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  Ukraine PM Arseny Yatseniuk Tenders Resignation In Televised Broadcast

  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signalled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post.

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  German, French Leaders Head for Moscow to Press for Ukraine Peace

  The leaders of Germany and France are expected to take peace proposals to Moscow today on the second leg of a dramatic initiative to end a conflict in Ukraine that has killed more than 5,000 people and driven Russia-West relations to new lows.

• Russians 'Want Us to Freeze' Says Ukraine Prime Minister

  The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the former Soviet Republic.

• Ukraine PM Slams Putin, Ceasefire Again Under Strain in East Ukraine

  Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine on Saturday in breach of a fragile eight-day ceasefire as the prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of planning to destroy his country.

• Ukraine PM Arseny Yatseniuk Calls Russia 'Terrorist State', Says Energy Supplies Hit

  Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Wednesday branded Russia a "terrorist state" over its actions in eastern Ukraine and reaffirmed Kiev's desire to join the NATO alliance, which will hold a two-day summit this week.

• Ukraine Accuses Russia of Cynicism Over Convoy; Death Toll Rises Sharply

  Ukraine denounced Russia's dispatch of a humanitarian aid convoy now advancing towards the border as an act of unbounded cynicism serving pro-Russian separatists, and the UN said the death toll in fighting had doubled in the last two weeks to over 2,000.

• Ukraine Readies Sanctions on Russian Citizens, Companies

  Ukraine, hitting back at Russia which it accuses of supporting separatist rebels, proposed sanctions on Friday against 172 citizens from Russia and other countries as well as 65 Russian companies "for financing terrorism".

• Stalled Ukraine Parliament Says Yet to Receive Arseny Yatseniuk's Resignation

  Ukraine's parliament said on Friday it had yet to receive a resignation letter from Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk so could not vote on whether to accept it, stalling work at the heart of government.

• Ukrainian Prime Minister Tenders His Resignation in Parliament

  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Thursday to parliament after upbraiding politicians for failing to pass laws on energy and on the budget to increase financing for the army.

• Will Impose Sanctions on Russian Individuals, Firms: Ukraine PM

  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has said Kiev would impose sanctions on Russian individuals and companies who directly or indirectly support "terrorists" fighting against government troops in the country's east.

• Experts, Not 'Drunken Gorillas' Downed Malaysian Plane: Ukraine PM on Russia's Involvement

  It takes professionals to shoot down an airliner and not a group of "drunken gorillas", Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk told a German newspaper on Saturday, claiming that Russia was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines MH-17.

• Ukraine's Restive East Slipping from Government's Grasp

  Pro-Moscow separatists seized government offices in more Ukrainian towns on Wednesday, in a further sign that authorities in Kiev are losing control of the country's eastern industrial heartland bordering Russia.

• Kiev fears invasion as pro-Moscow protesters declare eastern Ukrainian city a republic

  Pro-Moscow protesters in eastern Ukraine seized arms in one city and declared a separatist republic in another, in moves Kiev described on Monday as part of a Russian-orchestrated plan to justify an invasion to dismember the country.

• Ukrainian serviceman killed, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk decries 'war crime'

  A Ukrainian serviceman was killed on Tuesday at a Ukrainian base that came under attack in Crimea's main town Simferopol, the first death on the peninsula from a military clash since the region came under Russian control three weeks ago.

• Russia seeks pretext to invade more of Ukraine: John Kerry

  US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday condemned Russia's "act of aggression" in Ukraine's Crimea region and said Moscow was looking for a pretext to invade more of the country.