KYIV, Dec 8 – Ukraine, one of the worst-hit countries by the coronavirus pandemic, has asked the U.S. to obtain priority status in getting COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said Tuesday.

KYIV, Dec. 8 - The presidents of Ukraine and Russia are set to meet in Paris on Monday for long-awaited talks on resolving the military conflict in eastern Ukraine that has left more than 13,000 people dead since 2014.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 – Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund reached an agreement on $5.5 billion three-year lending program to support the country’s economic reforms and growth, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Saturday.

KYIV, Dec 5 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers plans to launch a service allowing citizens to communicate with government agencies through messengers, Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers Dmytro Dubilet said.

KYIV, Dec 5 – Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said that Ukraine hopes for U.S. support for enhanced opportunities within the Partnership Interoperability Initiative.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree which introduces a new procedure for the development of the annual national programs of Ukraine's cooperation with NATO and the evaluation of their performance.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - A bipartisan group of 27 U.S. senators is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to stand up to Russian aggression against Ukraine, The Hill reported.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – The Kiev Pechersky District Court has seized the museum exhibits of the "Crimea - the golden island in the Black Sea" exhibition, which are in the Allard Pierson Museum (the Netherlands), and submitted documents to Interpol to put the seized property on the international wanted list.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 – The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has expressed reservations about significant amounts of financial assistance rendered to Ukraine.

The assistance program from 2007 to present has resulted in limited results, according to a statement of EU financial observers released on Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 7 – As of December 3, around 17% of winter crops (1.1 million hectares) did not sprout, with the problem occurring chiefly in Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv regions.