Some 20,000 people gathered in Kiev for a rally supporting the "Rise, Ukraine!" opposition campaign, Ukrainian opposition party Batkivshchyna said April 7, RIA Novosti reported.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will visit Russia on March 4 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xinhua reported March 1.

Ukrainian authorities have reached an understanding with regional councils in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regarding a production-sharing agreement with Chevron on the development of shale gas in the Oleske field, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 26.

Ukraine has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Union for a 610 million euro ($811 million) loan from Brussels to Kiev, RIA Novosti reported Feb. 25, citing Ukraine's UNIAN news agency.

Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania plan to complete the process of creating a joint peacekeeping brigade in 2013, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said, Interfax-Ukraine reported Feb. 21.

Three Ukrainian oil workers being held captive by militants off the coast of Nigeria's Bayelsa state since Feb. 17 were released Feb. 20, according to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Ukraine's 5 Kanal TV reported

Ukraine plans to begin importing natural gas from Europe, through Hungary and Slovakia, in the first quarter of 2013, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavitski said Feb. 7, Interfax reported.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich will visit Turkmenistan in February to discuss the resumption of direct gas supplies, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said Jan. 29, Itar-Tass reported.

One person was killed and two were wounded in an explosion at a medical university in Chernivtsy on Dec. 27, police said, Reuters reported.