KIEV, June 12 - Western diplomats joined gay rights activists on a Pride march in Kiev on Sunday and spoke of signs of progress on gay rights in Ukraine after the event passed off largely without incident, Reuters reported.

KIEV, June 16 – Several hundred people are rallying outside the building of Ukraine's Parliament on Tuesday morning to demand re-indexation of their salaries and pensions.

KIEV, June 16 - Ukraine's Finance Minister said on Tuesday Ukraine was fulfilling all its debt obligations despite strained restructuring talks and was not treating its $3 billion debt to Russia differently from its other bonds, Reuters reported.

BRUSSELS, June 16 - NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that Russian plans to deploy 40 new nuclear ballistic missiles announced by President Vladimir Putin were part of a dangerous pattern of behavior by Moscow, AFP reported.

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.