Moscow warned on Monday that the EU’s energy security might suffer if Russia was not consulted on a Ukrainian gas ”master plan”.
Armed men burst into the headquarters of Ukraine’s energy firm Naftogaz on Wednesday in what the security service said was part of a criminal inquiry.
An abrupt rise in Russian gas prices will undermine Ukraine’s economic and energy security and leave some enterprises on the brink of insolvency.
Russian gas delivered into Ukraine’s pipelines to end an embargo on Europe cannot be transported onwards, officials said on Tuesday.
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Ukraine’s chances of joining Nato have been ”considerably weakened” by the country’s political crisis, says Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Ukraine was on Tuesday night facing the prospect of further political instability after the pro-Western coalition formally collapsed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with Nato leaders amid mounting tensions over United States anti-missile defence plans and the alliance’s…
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom accused the Ukraine on Wednesday of planning to siphon off gas that Russia transits through Ukrainian territory to the European Union, as a payment…
Russia and Ukraine slid towards a new gas war on Tuesday as Moscow slashed supplies to the ex-Soviet republic by 50% and Ukraine’s state gas company said it may cut deliveries to…
Rescue teams battled smoke and high temperatures on Monday as they pressed on with the task of tracking down 20 missing miners in a Ukrainian coal mine after a methane explosion…
Rescue teams battled a tenacious fire in a Ukrainian colliery on Monday as they strove to locate 30 miners missing underground after a methane blast killed at least 70 miners.…
Ukraine was on Sunday night mourning one of the deadliest mining disasters in its 16-year history as an independent country, after at least 56 people were killed in an…
Russia threatened on Tuesday to cut gas supplies to Ukraine again in a move that appears to reflect its displeasure at the prospect of a new orange government in Kiev. Gazprom,…
Orange Revolution supporters claimed victory over allies of Ukraine’s prime minister in a snap parliamentary election, but the two camps face tough talks on Monday to forge a…
