KIEV, June 15 – Representatives of five trade union organizations have presented the Ukrainian government with an ultimatum, demanding that prices of natural gas for the population be halved by "selling low-priced Ukrainian-made gas to households."

KIEV, June 16 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that now Ukrainian people struggle for European values and territorial integrity when Russia attempts to destabilize the situation in the country hampering on country's way to the European Union.

KIEV, June 16 - President Petro Poroshenko wants the EU will make an immediate decision on sectoral sanctions against Russia if the situation in eastern Ukraine does not stabilize, he said during a telephone conversation with French President Francois Hollande, the presidential press service reports.

KIEV, June 16 - After the weekend loss of 49 troops when pro-Russian rebels shot down a military transport plane, Ukraine's new president ordered his forces to retake full control of their border with Russia - saying this could then pave the way for negotiations.

KIEV, June 16 - Ukraine will be able to provide safe transit of Russian natural gas to Europe, but will also seek to begin massive imports of gas from European companies, Ukrainian officials said Monday.

KIEV, June 16 - Russia cut off gas to Ukraine on Monday in a dispute over unpaid bills that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe.

Calling time on weeks of wrangling in talks over natural gas supplies, Russia said Kiev had missed a Monday morning deadline to repay $1.95 billion owed for previous purchases and announced Ukraine would now only get gas it has paid for in advance.

KIEV, June 13 – Kiev supports the further enlargement of the European Union, with the inclusion of Ukraine into common European political and economic space, President Viktor Yanukovych said at the 18th Summit of heads of state of Central Europe.

KIEV, June 16 – Seeking to expand its influence ahead of the March 2015 presidential election, Ukraine’s largest opposition party, Batkivshchyna, on Saturday merged with several smaller opposition groups.

KIEV, June 15 – The Cabinet of Ministers has passed a resolution approving the rules for issuing visas for entry into Ukraine and transit through its territory, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Dykusarov said.

KIEV, June 15 – The BYT-Batkivschyna faction in the Ukrainian parliament has demanded that an agreement between Ukraine and Russia on the stationing of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory (the so-called Kharkiv agreements) be cancelled.