KIEV, Jan. 29 – Russian gas giant Gazprom on Thursday denied it had ever transferred 10 billion cubic meters of RosUkrEnergo’s natural gas stashed in Ukrainian underground gas tanks to Naftogaz Ukrayiny, only $1.7 billion of debt.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 29 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday vowed to get rid of RosUkrEnergo, Ukraine’s only supplier of natural gas, before the end of June, or six months sooner than had been previously expected.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – President Viktor Yushchenko’s office on Tuesday responded strongly to a warning by Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that she may compete with the incumbent for the presidency next year.

KIEV, Jan. 29 ??“ Talks are underway between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych to try to avert the constitutional crisis that may be caused by the recently approved law reducing powers of the president.

DAVOS, Jan. 26 - George Soros, a U.S. financier and philanthropist, said Ukraine should try to reduce its dependence on Russian gas supplies and to make gas supplies to Ukraine more transparent.

KIEV, Jan. 28 ??“ Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, an opposition leader who controls one of the biggest groups in Parliament, indicated Saturday his party may back a compromise ending a three-week political crisis in Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 29 ??“ Agriculture Minister Oleksandr Baranivskiy cancelled his trip to Moscow Sunday after the Russian government had failed to confirm talks on lifting its ban on imports of meat and dairy products from Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 27 ??“ Ukraine reduced by 10% daily use of natural gas on Thursday ending a week of rampant gas consumption that had been triggered by extremely cold weather, the Energy and Fuel Ministry said Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 28 ??“ Thousands of workers from throughout Ukraine have been dispatched to Alchevsk over the weekend in response to an accident that had left much of the city without heat supply during the freezing cold.