KIEV, Sept. 16 – The Cabinet of Ministers will investigate accusations of corruption and other abuses recently brought against the heads of the State Fiscal Service, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – Ukraine is prepared for the possible introduction of a trade embargo by Russia after the economic provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union become effective, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 – The Crimean Tatars will block roads to prevent cargo from being delivered from mainland Ukraine to Crimea on September 20, Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP, leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov said.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - Parliament voted Wednesday to approve a bill that kills a deal with Russia to build two new nuclear power reactors at Khmelnytskiy Nuclear Power Plant, Parliament’s press service reported.

KIEV, Sept. 16 - A decision by rebels in eastern Ukraine to hold elections poses a "great danger" to the peace process, President Petro Poroshenko warned.

He also announced sanctions on over 400 people and 90 legal entities held responsible for Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in the east.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - Ukraine is set to ratify a disputed EU agreement and offer limited self-rule to parts of the separatist east as it moves to turn the page on the bloodiest chapter of its post-Soviet history, AFP reported.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine Monday, as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire, AFP reported.

KIEV, Sept. 15 - Fighting broke out again in Ukraine's rebel-held city of Donetsk on Monday as President Petro Poroshenko prepared to unveil a risky plan to give the separatist east "special status."

MOSCOW, Sept. 15 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the importance of maintaining the ceasefire in Ukraine in a phone conversation on Monday, the Kremlin said in a statement, Reuters reported.

BERLIN, Sept. 15 - The German government has no knowledge of any country delivering weapons to the Ukraine government, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday when asked about the Ukrainian defense minister's remarks that some NATO countries were sending arms, Reuters reported.