KIEV, Dec. 28 ??“ Ukraine, the biggest shipper of Russian natural gas to the European Union, said Thursday it is ready to further increase the shipments if price dispute between Russia and Belarus causes supply disruptions Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 28 - The Ukrainian government??™s energy sector regulating body increased average natural gas price on residential market by 25% starting Jan 1, 2006, the National Committee for Power Regulation (NCPR said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Dec. 28 - Ukraine and Russia made little progress in natural gas talks in Moscow Wednesday and will continue discussions Thursday in a final effort to avert a clash next week, an official said.

KIEV, Dec. 28 - President Viktor Yushchenko met key government officials and top security advisors Wednesday exploring Ukraine's options of appealing to the world's nuclear powers in response to the escalating natural gas dispute with Russia.

MOSCOW, Dec. 28 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov believes that the size of the rent for the radar stations in Sevastopol and Mukacheve can be a subject of talks between Russia and Ukraine.

LVIV, Dec. 28 - The Russian gas giant Gazprom has no legal grounds to stop gas deliveries to Ukrainian consumers, Naftogaz Ukrayiny CEO Oleksiy Ivchenko said during a visit to Lviv region on Sunday.

KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Any fraud during the Sunday presidential vote was contained due to the changed election law, but some manipulations continued to take place, an election watchdog said Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Heorhiy Kyrpa, the Transportation and Communications Minister and one of the most trusted confidants of outgoing President Leonid Kuchma, was found dead on Monday at his dacha outside Kiev, police said.

KIEV, Dec. 27 ??“ Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who lost Sunday??™s presidential election to an opposition leader by a big margin, refused to concede defeat Monday and pledged to appeal the vote in the Supreme Court.

KYIV, Nov 28 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting in Kyiv on Monday with President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Werner Hoyer and Vice-President of the EIB Teresa Czerwinska.