Ukraine should learn to play by the rules, not with the rules, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told the country's Zerkalo Nedeli weekly on Saturday. Together with other high-ranking EU officials Solana arrived in Ukraine for the ninth EU-Ukraine summit on Friday.

Ukrainian politics are becoming more and more impenetrable to logical analysis. Nearly three weeks after the president, the prime minister, and the parliamentary speaker solemnly agreed to end the political crisis and hold early elections in September, the confrontation between power branches in Ukraine continues to bubble.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych says new obstacles are impeding the approval of a legislative package needed for holding early parliamentary elections in September.

After days of rising political tensions in Ukraine and concerns over the possible use of force, the country's leaders have reached an agreement to settle their long-standing dispute. President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych announced that Ukraine's political crisis -- which had sparked concerns over the possible use of force -- was finally over.

President Viktor Yushchenko today placed the country's Interior Ministry troops under his control as the country's political crisis intensifies. The move comes after riot police from the ministry -- which is loyal to Yushchenko's rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych -- occupied the office of Prosecutor-General Svyatoslav Piskun in an attempt to block his sacking yesterday by the president.

The anti-crisis group set up to work out legal mechanisms for early parliamentary elections in Ukraine has reconvened in the capital, Kyiv. VOA's Lisa McAdams in Moscow updates the proceedings, which began just after President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych agreed to hold new elections aimed at ending more than a month of political deadlock.

Ukraine's main opposition leader and former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, says lawmakers from her party will participate in legislative action to resolve the country's political crisis.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says Brussels will not take sides in Ukraine's political crisis and urges both parties to seek compromise. Barroso was speaking after meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Brussels.

Signs of a breakthrough appeared today in Ukraine's political crisis as the feuding president and prime minister softened their positions. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych suggested he may agree to take part in early parliamentary elections as demanded by his rival, President Viktor Yushchenko.