Nineteen people were killed after a blast at an apartment block in Yevpatoriya. The explosion hit at around 9.45pm local time, when most of the destroyed section`s 62 inhabitants would have been home.

The BBC`s Gabriel Gatehouse sees at first hand the alarming conditions that make Ukraine`s coalmines some of the most dangerous in the world...

Every year, Russia and Ukraine pledge to end their high-stakes annual gas negotiations well before winter. And for the fourth year running, the January 1 contract deadline is looming with no agreement in sight...

"I agree that the political crisis doesn`t help solve the economic crisis," Mr Yushchenko told the BBC. "We need to find a way out of the political crisis.These are testing times for Ukraine...

The marriage between Ukraine and Nato failed to take place. Russia snickered with satisfaction that neither its nemesis, the United States, nor Nato’s other member states, nor Ukraine together with its patriotic diaspora managed to pull it off...

The national currency of Ukraine, whose pro-West government wants to join the European Union, has almost halved in value in the last six months, prompting panic amongst its heavily indebted population...

One of the most critical challenges the authorities face is the severe devaluation of the hryvnia, which has fallen to all-time lows against major foreign currencies in the last two months...

After months of political discord that threatened Ukraine’s ability to respond to deepening financial problems, the country’s pro-Western leaders announced Wednesday that they had patched up their differences...

In early October, when the talk about the looming financial crisis was becoming loud in Ukraine, we heard soothing comments from National Bank of Ukraine officials...

European Union policymakers on Wednesday declared themselves ready to open a “new chapter” in relations with six former Soviet republics but stopped short of offering them a clear path to EU membership...

The economic downturn may crimp Moscow`s ambitions... In Washington, the private mood of some Bush administration officials toward the Kremlin is one of disdain...

Ukraine`s near term outlook has worsened substantially, although medium-term prospects remain good. Resilient so far, Ukraine`s heavily export-oriented and external-financing-dependent economy looks...