KYIV, Dec 8 – The Cabinet of Ministers, with the support of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, is working on a roadmap for the development of the internal hydrogen market, the next step will be the preparation of the concept of hydrogen energy and legislation that will need to be adopted for its launch, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Dec 9 - Ukraine will introduce tight lockdown restrictions in January, hoping to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

KYIV, Dec 9 - Ukraine and the European Union agreed to hold a meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council with the physical participation of delegations in Brussels on February 11, 2021, the government’s press service reported.

BRUSSELS, Dec 9 – The European Union has urged Ukraine to step up its efforts to fight corruption and to strengthen the rule of law, adding that recently adopted bill to reinstate asset declaration was not strong enough.

KYIV, Dec 9 – Russia’s military aggression may have cost Ukraine up to $150 billion in destroyed property, disrupted businesses and displaced labor force in 2014-2015, Tymofiy Mylovanov, the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture, said.

PARIS, Dec. 9 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday agreed to “commit to a full and comprehensive implementation” of a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine by the end of 2019, RFE/RL reported citing a joint communique.

KIEV, Dec. 9 – The prosecutor's office has seized documents from its searches Odessa Port-Side Plant which may point to corruption on the part of senior government officials, said Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine and Chief Prosecutor of Odessa region David Sakvarelidze.

MOSCOW, Dec. 9 – The International Monetary Fund executive board decision to change the organization's policy regarding countries that have debt to official creditors was made exclusively to the detriment of Russia and forces Russia to prepare documents for a court filing on the Ukrainian debt, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.

GENEVA, Dec. 9 - More than 9,000 people have been killed since the conflict in Ukraine began, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that even though fighting had abated, millions were in precarious situations, AFP reported.

MOSCOW, Dec. 9 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his government to take Ukraine to court if it did not repay a $3 billion Eurobond while other Russian officials blasted the International Monetary Fund for softening its lending rules to help Kiev, Reuters reported.