KIEV, Jan. 30 – Ukraine and the European Commission have agreed to resume exports of poultry products of Ukrainian origin to the European Union in accordance with the principle of regionalization.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - President Petro Poroshenko cut short a visit to Germany on Monday after escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine killed 12 and left a small town without electricity, water and heat supply in the middle of winter.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – A meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine considered and approved the key indicators of the state defense order for 2017 endorsed by President Petro Poroshenko on Friday.

KIEV, Jan. 27 – President Petro Poroshenko insists on fully equipping tank units of the Ukrainian armed forces with retrofitted and overhauled tanks by modernizing the existing T-64 and T-80 tanks.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 28 - If a new Ukrainian government announces a different agenda and different priorities, this could theoretically serve as grounds for Moscow to revise the existing agreements with Kiev, but this possibility is not under consideration now, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said.

KIEV, Jan. 28 - Now that he has resigned as prime minister, he can devote more time to the Party of Regions, which he chairs, former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told his Facebook friends.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - Ukrainian riot police allegedly beat up a busload of government supporters after mistaking them for opposition activists, the BBC reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 - The Obama administration is preparing financial sanctions that could be imposed on Ukrainian officials and protest leaders if violence escalates in the political crisis gripping Ukraine, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing congressional aides.

KIEV, Jan. 30 - President Viktor Yanukovych went on sick leave on Thursday after a bruising session of Parliament, leaving a political vacuum in a country threatened with bankruptcy and destabilized by anti-government protests.

KIEV, Jan. 29 – The draft of the new Labor Code, which was supported at first reading and is to be submitted for approval in 2013, foresees a number of innovations, one of which is the possible extension of the working day up to 12 hours.