Ukraine as an independent state and could spark a new offensive in the east to achieve that aim, Ukraine's prime minister told The Associated Press on Friday.

KIEV, March 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has denied that his initiatives to improve social standards have anything to do with the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

"They keep saying that these [social initiatives] are related to the forthcoming elections.

KIEV, March 29 - A Ukrainian teenager has died three weeks after being set on fire in a gang rape attack by youths that shocked the nation and raised doubts about the competence of police, AFP reported.

KIEV, March 27 – The construction of a containment shelter will start at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.

KIEV, March 28 – The main topic of the meeting of U.S. President Barack Obama and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was Ukraine's contribution to world security, according to Andriy Honcharuk, advisor to the Ukrainian President and head of the Main Department on Foreign Relations at the Presidential Administration.

SINGAPORE, March 29 - President Viktor Yanukovych has called on Singaporean businessmen to participate in the implementation of national projects in Ukraine, including the construction of a sea terminal to receive liquefied natural gas.

KIEV, March 29 – Ukraine's nuclear power plants are able to withstand maximum earthquakes possible in the country, Emergencies Minister Viktor Baloha said.

KIEV, March 29 – President Viktor Yanukovych has demanded that after March 31, when the quotas on grain exports expire, that a document be drafted to replace them, if necessary, with customs measures, said Iryna Akimova first deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration.

KIEV, March 29 – Ukraine will seek by early June to approve pension reform legislation raising the retirement age, the key demand from the International Monetary Fund, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Tuesday.