KIEV, Dec. 7 – The Nord Stream 2 project is not in the interest of Ukraine and the European Union, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 7 – The European Commission on Monday announced that it has approved a package of measures to support decentralization reform and reinforce local governance in Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Ukraine against backsliding in the fight against corruption, AP reported.

In a speech at the Ukrainian Parliament, Biden said Ukraine should do more to fight corruption or it will lose international support.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - Ukraine on Tuesday partially resumed supplies of power to Crimea, its Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia in March 2014, easing critical situation with power supplies in the region, UkrEnergo, the state power grid operator, reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday changed a rule that would have blocked its financial aid program to Ukraine in the event the country defaulted on debt owed to Russia, AFP reported.

KIEV, Dec. 5 – President Petro Poroshenko has held a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during which they discussed the peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas, in particular the holding of a meeting of the trilateral contact group.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has assured the European Commission that the Ukrainian energy system is ready to provide for stable natural gas transit, Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers reported.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – A mission from the International Monetary Fund will discuss the IMF-supported economic reforms in Ukraine during its visit to Kiev on December 9-18.

KIEV, Dec. 8 - President Petro Poroshenko has congratulated local governments and territorial communities on the occasion of Local Self-Government Day.

KIEV, Dec. 8 – Russian military aggression against Ukraine cannot be left unpunished by the world community, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.