WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will fly to Ukraine to meet with government officials and discuss a U.S. plan to provide up to $2 billion in loan guarantees to Kiev this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - Fighting intensified around the Donetsk international airport on Thursday as pro-Russian separatists stepped up efforts to dislodge government forces and Ukraine's military said two of its soldiers had been killed, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – A new head of Kiev city state administration could be appointed only after Oleksandr Popov is dismissed from this post, acting Kiev governor Anatoliy Holubchenko said.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 16 - U.S. senators talked about the weak position of the U.S. administration in terms of supporting Ukraine during the political crisis and the absence of a strong position with regard to Russia.

The State Department, in turn, spoke about the need for a peaceful solution to the current standoff in Ukraine and said that all tools "are on the table," including a ban on entry.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – The leaders of parliamentary opposition factions have said that the vote in Parliament on Thursday was illegitimate and described this as an overthrow of constitutional order in Ukraine and the seizure of power in the country.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s party and its allies in Parliament in a controversial move Thursday voted to approve legislation that marks the government's biggest yet attack on civil liberties and unleashes repression against protesters.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 15 – The European Commission looks forward to Ukraine's report on the fulfillment of the first phase of the EU-Ukraine Visa Liberalization Action Plan (VLAP) and says that the fulfillment of the Action Plan's first phase, required for advancing to the second phase, cannot in any way be linked to the upcoming EU-Ukraine Summit.

KIEV, Jan. 16 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s spokeswoman on Wednesday denied media reports that a trip to Moscow has been scheduled for February to discuss closer economic and trade cooperation with Russia.

KIEV, Jan. 16 - Former head of Kharkiv regional state administration and head the Kharkiv regional branch of the party, Arsen Avakov, could stay near Milan (Italy), the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine newspaper issued on Saturday reports.

KIEV, Jan, 16 - Ukraine appears to have few good cards to play to secure a significant reduction in the price of its Russian gas imports as it readies for a resumption of crucial talks with Russia, Reuters reported on Monday, citing experts.