LAKE OHRID, Macedonia, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The United States still supports NATO membership plans for Ukraine and Georgia, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reaffirmed Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Having made their point and accepted the French-brokered cease-fire, Russian military commanders are signaling that they are prepared to pull their military forces out of the former Soviet republic of Georgia according to the agreed timetable.

KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Ukraine's defense minister Monday called allegations that Ukraine is unlawfully arming Georgia unfounded.

BRUSSELS, June 11 (UPI) -- NATO officials are planning to review operations concerning Afghanistan and Kosovo at a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels Thursday.

KIEV, Ukraine, March 28 (UPI) -- West-leaning Ukrainian President Victor Yushenko met with pro-Russia Victor Yanukovych of the Party of Regions to discuss a possible parliamentary coalition.

MOSCOW, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Russia will sell natural gas to politically compliant neighbor Belarus for $46.68 per million Btu next year but bill Ukraine about five times as much.

KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Ukraine's new prime minister Thursday said the government would not continue privatizing companies.

KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko announced his new government Thursday, selecting economist Yuriy Yekhanurov as prime minister.

KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Ukraine's parliament has approved President Viktor Yushchenko's choice for prime minister on a second vote, after rejecting him two days earlier. Yuriy Yekhanurov, a regional governor, received 289 votes from the 338-member body Thursday after falling thr