Kiev, Feb 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine will deliver 110 tank power plants "engines and related parts" to Pakistan under a $50 million contract, state-run arms exporter Ukrspetsstroi has said.

Kiev, Feb 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least five people were killed when an An-24 plane with 45 people onboard made a crashlanding and caught fire in Ukraine, the emergencies service said Thursday.

Kiev, Feb 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Ukrainian expedition team has discovered a 50,000-year-old bison skull in a cave in the country's Crimea peninsula, said a senior expert related to the study of caves.

Kiev, Feb 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police in western Ukraine detained a man suspected of stealing jewellery and hiding it in bandages on his arm, in a style reminiscent of the cult Soviet comedy, "The Diamond Arm", the Ukrainian interior ministry reported on its website.

Kiev, Feb 7 (IANS) Ukrainian authorities have detained a former prime minister of Tajikistan for his alleged role behind an assassination attempt on Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, Xinhua reported Thursday.

Kiev, Jan 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is now an official suspect in the 1996 killing of businessman-lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban, the prosecutor general said Friday.

Kiev, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Adam Osmayev, a suspect in an alleged plot to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Thursday claimed torture and retracted his earlier testimony as having been made under duress.

Kiev, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Syrian militants have reduced the ransom for Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva from $50 million to $20 million, her former husband said Thursday.

Kiev, Jan 17 (IANS) Six students from a university in Ukraine have designed a robot that can make a bed, the Segodnya newspaper reported Thursday.

Kiev, Jan 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Ukrainian child rights activist has asked the Russian president for political asylum following an assassination attempt against him at home.

Kiev, Dec 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a 190 million euro ($248 million) grant to Ukraine to complete the New Safe Confinement at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Kiev, Nov 21 (IANS) Harry Redknapp is in the frame to coach the Ukrainian football side after the country's Football Association announced they would start talks with the ex−Tottenham Hotspur coach.

Kiev, Nov 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Legendary striker Andriy Shevchenko Monday turned down an offer to coach the Ukrainian national team.

Kiev, Oct 31 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainian football legend Oleg Blokhin was given the go-ahead by doctors to resume coaching Dynamo Kiev Wednesday, almost a month after an emergency operation.

Kiev, Oct 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) International observers have slammed Ukraine's parliamentary elections as "a step backward" for democracy, saying the polls were marred by fraud, intimidation and other abuses.

Kiev, Oct 24 (IANS) Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk won their first Champions League game in the Group E by beating Chelsea 2-1 in a fiercely competitive match.

Sevastopol (Ukraine), Oct 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukrainan Navy has restarted special training for dolphins and other animals for military duties, including attacking enemy combat swimmers and detecting mines, a military source in the Ukrainian naval port of Sevastopol has revealed.

Kiev, Oct 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Ukrainian city of Odessa has unveiled the world's second public monument to late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.

Kiev, Oct 4 (IANS) Ukraine's football club Dynamo Kiev beat Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia 2-0 to gain three points in the second Champions League group stage match at the Olympic Stadium here.

Kiev, Sep 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Oleg Blokhin was appointed coach of Dynamo Kiev football club, returning to the club where he became one of the world's top strikers in the 1970s and 1980s.

Kiev, Sep 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dynamo Kiev have parted company with coach Yuri Semin a day after a heavy defeat to bitter Ukrainian rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian football club said Monday.

Kiev, Sep 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine defender Yevhen Khacheridi may miss his country's World Cup qualifier against England Tuesday after catching a virus, his team Dynamo Kiev announced.

Kiev, Sep 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hundreds of people protested in Kiev in support of an independent cable TV channel that has claimed it is being censored after several operators suspended its broadcasts.

Kiev, Aug 28 (IANS) UEFA chief Michel Platini met Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych here Tuesday to praise Euro 2012 co-host Ukraine for its good organisation of the tournament.

