CREDIT MARKETS. UKRAINE SEEKS NEW LOANS
. Polya Lesova: "Ukraine looks for new loans amid funding crisis", MarketWatch

The government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent letters to the United States, the European Union, China, Japan and Russia, requesting financial assistance to cover the budget deficit, according to a statement posted on Tymoshenko's Web site. Tymoshenko made the announcement at a briefing in Munich over the weekend.