Kuchma warns over Ukraine chaos
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Ukraine's outgoing president warns against disorder ahead of a close election to choose his successor.
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Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, facing a  new election battle against a liberal challenger buoyed by vast  street protests, said on Thursday Ukraine had been cast into a  crisis which could turn to disaster after the new vote.
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Ukraine&#39;s political crisis continued Wednesday with parliament and President Leonid Kuchma unable to reach an agreement on a new election commission and electoral reforms.
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&quot;Things are not peaceful and quiet here. As long as the current administration is in power then we can only expect that they may forge the results,&quot; says Viktor Yushchenko, the main opposition leader.
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Papers in Ukraine and neighbouring countries fear the Ukrainian political crisis could descend into violence.
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Ukraine's main opposition leader and  presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday warned  politicians their lives could be in danger from a murderous  leadership bent on election victory.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma said he could not accept the division of Ukraine, after meeting with the regional leaders who have threatened to demand autonomy following the disputed presidential election.
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Special forces loyal to Ukraine&#39;s leader Viktor Yushchenko headed for the capital Saturday, raising fears of violence as a feud between the ex-Soviet state&#39;s president and prime minister deepened.
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KIEV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President  Leonid Kuchma, bowing to mass street protests and international  pressure, on Monday backed a new presidential election to end a  crisis that is tearing the nation apart.
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LEONID KUCHMA, the Ukrainian President, cancelled a visit to Poland at the last minute and appealed for calm yesterday because of mounting tension in the week before an election to choose his successor.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Key players in Ukraine's political crisis failed to resolve the tensions in nearly three hours of talks Friday, but President Leonid Kuchma said progress was made.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma called for negotiations in Ukraine's spiraling political crisis Tuesday, hours after the leader of the opposition declared himself the winner of a disputed presidential election to the approval of tens of thousands of protesters.
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The rivals in the on-going feud over Ukraine's disputed presidential election have accused each other of bringing the country to the edge of disaster.
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Ukraine headed into a third week of turmoil on Monday after presidential hopeful Viktor Yushchenko told supporters to keep up street pressure on the Moscow-backed authorities before the re-run of a rigged election.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiraling crisis that threatens to break up this former Soviet republic between the pro
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Facing a relentless tide of opposition protests, embattled Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that a new election might be the only way out of a spiralling crisis that threatens to split this former ...
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Ukraineâs outgoing President Leonid Kuchma today accused the opposition of reneging on compromise agreements and called for quick foreign mediation of his nationâs post-election political crisis.