Kiev, Aug 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Ukranian court has given a ruling to extradite to Russia a Kazakhstani citizen, held as the second suspect for attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Kiev, Aug 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Ukrainian court has ordered the extradition of Adam Osmayev to Russia, after he was suspected of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this year.

Kiev, Aug 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An activist of the Other Russia unregistered opposition movement and his wife have applied for political asylum in Ukraine.

Kiev, July 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two diplomats, identified only as coming from Asia, have been sentenced to eight years in prison for an attempt to steal secret rocket technology from Ukraine, the country's security service SBU reported Wednesday.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS) Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta was named the player of the Euro 2012 Monday by European football governing body UEFA.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Mario Balotelli may have cried right on the ground after Italy's 0-4 defeat to Spain in the Euro 2012 final, but almost the whole Italian team was in tears in the dressing room later, goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon said Monday.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS) The following is the list of Golden Boot winners at the European football championship:

Kiev, July 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque on Monday hailed his team as representing a "great era" of Spanish football after their 4-0 Euro 2012 final victory over Italy.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Down on his haunches on the turf of Kiev's Olympic stadium, Mario Balotelli battled in vain to hold back the tears.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spain left-back Jordi Alba said Monday it will take time to realise he has become a part of history after scoring in Spain's 4-0 thrashing of Italy in the Euro 2012 final.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/EFE) Spain won the Euro 2012 championship here Sunday, trouncing a valiant, but outmatched, Italy 4-0.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final Sunday, securing the Spaniards' place in history as the first country to win three successive major finals.

Kiev, July 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy coach Cesare Prandelli acknowledged Monday his side had struggled to cope with the physical demands of Euro 2012 after their 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Spain in the final.

Kiev, June 26 (IANS) The first two weeks of the Euro 2012 football championship set a new record for official fan zones attendance, with over a million visitors crowded the huge Kiev fan zone alone.

Kiev (Ukraine), June 25 (IANS) England star Joleon Lescott feels that there is nothing to be ashamed of after the country suffered a penalty shootout debacle in the quarter-final of the Euro 2012 against Italy.

Kiev, June 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Andrea Pirlo's chipped penalty against England was reminiscent of a Francesco Totti's strike that helped Italy reach the Euro 2000 final, Pirlo's teammate Daniele De Rossi said Monday.

Kiev, June 25 (IANS) Having beaten England through penalties in the quarter finals of the Euro 2012 here Monday, Italy is all set to meet Germany in the semifinal.

Kiev (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said the team's 2-0 Euro 2012 consolation victory against France was for the fans, saying his team "dared to play" great football at the tournament despite going out.

Kiev (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The slightest margins that decide football matches went in Sweden's favour for the first time at Euro 2012 in their 2-0 consolation victory over France, coach Erik Hamren said Wednesday.

Kiev (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) France must cast away their disappointment with Tuesday's 0-2 Euro 2012 defeat to Sweden and stay "optimistic" for their quarterfinal against Spain, coach Laurent Blanc said.

Kiev (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic said the team's 2-0 Euro 2012 consolation victory against France was for the fans, saying his team "dared to play" great football at the tournament despite going out.

Donetsk (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin has lashed out at the standard of refereeing in the 0-1 defeat to England that knocked the Euro 2012 co-hosts out of the competition.

Donetsk, June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) England's support at Euro 2012 has suffered because of "horror stories" in the media discouraging fans from travelling to Poland and Ukraine, coach Roy Hodgson has said.

Donetsk (Ukraine), June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) England striker Wayne Rooney was delighted to score the winning goal in his team's 1-0 win against Ukraine in the Euro 2012 Championship.

Kiev, June 20 (IANS) The already out Sweden ended their Euro 2012 campaign on a high note by upsetting France 2-0 in the final round of Group D clash Tuesday.

Kiev, June 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Zlatan Ibrahimovic's spectacular second-half volley helped Sweden to a Euro 2012 consolation victory over France Tuesday, relegating the French to second place in Group D and a quarterfinal against Spain.