KIEV, Sept. 28 - Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych gained leadership in opinion polls and may win the next general election as a result of a split within Ukraine's ruling coalition, recent poll data suggested. The data are the first measured reaction to the dismissal of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko earlier this month and her subsequent split and a clash with President Viktor Yushchenko.

KIEV, Sept. 28 - Raiffeisenbank Ukraine's mortgage loan portfolio increased from UAH160 million to UAH412 million from Jan. 1 through Sept. 9, according to Dmitriy Zinkov, the head of the bank's sales management network.

KIEV, Sept. 28 - The World Bank is analyzing the possibility of granting funds for the reform of Ukraine's transport and road sector.

KIEV, Sept. 28 - Ukraine plans to complete construction of the first part of Dnister Hydro Power Plant, an important asset in boosting electricity exports, before the end of 2007, an official said Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 25 – The negotiation process with Russia to end the war won’t benefit both Ukraine and Europe, since any temporary truce will mean continued aggression by the Russian Federation in the future, said Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine in an interview with the German publication Bild.

PARIS, Aug 26 – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said Friday it was possible to establish a permanent presence of the agency at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP).

KYIV, Aug 26 – There is no intermediate position regarding support for Ukraine, Italy has decided to be on the side of freedom, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said.

KYIV, Aug 28 - Russia’s attack on a Ukrainian train station that killed more than 20 people this week is the latest in a series of strikes on the country’s railway system that some international legal scholars say may be war crimes.

KYIV, Aug 26 - Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear plant soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, an act that has raised fears of a nuclear disaster.

KYIV, Aug 27 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a meeting with World Bank President David Malpass has confirmed his intention to carry out land reform, complete the unbundling of Naftogaz, demonopolize the economy and state-owned enterprises, and respect the independence of the National Bank.