* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said his country would honor its commitments to both Russia and the West under the Russian-Ukrainian natural gas agreement
* Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said he saw no crisis in Ukraine following Tuesday's dismissal of Yuriy Yekhanurov's government
* Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Iran's decision to resume research into uranium enrichment was disappointing and alarming
* Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said Ukraine's government did not recognize the decision made by parliament Tuesday to dismiss the Cabinet
* An ice sculpture of Moscow's St Basil's Cathedral was unveiled on Trafalgar Square in London as the focus of the city's second Russian Winter Festival
