KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ Ukraine??™s presidential election Dec. 26 will be disrupted unless President Leonid Kuchma signs within days a law allowing two companies to print ballots, a senior official warned Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ Thousands of people are being recruited throughout Ukrainian regions to march on the capital of Kiev on Dec. 26 to support Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

KIEV, Dec. 15 ??“ President Leonid Kuchma was taking steps Wednesday to shield from prosecution a top security service official whose name had been recently mentioned in investigation of poisoning of Ukrainian opposition leader.

KIEV, Dec. 16 ??“ As part of the compromise to defuse Ukraine??™s political crisis, President Leonid Kuchma promised to fire Internal Affairs Minister Mykola Bilokon, but never delivered on the promise, opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko said.

KYIV, Nov 15 - President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak has said that Ukrainian forces have gained a foothold on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro river, BBC reported on Wednesday.

KYIV, Nov 16 – The Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) are more optimistic about the situation with the resumption of budget financing from the United States than it might seem, but they also have a scenario in case such financing is further suspended, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

KYIV, Nov 16 - David Cameron traveled Thursday to the Ukrainian port of Odesa in his first overseas trip as Britain’s new foreign minister, and pledged that the U.K. would continue providing military support until Ukraine is victorious in its war with Russia.

KYIV, Nov 16 – The recovery plan for the de-occupied Crimea will provide for the attraction of at least 30% of tourists from the countries of the European Union and America, Head of the State Agency for Tourism Development Mariana Oleskiv has said.

KYIV, Nov 16 – The Swedish government announces the preparation of a winter aid package for Ukraine, which will include both military and humanitarian support, as well as support for the restoration of critical infrastructure.

NEW YORK, Nov 16 - The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday over responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland near the Ukrainian border, an event the U.N. political chief called “a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further escalation” of the nine-month war in Ukraine.