Recently, American experts held a three-week training class in Ukraine about pain control.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

Several nations made individual promises, including Ukraine.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

But even in Ms.Tymoshenko's political stronghold of Western Ukraine voters have mixed feelings about her attempts to become president.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

(SPEAKING) Dubovik says his group burned literature that promoted fascism in Ukraine, and they will continue to burn and trample it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

During a Poltava symposium in Moscow this past June many Russian historians said their country liberated Ukraine from the Swedes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Kvit told VOA the recent destruction of books in Ukraine is not so much a tragedy, as it is a farce.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

So any movement by NATO into Ukraine is seen, at least emotionally, as a direct encroachment on Russia itself."

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Among the participants was Sevastopol city councilman Yevgeniy Dubovik, a member of the pro-Russian and far left Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

In Ukraine,presidential contenders Tymoshenko and Yanukovych have been seeking the support of candidates they defeated in the first round, especially Serhiy Tihipko.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Because that is the way to make transition a reality,". The foreign ministers discussed progress by Georgia and Ukraine toward eventual NATO membership.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Western Europeans are skeptical of Washington's support for fast-tracking Ukraine and Georgian membership in the NATO alliance.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

In Ukraine,HIV/AIDS patients and their supporters protested earlier this month against the possible closure of an HIV ward at a hospital in Kiev.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

In December,Hungary,Slovakia and the Czech Republic faced a potential halt in oil deliveries from Russia which had a pricing dispute with neighboring Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

"And so in some respects, in different areas, Georgia and Ukraine have made progress in these regards.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The prime minister makes clear that whatever the outcome of that legal battle, Mr.Yanukovich is,in her view, "not the democratically elected president of Ukraine."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

So membership for Ukraine and Georgia is not going to be in the offing anytime soon,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"I do not think that exchanging Russia for Turkmenistan or Ukraine for Turkey, if it was the only step, would be that very smart,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

The Kremlin's media grip has prompted several prominent Russian journalists to move their programs to Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

But Russia recently called into question Ukraine's ability to pay its December natural gas bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Tabachnyk has raised eyebrows with statements that suggest western and eastern Ukraine should be separated, or should never have been united in the first place.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

During a recent trip to Ukraine, U.S.Vice-President Joe Biden reaffirmed Ukraine's right to join NATO.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

James Sherr,with the London-based research organization Chatham House, says there are two reasons for Russia's position, especially when it comes to Ukraine's NATO membership bid.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"There was clearly opposition from France and Germany to fast-track membership for Ukraine and Georgia,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Two other former Soviet Republics Georgia and Ukraine have expressed interest in becoming NATO members.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"The United States supports Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and freedom, and to make its own choices its own choices - including what alliances they choose to belong,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

(Speaking) She says when the Orange Revolution began, they decided to return to Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

About 3,000 foreign election observers declared that, despite a few irregularities, the first round of Ukraine's presidential election on January 17 met international standards for honesty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

(Speaking) Ms.Tymoshenko says "Ukraine does not need more public strife" but "stability and peace."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14