KIEV, Sept. 11 – Ukrainian ambassadors to foreign countries where the positions in embassies are now vacant will be appointed in the near future, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has called for the cancellation of Ukraine's non-aligned status and noted that Ukraine's position on Euro-Atlantic integration is currently supported by most Ukrainians.

KIEV, Sept. 11 - Ukraine on Thursday asked the European Union to investigate recent natural gas supply cuts by Russia amid concerns that Moscow has been using gas as a weapon threatening regional security.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 11 - European Union governments agreed on Thursday to begin their new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis on Friday but could lift them next month if Moscow abides by a fragile truce, while the United States prepared its own fresh sanctions, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Naftogaz Ukrayiniy is demanding in Stockholm arbitration court that Russia's Gazprom review gas prices in effect since 2011, the head of the Ukrainian state oil and gas company, Andrei Kobolev said Thursday on Ukraine's Channel 5.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking at a conference in Kiev, emphasized the importance of the bill on special status for certain districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the context of the peace process in eastern Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – The situation in Ukraine is important for the security of the whole of Europe, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said.

KIEV, Sept. 12 - The Ukrainian government has approved National Security and Defense Council proposals regarding the application of personal sanctions against individual Russians.

KIEV, Sept. 12 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will make his first official visit to Canada on September 17, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced.

KIEV, Sept. 14 - Ukraine's defense minister said on Sunday that NATO countries were delivering weapons to his country to equip it to fight pro-Russian separatists and "stop" Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.