KYIV, Dec 11 – Ukrainians have crossed the EU member states' border near 11 million times since the entry into force of the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU, which is by 15% more than in the same period in 2016, according to a press release from the EU Delegation to Ukraine, published on Monday.

KYIV, Dec. 13 – Recent attacks on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine are caused by the fact that the agency had come close to exposing senior officials, NABU chief Artem Sytnik said.

KIEV, Dec. 9 - President Petro Poroshenko and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a telephone conversation have discussed the situation in Donbas, the human rights violations in the occupied Crimea, as well as prospects of cooperation between the two countries.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 – All the parties of the EU-Ukraine-Russia trilateral negotiations in Brussels on Friday welcomed the opportunity to consult on gas supplies to Ukraine and gas flows to the European Union in the coming winter, the European Commission said in a press release.

KIEV, Dec. 12 - Ukrainian authorities are looking for the culprits nearly a week after troublesome cyberattacks against official financial institutions that appeared to be designed to inflict maximum chaos on end-of-the-year payments, RFE/RL reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 12 - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will ask European Union leaders on Thursday to rule out Ukraine joining the bloc for now and to place clear limits on the rewards they offer Kiev under a landmark cooperation agreement, diplomatic sources told Reuters.

KIEV, Dec.13 - The leaders of France and Germany, speaking two days before an EU summit which will discuss the conflict in eastern Ukraine, said they want to extend sanctions against Russia due to a lack of progress in implementing a ceasefire deal, Reuters reported.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Ukraine's Batkivshchyna party said Tuesday that lawmaker Nadia Savchenko resigned from the political party at the end of October, RFE/RL reported.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – President Petro Poroshenko and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel have expressed concern over the pro-Russian forces' constantly violating the ceasefire regime in Donbas, the Ukrainian presidential website said.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Kiev has procured electronic warfare stations from a number of European countries and is commissioning them, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak said, adding that similar domestic hardware has also been designed.